The best exchange for your profile

Which exchange is cheapest depends on what you do. Someone buying €500 of bitcoin a month pays mostly SEPA and spot fees. Someone trading $5 million a month in perpetuals at 70% maker sits in an entirely different part of the ladder — and at some exchanges pays nothing, or earns a rebate.

So this section holds calculators rather than a ranking. The cost comparison uses your volume, your maker/taker split and your deposit method, and shows the real cost per exchange instead of the headline rate. The feature comparison puts sixteen exchanges side by side on licensing, products, collateral and yield. The exchange coin calculator works out what BNB, CRO or BP earns you per year in fee discounts — and what you have to lock up for it.

Alongside those are worked profiles: the best choice for market makers, for Dutch traders and for EU traders generally, including what Dutch tax does to your position.

All fees come from the platforms’ own official schedules, with the date they were checked. No estimates, no affiliate ranking.