Bybit vs Pionex
On standard taker fees Pionex is the cheaper of the two. Bybit scores higher overall in our review. The full comparison is below, and the fee rows are the ones we verify on a schedule.
| Bybit | Pionex | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Maker fee | 0.100% | 0.050% |
| Taker fee | 0.100% | 0.050% |
| Founded | 2018 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Entity varies by product |
| Products | spot, perp, futures, options, bots, copy, earn | spot, perp, bots, earn |
| Max leverage | 150x | 100x |
| Identity verification | tiered | tiered |
| Fiat deposits | Yes | Yes |
| Proof of reserves | Published | Not published |
| Spot markets we track | 541 | 325 |
| Perp markets we track | 812 | 606 |
Bybit
Deepest perp book of the venues we track, with a security record that needs reading in full.
- **Perpetual fees of 0.055% taker, 0.02% maker.** Less than half the spot rate and competitive with anything we track.
- **804 perpetual and 546 spot markets** in our own database, the widest derivatives coverage of any venue we collect from.
- **Perpetuals on Tesla, Nvidia and gold**, margined from the same balance as the crypto contracts.
Pionex
Best built-in bot toolkit we have inspected, cheap spot trading, and reserve evidence that badly needs a fresh publication.
- **The bot toolkit is the product, not an afterthought.** Grid, Martingale DCA, Rebalancing, TWAP, Futures Grid, Signal and specialist grid builders are integrated into the exchange.
- **Regular spot trading costs 0.05% maker and taker.** A complete $10,000 round trip costs $10 before spread, half the fee at many large exchanges.
- **942 tradable markets in the public catalogue:** 335 enabled spot pairs and 607 perpetual instruments marked TRADING at our verification timestamp.
Which one to pick
Fee difference matters most if you trade often and in size; on a handful of trades a year it is noise next to whether the venue lists what you want to trade and lets you withdraw without a fight. Market counts above are what we actually track on each venue, not what either one advertises.