Crypto Exchange Fees Compared: 10 Exchanges, Real Data (2026)

I compared trading fees across 10 major crypto exchanges. Some findings surprised me:

• MEXC has 0% spot maker fees
• Coinbase Advanced is competitive at 0.04% maker
• Kraken charges 0.16%/0.26%

The Data

Exchange	Spot Maker	Spot Taker	Futures Maker	Futures Taker
MEXC	0%	0.05%	0%	0.01%
OKX	0.08%	0.1%	0.02%	0.05%
Binance	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.05%
KuCoin	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.06%
Bitget	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.06%
Bybit	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.055%
Coinbase	0.04%	0.08%	—	—
Kraken	0.16%	0.26%	0.02%	0.05%
Gate.io	0.2%	0.2%	0.015%	0.05%
HTX	0.2%	0.2%	0.02%	0.04%

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Originally published at ExchangeScout