Cash App vs. Coinbase: Which Is Right for You? | The Motley Fool

Coinbase has lower crypto trading fees than Cash App, which is an important advantage if you’re planning to invest in cryptocurrency regularly.

Cash App doesn’t publish its fee structure and instead calculates the fee amount during the purchase process. You can see how much it will cost before you confirm the transaction. Fees are normally above 2% on purchases of $100 or less. Fee amounts drop for larger purchases, but are still more than what top crypto exchanges charge.

Fees on Coinbase are a little complicated. That’s because Coinbase charges different fees depending on whether you use its simple trading or advanced trading option.

Coinbase’s advanced trading tool, which it created to replace its Coinbase Pro platform, is the best deal with fees ranging from 0% to 0.60%. Fee amounts are based on your trading volume and use a maker-taker model. That means Coinbase charges a taker fee if an order is filled immediately by another order on its order books, and it charges a maker fee if an order isn’t filled immediately.

Here’s how much Coinbase charges on advanced trades for clients with up to $1 million in 30-day trading volume: