sol.new vs the rest
Honest comparison vs pump.fun, Bags, and Bonk for what each does best — and where they differ.
pump.fun, Bags, and Bonk are specialized meme-launch platforms — they nail a single workflow with heavy trading liquidity. sol.new is a full Solana toolkit: tokens, NFTs, multisigs, wallet, and payments in one passkey-secured app, with a public cost sheet and no platform fee on token launches. Pick sol.new when you want all of Solana in one place; pick the others when you want to ride a meme launchpad's existing flow and discovery.
Feature comparison
| Feature | sol.new | pump.fun | Bags | Bonk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passkey login (no seed phrase, no extension) | ||||
| Launch a token | ||||
| Mint NFTs (standard + compressed) | ||||
| Squads multisig built in | ||||
| Wallet manager + portfolio | ||||
| Send and receive (pay) | ~ | |||
| Mobile-native (Solana dApp Store + PWA) | ~ | ~ | ~ | |
| No platform fee on token launch | ~ | ~ | ||
| Public cost breakdown | ||||
| Open trading liquidity / token discovery | ~ |
yes ·~partial · no. Competitor product surface changes often; check their sites for the latest.
Why sol.new
Wallets are protected by a passkey (Face ID, Touch ID, or a hardware key) generated on your device. Nothing to copy down, nothing to install.
Tokens, NFTs (standard and compressed), Squads multisigs, wallet management, and payments — without leaving the app or switching wallets.
Installable PWA on iOS and Android; published to the Solana dApp Store for Saga / Seeker. Same passkey-secured experience across every device.
Costs at a glance
sol.new charges no platform fee on token launches — you pay only real on-chain rent (~0.025–0.03 SOL). NFT mints, multisig creation, and other costs are listed in plain numbers on the docs page, refreshed against live SOL price. Most launchpads bundle additional fees into the bonding curve — sometimes called creator fees, swap fees, or graduation fees. Read the small print before launching anywhere.
Where the launchpads still win
sol.new is the better tool for building: launching, minting, and managing on Solana. If your goal is purely trading existing meme tokens — riding pump.fun's candle feed, hunting new graduations on Bonk, or discovering Bags drops — those platforms have more concentrated liquidity, larger trader bases, and tighter integrations with Solana's sniper-bot ecosystem. Use them for what they're good at, then come back here when you want to create something of your own.