OKX charges 0.05% on perpetual takers against Bitget's 0.06% and 0.08% on spot makers against 0.10%, and it is licensed in the United States, the United Kingdom, the EEA and Singapore while BitgetOKX charges 0.05% on perpetual takers against Bitget's 0.06% and 0.08% on spot makers against 0.10%, and it is licensed in the United States, the United Kingdom, the EEA and Singapore while Bitget
OKX vs Bitget (2026): 0.05% or 0.06% on Perpetuals, and Which One Is Licensed Where You Live?
OKX charges 0.05% on perpetual takers against Bitget's 0.06% and 0.08% on spot makers against 0.10%, and it is licensed in the United States, the United Kingdom, the EEA and Singapore while Bitget serves the EEA and is closing its Japanese accounts from 1 November 2026; Bitget answers with the largest copy-trading product in the market and stock futures, so OKX is the pick for the licensed, tool-driven trader and Bitget for the reader who trades by following others.
Key Takeaways
- OKX's entry-tier spot rate is 0.080% maker and 0.100% taker, against 0.1% and 0.1% on Bitget, which drops to 0.08% when fees are paid in BGB.
- Perpetual takers pay 0.05% on OKX and 0.06% on Bitget, with makers at 0.02% on both, and only OKX lists options, at 0.02% maker and 0.03% taker.
- Bitget lists 580 coins across 1,212 pairs on CoinGecko against 306 coins across 1,175 pairs on OKX, and both hold a Trust Score of 10 out of 10.
- OKX pleaded guilty in the US in February 2025 and paid more than $504 million, then launched a licensed US exchange; Bitget rolled back a manipulated VOXEL futures market in April 2025 and pledged compensation.
- OKX serves the US, the UK, the EEA and Singapore under local licences, while Bitget serves the EEA, excludes the US and Singapore, and moves Japanese accounts to close-only on 1 November 2026.
- MEXC publishes 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot, so $10,000 of monthly volume costs $2.50 there against $9.00 on OKX and $10.00 on Bitget, for readers outside the US, UK and EEA.
Same taker rate on spot, different everything else
OKX and Bitget both charge 0.10% to take liquidity on spot, and that single shared number is why so many comparisons call their fees a wash.
Underneath it the two diverge on every other row: OKX charges 0.08% to make, Bitget 0.10%; OKX charges 0.05% on perpetual takers, Bitget 0.06%; OKX lists options and Bitget does not; Bitget discounts spot for BGB and OKX steps its ladder on OKB and volume.
The map diverges further: since 2025 OKX has collected licences in the United States, the United Kingdom, the EEA and Singapore, while Bitget serves Europe through a MiCA entity and is leaving Japan in stages between August and December 2026.
This article puts both schedules in one table with a verification date on each, prices the gaps in dollars, sets both 2025 incidents side by side with their outcomes, and ends with a verdict by reader type.
Where MEXC fits, it says so in its own labelled section, with the same numbers and the same dates.
How do OKX and Bitget compare at a glance?
Dimension | OKX | Bitget |
Spot fees, entry tier | Regular user Lv1: 0.080% maker, 0.100% taker; lower with OKB holdings or volume | Standard: 0.1% maker, 0.1% taker; 0.08% when paying fees in BGB |
Futures fees, entry tier | Perpetual swaps and futures Lv1: 0.02% maker, 0.05% taker; options 0.02% maker, 0.03% taker | Standard futures: 0.02% maker, 0.06% taker; no options; no BGB discount on futures |
Coins and pairs (CoinGecko) | 306 coins, 1,175 pairs, Trust Score 10 out of 10 | 580 coins, 1,212 spot pairs, Trust Score 10 out of 10 |
Derivatives | Perpetual swaps, delivery futures, options, portfolio margin; trading bots | USDT-M, USDC-M and COIN-M perpetuals; stock futures with up to 25x leverage per Bitget; copy trading at scale |
Security and regulation | Monthly proof of reserves with zk-STARK verification; February 2025 guilty plea and penalties of more than $504 million for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business in the US | April 2025 VOXEL futures manipulation, trades rolled back and compensation pledged; monthly proof of reserves; protection fund of $300 million plus per Bitget; MiCA licence for Bitget EU, per Bitget |
Deposits, withdrawals and KYC | Full KYC; cards, bank transfers and P2P where licensed; 24-hour withdrawal limits tied to verification and fee tier | Verification required for core functions since January 2024; withdrawal limits by VIP level; Bitget Card 0.9% per transaction |
Where you can use it | US via OKX US in 46 states and Washington DC; UK via OKX UK; EEA under a MiCA licence issued in Malta; Singapore under a Major Payment Institution licence, per OKX; Japan via OKJ, a separate local entity | Not the US or Singapore per its own terms; not the UK; EEA via Bitget EU; Japan close-only from 1 November 2026 and force-closed after 31 December 2026 |
Signature feature | Trading bots, the OKX Wallet with a DEX aggregator, and portfolio margin | Copy trading at scale and stock futures |
Data verified as of 18 September 2026 against each platform's official fee schedule, help center and terms, and CoinGecko exchange pages.
A third option worth considering: MEXC
If the fee row above is what brought you here, MEXC publishes 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot, against 0.08% and 0.10% on OKX and 0.10% and 0.10% on Bitget at the entry tier.
On $10,000 of monthly spot volume split evenly between maker and taker orders, that is $2.50 a month on MEXC against $9.00 on OKX and $10.00 on Bitget.
On perpetuals MEXC's BTCUSDT contract lists 0.000% maker and 0.020% taker on its web and app schedule, against 0.02% and 0.05% on OKX and 0.02% and 0.06% on Bitget.
MEXC does not serve residents of the United States or the United Kingdom, is listed on ESMA's non-compliant register for the EEA, and is withdrawing from the Netherlands by 16 November 2026, so check eligibility before funding an account.
Readers outside those regions can see how MEXC compares with eight platforms in our OKX alternatives comparison.
Which is cheaper, OKX or Bitget?
OKX, on both books, unless you pay Bitget's fees in BGB and only trade spot.
OKX's regular-user Lv1 schedule is 0.080% maker and 0.100% taker on spot, and Bitget's standard schedule is 0.1% maker and 0.1% taker, so a $1,000 limit order that rests on the book costs $0.80 on OKX and $1.00 on Bitget, while a $1,000 market order costs $1.00 on either.
Paying fees in BGB takes 20% off Bitget's spot rate, to 0.08% on both sides, which matches OKX's entry maker rate and beats its taker rate for a reader who holds the token, while OKX's ladder steps down with OKB holdings and 30-day volume rather than a flat percentage.
On perpetuals OKX charges 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker, and Bitget charges 0.02% maker and 0.06% taker with no futures discount for BGB, so a $10,000 perpetual taker order costs $5.00 on OKX and $6.00 on Bitget.
OKX also lists options at 0.02% maker and 0.03% taker, a product Bitget does not offer.
Our quarterly crypto exchange fee index holds both schedules beside ten other platforms and records who publishes fees without an account.
Which is better for derivatives?
OKX on price and range, Bitget on copy trading and stock futures.
On $100,000 of monthly BTCUSDT perpetual notional split evenly between maker and taker orders, OKX costs $35.00 a month at 0.02% and 0.05%, and Bitget costs $40.00 at 0.02% and 0.06%.
The same notional costs $10.00 on MEXC's BTCUSDT contract at 0.000% maker and 0.020% taker, which is the gap the box above quantifies for readers outside the US, UK and EEA.
OKX adds delivery futures, options and portfolio margin, a unified account that nets risk across spot, perpetuals and options, plus a bot suite that runs grid, DCA and arbitrage strategies inside the exchange.
Bitget's answer is breadth of a different kind: USDT-M, USDC-M and COIN-M perpetuals, and stock futures on tokens such as TSLAUSDT and NVDAUSDT with leverage of up to 25x, per its own product pages.
Both apply liquidation rules that a leveraged trader should read before the first position, and both run copy-trading products that pass the copied trader's liquidation risk to followers.
Which is better for copy trading, bots and Web3?
Bitget for copy trading, OKX for bots and on-chain access.
Bitget describes itself as the largest copy-trading platform in crypto, with a lead-trader base it states in the hundreds of thousands, and its product spans futures and spot copy trading, lead-trader analytics and bots.
The figures Bitget publishes about that base are company-stated and not independently audited, so treat them as a description of scale rather than a measure of performance.
OKX offers copy trading too, but its distinctive products are its bot suite and the OKX Wallet, a self-custody wallet with a DEX aggregator that routes across more than 130 blockchains.
For a trader who runs strategies or moves between chains, OKX's tooling decides the comparison; for a trader whose strategy is someone else's, Bitget's marketplace does.
Which lists more coins and lists them faster?
Bitget lists more coins and the two are level on pairs.
Bitget lists 580 coins across 1,212 spot pairs on CoinGecko, and OKX lists 306 coins across 1,175 pairs, with CoinGecko scoring both at 10 out of 10 for trust.
Bitget's pair count is lifted by USDC and EUR quotes on its majors, while OKX quotes assets against several stablecoins, BTC, ETH and fiat currencies.
Both run early-listing programmes, and OKX's wallet reaches millions of on-chain tokens that neither centralised order book lists, while Bitget's Onchain product plays the same role inside its app.
Which is safer and better regulated?
Both publish monthly proof of reserves, and both carry a 2025 event on their record that reads very differently.
In February 2025 OKX's operating entity pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed money transmitting business and agreed to penalties of more than $504 million, including a $420.3 million forfeiture and an $84.4 million fine, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and it retains an external compliance consultant through February 2027.
OKX then launched a US exchange in April 2025 with a headquarters in San Jose and a US chief executive, as CNBC reported, and holds a MiCA licence in Malta and a Singapore payment licence, per its own announcements.
On 20 April 2025 Bitget detected abnormal trading on its VOXEL/USDT perpetual contract, paused the accounts it suspected of manipulation, rolled back the affected trades and said it would compensate users from its protection fund, as Cointelegraph reported.
Bitget publishes monthly proof of reserves and describes a protection fund of more than $300 million, a figure that is company-stated, and Bitget EU holds a MiCA licence, per Bitget.
In Japan, OKX's global platform is not open to residents, who are served by OKJ, a separate local entity, while Bitget stopped accepting registrations in August 2026, moves accounts to close-only on 1 November and force-closes remaining positions after 31 December, as The Paypers reported.
On reserves, OKX's monthly reports carry zk-STARK verification and Bitget's use a Merkle-tree method, so both let a client check backing in different formats.
Which is easier to fund and withdraw from?
OKX, for anyone funding from a US, UK, EEA or Singapore bank account, because those are the rails its licences unlock.
Both fund accounts through cards, bank transfers and P2P markets wherever they hold a licence, and both require full verification before the first withdrawal.
OKX's 24-hour withdrawal limits scale with verification level and fee tier, and Bitget sets its limits by VIP level and charges 0.9% per transaction on its card.
For European readers both platforms keep SEPA rails open through their MiCA entities.
Where can you actually use OKX and Bitget?
OKX is the more widely licensed of the two by a wide margin.
In the United States, OKX US serves 46 states and Washington DC with a reduced product set, while Bitget excludes US residents under its own terms.
In the United Kingdom, OKX operates OKX UK, while Bitget is not open to UK retail customers.
In the European Economic Area, both operate through MiCA-licensed entities.
In Japan, OKX's global platform is not open to residents and OKJ serves them separately, while Bitget is closing, with registrations stopped in August 2026, close-only mode from 1 November and forced closure after 31 December.
For a US, UK or Singapore reader the comparison is OKX or nothing; for an EEA reader it is a real choice; for a Japanese reader neither global platform is a home for 2027.
What does a year on OKX vs Bitget really cost?
Price the same activity on each platform at entry rates, split evenly between maker and taker orders.
A trader with $10,000 of monthly spot volume pays about $108 a year on OKX and about $120 a year on Bitget, or $96 on Bitget with BGB.
A trader with $100,000 of monthly BTCUSDT perpetual notional pays about $420 a year on OKX and about $480 on Bitget at entry rates.
The same two profiles cost about $30 and $120 a year on MEXC at its published 0% maker and 0.05% taker spot schedule and 0.000% maker and 0.020% taker BTCUSDT contract.
Between OKX and Bitget the annual difference is $12 on spot and $60 on perpetuals, so licensing, tools and copy trading should decide the choice.
Who should choose OKX, and who should choose Bitget?
Choose OKX if you live in the United States, the United Kingdom or Singapore, because it is the one of the two that is licensed to serve you.
Choose OKX if you run bots, want options or a portfolio margin account, or move between centralised and on-chain markets through one wallet.
Choose Bitget if copy trading is the point, or if stock futures with leverage inside a crypto account are what you came for.
Choose Bitget if you hold BGB and only trade spot, where its discount matches OKX's maker rate and beats its taker rate.
If you live in Japan, plan your exit from Bitget before 1 November rather than your entry, and read each platform's terms for your country before funding.
Readers leaving Bitget can follow our guide to transferring crypto from Bitget without losing it on the wrong network, and readers weighing Bitget against other platforms can use our Bitget alternatives comparison.
Readers weighing OKX against other platforms can use our OKX alternatives comparison.
The MEXC View: where we stand on OKX vs Bitget
MEXC Learn is published by MEXC, an exchange that competes with both platforms, so read this section as an interested party's opinion.
We think OKX has done the harder thing since February 2025 by paying its US penalty and collecting licences on four continents, and that its 0.08% maker and 0.05% taker rates are fair for a platform that is legal in more places than almost any other global exchange.
We think Bitget's copy-trading product is the most developed in the market by the company's own numbers, that its VOXEL rollback and compensation were the right call, and that its Japan exit is the kind of hard decision more exchanges will face under 2026's licensing regimes.
We also think the honest reading of this comparison is that OKX wins on the numbers and the map, and Bitget wins for the reader who trades by following others.
Where MEXC fits is on price for readers outside the US, UK and EEA: 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot, and 0.000% maker and 0.020% taker on the BTCUSDT contract, with every figure carrying a verification date.
Our review methodology explains how we score exchanges we compete with.
Frequently asked questions
Is OKX better than Bitget?
OKX is better for licensing coverage, options, bots and Web3 access, and it is cheaper on both books.
Bitget is better for copy trading and stock futures.
Is OKX cheaper than Bitget?
Yes, 0.08% against 0.10% on spot makers and 0.05% against 0.06% on perpetual takers at the entry tier.
Bitget's BGB discount brings its spot rate to 0.08% on both sides.
Is OKX safer than Bitget?
Both publish monthly proof of reserves; OKX settled US charges for more than $504 million in 2025 and Bitget rolled back and compensated a manipulated VOXEL market the same year.
Neither event cost customers their balances.
Which is better for copy trading, OKX or Bitget?
Bitget, by scale and by the depth of its lead-trader analytics.
OKX offers copy trading but leads on bots and its wallet instead.
Can I use OKX or Bitget in the US, EU or Japan?
In the US, only OKX, through OKX US in 46 states and Washington DC; in the EEA, both.
In Japan, neither global platform, and Bitget goes close-only on 1 November 2026.
Does OKX have proof of reserves?
Yes, OKX publishes monthly proof-of-reserves reports with zk-STARK verification.
Bitget publishes monthly Merkle-tree reports and describes a protection fund of more than $300 million.
OKX vs Bitget futures fees: which is lower?
OKX, at 0.02% maker and 0.05% taker against 0.02% and 0.06% on Bitget.
Bitget's BGB discount does not apply to futures.
Can I transfer crypto from Bitget to OKX?
Yes, by withdrawing from Bitget to your OKX deposit address on the same network, with a small test amount first.
Our Bitget transfer guide covers network selection and memos.
Risk and compliance disclosure
Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your entire deposit; derivatives, leverage and copy trading add liquidation risk on top of price risk.
Fees, listings and regional availability change; every figure above carries its verification date and should be re-checked before you act on it.
Neither MEXC nor Bitget serves United States residents; US readers should compare the platforms licensed in their state.
MEXC does not accept United Kingdom residents, is listed on ESMA's register of non-compliant entities for the EEA, and is offboarding Netherlands users by 16 November 2026, so the MEXC sections above are informational for readers in those regions.
MEXC appears on Japan's FSA list of unregistered operators; the web platform is reachable but the app is not offered in Japanese app stores.
Nothing here is investment, legal or tax advice.
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