Crypto leaderboard8 exchanges9 November 2026

The cheapest crypto exchanges, category by category.

  1. First0.50%to tap Buy, before the spread
    Digital Surge logo
    Digital SurgeDigital Surge
    Australian-based · AUSTRAC registered · Free PayID deposits · 400 coinsGo to site
  2. Second0.50%to tap Buy, before the spread
    Independent Reserve logo
    Independent ReserveIndependent Reserve
    Australian-based · AUSTRAC registered · Free PayID deposits · 0.00% by card · 40 coinsGo to site
  3. Third0.60%to tap Buy, before the spread
    Coinstash logo
    CoinstashCoinstash
    Australian-based · AUSTRAC registered · Free PayID deposits · 1.37% by card · 1000 coinsGo to site

Ranked by the published fee for an instant buy (tapping Buy), lowest first. Leaves out exchanges that publish no instant-buy fee — their cost sits in the quoted price, so any figure for them is our estimate, and an estimate is never ranked. Compares 8 exchanges, not the whole market.

The other 5 exchanges

Ranked by the published fee for an instant buy (tapping Buy), lowest first. All 5: AUSTRAC registered · Free PayID deposits.

  1. 4
    Swyftx logo
    Swyftx
    0.60%to tap Buy, before the spread0.10 above first rankedAustralian-based · 2.40% by card · 410 coins
  2. 5
    Cointree logo
    Cointree
    0.75%to tap Buy, before the spread0.25 above first rankedAustralian-based · 200 coins
  3. 6
    CoinJar logo
    CoinJar
    1.00%to tap Buy, before the spread0.50 above first rankedAustralian-based · 2.00% by card · 60 coins
  4. 7
    CoinSpot logo
    CoinSpot
    1.00%to tap Buy, before the spread0.50 above first rankedAustralian-based · 0.00% by card · 470 coins
  5. 8
    Kraken logo
    Kraken
    1.00%to tap Buy, before the spread0.50 above first rankedBased overseas · 3.75% by card · 200 coins

An instant buy also carries a spread — the gap between the quoted price and the market — which exchanges don’t publish and no figure here includes.

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As of 9 November 2026, the lowest published instant-buy fee among crypto exchanges tracked by BankMate is 0.50% at Digital Surge. How we rank