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CCEX.IO vs Gemini
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose CEX.IO if…
- you're in its core audience: first-time crypto buyers, active crypto traders
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Choose Gemini if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: retail crypto investors, active traders
Side by side
Feature CEX.IO Gemini
Pricing modelPricing unknownPricing unknown
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyCEX.IO · since 2013Gemini Space Station, LLC · since 2015
Full feature lists
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- Buy crypto directly with multiple payment methods
- Spot Trading with market, limit and stop-limit orders
- Over 300 cryptocurrencies and trading pairs
- Convert between assets and fiat without an order book
- Staking on supported assets
- GBP deposits and withdrawals for UK users
- CEX.IO Pay transfers between accounts without blockchain confirmations
- Price alerts and two-factor authentication
G Gemini
- Buy and trade 90+ cryptocurrencies
- Yes/no prediction market event contracts
- Staking to earn rewards
- Gemini Credit Card
- ActiveTrader, margin trading and perpetuals
- Institutional custody, OTC and clearing
- Developer platform and API
- TradingView integration
Strengths and limitations
CEX.IO
- Has operated since 2013
- Over 300 markets and more than 100 fiat-to-crypto pairs
- Web app plus iOS and Android apps
- Support through live chat, Telegram, X, Facebook and email
- UK onboarding requires KYC, facial recognition and an appropriateness test
- First-time UK users face a 24-hour cooling-off period
- Features and payment methods vary by jurisdiction
- Fees are not listed on the home page
Gemini
- Crypto trading, predictions, staking and a credit card in one platform
- Operating since 2015 with NMLS-registered entities
- Products for institutions as well as individual users
- Developer platform available
- Fees are not shown on the home page
- Prediction positions can only be sold subject to market availability
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