Fee reviews
Crypto exchange reviews: fees, sourced and dated.
9 exchanges, each reviewed from its own published fee schedule. Every rate links to its source and carries the day it was read. No funded test has been run yet, and no review claims one.
MEXC (founded 2018) lists futures and spot. Base-tier fees: 0.01% / 0.04% on perpetuals and 0% / 0.05% on spot.
Deribit (founded 2016) lists futures, spot and options. Base-tier fees: 0.015% / 0.035% on perpetuals and 0.02% / 0.05% on spot.
Phemex (founded 2019) lists futures and spot. Base-tier fees: 0.01% / 0.06% on perpetuals and 0.10% / 0.10% on spot.
OKX (founded 2017) lists futures, spot and options. Base-tier fees: 0.02% / 0.05% on perpetuals and 0.08% / 0.10% on spot.
Binance (founded 2017) lists futures and spot. Base-tier fees: 0.02% / 0.05% on perpetuals and 0.10% / 0.10% on spot.
BingX (founded 2018) lists futures, spot and copy trading. Base-tier fees: 0.02% / 0.05% on perpetuals and 0.10% / 0.10% on spot.
Bybit (founded 2018) lists futures, spot, options and copy trading. Base-tier fees: 0.02% / 0.055% on perpetuals and 0.10% / 0.10% on spot.
Bitget (founded 2018) lists futures, spot and copy trading. Base-tier fees: 0.02% / 0.06% on perpetuals and 0.10% / 0.10% on spot.
KuCoin (founded 2017) lists futures and spot. Base-tier fees: 0.02% / 0.06% on perpetuals and 0.10% / 0.10% on spot.
Best exchanges by need
The fee index weighs three fees together. These rankings re-weight the same fees for one way of trading, and only rank venues that list the product.
Exchange comparisons
Each head-to-head sets two published fee schedules side by side and marks the cheaper side of every row.
Crypto exchange fees compared
Published base-tier rates from each venue’s own fee page. The date is the day the rate was read.
| Venue | Futures maker | Futures taker | Spot maker | Spot taker | Fee index | Fees read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0200% | 0.0550% | 0.1000% | 0.1000% | 6.2 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0200% | 0.0500% | 0.0800% | 0.1000% | 6.5 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0200% | 0.0600% | 0.1000% | 0.1000% | 6.0 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0200% | 0.0600% | 0.1000% | 0.1000% | 6.0 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0200% | 0.0500% | 0.1000% | 0.1000% | 6.4 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0150% | 0.0350% | 0.0200% | 0.0500% | 8.1 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0100% | 0.0600% | 0.1000% | 0.1000% | 6.6 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0100% | 0.0400% | 0.0000% | 0.0500% | 8.3 | 10 November 2026 | |
| 0.0200% | 0.0500% | 0.1000% | 0.1000% | 6.4 | 10 November 2026 |
Rates change without notice. The venue’s own fee page and your order ticket are the only binding sources.
Bybit
OKX
Bitget
KuCoin
Binance
Deribit
Phemex
MEXC
BingX