Two checks — cost and trust
Bitvavo vs OKX.
Top score today, tied:Bitvavo and OKX84— updated 2026-10-04 or later
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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OKX
- Published fee (maker / taker)
- 0.08% / 0.10%
- Reliability Score
- 84 / 100
- Measured cost · 1,000 USDT BTC buy
- 3.81 USDT
- You get
- 0.01170395 BTC
- Of which hidden spread
- 0.34 USDT
- BTC withdrawal
- 2.47 USDT (0.000029 BTC)
live orderbook · 50s old at measurement · via USDT
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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 → · OKX record →
Questions, answered
Is Bitvavo or OKX safer?
No safety verdicts — on Skontro's sourced Reliability Score, Bitvavo 84/100 (updated 2026-10-04) and OKX 84/100 (updated 2026-10-04) — level today.
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