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CoinEx vs KuCoin
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose CoinEx if…
- you're in its core audience: crypto traders, market makers
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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 CoinEx KuCoin
Pricing modelPricing unknownPricing unknown
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, API
Company—KuCoin
Full feature lists
C CoinEx
- Spot, margin and futures trading
- Buy crypto with fiat or via P2P
- Earn products for holding assets
- VIP fee tiers based on balance or volume
- Pay trading fees with the CET token
- Market Maker program with volume-based discounts
- Public trading API with documentation
- Proof of Reserve
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
Strengths and limitations
CoinEx
- VIP status can come from any one of four criteria
- Fees can be paid in CET for trades in any coin
- Publishes Proof of Reserve
- Public API with documentation
- Fee page reviewed does not show exact rates
- No specific CET fee discount stated
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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