KCEX vs Pionex: fees compared

Every fee that costs you money on KCEX and Pionex, 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.

KCEXRank #61 · founded 2021

0%spot taker0.01%futures taker908coins to withdraw$25.54Bvolume 24h

Trade on KCEX ↗

PionexRank #25 · founded 2019

0.05–0.1%spot taker0.05%futures taker206coins to withdraw$16.89Bvolume 24h

Trade on Pionex ↗

The short answer

9KCEXcategories won1Pionex

KCEX charges 0% on spot taker orders versus 0.05–0.1% on Pionex.
On futures, KCEX is cheaper for takers (0.01% vs 0.05%).
KCEX has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 87 of the 110 coins both exchanges list (1 tie).
Pionex publishes the deeper VIP ladder (11 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Head-to-head

Fee	KCEX	Pionex
Trading fees
Spot maker	0%cheaper	0.05–0.1%
Spot taker	0%cheaper	0.05–0.1%
Futures maker	0%cheaper	0.02%
Futures taker	0.01%cheaper	0.05%
Lowest spot taker (top VIP tier)	0%cheaperRegular	0.05%Regular User
Fee tiers published	1Spot trading	11moreSpot trading
Fee discount with exchange token	—	—
Withdrawals & deposits
Coins you can withdraw	908moresynced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC	206synced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC
Median withdrawal fee (coins on both)	$0.2229cheaperacross 110 coins	$1.21across 110 coins
Cheaper withdrawal on…	87 coinsmore1 tied	22 coins1 tied
Crypto deposit fee	Free	—
Exchange profile
Volume 24h (spot + derivatives)	$25.54BmoreOI $690.13M	$16.89BOI $271.01M
Markets	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2021	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2019
Fiat currencies	SupportedCard, 3rd-party	18 currenciesEUR, GBP, MYR, IDR, CAD, RUB…

“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

KCEXCheaper

$0.10/ month

Trading (Regular · 0% / 0%): $0.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) · $0.02517 each): $0.10

Pionex

$302.35/ month

Trading (VIP 10 · 0.01% / 0.05%): $300.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) · $0.5872 each): $2.35

At $1M of monthly spot volume (50% maker) plus 4 BTC withdrawals, KCEX costs $302.25 less per month — $3,626.98 a year.

Taker fee as 30-day volume grows KCEX Pionex

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

KCEXSpot trading

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

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

PionexSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular User	—	0.05%	0.05%
VIP 1	—	0.048%	0.05%
VIP 2	—	0.045%	0.05%
VIP 3	—	0.04%	0.05%
VIP 4	—	0.035%	0.05%
VIP 5	—	0.03%	0.05%
VIP 6	—	0.025%	0.05%
VIP 7	—	0.02%	0.05%
VIP 8	—	0.015%	0.05%
VIP 9	—	0.01%	0.05%
VIP 10	—	0.01%	0.05%

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

Futures fee tiers side by side

KCEXFutures trading — USDⓈ-M

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0%	0.01%

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

PionexFutures trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular User	—	0.02%	0.05%
VIP 1	—	0.019%	0.048%
VIP 2	—	0.018%	0.045%
VIP 3	—	0.016%	0.04%
VIP 4	—	0.014%	0.04%
VIP 5	—	0.012%	0.035%
VIP 6	—	0.01%	0.03%
VIP 7	—	0.008%	0.03%
VIP 8	—	0.006%	0.025%
VIP 9	—	0.004%	0.025%
VIP 10	—	0.001%	0.02%

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

Withdrawal fees, coin by coin110 coins on both

Cheaper on more coinsKCEX87 vs 22 of 110

Median fee · KCEX$0.2229on the shared basket

Median fee · Pionex$1.21on the shared basket

Coins only on one side654623 KCEX · 31 Pionex

Coin	KCEX	Pionex	Cheaper
BTCBitcoin	0.0₆3000 BTC$0.02517 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	0.0₅7000 BTC$0.5872 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	KCEXsaves $0.5620
ETHEthereum	0.0₅8600 ETH$0.02307 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +5	0.0₄2000 ETH$0.05364 · Optimism +4	KCEXsaves $0.03058
USDTTether USDt	0.01000 USDT$0.009998 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +7	0.01100 USDT$0.01100 · Plasma +7	KCEXsaves $0.0009998
BNBBNB	0.0005820 BNB$0.4497 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	0.0002000 BNB$0.1545 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	Pionexsaves $0.2952
XRPXRP	0.0₄2000 XRP$0.0₄3077 · XRP Ledger	0.2000 XRP$0.3077 · XRP Ledger	KCEXsaves $0.3076
USDCUSDC	0.003000 USDC$0.002999 · Base +4	0.02500 USDC$0.02499 · Optimism +5	KCEXsaves $0.02199
SOLSolana	0.0₄2000 SOL$0.002411 · Solana	0.002700 SOL$0.3255 · Solana +1	KCEXsaves $0.3230
TRXTRON	1 TRX$0.3364 · Tron (TRC20)	1 TRX$0.3364 · Tron (TRC20)	same
HYPEHyperliquid	0.0₄8000 HYPE$0.007352 · HyperEVM	0.01000 HYPE$0.9190 · HyperEVM	KCEXsaves $0.9116
DOGEDogecoin	0.05000 DOGE$0.004849 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	3.91 DOGE$0.3792 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	KCEXsaves $0.3743
LINKChainlink	0.01000 LINK$0.1421 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.1604 LINK$2.28 · Ethereum (ERC20)	KCEXsaves $2.14
ADACardano	0.9900 ADA$0.2524 · Cardano	0.8000 ADA$0.2040 · Cardano	Pionexsaves $0.04844
XLMStellar	0.01000 XLM$0.002168 · Stellar	0.02000 XLM$0.004335 · Stellar	KCEXsaves $0.002168
BCHBitcoin Cash	0.0₅3000 BCH$0.0009987 · Bitcoin Cash	0.0002500 BCH$0.08323 · Bitcoin Cash	KCEXsaves $0.08223
NEARNEAR Protocol	0.0₄2900 NEAR$0.0001391 · NEAR	0.01800 NEAR$0.08631 · NEAR	KCEXsaves $0.08617
UNIUniswap	0.05800 UNI$0.5566 · Ethereum (ERC20) +1	0.3054 UNI$2.93 · Ethereum (ERC20)	KCEXsaves $2.37
LTCLitecoin	0.0₅2000 LTC$0.0001442 · Litecoin	0.0001000 LTC$0.007211 · Litecoin	KCEXsaves $0.007067
SUISui	0.004000 SUI$0.004664 · Sui	0.06000 SUI$0.06996 · Sui	KCEXsaves $0.06530
AVAXAvalanche	0.009300 AVAX$0.09987 · Avalanche C-Chain	0.004000 AVAX$0.04295 · Avalanche C-Chain	Pionexsaves $0.05691
GRAMGram (prev. Toncoin)	0.05800 GRAM$0.08530 · TON	0.02000 GRAM$0.02941 · TON	Pionexsaves $0.05588
SHIBShiba Inu	795.1 SHIB$0.004688 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	30,067 SHIB$0.1773 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	KCEXsaves $0.1726
ENAEthena	7.25 ENA$2.02 · Ethereum (ERC20)	7.64 ENA$2.13 · Ethereum (ERC20)	KCEXsaves $0.1086
XAUtTether Gold	0.0006300 XAUt$2.70 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.0003000 XAUt$1.28 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Pionexsaves $1.41
ONDOOndo	0.2600 ONDO$0.1421 · Ethereum (ERC20)	3.83 ONDO$2.09 · Ethereum (ERC20)	KCEXsaves $1.95
AAVEAave	0.01186 AAVE$1.83 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.01120 AAVE$1.73 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Pionexsaves $0.1013

Showing 1–25 of 110 coins

Deposit, fiat, card and other fees

Fee	KCEX	Pionex
Crypto deposit fee	Free	—

KCEX vs Pionex — FAQ

Is KCEX or Pionex cheaper?

KCEX charges 0% on spot taker orders versus 0.05–0.1% on Pionex. On futures, KCEX is cheaper for takers (0.01% vs 0.05%). KCEX has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 87 of the 110 coins both exchanges list (1 tie). Pionex publishes the deeper VIP ladder (11 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Which has lower trading fees, KCEX or Pionex?

KCEX charges 0% taker / 0% maker on spot and 0.01% taker on futures at the entry tier. Pionex charges 0.05–0.1% taker / 0.05–0.1% maker on spot and 0.05% taker on futures. Across the metrics we compare, KCEX 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, KCEX or Pionex?

Of the 110 coins both exchanges let you withdraw, KCEX is cheaper on 87, Pionex on 22, and 1 are identical. The median withdrawal fee on that shared basket is $0.2229 on KCEX versus $1.21 on Pionex. KCEX is the cheaper default, but the winner changes coin by coin — check the coin you actually withdraw.

How can I pay lower fees on KCEX or Pionex?

Both exchanges also cut maker/taker rates as your 30-day volume rises — KCEX publishes 1 tier and Pionex publishes 11 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 KCEX and Pionex 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 KCEX, 2026-08-28 for Pionex). Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange's own API or fee page (last sync 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for KCEX, 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for Pionex). 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: KCEX fees · Pionex fees.