Crypto Exchange Fees

Crypto Exchange Fees

Base-tier maker/taker trading fees for major crypto exchanges (CEX, DEX and perp DEX), each figure read from the exchange's own fee page and dated. No estimates: a value an official page does not state is left empty.

• Machine-readable: data/exchanges.json · data/exchanges.csv
• Also on Hugging Face and Kaggle; citable via DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24125147
• Fees are percent of notional at the lowest (regular user) tier, before token discounts (e.g. BNB) and before any VIP tier.
• Every row links to the official source it was read from.

Data as of 2026-11-07.

Exchange	Type	Spot maker	Spot taker	Perp maker	Perp taker	Verified	Source
Backpack	CEX	0.08%	0.1%	0.02%	0.05%	2026-11-07	official
Binance	CEX	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.05%	2026-11-07	official
Bitget	CEX	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.06%	2026-11-07	official
Bybit	CEX	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.055%	2026-11-07	official
Deribit	CEX	0.02%	0.05%	0.015%	0.035%	2026-10-10	official
dYdX	Perp DEX	—	—	0.01%	0.05%	2026-10-10	official
Gate	CEX	0.1%	0.1%	0.02%	0.05%	2026-11-07	official
HTX	CEX	0.2%	0.2%	0.02%	0.06%	2026-11-07	official
Hyperliquid	Perp DEX	0.04%	0.07%	0.015%	0.045%	2026-11-07	official
Kraken	CEX	0.4%	0.8%	0.02%	0.05%	2026-11-07	official
KuCoin	CEX	—	—	0.02%	0.06%	2026-10-10	official
OKX	CEX	0.08%	0.1%	0.02%	0.05%	2026-11-07	official
Uniswap	DEX	—	—	—	—	2026-10-08	official
Coinbase	CEX	—	—	—	—	unverifiable (2026-10-08)	official
MEXC	CEX	—	—	—	—	unverifiable (2026-11-07)	official

Why this exists

Fee schedules change quietly. Many comparison pages still quote numbers that the exchanges have since replaced (for example, Kraken Pro moved to cross-platform tiers on 2026-07-09 and its tier-1 spot rate is now 0.40% / 0.80%). This dataset records what each official page says, when it was read, and where.

Use it

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BestBerlin/crypto-exchange-fees/main/data/exchanges.json

import json, urllib.request
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BestBerlin/crypto-exchange-fees/main/data/exchanges.json"
data = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url))
cheapest_spot_taker = min(
    (e for e in data["exchanges"] if e["fees"]["spot"]["taker_pct"] is not None),
    key=lambda e: e["fees"]["spot"]["taker_pct"])
print(cheapest_spot_taker["name"])

MCP server (for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents)

Let an AI assistant answer "which exchange has the lowest taker fee?" from official, dated figures. Requires uv.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crypto-exchange-fees": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/BestBerlin/crypto-exchange-fees", "crypto-exchange-fees-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools: list_exchanges, get_exchange_fees, compare_fees, cheapest, estimate_trading_cost. The server reads the live dataset from this repository (cached 6 hours) and falls back to a bundled copy offline. Every answer carries the official source URL and the date it was read.

Fields

Field	Meaning
fees.spot / fees.perp	maker_pct, taker_pct (percent) and the note quoting the official page
status	verified = read from an official page; unverifiable = the official page showed no base-tier table
verified_on	date the official page was read
fee_discount	token-based discounts stated on the official page, if any
sources	official URLs the figures were read from

Method and limits

Figures are read from each exchange's public fee page or official help article and re-checked periodically. Fees can differ by region, account type, trading pair and promotion; always confirm on the exchange's own page before trading. This is not financial advice. Corrections are welcome as issues or pull requests with an official source link.

Maintained by NexuAlpha, which compares exchange fees, account conditions and security controls. Full methodology: https://nexualpha.com/methodology.

License

Data: CC BY 4.0 — please credit "NexuAlpha (nexualpha.com/rates)" with a link. Code: MIT.