Binance vs Gate.io: fees, withdrawal costs, products, licenses, security record and support side by side — every value linked to its official source.
This is a mechanical count of per-row results with no weights and no composite score. Which exchange suits you depends on which rows matter to you.
| Item | Binance | Gate.io |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Spot maker | 0.100% ↗ | 0.100% ↗ |
| Spot taker | 0.100% ↗ | 0.100% ↗ |
| Futures maker | 0.020% ↗ | 0.020% ↗ |
| Futures taker | 0.050% ↗ | 0.050% ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 spot taker trade | $1.00 ↗ | $1.00 ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 futures taker trade | $0.50 ↗ | $0.50 ↗ |
| Fee discount with platform token | 25% ↗ BNB | Not confirmed |
| BTC withdrawal fee | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| USDT withdrawal fee | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Products & features | ||
| Listed coins | Not confirmed | 3,600 ↗ |
| Max futures leverage | Not confirmed | 125× ↗ |
| Copy trading | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Earn / staking | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Fiat deposit methods | Card · Bank transfer · P2P · Third-party ↗ | Not confirmed |
| API trading | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Mobile app | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Trust & regulation | ||
| Licenses & registrations | 6 Abu Dhabi (ADGM), UAE, Dubai, UAE, France, Italy, Lithuania, Bahrain | 8✓ Malta / EEA, Dubai, UAE, Gibraltar, Bahamas, Japan, Australia, Cyprus, Hong Kong |
| Recorded security incidents | 1 2019 | Not confirmed |
| Proof of reserves | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| User protection fund | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| KYC required | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Founded | 2017 ↗ | 2013 ↗ |
| Headquarters | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Access & support | ||
| Interface languages | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Live chat support | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Users (exchange’s own claim) | 250M ↗ | 50M ↗ |
Green marks the better value in each row: lower fee, more coins, feature present. Rows without a mark are informational only. Unconfirmed values are never compared.
Binance — Regular User tier (below VIP 1). No BNB discount applied. Spot: official trading fee page; futures: USDⓈ-M futures fee page.
Gate.io — VIP0 tier. No GT discount applied. Official fee page.