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Axiom vs Photon: fees, Pulse vs Memescope and wallets

Axiom vs Photon: fees, Pulse vs Memescope, keys, wallet tracking and order types, side by side and sourced, with clusterz as a third column to compare.

Axiom and Photon are both web terminals with a column view for new launches: Pulse on Axiom, Memescope on Photon.

Axiom adds perps, yield and other chains. Photon stays on Solana. The catch: the Photon docs we cite are from 2024, and only its X posts are recent, so its side of this page is thinner.

We build clusterz, so we are not neutral. We sit in the third column, and every fact about Axiom and Photon carries its source and date.

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Axiom vs Photon at a glance

Axiom Photon clusterz
Form Web terminal. No Axiom app in the App Store (8 November 2026) Web terminal by Tiny Astro, Phantom sign-in Web app, also in your phone's browser
Chains Eight on its site: sol, robinhood, bnb, base, eth, hype, arc, ink (8 November 2026). Its FAQ still says Solana (March 2025) Solana (DefiLlama lists Solana only) Solana only
Keys Non-custodial, Turnkey wallets. Recovery phrase shown at sign-up and in settings (March 2025) A separate trading wallet, its key shown once at creation (2024 docs) Self-custody Main wallet, key export any time from Account. The server holds the Copy wallet
Trading fee "Starting at 1%" (September 2026). Volume tiers from 0.95% net to 0.75% net (May 2025) 1% per buy and sell (May 2024 docs) 1% on trades you place, 0.2% on copies and snipes
Cashback 0.05% to 0.25% of the trade in SOL, by tier (May 2025) Not in their docs 25% of the fee, every account, same transaction
New-launch view Pulse: New Pairs, Final Stretch, Migrated Memescope, with Pump, Meteora DBC and Stonk launches (X, September 2026) Trenches: New, Soon, Graduated
Wallet tracking One address at a time, alerts on charts and Pulse (February 2025) Wallet tracking and KOL trades on charts (X, July 2026) 5,700+ tracked wallets, alts linked into clusters
Copy trading Not in their docs Not in their docs Yes: a trader, a list, a cluster or a dev
Play money Not in their docs Not in their docs Practice: 1,000 USD worth of SOL, free
Exits and orders Limit orders, migration sniping. Spot TP/SL not in their docs Limit orders (buy dip, stop loss, take profit), DCA (2024 docs) Take profit, stop loss, trailing stop, steps, profit lock, automatic stop loss
Perps Hyperliquid perps up to 50x Unknown None, spot only

Both were checked on 8 November 2026, but the sources are of very different ages: Axiom's referral page is from September 2026, the Photon docs we cite from 2024. "Not in their docs" means we read their docs and found nothing on it.

"Unknown" means we found no source either way. Neither proves they lack it.

Axiom vs Photon fees

Photon's docs (May 2024) list 1% per buy and sell. We found nothing newer and no cashback.

Axiom's referral page says its fee is "starting at 1%" (7 September 2026), and its fees page (May 2025) drops the net fee with volume, from 0.95% at Wood to 0.75% at Champion, with 0.05% to 0.25% of the trade back in SOL. Referred Axiom users pay 10% less.

On paper, a small trader pays about the same on both, and a high-volume trader pays less on Axiom. Photon's fee may have changed since 2024; check its site before you decide on price.

Axiom Pulse vs Photon Memescope

Both show new launches as they come. Pulse splits them into New Pairs, Final Stretch and Migrated.

Its filters cover age, top 10 %, dev %, snipers %, insiders %, bundle %, holders, pro traders, liquidity, volume, market cap, txns, buys and sells (Axiom's Pulse page, February 2025, and Coin Bureau, June 2026).

Memescope's filters, per Photon's 2024 docs, include top 10, socials, curve progress, holders, dev holding, liquidity, volume, market cap and txns.

Photon says on X (14 September 2026) that Memescope carries Pump, Meteora DBC and Stonk launches.

Axiom's documented list has more holder checks: snipers, insiders and bundle.

Photon's lists socials and curve progress. clusterz Trenches checks the top 10, the dev, snipers, insiders, the bundle and fresh wallets on every card; see holder checks.

Where Axiom is ahead of Photon

  • Fees that fall with volume, plus cashback in SOL. Photon's docs show a flat 1%.
  • Perps and yield. Hyperliquid perps up to 50x sit next to spot.
  • More chains. Axiom's site lists eight chains (observed 8 November 2026), though its FAQ still says Solana (March 2025). Photon is Solana.
  • A recovery phrase you can see again in settings. Photon's 2024 docs show the trading wallet key once, at creation.
  • Fresher docs and more Pulse filters, including snipers, insiders and bundle.

Where Photon is ahead of Axiom

  • Take profit and stop loss orders, and DCA. Photon's 2024 docs list limit orders to buy the dip, stop loss and take profit, plus DCA. Spot TP/SL is not in Axiom's docs.
  • Stonk and Meteora DBC launches in Memescope, per its X post of 14 September 2026.
  • KOL trades on charts, per its X post of 9 July 2026. Axiom alerts on tracked wallets in charts and Pulse, one address at a time.
  • Phantom sign-in, if you already use Phantom.

Where clusterz is different

Alts fire as one signal. Axiom and Photon both track wallets by address. clusterz links a trader's alt wallets into a cluster.

When enough alts from one cluster, usually 3, each buy the same token for $10 or more within 30 minutes, one cluster buy fires on the Map. See wallet clusters.

Copy trading. It is in neither Axiom's docs nor Photon's. Copy Trade on clusterz copies a trader, a list, a cluster or a dev, at 0.2%.

Play money first. We found no play-money mode in either one's docs. Practice gives you 1,000 USD worth of SOL against the live market, free.

Cashback for everyone. 25% of every fee back in the same transaction: 0.75% net on your trades from day one. See Fees.

What we lack: no limit orders, no DCA, no perps, Solana only. You buy at market and sell at market or by your exits.

Axiom or Photon: which one fits you

You trade a lot of volume. Axiom, where the fee drops with volume.

You want perps in the same window. Axiom.

You want resting stop loss and take profit orders and DCA on Solana. Photon, per its 2024 docs. On clusterz, exits do the selling, including a trailing stop.

You sign in with Phantom and stay on Solana. Photon.

You want to copy wallets, see alts as one signal, or practise first. clusterz. Start in Practice and go Live when your setup holds up.

Axiom vs Photon FAQ

Is Axiom or Photon cheaper?

Photon's docs list 1% per buy and sell (May 2024).

Axiom's fee starts at 1% and drops with volume, to 0.75% net at its top tier, with cashback in SOL (May 2025). clusterz charges 1% on trades you place and 0.2% on copies, with 25% back to every account.

What is the difference between Axiom Pulse and Photon Memescope?

Both list new launches live. Pulse uses three columns, New Pairs, Final Stretch and Migrated, and documents filters for snipers, insiders and bundle.

Memescope's 2024 filters include socials and curve progress, and it carries Pump, Meteora DBC and Stonk launches. clusterz Trenches has New, Soon and Graduated.

Does Axiom or Photon have copy trading?

Copy trading is in neither Axiom's docs nor Photon's (checked 8 November 2026). clusterz Copy Trade copies a trader, a list, a cluster or a dev.

Is Photon only on Solana?

DefiLlama lists Photon on Solana only, and its Solana docs are the ones we cite. Its old ETH site, photon.tinyastro.io, now redirects to the Solana one (observed 8 November 2026), though its docs still have a 2024 section on ETH.

Axiom's site lists eight chains (observed 8 November 2026), though its FAQ still says Solana (March 2025). clusterz is Solana only.

Sources, checked 8 November 2026

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