# CostDepth

> Crypto exchange fee and real trading cost calculator. VIP 0 fees from official sources plus spread and slippage from 17 public order books, sampled every 5 minutes. Fee and cost data, not financial advice. Author: Alex Wu.

## Tools
- [Calculator and lowest-cost ranking](https://www.costdepth.io/): fee + spread + slippage for any order size on 17 exchanges.
- [Compare two exchanges](https://www.costdepth.io/compare): side-by-side cost for the same order.

## Exchange pages
- [Binance fees](https://www.costdepth.io/binance-fees): Regular Binance accounts pay 0.10% maker and taker on spot, and 0.02% maker / 0.05% taker on USDⓈ-M USDT perpetuals.
- [Bybit fees](https://www.costdepth.io/bybit-fees): Regular Bybit accounts pay 0.02% maker and 0.055% taker on USDT perpetuals, and 0.1% either way on spot crypto pairs.
- [OKX fees](https://www.costdepth.io/okx-fees): OKX charges regular users 0.08% maker and 0.10% taker on spot, and 0.02% / 0.05% on futures.
- [Bitget fees](https://www.costdepth.io/bitget-fees): Bitget charges VIP 0 accounts 0.10% on spot and 0.02% maker / 0.06% taker on BTCUSDT USDT-futures.
- [MEXC fees](https://www.costdepth.io/mexc-fees): MEXC lists 0% maker on every spot pair and on BTC_USDT perpetual, so taker fees and depth decide the cost.
- [KuCoin fees](https://www.costdepth.io/kucoin-fees): KuCoin sorts spot pairs into three fee classes. BTC-USDT is Class A: 0.1% maker and taker at VIP 0.
- [BingX fees](https://www.costdepth.io/bingx-fees): BingX perpetual futures cost 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker; spot is 0.10% either way at VIP 0.
- [HTX fees](https://www.costdepth.io/htx-fees): HTX, formerly Huobi, charges Prime 0 accounts 0.20% maker and taker on spot, and 0.02% / 0.06% on USDT-margined futures.
- [WEEX fees](https://www.costdepth.io/weex-fees): WEEX futures charge 0.02% maker and 0.08% taker, worked out on position value.
- [Gate.io fees](https://www.costdepth.io/gate-io-fees): Gate (gate.io, now also gate.com) charges VIP 0 accounts 0.10% on spot and 0.02% maker / 0.05% taker on USDT perpetuals.
- [BloFin fees](https://www.costdepth.io/blofin-fees): BloFin charges regular users 0.02% maker and 0.06% taker on futures, and 0.10% either way on spot.
- [WhiteBIT fees](https://www.costdepth.io/whitebit-fees): WhiteBIT's API lists one flat rate per market type: 0.1% on all 799 spot markets, and 0.01% maker / 0.055% taker on all 302 futures markets.
- [OurBit fees](https://www.costdepth.io/ourbit-fees): OurBit futures cost 0.02% maker and 0.04% taker, and OurBit spot trading is fee-free.
- [CoinW fees](https://www.costdepth.io/coinw-fees): CoinW charges 0.10% maker and taker on spot, and 0.02% / 0.06% on BTC perpetual.
- [LBank fees](https://www.costdepth.io/lbank-fees): LBank charges VIP 0 accounts 0.10% maker and taker on spot, and 0.02% / 0.06% on perpetuals.
- [Bitunix fees](https://www.costdepth.io/bitunix-fees): Bitunix charges VIP 0 accounts 0.02% maker and 0.06% taker on futures, and 0.08% / 0.10% on spot.
- [Hyperliquid fees](https://www.costdepth.io/hyperliquid-fees): Hyperliquid runs its order book on-chain. Perps start at 0.045% taker and 0.015% maker; spot at 0.070% / 0.040%.

## Pair pages
- [Binance vs Bybit](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/binance-vs-bybit)
- [Bybit vs MEXC](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/bybit-vs-mexc)
- [Binance vs MEXC](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/binance-vs-mexc)
- [Binance vs OKX](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/binance-vs-okx)
- [Bybit vs OKX](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/bybit-vs-okx)
- [Binance vs Hyperliquid](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/binance-vs-hyperliquid)
- [Binance vs Bitget](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/binance-vs-bitget)
- [Bitget vs Bybit](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/bitget-vs-bybit)
- [MEXC vs WEEX](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/mexc-vs-weex)
- [Bitunix vs MEXC](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/bitunix-vs-mexc)
- [BloFin vs MEXC](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/blofin-vs-mexc)
- [BloFin vs Bybit](https://www.costdepth.io/compare/blofin-vs-bybit)

## Method and data
- [Methodology](https://www.costdepth.io/methodology): formulas, sampling, sources and limits.
- [Hourly history CSV](https://www.costdepth.io/api/history.csv): average spread + slippage (avg_slippage_bps, versus mid, fees not included) by exchange, market, coin, side and size. Please credit CostDepth.
- [About](https://www.costdepth.io/about)