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BBybit vs KuCoin
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Bybit if…
- you're in its core audience: crypto traders, derivatives traders
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Choose KuCoin if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: retail crypto traders, futures and margin traders
Side by side
Feature Bybit KuCoin
Pricing modelPaidPricing unknown
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyBybitKuCoin
Full feature lists
B Bybit
- Spot trading for crypto and fiat pairs
- Spot margin trading
- Perpetual and futures contracts
- Options trading
- Tiered VIP fee program updated daily
- MNT token fee discounts
- Trading bots and copy trading
- API order placement
K KuCoin
- Spot, margin and futures trading
- Built-in trading bots
- Convert and OTC trading
- Earn products for crypto holdings
- Leveraged tokens
- Buy crypto, KuCoin Pay and KuCard
- Proof of Reserves page
- API services and developer SDK
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Bybit
Non-VIP spot0.10% maker / 0.10% taker
Non-VIP derivatives0.02% maker / 0.055% taker
Supreme VIPSpot 0.03% maker / 0.045% taker
KuCoin
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Bybit
- Low base derivatives maker fee of 0.02%
- VIP tiers bring perpetual maker fees to 0%
- Spot, margin, futures and options on one platform
- Fiat-crypto spot pairs start at a higher 0.20% taker fee
- Fee rates may vary by region
- MNT discount excludes API, bot and copy-trading orders
KuCoin
- Spot, futures, margin, bots and earn products in one account
- iOS and Android apps available
- API and SDK for developers
- Publishes a Proof of Reserves page
- Fee rates are not listed on the home page
- Leveraged products such as futures and margin carry high risk
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