True cost · Ethereum · ranked by what you actually receive

The cheapest way to buy Ethereum in 2026, measured.

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was cheapest for a $1,000 Ethereum buy: 0.370755 ETH received.

$10.88 less total cost than the priciest live-measured exchange.

Measured — live orderbook · $1,000 ETH buy · 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC

Exchange	Published fee (maker / taker)	Measured cost	You receive	Reliability	Data age
01Binance	0.10% / 0.10%	$1.19	0.370755 ETH	72 / 100	54s
02Kraken	0.25% / 0.40%	$3.35	0.369952 ETH	88 / 100	23s
03Bitstamp	0.30% / 0.40%	$4.09	0.369679 ETH	75 / 100	53s
04Crypto.com	0.25% / 0.50%	$5.06	0.369316 ETH	78 / 100	55s
05Coinbase	0.60% / 1.20%	$12.07	0.366715 ETH	68 / 100	53s

01Binance$1.19
You receive: 0.370755 ETH72 / 100
fee 0.10% / 0.10% · live · 54s old
02Kraken$3.35
You receive: 0.369952 ETH88 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.40% · live · 23s old
03Bitstamp$4.09
You receive: 0.369679 ETH75 / 100
fee 0.30% / 0.40% · live · 53s old
04Crypto.com$5.06
You receive: 0.369316 ETH78 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.50% · live · 55s old
05Coinbase$12.07
You receive: 0.366715 ETH68 / 100
fee 0.60% / 1.20% · live · 53s old

5 live-measured exchanges · ranking = net ETH received after fee and spread · withdrawal not included.

Not in this dollar view: Bitpanda, Bitvavo — why →

Bitpanda has no public USD or USDT order book — omitted rather than converted from EUR.
Bitvavo has no public USD or USDT order book — omitted rather than converted from EUR.

The top two measured exchanges, in full

Binance

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.10% / 0.10%
Reliability Score: 72 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 ETH buy: $1.19
You get: 0.370755 ETH
Of which hidden spread: $0.19
ETH withdrawal: not included in this snapshot

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Kraken

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.25% / 0.40%
Reliability Score: 88 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 ETH buy: $3.35
You get: 0.369952 ETH
Of which hidden spread: -$0.65
ETH withdrawal: not included in this snapshot

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Why the fee page isn’t the whole story.

0.10% on $1,000 is one dollar; the spread you cross is often more — full anatomy: hidden-fees guide.

Withdrawal adds to the bill.

Published native-chain ETH withdrawal fees, each from the exchange’s own fee page:

Binance0.00007 ETH (≈ $0.19 · €0.17)
Bybit0.0003 ETH (≈ $0.81 · €0.72)
OKX0.00015 ETH (≈ $0.40 · €0.36)
KuCoin0.0015 ETH (≈ $4.04 · €3.59)
Bitget0.0002 ETH (≈ $0.54 · €0.48)
Crypto.com0.005 ETH (≈ $13.47 · €11.96)
Kraken0.00013 ETH (≈ $0.35 · €0.31)
Bitpanda0.0006 ETH (≈ $1.62 · €1.44)
Bitvavo0.00043 ETH (≈ $1.16 · €1.03)

Coinbase publishes no fixed ETH withdrawal fee — the live network fee is passed through at withdrawal time.

MEXC and Bitstamp have no officially verifiable published ETH withdrawal fee — we show nothing rather than a guess.

Fees adjust dynamically; sources and dates on the full withdrawal-fee table, routes on the Move check.

Sources & method

Live order-book walk at your size plus the published fee, ranked by ETH received — never by commission. Method →

Sources & method, in full

Every number above carries its measurement time — “cheapest” is only ever true at a timestamp. Exchanges without fresh data are omitted, never invented; exchanges without a public orderbook are marked “list price · not live”. The Reliability Score next to costs is a sourced, dated record — display context, never part of the cost ranking. Where a link earns a disclosed commission it is labelled; the commission never changes a number or a position. Withdrawal figures are the published schedule at verification; EUR equivalents are approximate at the current reference price. For your own order size, the live ETH comparison recomputes everything in real time.

Cheapest measured · 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC

Binance · 0.370755 ETH for $1,000 · after fee and spread

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Questions, answered

What is the cheapest exchange to buy Ethereum?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was the cheapest live-orderbook exchange for a $1,000 Ethereum buy: 0.370755 ETH after fee and spread.

What are the fees for buying Ethereum?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, the cheapest live-orderbook exchanges for a $1,000 Ethereum buy were Binance (taker 0.10%), Kraken (taker 0.40%), Bitstamp (taker 0.40%).

Does the withdrawal fee affect the ranking?

Not on this page (trading cost only); the live tool’s withdrawal toggle adds each exchange’s published ETH fee — unpublished ones excluded, never guessed.

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