Kraken fees 2026: 1% in the app, 0.40% on Pro
Kraken charges 1% on an instant purchase in the app and 0.40%/0.80% on Kraken Pro, lowest tier. What that costs on €500. Checked 22-08-2026.
Buy bitcoin through the plain Kraken app and you pay 1% on an instant or recurring purchase and 1.5% on a custom order. The same purchase on Kraken Pro costs 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker in the lowest volume tier. On €500 that is €5.00 against €4.00 — and with a limit order on Pro, €2.00.
Two schedules, one company
Kraken runs two fee structures side by side, on the same fee page.
The app charges a flat percentage per purchase and has no volume tiers. What you pay the first time, you pay the hundredth time too.
Kraken Pro works with maker/taker and with tiers that fall as your thirty-day trading volume rises. Tier 1 starts at €0 volume with 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker.
Source: Kraken, fee schedule, last checked 22 August 2026.
What it costs in euros
The gap between the app and a limit order on Pro is a factor of 2.5 at every amount.
Why this is so often stated wrongly
Many comparison sites — and until last week this one too — listed 0.25% / 0.40% as Kraken’s entry fee. That figure still exists, but it is the fee on the notional value of a Perps position, not the spot entry fee. Anyone reusing it as a spot rate promises the reader half of what they actually pay.
We checked our own figures against the source and corrected them. The date of that check now sits in the code beside every rate, and the top of this page shows when we last reviewed it.
Is Pro harder than the app?
Yes, and that is the honest trade-off. Kraken Pro shows an order book, order types and a chart where the app has a single button. For a first purchase of €50 that is heavy machinery.
The arithmetic is simple: on €100 Pro saves you €0.20 to €0.60. On €2,000 it saves you €4 to €12. Somewhere between those two it becomes worth working your way through an unfamiliar interface once.
Where Kraken is dearer than the rest
Even at 0.40% / 0.80%, Kraken’s entry tier sits above Finst, which charges a flat 0.15% with no added spread, and above an OKX account with X-Perps. Kraken only becomes competitive once your trading volume climbs. See OKX fees 2026: do you pay 0.20% or 0.08%?.
Which authorisation covers you?
Kraken serves the EEA through Payward Europe Solutions Limited, an Irish company, under MiCA with the Central Bank of Ireland as competent authority. Derivatives run through a separate entity; that is a different legal person with its own authorisation.
Frequently asked questions
Is Kraken Pro a separate app?
No, it is a different view inside the same account. You do not have to open or verify anything again.
What is the difference between maker and taker?
An order that fills immediately at the current price removes liquidity: that is taker, and it is the more expensive rate. A limit order that sits until someone takes it adds liquidity: that is maker.
Why don’t I see maker or taker in the app?
Because the app does not make that distinction. There you pay a flat percentage, whatever the order type.
When does my Pro rate drop?
Once your thirty-day trading volume passes the first tier. The tiers and their thresholds are on Kraken’s own fee page; check them there, because they are revised periodically.
Further reading
- Kraken and MiCA: why the Irish EU authorisation matters now
- How to save hundreds of euros in crypto fees
- Compare exchanges
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Trading in cryptocurrencies carries risk. You can lose your deposit. This is not investment advice.