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Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Coinbase if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: crypto beginners, retail crypto traders
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Choose Gemini if…
- you need an API to build on
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: retail crypto investors, active traders
Side by side
Feature Coinbase Gemini
Pricing modelFreemiumPricing unknown
Starting price$4.99/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyCoinbaseGemini Space Station, LLC · since 2015
Full feature lists
C Coinbase
- Buy, sell and convert cryptocurrencies
- Custodial crypto account
- Staking rewards on supported assets
- Coinbase One subscription with zero-fee trading limits
- Monthly gas credit on the Base network for members
- Account protection coverage for members
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
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Coinbase
Coinbase accountFree
Coinbase One Basic$4.99/mo or $49.99/yr
Coinbase One Preferred$29.99/mo or $299.99/yr
Gemini
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Coinbase
- Free to open an account
- Subscription tiers cut trading fees for frequent traders
- Coinbase One includes account protection coverage
- Zero-fee trading on Coinbase One has monthly volume caps
- Coinbase says membership benefits may change without notice
- Subscription prices vary by region
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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