Bitfinex vs Kraken: fees compared

Every fee that costs you money on Bitfinex and Kraken, side by side — trading fees at each VIP tier, withdrawal fees coin by coin, deposits and fiat. Sourced from each exchange’s own fee pages.

BitfinexRank #12 · founded 2012

0%spot taker0%futures taker106coins to withdraw$339.44Mvolume 24h

Trade on Bitfinex ↗

KrakenRank #14 · founded 2011

0.01–0.8%spot taker0.05%futures taker697coins to withdraw$2.85Bvolume 24h

Trade on Kraken ↗

The short answer

6Bitfinexcategories won1 tied4Kraken

Bitfinex charges 0% on spot taker orders versus 0.01–0.8% on Kraken.
On futures, Bitfinex is cheaper for takers (0% vs 0.05%).
Bitfinex has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 37 of the 63 coins both exchanges list (2 tie).
Kraken publishes the deeper VIP ladder (17 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Head-to-head

Fee	Bitfinex	Kraken
Trading fees
Spot maker	0%	0–0.4%
Spot taker	0%cheaper	0.01–0.8%
Futures maker	0%cheaper	0.02%
Futures taker	0%cheaper	0.05%
Lowest spot taker (top VIP tier)	0%cheaperRegular	0.05%Pro 5
Fee tiers published	1Spot trading	17moreSpot trading
Fee discount with exchange token	—	—
Withdrawals & deposits
Coins you can withdraw	106synced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC	697moresynced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC
Median withdrawal fee (coins on both)	$0.02333cheaperacross 63 coins	$0.3856across 63 coins
Cheaper withdrawal on…	37 coinsmore2 tied	23 coins2 tied
Crypto deposit fee	Free	—
Exchange profile
Volume 24h (spot + derivatives)	$339.44MOI $752.86M	$2.85BmoreOI $438.85M
Markets	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2012	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2011
Fiat currencies	4 currenciesUSD, EUR, GBP, JPY	7 currenciesmoreUSD, EUR, GBP, CAD, JPY, CHF…

“Cheaper” marks the better number on that row only. A dash means we have not verified that fee for the exchange yet — it is not a claim that the fee is zero.

What would you actually pay?

30-day trading volume$1MMaker share of that volume50% maker

Withdrawals per month

BitfinexCheaper

$18.70/ month

Trading (Regular · 0% / 0%): $0.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · Bitcoin · $4.68 each): $18.70

Kraken

$1,200.00/ month

Trading (Tier 9 · 0.06% / 0.18%): $1,200.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · Ethereum (ERC20) · $0.00 each): $0.00

At $1M of monthly spot volume (50% maker) plus 4 BTC withdrawals, Bitfinex costs $1,181.30 less per month — $14,175.57 a year.

Taker fee as 30-day volume grows Bitfinex Kraken

Estimate only: it applies each exchange’s published VIP ladder for the market you picked, ignores token-payment discounts, referral rebates and promotional zero-fee pairs, and assumes every withdrawal uses the cheapest network above. Negative fees are maker rebates.

Spot fee tiers side by side

BitfinexSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0%	0%

Source: Bitfinex fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

KrakenSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Tier 1	—	0.4%	0.8%
Tier 2	$2.50K	0.3%	0.6%
Tier 3	$10.00K	0.22%	0.38%
Tier 4	$25.00K	0.2%	0.35%
Tier 5	$50.00K	0.15%	0.3%
Tier 6	$100.00K	0.12%	0.25%
Tier 7	$250.00K	0.1%	0.22%
Tier 8	$500.00K	0.08%	0.2%
Tier 9	$1.00M	0.06%	0.18%
Tier 10	$2.50M	0.04%	0.15%
Tier 11	$5.00M	0.02%	0.12%
Tier 12	$10.00M	0%	0.1%
Pro 1	$50.00M	0%	0.09%
Pro 2	$100.00M	0%	0.08%
Pro 3	$250.00M	0%	0.07%
Pro 4	$400.00M	0%	0.06%
Pro 5	$500.00M	0%	0.05%

Source: Kraken fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

Futures fee tiers side by side

BitfinexFutures trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0%	0%

Source: Bitfinex fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

KrakenFutures trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Tier 1	—	0.02%	0.05%
Tier 2	$5.00M	0.0175%	0.045%
Tier 3	$10.00M	0.015%	0.04%
Tier 4	$15.00M	0.0125%	0.035%
Tier 5	$25.00M	0.01%	0.03%
Tier 6	$40.00M	0.0075%	0.0275%
Tier 7	$50.00M	0.005%	0.025%
Tier 8	$75.00M	0.005%	0.0225%
Tier 9	$100.00M	0%	0.02%
Tier 10	$150.00M	0%	0.018%
Tier 11	$250.00M	-0.003%rebate	0.0175%
Tier 12	$300.00M	-0.003%rebate	0.017%
Pro 1	$400.00M	-0.003%rebate	0.016%
Pro 2	$500.00M	-0.005%rebate	0.015%
Pro 3	$1.00B	-0.006%rebate	0.0135%
Pro 4	$2.00B	-0.006%rebate	0.013%
Pro 5	$5.00B	-0.006%rebate	0.0125%

Source: Kraken fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

Withdrawal fees, coin by coin63 coins on both

Cheaper on more coinsBitfinex37 vs 23 of 63

Median fee · Bitfinex$0.02333on the shared basket

Median fee · Kraken$0.3856on the shared basket

Coins only on one side61519 Bitfinex · 596 Kraken

Coin	Bitfinex	Kraken	Cheaper
BTCBitcoin	0.0₄6000 BTC$4.68 · Bitcoin	Free$0.00 · Ethereum (ERC20) +5	Krakensaves $4.68
ETHEthereum	0.001000 ETH$2.45 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Free$0.00 · Ink +8	Krakensaves $2.45
USDTTether USDt	Free$0.00 · Tron (TRC20) +12	Free$0.00 · Ink (USDT0) +17	same
XRPXRP	0.1000 XRP$0.1391 · XRP Ledger	0.05000 XRP$0.06955 · XRP Ledger	Krakensaves $0.06955
USDCUSDC	2.1484 USDC$2.15 · USDc	Free$0.00 · Ink +17	Krakensaves $2.15
SOLSolana	0.005000 SOL$0.5246 · Solana	0.005000 SOL$0.5246 · Solana	same
TRXTRON	1 TRX$0.3381 · Tron (TRC20)	3 TRX$1.01 · Tron (TRC20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.6761
HYPEHyperliquid	Free$0.00 · Hyperliquid	0.05000 HYPE$4.17 · HyperEVM	Bitfinexsaves $4.17
DOGEDogecoin	Free$0.00 · Dogecoin	4 DOGE$0.3415 · Dogecoin	Bitfinexsaves $0.3415
ZECZcash	0.003000 ZEC$2.51 · Zcash	0.001000 ZEC$0.8353 · Zcash	Krakensaves $1.67
XMRMonero	0.0001000 XMR$0.04664 · Monero	0.002700 XMR$1.26 · Monero	Bitfinexsaves $1.21
LINKChainlink	0.2348 LINK$2.67 · ChainLink	0.03438 LINK$0.3915 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Krakensaves $2.28
ADACardano	0.3000 ADA$0.06015 · Cardano	1 ADA$0.2005 · Cardano	Bitfinexsaves $0.1404
XLMStellar	Free$0.00 · Stellar	0.001000 XLM$0.0001785 · Stellar	Bitfinexsaves $0.0001785
LTCLitecoin	0.001000 LTC$0.04905 · Litecoin	0.002000 LTC$0.09810 · Litecoin	Bitfinexsaves $0.04905
AVAXAvalanche	Free$0.00 · Avalanche	0.05000 AVAX$0.3656 · Avalanche C-Chain	Bitfinexsaves $0.3656
SUISui	Free$0.00 · Sui	0.2500 SUI$0.1868 · Sui	Bitfinexsaves $0.1868
SHIBShiba Inu	363,330 SHIB$1.87 · Shiba Inu	112,689 SHIB$0.5787 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Krakensaves $1.29
UNIUniswap	0.5578 UNI$2.54 · Uniswap	0.1452 UNI$0.6612 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Krakensaves $1.88
XAUtTether Gold	Free$0.00 · Tether(XAU) on BNB Chain +1	0.0001328 XAUt$0.5919 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.5919
NEARNEAR Protocol	Free$0.00 · NEAR	0.01000 NEAR$0.01842 · NEAR	Bitfinexsaves $0.01842
AAVEAave	0.01883 AAVE$2.32 · Aave	0.005750 AAVE$0.7098 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Krakensaves $1.61
MNTMantle	Free$0.00 · Mantle	1.1642 MNT$0.6025 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.6025
SKYSky	Free$0.00 · Sky	8.74 SKY$0.5961 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.5961
ENAEthena	20.718 ENA$3.28 · Ethena Labs	3.57 ENA$0.5646 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Krakensaves $2.71

Showing 1–25 of 63 coins

Deposit, fiat, card and other fees

Fee	Bitfinex	Kraken
Crypto deposit fee	Free	—

Bitfinex vs Kraken — FAQ

Is Bitfinex or Kraken cheaper?

Bitfinex charges 0% on spot taker orders versus 0.01–0.8% on Kraken. On futures, Bitfinex is cheaper for takers (0% vs 0.05%). Bitfinex has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 37 of the 63 coins both exchanges list (2 tie). Kraken publishes the deeper VIP ladder (17 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Which has lower trading fees, Bitfinex or Kraken?

Bitfinex charges 0% taker / 0% maker on spot and 0% taker on futures at the entry tier. Kraken charges 0.01–0.8% taker / 0–0.4% maker on spot and 0.05% taker on futures. Across the metrics we compare, Bitfinex wins more of them. Both drop as your 30-day volume grows — use the calculator above to price your own volume.

Which is cheaper for withdrawals, Bitfinex or Kraken?

Of the 63 coins both exchanges let you withdraw, Bitfinex is cheaper on 37, Kraken on 23, and 2 are identical. The median withdrawal fee on that shared basket is $0.02333 on Bitfinex versus $0.3856 on Kraken. Bitfinex is the cheaper default, but the winner changes coin by coin — check the coin you actually withdraw.

How can I pay lower fees on Bitfinex or Kraken?

Both exchanges also cut maker/taker rates as your 30-day volume rises — Bitfinex publishes 1 tier and Kraken publishes 17 tiers. Choosing the cheapest withdrawal network matters just as much: on many coins the gap between networks is larger than the gap between exchanges.

Are these Bitfinex and Kraken fees up to date?

Trading fees are hand-curated from each exchange's official fee schedule and carry the date we last verified them (2026-08-28 for Bitfinex, 2026-08-28 for Kraken). Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange's own API or fee page (last sync 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for Bitfinex, 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for Kraken). USD amounts are recomputed at the live coin price.

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Trading and other fee numbers are hand-curated from each exchange’s official fee pages (linked next to every tier table) and carry the date we last verified them. Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange’s own API or fee page; USD amounts are computed at the current live coin price, so they move with the market. Rates exclude referral rebates, promotional zero-fee pairs and regional pricing. Full detail per exchange: Bitfinex fees · Kraken fees.