Pump.fun charges nothing to create a coin, 1.25% per trade while a coin is on the bonding curve, a one-time 0.015 SOL when it graduates, and 1.25% down to 0.30% per trade on PumpSwap after that, depending on the coin's market cap. Those are Pump.fun's own fees. If you trade through a bot or terminal, its fee comes on top.
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Every figure below comes from Pump.fun's fee page (last updated May 20, 2026), checked September 26, 2026. To run your own numbers, use our Pump.fun fee calculator.
Pump.fun fees at a glance
| Action | Fee | Who gets it |
|---|---|---|
| Create a coin | 0 SOL / 0 USDC | n/a |
| Trade on the bonding curve (SOL or USDC) | 1.25% | 0.95% protocol, 0.30% creator, 0% LP |
| Graduation to PumpSwap | 0.015 SOL | Pump.fun |
| PumpSwap canonical pool | 1.25% to 0.30% by market cap | Creator, protocol and LP (see tiers below) |
| PumpSwap non-canonical pool | 0.30% | 0.25% LP, 0.05% protocol, 0% creator |
Pump.fun's fee page also says its own web app, pump.fun/advanced and mobile app add no fees beyond these venue fees, though "some users may experience fee increases of up to .1% on certain transactions" on mobile.
Bonding-curve fee
Every new coin starts on a bonding curve, a pricing formula that raises the price with each buy and lowers it with each sell (how it works). Pump.fun's bonding curve page says it "charges a 1.25% total trading fee, split between the coin's creator and the protocol." The split is 0.95% to Pump.fun and 0.30% to the creator.
The rate is the same on buys and sells, so a round trip on the curve costs about 2.5% in Pump.fun fees alone.
Graduation fee
When the curve completes, Pump.fun closes it and moves the liquidity to PumpSwap, its own DEX. The fee page lists a one-time 0.015 SOL graduation fee. Before PumpSwap launched in March 2025, graduated coins moved to Raydium with a 6 SOL fee (The Block).
PumpSwap fee tiers
After graduation, the fee depends on the coin's market cap, measured in SOL for SOL pairs. The first tier keeps the curve's 1.25% total. From 420 SOL, the protocol cut drops to 0.05%, the LP share rises to 0.20%, and the creator fee starts at 0.95% and steps down as the coin grows.
| Market cap (SOL) | Creator | Protocol | LP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-420 | 0.300% | 0.930% | 0.020% | 1.250% |
| 420-1,470 | 0.950% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 1.200% |
| 1,470-2,460 | 0.900% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 1.150% |
| 2,460-3,440 | 0.850% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 1.100% |
| 3,440-4,420 | 0.800% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 1.050% |
| 4,420-9,820 | 0.750% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 1.000% |
| 9,820-14,740 | 0.700% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.950% |
| 14,740-19,650 | 0.650% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.900% |
| 19,650-24,560 | 0.600% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.850% |
| 24,560-29,470 | 0.550% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.800% |
| 29,470-34,380 | 0.500% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.750% |
| 34,380-39,300 | 0.450% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.700% |
| 39,300-44,210 | 0.400% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.650% |
| 44,210-49,120 | 0.350% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.600% |
| 49,120-54,030 | 0.300% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.550% |
| 54,030-58,940 | 0.275% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.525% |
| 58,940-63,860 | 0.250% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.500% |
| 63,860-68,770 | 0.225% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.475% |
| 68,770-73,681 | 0.200% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.450% |
| 73,681-78,590 | 0.175% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.425% |
| 78,590-83,500 | 0.150% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.400% |
| 83,500-88,400 | 0.125% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.375% |
| 88,400-93,330 | 0.100% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.350% |
| 93,330-98,240 | 0.075% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.325% |
| 98,240 and up | 0.050% | 0.050% | 0.200% | 0.300% |
Source: Pump.fun fee page. USDC-paired coins have a separate tier table in USDC, from 1.25% below 59,000 USDC to 0.30% at 20 million USDC and up. Pools that aren't the coin's canonical PumpSwap pool pay a flat 0.30%.
Creator fees and Cashback Coins
Creators earn 0.30% on the curve and up to 0.95% on PumpSwap. Since February 18, 2026, a creator can instead launch a Cashback Coin, where "coin creators must choose between Trader Cashback or Creator Fees before launch" and the creator share goes to traders (crypto.news). The choice can't be changed later. We found nothing saying it changes the total fee a trader pays.
Worked example
Say you buy 1 SOL of a coin on the bonding curve, then sell it later for 1 SOL after it graduates, at a market cap of 5,000 SOL. Our arithmetic, Pump.fun fees only:
| Step | Rate | Fee on 1 SOL |
|---|---|---|
| Buy on the bonding curve | 1.25% | 0.0125 SOL (0.0095 protocol, 0.0030 creator) |
| Sell on PumpSwap (4,420-9,820 SOL tier) | 1.00% | 0.0100 SOL (0.0075 creator, 0.0005 protocol, 0.0020 LP) |
| Pump.fun total | 0.0225 SOL |
The 0.015 SOL graduation fee is charged once, when the coin migrates, not on your trade.
Now add a bot. Many Solana bots and terminals charge around 1% per trade (see Solana trading bot fees compared). At 1%, the same two trades cost another 0.02 SOL, for about 0.0425 SOL, or 4.25% of 1 SOL, before priority fees, tips and slippage. If you bought and sold both on the curve, it would be about 4.5%.
That's why small trades on new coins are expensive: you need the price to rise several percent just to break even. Try other sizes and tiers in the Pump.fun fee calculator.
Bot and terminal fees come on top
Pump.fun's fees go to Pump.fun, the creator and liquidity providers. Your bot's fee is separate:
- Axiom: 1% base, 0.75%-0.95% net with volume cashback (Axiom docs).
- Trojan: 1% with 20% cashback, about 0.8% net.
- Padre (Terminal): Pump.fun's own terminal; no official fee page, and its sign-in page advertised "Up to 35% cashback" when we checked.
Network costs (base and priority fees) and slippage are extra with any of them. See Solana priority fees and slippage.
Should you care about the creator fee?
As a trader, the creator share is part of what you pay. It also means the coin's creator earns on every trade, including sells, which can reward creators for hype rather than building anything. Most launched tokens fail: Solidus Labs classed 98.6% of more than 7 million Pump.fun tokens as rug pulls or pump-and-dumps, a label Pump.fun rejected (CoinDesk). Paying low fees doesn't change that.