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CKraken vs WhiteBIT
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
K
Choose Kraken if…
- you need an API to build on
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: retail crypto investors, active and leveraged traders
W
Choose WhiteBIT if…
- you're in its core audience: retail crypto traders, active and high-volume traders
Side by side
Feature Kraken WhiteBIT
Pricing modelPricing unknownPricing unknown
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb
CompanyPayward, Inc. · since 2011—
Full feature lists
K Kraken
- 600+ crypto trading pairs
- 11,000+ stocks and ETFs (U.S. only)
- Perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage
- Staking and auto earn on assets
- Recurring buys (dollar cost averaging)
- Self-custody multi-chain wallet
- Kraken CLI for traders and AI agents
- OTC trading and institutional custody via Prime
W WhiteBIT
- Spot cryptocurrency trading
- Futures trading
- Standard spot fee of 0.1% maker and taker
- VIP program with reduced fees
- Fee discounts for holding the WBT token
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Kraken
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
WhiteBIT
Standard spot trading0.1% maker / 0.1% taker
Strengths and limitations
Kraken
- Operating since 2011, with $2T+ in reported transaction volume
- Over 600 crypto pairs plus stocks and ETFs
- Trade on the web, in the mobile app, or through the API and CLI
- Publishes proof of reserves
- Stock trading is available only in the U.S. and not in every state
- Products and features vary by region because of geographic restrictions
- UK cryptoasset services are unregulated and not covered by the FSCS
WhiteBIT
- Fee schedule is published, with a standard spot rate of 0.1% maker and taker
- Fees can be reduced through the VIP program
- Holding WBT can remove maker fees entirely
- The full maker fee discount requires holding 200 WBT
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