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What one buy of $1,000 costs by tapping Buy
~$20
Estimate All-in, spread included: Coinbase publishes no fee for tapping Buy
$10
1.00% of the buy, plus a spread in the price

Coinbase publishes no fee for tapping Buy, so the ~ figure is our estimate and isn't set against Kraken.

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CoinbaseCoinbase
KrakenKraken
Tapping Buy
the fee on each buy
~2.00%Estimate
Our all-in estimate, spread included: no fee is published
1.00%
plus a spread in the price, not published
The trading screen, market price
a first buy, at the entry rate
0.90%
at any volume
0.80%
up to $3,750 traded in 30 days
0.10% less · Lower fee at the market price
The trading screen, your own price
a first buy, at the entry rate
0.50%
at any volume
0.40%
up to $3,750 traded in 30 days
0.10% less · Lower fee at your own price
Paying in by bank transfer or PayID
Free
Free
Paying in by card
Not published
3.75%
of each deposit
A year of your buying
12 buys of $1,000, by tapping Buy, paid by bank transfer or PayID
~$240Estimate
Rests on our estimate of the tap-Buy fee
$120
Ways to pay in
3 ways
PayID, Bank transfer, Card
5 ways
PayID, Bank transfer, Card, Apple Pay, PayPal
Coins listed
210+
200+
10 AUD pairs
App Store rating
Australian App Store
4.5 of 5
from 31,988 ratings
4.6 of 5
from 1,430 ratings
AUSTRAC
Registered
Registered
Operated from
Overseas
Overseas
Recurring buys
Yes
Yes
Staking
Yes
Yes
SMSF accounts
No
Yes
Proof of reserves
No
Yes
Tax reports
Yes
Yes

One buy at every size, by tapping Buy

Coinbase (our estimate)Kraken
$0$1,000$2,000$500$1k$2k$5k$10k$20k$50k$100k
A buy of $1,000 · yours
Coinbase (our estimate)$20
Kraken$10
The fee on one buy by tapping Buy

The fee each charges on a single buy by tapping Buy, from $100 to $100,000, before paying in and before the spread built into the price; the dashed upright line is your buy size. Coinbase’s line is dashed: our all-in estimate, spread included, because no fee for tapping Buy is published.

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Fees as each exchange publishes them, last refreshed 7 October 2026. To tap Buy: Coinbase about 2% (our estimate), Kraken 1%. On the trading screen: Coinbase 0.9%, Kraken 0.8%. Coinbase publishes no fee for tapping Buy, so the ~ figure is our all-in estimate, spread included, and is never set against the other. Each row says which figure is lower; it doesn't rank the exchanges. BankMate compares buying only.

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