Two checks — cost and trust
Bitvavo vs KuCoin.
Top score today:Bitvavo84— updated 2026-10-04
Lowest: KuCoin 74/100, updated 2026-10-04 — 2 exchanges scored.
Bitvavo
- Published fee (maker / taker)
- 0.15% / 0.25%
- Reliability Score
- 84 / 100
Bitvavo has no public USD or USDT order book — omitted rather than converted from EUR.
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KuCoin
- Published fee (maker / taker)
- 0.10% / 0.10%
- Reliability Score
- 74 / 100
- Measured cost · 1,000 USDT BTC buy
- 8.77 USDT
- You get
- 0.01164562 BTC
- Of which hidden spread
- 0.11 USDT
- BTC withdrawal
- 7.66 USDT (0.00009 BTC)
live orderbook · 51s old at measurement · via USDT
Open KuCoin ↗neutral link
Sources & method
- Cost = live public orderbook walked for the exact 1,000 USDT order + published base-tier fee + published withdrawal fee; ranked by what you receive.
- Bitvavo has no public USD or USDT order book, so it isn't part of this dollar comparison.
- Reliability Score: sourced and dated, never part of the cost ranking; affiliate links never influence either.
- Cost method → · Score method → · Bitvavo record → · KuCoin record →
Questions, answered
Is Bitvavo or KuCoin safer?
No safety verdicts — on Skontro's sourced Reliability Score, Bitvavo 84/100 (updated 2026-10-04) and KuCoin 74/100 (updated 2026-10-04) — Bitvavo scores higher.
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