Compare crypto exchange fees
Every exchange advertises a fee, but the fee is only part of what a trade costs. FeeFloor measures the full price of a spot market order — the trading fee, the spread you cross, and the slippage your order pushes through the book — live across every venue we track. The table below defaults to a $10,000 BTC spot trade; change the asset, size or market to match yours.
As of 15 July 2026, the cheapest crypto exchange for a $10K BTC spot trade is MEXC at $4.50 all-in.· measured 10:32 UTC
21 venues ranked for a $10K BTC spot taker order, with referral discounts applied. Cheapest is MEXC at $4.50.
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| Rank | Exchange | Type | Cost profile | Action | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | CEX | 5.004.50$4.50 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.00$0.00 | $4.504.50 bpssaves $0.50 | Trade | |
| 2 |  Fee 0.00Spread 3.56Slip 2.49 | CEX | 0.00$0.00 | 3.56$3.56 | 2.49$2.49 | $6.056.05 bps | Trade | |
| 3 |  | DEX | 7.006.72$6.72 | 0.08$0.08 | 0.00$0.00 | $6.806.80 bpssaves $0.28 | Trade | |
| 4 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.008.00 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 5 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.008.00 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 6 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.008.00 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 7 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.008.00 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 8 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.01$0.01 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.018.01 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 9 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.01$0.01 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.018.01 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 10 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.01$0.01 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.018.01 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 11 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.01$0.01 | 0.00$0.00 | $8.018.01 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 12 |  | CEX | 10.008.00$8.00 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.49$0.49 | $8.498.49 bpssaves $2.00 | Trade | |
| 13 |  | CEX | 10.009.00$9.00 | 0.67$0.67 | 0.00$0.00 | $9.679.67 bpssaves $1.00 | Trade | |
| 14 |  | CEX | 10.009.00$9.00 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.80$0.80 | $9.809.80 bpssaves $1.00 | Trade | |
| 15 |  Fee 10.00Spread 0.00Slip 0.00 | CEX | 10.00$10.00 | 0.00$0.00 | 0.00$0.00 | $10.0010.00 bps | Trade |
Fee
Trading fee charged by the venue, after your referral discount.
Spread
Half the difference between best bid and ask at measurement time.
Slippage
Price impact of walking the live order book at your trade size.
Total cost
Fee + spread + slippage — the true execution cost, in basis points. 1 bps = 0.01%.
BTC spot cost by venue
Common questions
What is the cheapest crypto exchange?
It changes by the minute and by trade size, which is why this page is a live ranking instead of an article. The table above measures the full cost of a market order — fee, spread and slippage — on every venue we track and sorts by the total. The venue in row one is the cheapest right now for the size you selected.
Why did my trade cost more than the advertised fee?
Because the advertised fee is only one of three costs. You also pay the spread (the gap between buy and sell prices) the instant a market order fills, and slippage (your order pushing through the order book) that grows with trade size. Neither appears on a fee page, and on thin venues they can dwarf the fee itself.
Are zero-fee exchanges really free?
No. Venues that advertise 0% trading fees earn from the spread instead, and some quote noticeably wider prices than fee-charging competitors. A 0-fee venue with a wide spread routinely costs more all-in than a venue charging 2 bps over a tight book — the table above catches exactly that.
Does trade size change which exchange is cheapest?
Dramatically. Fees are flat percentages, but order-book depth is not: a venue that wins at $1,000 can be mid-table at $1,000,000 because your order walks deeper into its book. Use the trade-size control to match your actual order size — the ranking often reshuffles.
What is a basis point (bps)?
One hundredth of a percent: 1 bps = 0.01%. Costs are quoted in basis points of your trade size, so a 4 bps all-in cost on a $100,000 order is $40. The dollar column does this conversion for you.
Do the referral discounts actually work?
Where a discount is shown, our signup link carries a working code and the discount applies to the fee component only — spread and slippage are paid to the market, and no code discounts those. Toggle the referral filter off to see undiscounted list prices. We never show a discount for a link that does not deliver one.
The full measurement method — including what we deliberately do not measure — is on the methodology page.