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DIY vs SaaS Polymarket bots
DIY wins on control. SaaS wins on time-to-first-order. Pick based on ops capacity, not Twitter vibes.
Decision matrix
| Question | Lean DIY | Lean SaaS / waitlist |
|---|---|---|
| Do you already own monitoring and deploys? | Yes | No — you want a pager-free path |
| Is your edge code you must keep private? | Yes | No — strategy is rules + risk limits |
| Will you re-verify path and fees every release? | Yes | You want that baked into the product |
| Keys / custody comfort | You hold them | You still demand revoke + paper mode |
DIY when it makes sense
- You already understand the US API surface (or International, if that is your path)
- You want your keys, your monitoring, your deploy
- You accept that residency mistakes and fee bugs are on you
- You will put fee math and kill switches in the loop — see paper mode & risk
SaaS / no-code when
- You want a hosted builder and paper mode before live size
- You would rather pay for ops than own a pager
- You can still answer the Trust & Diligence Desk questions
What neither path excuses
Wrong residency. Stale fee tables. No paper mode. Keys you cannot revoke. Those are not “DIY vs SaaS” problems — they are operator failures. Fix them first.
Join the waitlist for Bot for Polymarket — paper mode and risk limits first.
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Engineering Desk · Updated 2026-07-08