What it costs to send money

On-chain fees are flat per transfer — the same few cents whether you move $1,000 or $100,000.

live gas × native-token prices · transfer leg only, no ramps / FX / custody · methodology

Stablecoin rails (live estimate)

Avalanche C-Chain

$0.000045

OP Mainnet

$0.00018

Solana

$0.00050

Base

$0.00094

Polygon PoS

$0.0016

BNB Smart Chain

$0.0022

Arbitrum One

$0.0032

Ethereum

$0.025

Tron

$2.11

Bar length on a logarithmic scale — per-transfer fees span several orders of magnitude.

rank by

Chain	Est. fee / transfer	$1,000 (bps)	$100,000 (bps)	Typical finality	Stablecoin liquidity	Score
Avalanche C-Chain	$0.000045	0.00045	0.0000045	~2 s	$741M	71
OP Mainnet	$0.00018	0.0018	0.000018	~2 s*	$421M	62
Solana	$0.00050	0.0050	0.000050	~13 s	$9.6B	68
Base	$0.00094	0.0094	0.000094	~2 s*	$4.2B	66
Polygon PoS	$0.0016	0.017	0.00016	~5 s	$2.6B	58
BNB Smart Chain	$0.0022	0.022	0.00022	~3 s	$10.8B	66
Arbitrum One	$0.0032	0.032	0.00032	~1 s*	$3.0B	61
Ethereum	$0.025	0.25	0.0025	~13 min	$121.2B	51
Tron	$2.11	21.1	0.21	~1 min	$91.8B	36

Last updated 2026-09-02 · gas via public RPCs; native-token prices via CoinGecko; formulas on the methodology page

* Arbitrum One and Base give soft confirmation in seconds; full settlement to Ethereum follows within minutes. Finality figures are typical values, not guarantees.

Incumbent rails (published figures)

For contrast: typical published pricing on established rails. These are static, hand-sourced figures with their as-of dates — not live quotes.

Rail	Published pricing	$1,000	$100,000	Source
Card rails (typical US online merchant pricing)	2.9% + $0.30	$29.30	$2,900.30	Stripe standard US card pricing (as of 2026-09)
International wire (typical US bank outgoing fee)	$25–$50 flat	$25–$50	$25–$50	Published fee schedules of major US banks (survey) (as of 2026-09)
Global average remittance cost ($200 send)	6.36%	6.36% (of a $200 send)	n/a — surveyed at $200	World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide, Q3 2025 (latest published corridor survey) (as of 2025-Q3)

Incumbent figures are indicative list prices; negotiated enterprise pricing differs. The remittance average is surveyed on $200 sends and is not comparable at larger amounts.