idax exchange vs KuCoin: fees compared

Every fee that costs you money on idax exchange and KuCoin, 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.

idax exchangeRank #190

0.2%spot taker0.1%futures taker378coins to withdraw$7.19Bvolume 24h

KuCoinRank #8 · founded 2017

0.1%spot taker0.06%futures taker2,146coins to withdraw$3.69Bvolume 24h

Trade on KuCoin ↗

The short answer

3idax exchangecategories won1 tied7KuCoin

KuCoin charges 0.1% on spot taker orders versus 0.2% on idax exchange.
On futures, KuCoin is cheaper for takers (0.06% vs 0.1%).
idax exchange has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 39 of the 44 coins both exchanges list.
KuCoin publishes the deeper VIP ladder (13 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Head-to-head

Fee	idax exchange	KuCoin
Trading fees
Spot maker	0.2%	0.1%cheaper
Spot taker	0.2%	0.1%cheaper
Futures maker	0.05%	0.02%cheaper
Futures taker	0.1%	0.06%cheaper
Lowest spot taker (top VIP tier)	0.2%Regular	0.025%cheaperVIP 12
Fee tiers published	1Spot trading	13moreSpot trading
Fee discount with exchange token	0.18% paying fees in ARDX	−20% paying fees in KCS
Withdrawals & deposits
Coins you can withdraw	378synced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC	2,146moresynced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC
Median withdrawal fee (coins on both)	$0.1893cheaperacross 44 coins	$0.5662across 44 coins
Cheaper withdrawal on…	39 coinsmore	5 coins
Crypto deposit fee	Free	Free
Exchange profile
Volume 24h (spot + derivatives)	$7.19BmoreOI $45.89M	$3.69BOI $5.37B
Markets	Spot, Derivatives	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2017
Fiat currencies	SupportedBank, 3rd-party	47 currenciesUSD, AED, ARS, AUD, AGN, BGN…

“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

idax exchange

$2,000.62/ month

Trading (Regular · 0.2% / 0.2%): $2,000.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) · $0.1562 each): $0.62

KuCoinCheaper

$976.25/ month

Trading (VIP 1 · 0.095% / 0.1%): $975.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) · $0.3123 each): $1.25

At $1M of monthly spot volume (50% maker) plus 4 BTC withdrawals, KuCoin costs $1,024.38 less per month — $12,292.50 a year.

Taker fee as 30-day volume grows idax exchange KuCoin

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

idax exchangeSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0.2%	0.2%

Source: idax exchange fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

KuCoinSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
VIP 0	—	0.1%	0.1%
VIP 1	$1.00M	0.095%	0.1%
VIP 2	$3.00M	0.09%	0.1%
VIP 3	$6.00M	0.075%	0.09%
VIP 4	$18.00M	0.055%	0.075%
VIP 5	$55.00M	0.035%	0.055%
VIP 6	$100.00M	0.025%	0.05%
VIP 7	$180.00M	0.015%	0.042%
VIP 8	$250.00M	0%	0.042%
VIP 9	$350.00M	0%	0.04%
VIP 10	$550.00M	0%	0.03%
VIP 11	$750.00M	0%	0.028%
VIP 12	$950.00M	0%	0.025%

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

Futures fee tiers side by side

idax exchangeFutures trading — Perpetual

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0.05%	0.1%

Source: idax exchange fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

KuCoinFutures trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
VIP 0	—	0.02%	0.06%
VIP 1	$5.00M	0.018%	0.06%
VIP 2	$8.00M	0.015%	0.06%
VIP 3	$16.00M	0.01%	0.06%
VIP 4	$40.00M	0.008%	0.06%
VIP 5	$60.00M	0.006%	0.048%
VIP 6	$120.00M	0.004%	0.043%
VIP 7	$200.00M	0.002%	0.039%
VIP 8	$300.00M	0%	0.036%
VIP 9	$400.00M	0%	0.033%
VIP 10	$600.00M	0%	0.03%
VIP 11	$800.00M	0%	0.028%
VIP 12	$1.00B	0%	0.025%

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

Withdrawal fees, coin by coin44 coins on both

Cheaper on more coinsidax exchange39 vs 5 of 44

Median fee · idax exchange$0.1893on the shared basket

Median fee · KuCoin$0.5662on the shared basket

Coins only on one side81512 idax exchange · 803 KuCoin

Coin	idax exchange	KuCoin	Cheaper
BTCBitcoin	0.0₅2000 BTC$0.1562 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	0.0₅4000 BTC$0.3123 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +2	idax exchangesaves $0.1562
ETHEthereum	0.0₅2000 ETH$0.005004 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +3	0.0₄5000 ETH$0.1251 · Base +6	idax exchangesaves $0.1201
USDTTether USDt	0.004360 USDT$0.004357 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +4	0.5000 USDT$0.4996 · KuCoin Community Chain +15	idax exchangesaves $0.4953
BNBBNB	0.0₅8000 BNB$0.005999 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	0.0009530 BNB$0.7146 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	idax exchangesaves $0.7086
XRPXRP	0.0₄2000 XRP$0.0₄2640 · XRP Ledger	0.3000 XRP$0.3960 · XRP Ledger	idax exchangesaves $0.3960
USDCUSDC	0.004360 USDC$0.004361 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	0.2100 USDC$0.2100 · Sonic +13	idax exchangesaves $0.2057
TRXTRON	6.6 TRX$2.23 · Tron (TRC20)	1 TRX$0.3373 · Tron (TRC20)	KuCoinsaves $1.89
DOGEDogecoin	20 DOGE$1.70 · Dogecoin	4 DOGE$0.3403 · Dogecoin	KuCoinsaves $1.36
LINKChainlink	0.02821 LINK$0.3312 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.03000 LINK$0.3522 · KuCoin Community Chain +1	idax exchangesaves $0.02099
ADACardano	5 ADA$1.07 · Cardano	2 ADA$0.4268 · Cardano	KuCoinsaves $0.6402
UNIUniswap	0.07260 UNI$0.6318 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.8000 UNI$6.96 · Ethereum (ERC20)	idax exchangesaves $6.33
BCHBitcoin Cash	0.0002000 BCH$0.04930 · Bitcoin Cash	0.001800 BCH$0.4437 · Bitcoin Cash	idax exchangesaves $0.3944
LTCLitecoin	0.0₄9000 LTC$0.004958 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	0.006000 LTC$0.3305 · Litecoin	idax exchangesaves $0.3256
AAVEAave	0.002638 AAVE$0.3521 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.008000 AAVE$1.07 · KuCoin Community Chain +1	idax exchangesaves $0.7157
ASTERAster	0.006258 ASTER$0.004685 · BNB	0.8000 ASTER$0.5989 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	idax exchangesaves $0.5942
DOTPolkadot	0.005136 DOT$0.005775 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	0.4000 DOT$0.4498 · Polkadot Asset Hub	idax exchangesaves $0.4440
WLFIWorld Liberty Financial	5.5817 WLFI$0.3226 · Ethereum (ERC20)	10 WLFI$0.5779 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	idax exchangesaves $0.2554
PEPEPepe	87,431 PEPE$0.3216 · Ethereum (ERC20)	600,000 PEPE$2.21 · Ethereum (ERC20)	idax exchangesaves $1.89
ETCEthereum Classic	0.0003480 ETC$0.002730 · Ethereum Classic	0.04000 ETC$0.3138 · Ethereum Classic	idax exchangesaves $0.3110
ATOMCosmos	0.002000 ATOM$0.003272 · Cosmos Hub	0.3500 ATOM$0.5726 · Cosmos Hub	idax exchangesaves $0.5693
CAKEPancakeSwap	0.002540 CAKE$0.006310 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	0.4100 CAKE$1.02 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	idax exchangesaves $1.01
JUPJupiter	0.9147 JUP$0.2327 · Solana	3 JUP$0.7632 · Solana	idax exchangesaves $0.5305
QNTQuant	0.005280 QNT$0.3299 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.006000 QNT$0.3749 · KuCoin Community Chain +1	idax exchangesaves $0.04499
AEROAerodrome Finance	0.004484 AERO$0.002772 · Ethereum (ERC20)	1.55 AERO$0.9582 · Base	idax exchangesaves $0.9554
APTAptos	0.02228 APT$0.01489 · Aptos	0.5000 APT$0.3343 · Aptos	idax exchangesaves $0.3194

Showing 1–25 of 44 coins

Deposit, fiat, card and other fees

Fee	idax exchange	KuCoin
Crypto deposit fee	Free	Free
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card annual	—	0 USDC
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card cancellation	—	0 USDC
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card dispute	—	30 USDC
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card FX	—	1%
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card inactivity	—	2 USDC
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card issuance	—	0 USDC
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card issuance extra	—	9.99 USDC
Card spending/conversion feeKuCard (AU) · Card transaction	—	0.5%
Fiat deposit feeBRL · Pix	—	Free
Fiat deposit feeEUR · Bank Transfer (SEPA) — SEPA & SEPA Instant	—	0.1%min 10 EUR
Fiat deposit feeEUR · Easy bank transfer sepa	—	0.25%
Fiat withdrawal feeBRL · Pix	—	2.6 BRL
Fiat withdrawal feeEUR · Bank Transfer (SEPA) — SEPA & SEPA Instant	—	0.1%min 10 EUR
P2P maker feeP2P	—	Free
P2P taker feeP2P	—	Free

idax exchange vs KuCoin — FAQ

Is idax exchange or KuCoin cheaper?

KuCoin charges 0.1% on spot taker orders versus 0.2% on idax exchange. On futures, KuCoin is cheaper for takers (0.06% vs 0.1%). idax exchange has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 39 of the 44 coins both exchanges list. KuCoin publishes the deeper VIP ladder (13 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Which has lower trading fees, idax exchange or KuCoin?

idax exchange charges 0.2% taker / 0.2% maker on spot and 0.1% taker on futures at the entry tier. KuCoin charges 0.1% taker / 0.1% maker on spot and 0.06% taker on futures. Across the metrics we compare, KuCoin 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, idax exchange or KuCoin?

Of the 44 coins both exchanges let you withdraw, idax exchange is cheaper on 39, KuCoin on 5. The median withdrawal fee on that shared basket is $0.1893 on idax exchange versus $0.5662 on KuCoin. idax exchange is the cheaper default, but the winner changes coin by coin — check the coin you actually withdraw.

How can I pay lower fees on idax exchange or KuCoin?

idax exchange: 0.18% paying fees in ARDX. KuCoin: −20% paying fees in KCS. Both exchanges also cut maker/taker rates as your 30-day volume rises — idax exchange publishes 1 tier and KuCoin publishes 13 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 idax exchange and KuCoin 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 idax exchange, 2026-08-28 for KuCoin). Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange's own API or fee page (last sync 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for idax exchange, 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for KuCoin). 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: idax exchange fees · KuCoin fees.