Head to head · measured, not quoted
Bitstamp vs KuCoin.
On reliability: Bitstamp scores 75 (updated 2026-10-04), KuCoin scores 74 (updated 2026-10-04). Bitstamp scores higher.
Bitstamp and KuCoin don’t share a dollar rail right now — one is measured on USD, the other on USDT.
Bitstamp
- Published fee (maker / taker)
- 0.30% / 0.40%
- Reliability Score
- 75 / 100
- Measured cost · $1,000 BTC buy
- $4.20
- You get
- 0.01169931 BTC
- Of which hidden spread
- $0.20
- BTC withdrawal
- not published — excluded
live orderbook · 50s old at measurement
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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
Questions, answered
What trading fees do Bitstamp and KuCoin charge?
Published base-tier fees: Bitstamp 0.30% maker / 0.40% taker; KuCoin 0.10% maker / 0.10% taker. Spread on top is measured live above.
How reliable are Bitstamp and KuCoin?
Skontro's sourced Reliability Score: Bitstamp 75/100 (updated 2026-10-04), KuCoin 74/100 (updated 2026-10-04). It never influences the cost ranking.
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Sources & method
Fee + live order-book spread + published withdrawal, ranked by what you receive; never by commission. Method →
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