Getgems vs Tonnel vs Portals: Marketplace Comparison 2026

By early 2026 the secondary Telegram gifts market splits between four major venues. Three — Portals, Tonnel, and MRKT — are purpose-built for gifts. The fourth — Getgems — is a general TON NFT marketplace that picks up gifts as part of a broader catalogue. This piece is a detailed comparison of three key ones: Getgems, Tonnel, Portals.

TL;DR

• Portals — top-collection liquidity leader. Best for fast trades.
• Tonnel — lowest fees plus deep analytics. Best for large trades and arbitrage.
• Getgems — general NFT marketplace, auctions, web UI. Best for rare lots, portfolio view, desktop trading.
• Volumes (estimates for late-2025 to early-2026): Portals 40-60%, Tonnel 15-25%, Getgems on gift category 5-10%.

Comparison criteria

To compare fairly, criteria must be fixed. We use six axes:

1. Fees — what seller and buyer pay.
2. Top-collection liquidity — order book depth on Plush Pepe, Heart Locket, Crystal Ball.
3. Long-tail liquidity — what happens on niche and rare collections.
4. Fiat on-ramp — can you go “card → gift” in one flow.
5. Asset coverage — gifts only or general NFT catalogue.
6. Estimated volumes — where real money flows.

All volume numbers are estimates from community trackers, not official statistics. Platforms don’t publish breakdowns.

At a glance

Portals: the gift leader

Portals — Telegram Mini App, specialized for upgraded gifts. Launched 2024 and quickly took the lead.

Strengths

• Deepest order book on top collections. On Plush Pepe or Heart Locket you can buy or sell 5-10 lots back-to-back without significant price movement.
• Simple UX. Minimum clicks to trade. TON Connect → “Buy” → sign → done.
• Floor charts embedded on every collection (24h/7d/30d).
• Largest audience — and audience is liquidity.

Weaknesses

• ~5% fee — higher than Tonnel. On large trades the TON gap is meaningful.
• Basic filters. Granular attribute filtering belongs to MRKT.
• Gifts only — for a mixed NFT portfolio, Portals doesn’t help.

Wins on

Fast trade of top collections. First trade for a newcomer. Speed > per-trade fee.

Tonnel: the arbitrageur’s terminal

Tonnel — Telegram bot plus mini-app. Launched 2024, holds position via low fees and deep analytics.

Strengths

• Lowest fees of the three. On a 100 TON sale, ~1.5 TON better than Portals.
• Deep floor analytics. Charts go further than Portals or Getgems.
• Bot inline commands for fast repeated actions.
• Trustless on-chain escrow — standard smart-contract protection.

Weaknesses

• Simpler UI than Portals and Getgems. Users used to commercial NFT marketplaces may find Tonnel “spartan”.
• Long-tail liquidity — low. Niche collections can have empty order books.
• Gifts only — no general NFT trading.

Wins on

Large trades (100+ TON), cross-marketplace arbitrage, floor dynamics analytics, volume trading.

Getgems: general NFT instrument

Getgems — oldest of the three. Launched 2021 as a general TON NFT marketplace, long before Telegram gifts existed. Today gifts are just one catalogue category.

Strengths

• Web-first UI. Full browser interface. Plus for desktop trading and portfolio bookkeeping.
• Auctions. Rare lots support classic NFT mechanics — reserve price, time-bound, instant buy.
• Broader catalogue. Beyond gifts — TON DNS domains, anonymous numbers, gaming NFTs, art. One account covers the whole portfolio.
• Fiat widget. Integrations with on-ramp providers (Mercuryo, Transak, similar) let you buy TON by card directly in the interface, then buy NFT.
• Collection profiles with deep customization, verification.

Weaknesses

• Lower liquidity on gifts than gift-native venues. Active gift traders trade in Telegram, not on Getgems.
• Not Telegram-native. You must withdraw the gift to a TON wallet to list on Getgems — extra step, time, gas.
• Web is double-edged. Great desktop, but mobile UX trails specialized mini-apps.

Wins on

• Rare lot auctions. Classic NFT mechanics with reserve and window.
• Desktop portfolio view. When you need the full NFT portfolio at once — gifts, domains, gaming NFTs.
• Cross-category selling. Selling gift plus gaming NFT in parallel — Getgems handles both.
• Long-term hold. A Getgems lot can sit without “must sell fast” pressure, unlike gift marketplaces with active floor volatility.

Liquidity by scenario

Scenario 1: top collection, 50 TON

Best: Portals. Deep book, tight spread, minimum clicks. Tonnel second (fee a bit lower, speed worse). Getgems third — you’d have to withdraw and list separately.

Scenario 2: grail, 500 TON

Best: search on MRKT, price on Tonnel and Portals. Getgems can do auction sale if you’re not rushed — sometimes a rare lot in auction gets a premium.

Scenario 3: sell 5000 TON of volume over a week

Best: Tonnel (core) + Portals (speed) + Getgems (rares). Tonnel gives lower fee on the bulk; Portals clears liquid lots faster; Getgems extracts premium from rare via auction.

Scenario 4: buy rare lot in auction

Best: Getgems. Unique mechanic. Gift-native venues don’t offer auctions.

Scenario 5: portfolio view of mixed NFT holdings

Best: Getgems. The only one where all your TON NFTs are visible together, not just gifts.

Fiat on-ramps

No direct “card → NFT-gift” one-click anywhere. But intermediate routes exist:

• Getgems — fiat widget integration (Mercuryo, Transak). Buy TON by card, in the same session buy NFT. Real on-ramp fees 3-5% on top.
• Wallet in Telegram — built-in Stars ↔ TON swap. Stars buyable by card (App Store / Google Pay). End-to-end: card → Stars → TON → NFT. Route cost 8-15% on top.
• Bybit / OKX / Bitget — large CEXes with direct card and P2P. Withdraw TON to wallet, then to marketplace.
• P2P exchanges — for RU often the cheapest path. Buy USDT for RUB via P2P, swap to TON, trade NFT.

There is no fully “fiat-free” scenario — sooner or later you or your counterparty enter TON through fiat.

Trading volume: estimate

Platforms don’t publish exact figures. Community tracker data (GiftChanges, TON-NFT aggregators) for a typical day in early 2026:

• Total gift-sector volume: $300K-$1.2M TON-equivalent (depending on market mood and active drops).
• Distribution (estimate):
  • Portals — 40-60% of total volume.
  • Tonnel — 15-25%.
  • MRKT — 15-20%.
  • Getgems (gift category) — 5-10%.
  • Other — 5%.

These numbers are not publicly verified by on-chain aggregators because part of trades pass through off-chain escrow before final on-chain settlement, complicating attribution. Use as orientation, not as fact.

Security: shared

All three share the same threats:

• Phishing clones (fake mini-apps, bots, websites).
• Social engineering in DMs and comments.
• TON Connect “approve all” — never sign.

Defence is the same:

1. Verify every connection via ton.app.
2. 2FA in Telegram on.
3. Separate “trading” wallet without the main portfolio.
4. Read every transaction before signing.

Final matrix: what to use

Further reading

• Telegram Gift Marketplaces 2026: Portals vs Tonnel vs MRKT — without Getgems, focus on gift-native venues.
• Getgems: complete TON NFT marketplace guide — deep on Getgems by itself.
• Portals: Upgraded Gifts Marketplace Review — Portals deep-dive.
• Tonnel Network: gifts trading guide — Tonnel deep-dive.
• MRKT.online: marketplace review — MRKT deep-dive.

The 2026 reality: one marketplace isn’t enough. Each solves a distinct task. Experienced traders keep three or four tabs open and switch by use case. This isn’t friction — it’s normal market maturity.