Crypto Exchange Fees Compared (November 2026): One Table for 10 Exchanges, and What Changes Your Fee

Which crypto exchange has the lowest fees? It depends on what you trade, where you live and which order type you use, so this page does not rank exchanges by fee. It is one dated, graded table of the standard spot and futures fees that ten exchanges publish, in alphabetical order. Each cell says where it came from and when we read it: A means the exchange’s own page, B means a secondary source or a worked example. Exchanges that do not serve your country are marked in the last column, not hidden. For the one page where we do sort by fee, see our lowest-fee crypto futures exchanges table.

Master fee table (November 2026)

The table shows standard fees for a regular, non-VIP account, in percent of trade value. “Futures” means the perpetual-contract rate each exchange publishes, which can differ by contract. Read the exceptions column before you compare two rows.

MEXC’s headline rate is not the rate most of our readers pay. The table’s MEXC row shows 0% maker / 0.02% taker on the BTCUSDT perpetual, but MEXC’s regional notice of 30 April 2025 puts users in about 100 countries and territories, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and the UAE, on 0.01% maker / 0.04% taker instead (we found no reversal). MEXC’s User Agreement (last updated 13 Oct 2026) also prohibits users in the UK, the US, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, France and the Netherlands, among others.

Indian exchanges (CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, Mudrex and ZebPay) and their INR fees are on our India guide, not in this table.

What sits behind each row

In alphabetical order. Each note says what the row’s number is and where it stops applying.

Binance. Spot is 0.10% maker and taker, or 0.075% when you pay fees in BNB (A, Binance’s fee schedule). Futures are 0.02% / 0.05% on USDⓈ-M contracts for a regular user, with 10% off if you pay in BNB (A, Binance’s futures fee FAQ, updated 1 May 2026). Holding BNB to earn the discount exposes you to its price, which we do not comment on. See our Binance review.

BingX. Spot 0.10% is B: it comes from a BingX Learn article published in August 2023, and we found no newer BingX spot table. Futures 0.02% / 0.05% is A but old: BingX’s notice dated 13 Oct 2023 for VIP 0 perpetuals, the latest official figure we found. BingX’s separate “Standard Futures” product has a different fee and is not the perpetual rate.

Bitget. Spot 0.10% comes from a Bitget help article published on 30 Dec 2024 that says it may be outdated (A). Paying in BGB takes 20% off spot fees, which makes 0.08%; we have no BGB discount for futures. Futures 0.02% / 0.06% is from Bitget’s “Trading Fees FAQ”, published 20 Aug 2026 (A), which does not say which futures product it covers; Bitget’s fee schedule page itself shows only spot rates. See the incident notice above and our Bitget review.

Bybit. Spot 0.10% and perpetuals 0.02% / 0.055% are non-VIP global rates (A), and Bybit says the actual fee rates may vary depending on your region. Bybit EU GmbH, which serves the EU except Malta, charges its own spot rate. Bybit EU GmbH spot fee: 0.25% (one rate for maker and taker) (VIP 0, under 10,000 EUR 30-day spot volume). Source: Bybit EU GmbH fee page, checked 31 Oct 2026. Bybit publishes VIP levels from VIP 0 to Supreme VIP; see our Bybit fees guide and Bybit review.

Coinbase. Not yet verified. Public guides give conflicting figures for Coinbase Advanced and we could not confirm any of them on Coinbase’s own fee page, so we print none.

Gate. Spot is 0.10% / 0.10% at VIP 0 on Gate’s global fee page and on Gate EU’s (gate.com/en-eu) (A, read 31 Oct 2026). Gate’s fee guide also calls 0.20% its base spot fee, which contradicts its own VIP 0 figure and fee pages, so we use 0.10%. Futures 0.02% / 0.05% comes from that guide (A), does not name the margin type, and applies to the global site only; we found no EU derivatives licence for Gate EU. Paying in GT earns further discounts, but Gate publishes no figure.

Kraken. The row shows Kraken Pro Tier 1 (30-day volume from $0): 0.40% maker / 0.80% taker, higher than the 0.10% several others list. Rates fall with 30-day volume across Tiers 1 to 12 and Pro 1 to 5; Tier 12 (from $10 million) is 0.00% / 0.10%. Stablecoin and FX pairs have a separate table at 0.20% / 0.20%. Instant Buy in the app costs 1% (1.5% for custom orders). Kraken+ is a paid membership that lists zero trading fees up to $10,000 a month on major currencies, with spread and card fees still applying. Futures are 0.02% / 0.05% at Tier 1, but Kraken’s fee page says futures are not available to customers in Canada, the US and New Zealand, UK retail clients cannot trade derivatives, and Kraken’s own pages disagree on the US.

KuCoin. Spot 0.10% / 0.10% is Class A at VIP 0; Class B is 0.20% / 0.20% and Class C 0.30% / 0.30% (A). KuCoin’s fee table has three spot classes, so check which one applies to what you trade. Futures are 0.02% / 0.06% (A). See our KuCoin review.

MEXC. Spot is 0% maker / 0.05% taker (A), or 0.04% taker with MX deduction. The futures cell is the BTCUSDT perpetual at 0% / 0.02% (A, MEXC’s fee guide dated 20 Oct 2026), but users in MEXC’s listed regions pay 0.01% maker / 0.04% taker (notice of 30 April 2025, A; that it is still in force is B, as we found no reversal). API orders cost 0.06% / 0.08% since 1 June 2026 on pairs outside the Innovation Zone, and override web and app rates, zero-fee events and MX discounts. Other contracts differ: ETHUSDT and OIL(WTI)USDT are listed at 0% / 0.01%, and MEXC’s standard tier (its example is ZECUSDT) is 0.01% / 0.04%. MEXC’s zero-fee promotions have no published end date, so we list none. We show no MEXC sign-up link to any reader. See our MEXC fees guide.

OKX. The 0.08% / 0.10% spot and 0.02% / 0.05% BTCUSDT perpetual figures are an example rate (B) that varies by region: they are the worked example in OKX’s fee FAQ. OKX’s fee table at okx.com/fees (read 31 Oct 2026) shows 0.20% / 0.35% for a regular user, and its en-gb page (read 1 Nov 2026) shows 0.08% / 0.10% with different volume bands. Neither names the countries it covers, and OKX says its fees may vary depending on your region. OKX Europe’s fees may differ again, and OKX publishes no futures tier table we could read. See our OKX review.

How to read maker and taker fees

A maker order rests in the order book until another trader fills it. A taker order trades at once against orders already there. Takers usually pay more, which is why every row has two numbers.

Fees are a percentage of the trade’s value. On a $1,000 spot taker order, 0.10% costs $1.00; Kraken Pro Tier 1’s 0.80% costs $8.00. A maker order at Kraken’s 0.40% would cost $4.00.

Futures fees are charged on the notional value of the position, not on the margin you put up. On a position worth $10,000, a 0.05% taker fee is $5.00 each time you open or close with a market order, so a taker-in, taker-out round trip costs $10.00; a 0.02% maker order costs $2.00. The fee is the same however much of the position you funded yourself. That is fee arithmetic, not a suggestion to use leverage: leverage can wipe out your margin faster than any fee.

Before you compare two rows, check four things:

• Product. Spot and futures columns are different products with different risks.
• Tier. The table shows entry level for a regular account (VIP 0 or Tier 1). Exchanges that publish tiers charge less at higher volume or balance; Bybit and Kraken do, and we have not verified the others’ tier tables.
• Region and account class. Bybit, OKX and MEXC say rates vary by region or country, Bybit EU has its own rate, and KuCoin has three spot classes.
• Date and grade. A B figure is a secondary source or a worked example, not a quote from the exchange’s live fee table.

Costs the trading fee doesn’t show

Withdrawal fees. Most exchanges charge a fixed fee per withdrawal, set per coin and network and changed with network conditions; the withdrawal screen shows the live fee before you confirm. A cheap trading fee does not help if the exit costs more, which is why we show these. We have A-grade fees from the exchanges’ own public data for Binance, Bitget, KuCoin and Kraken, and B-grade fees for MEXC, taken from a MEXC article that quotes its fee page.

Binance:

Bitget:

KuCoin:

Kraken (USDT on BNB Smart Chain is not in its table):

MEXC (B):

The rest, as far as we have them:

• Bybit: Not yet verified. Bybit charges a fixed fee per coin and chain, listed on its Crypto Deposit/Withdrawal Status page and in the withdrawal window; internal transfers between Bybit accounts are free. Bybit's FAQ (updated 12 Apr 2026, re-read 1 Nov 2026) gives no per-coin figures, and the status page did not show a fee table when we read it.
• OKX: Not yet verified. OKX adjusts withdrawal fees with network conditions and shows the current fee on the withdrawal page; the fee is charged once per withdrawal, whatever the amount. Deposits are free.
• BingX: Not yet verified.
• Gate: Not yet verified. Gate's fee page (read 31 Oct 2026) lists trading fees by VIP level and 24-hour withdrawal limits, but no withdrawal-fee schedule, so we have not recorded fees per network.
• Coinbase: Not yet verified. Not a fixed amount. Coinbase says it charges a network fee based on its estimate of the prevailing network fees for a stand-alone wallet-to-wallet send, and that all fees are disclosed at the time of the transaction. Coinbase publishes no per-network schedule that we found.

Instant buy. Kraken charges 1% for Instant Buy in its app (1.5% for custom orders) (A). We have no instant-buy or spread figure for the other exchanges, so we give none.

Regional and API rates. MEXC’s listed regions pay 0.01% / 0.04% on futures, and MEXC’s API orders pay 0.06% / 0.08%. Bybit says rates vary by region and Bybit EU charges its own; the rate OKX shows depends on the page you read it from.

Taxes. In India, Bybit says it charges 18% GST on trading and service fees (A, Bybit FAQ updated 30 Jul 2026). Tax rules, including TDS, are on our India guide. This is not tax advice.

Funding rates. Perpetual futures also charge or pay a periodic funding rate between longs and shorts, which on positions held for days can cost more than any fee gap in the table. Funding changes constantly, so we publish no figure.

Fee pages by exchange

Our fee guides for Bybit and MEXC are listed on this page. For futures sorted by fee, see lowest-fee crypto futures exchanges: it is the one page where we rank by fee, and it says so. For head-to-head fee comparisons, see Binance vs Bybit, Binance vs OKX, Binance vs MEXC, Bitget vs Bybit and Bybit vs OKX.

How we build this table

This table is Researched (not tested). Every cell comes from an exchange’s official fee page, help article or public data, with the date we read it and a grade: A, the exchange’s own page; B, a secondary source or a worked example. We do not open accounts or move funds, and nothing here is a ranking or an overall score: rows are in alphabetical order. Fee cells are re-checked monthly, and the date at the top of the table is the oldest cell shown. Read our methodology and how we make money. Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose all the money you put in; nothing on this site is financial advice. Risk warning