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The cheapest way to buy Solana in 2026, measured.

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was cheapest for a $1,000 Solana buy: 8.216618 SOL received.

$10.15 less total cost than the priciest live-measured exchange.

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

Exchange	Published fee (maker / taker)	Measured cost	You receive	Reliability	Data age
01Binance	0.10% / 0.10%	$3.08	8.216618 SOL	72 / 100	54s
02Kraken	0.25% / 0.40%	$4.74	8.202932 SOL	88 / 100	22s
03Bitstamp	0.30% / 0.40%	$5.05	8.200433 SOL	75 / 100	54s
04Crypto.com	0.25% / 0.50%	$6.23	8.190649 SOL	78 / 100	55s
05Coinbase	0.60% / 1.20%	$13.23	8.133026 SOL	68 / 100	53s

01Binance$3.08
You receive: 8.216618 SOL72 / 100
fee 0.10% / 0.10% · live · 54s old
02Kraken$4.74
You receive: 8.202932 SOL88 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.40% · live · 22s old
03Bitstamp$5.05
You receive: 8.200433 SOL75 / 100
fee 0.30% / 0.40% · live · 54s old
04Crypto.com$6.23
You receive: 8.190649 SOL78 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.50% · live · 55s old
05Coinbase$13.23
You receive: 8.133026 SOL68 / 100
fee 0.60% / 1.20% · live · 53s old

5 live-measured exchanges · ranking = net SOL 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 SOL buy: $3.08
You get: 8.216618 SOL
Of which hidden spread: $2.08
SOL 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 SOL buy: $4.74
You get: 8.202932 SOL
Of which hidden spread: $0.74
SOL 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.

Solana isn’t in our curated withdrawal dataset yet (Bitcoin and Ethereum are) — see the withdrawal-fee table and Move check.

Sources & method

Live order-book walk at your size plus the published fee, ranked by SOL 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 SOL comparison recomputes everything in real time.

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

Binance · 8.216618 SOL for $1,000 · after fee and spread

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Questions, answered

What is the cheapest exchange to buy Solana?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was the cheapest live-orderbook exchange for a $1,000 Solana buy: 8.216618 SOL after fee and spread.

What are the fees for buying Solana?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, the cheapest live-orderbook exchanges for a $1,000 Solana 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), and SOL is not yet in our curated withdrawal dataset — check the exchange’s fee page.

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