Bitget and Gate.io both charge 0.10% on spot, Gate charges less on perpetuals at 0.05% taker against Bitget's 0.06%, and the two sell stocks in different forms, Bitget as leveraged futures and GateBitget and Gate.io both charge 0.10% on spot, Gate charges less on perpetuals at 0.05% taker against Bitget's 0.06%, and the two sell stocks in different forms, Bitget as leveraged futures and Gate
Bitget vs Gate.io (2026): 0.06% or 0.05% on Perpetuals, 25x Stock Futures or 10,000 Stocks, and Which One Stays in Japan?
Bitget and Gate.io both charge 0.10% on spot, Gate charges less on perpetuals at 0.05% taker against Bitget's 0.06%, and the two sell stocks in different forms, Bitget as leveraged futures and Gate as 10,000 plus US tickers at zero trading fees; Gate holds a Japan FSA registration and a MiCA authorisation while Bitget moves its Japanese accounts to close-only on 1 November 2026, so Bitget is the copy trader's pick and Gate the licensed, wide-listing venue, with Japan deciding for readers who live there.
Key Takeaways
- Both platforms charge 0.1% maker and 0.1% taker on spot at the entry tier; paying fees in BGB cuts Bitget to 0.08% and paying in GT cuts Gate to 0.090%.
- Perpetual takers pay 0.06% on Bitget and 0.05% on Gate, with makers at 0.02% on Bitget and 0.015% to 0.02% on Gate depending on the tracker.
- Gate lists 1,687 coins across 2,205 pairs on CoinGecko against 580 coins across 1,212 pairs on Bitget, and Gate publishes a 115% reserve ratio with zero-knowledge proofs.
- Bitget offers stock futures with up to 25x leverage and the largest copy-trading product in the market by its own numbers; Gate offers 10,000 plus US stocks at zero trading fees, options, CFDs and event contracts.
- Gate holds a MiCA authorisation from Malta and a Japan FSA registration, while Bitget serves the EEA through a MiCA entity and is leaving Japan in stages between August and December 2026.
- MEXC publishes 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot, so $10,000 of monthly volume costs $2.50 there against $10.00 on either platform here, for readers outside the US, UK and EEA.
Both sell stocks, but not the same kind, and only one is staying in Japan
Bitget and Gate.io are two of the largest exchanges outside the top tier, and both spent 2025 and 2026 adding traditional markets to their crypto order books.
They did it differently: Bitget added stock futures on tokens such as TSLAUSDT and NVDAUSDT with leverage of up to 25x, while Gate added more than 10,000 US tickers at zero trading fees, plus Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese stocks and IPO allocations, per each platform's own product pages.
They also diverged on licensing: Gate collected a MiCA authorisation from Malta, a Japan FSA registration and a Dubai VARA licence, while Bitget took a MiCA entity in Europe and announced a staged exit from Japan that moves accounts to close-only on 1 November 2026.
Most comparison pages quote Gate at 0.2% and stop there, which misses all of the above and gets the fee wrong.
This article puts both schedules in one table with a verification date on each, prices the gaps in dollars, sets both 2025 and 2026 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.
How do Bitget and Gate.io compare at a glance?
Dimension | Bitget | Gate.io |
Spot fees, entry tier | Standard: 0.1% maker, 0.1% taker; 0.08% when paying fees in BGB | VIP 0: 0.100% maker, 0.100% taker; 0.090% when paying in GT; seventeen VIP levels with 0% spot maker from VIP 15 |
Futures fees, entry tier | Standard futures: 0.02% maker, 0.06% taker; no options; no BGB discount on futures | VIP 0: 0.015% to 0.02% maker depending on the tracker, 0.05% taker; Points can offset taker fees to 0.0225%; perpetual maker reaches 0% from VIP 11 per Gate's February 2025 announcement |
Coins and pairs (CoinGecko) | 580 coins, 1,212 spot pairs, Trust Score 10 out of 10 | 1,687 coins, 2,205 pairs, Trust Score 9 out of 10; 671 perpetual pairs |
Beyond crypto | Stock futures with up to 25x leverage per Bitget; copy trading at scale; Bitget Wallet and Onchain | Gate Stocks with 10,000 plus US tickers at zero trading fees since 31 July 2026, plus Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese stocks and IPO allocations; European-style options, gold and stock CFDs, event contracts, per Gate |
Security and regulation | 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 | Published 115% reserve ratio with zero-knowledge proofs; MiCA authorisation from Malta's MFSA, Japan FSA registration via Gate Japan K.K., Dubai VARA licence and AUSTRAC registration; July 2026 account-theft dispute, with Gate committing to full compensation for losses attributable to its own systems |
Deposits, withdrawals and KYC | Verification required for core functions since January 2024; withdrawal limits by VIP level; Bitget Card 0.9% per transaction | Full KYC; cards, P2P and regional bank rails through its licensed entities |
Where you can use it | 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 | Global platform not offered to US residents, with a separate Gate US entity listing five coins on CoinGecko; not open to UK retail customers; EEA under MiCA; Japan via Gate Japan K.K., FSA registration number 00018 |
Signature feature | Copy trading at scale and leveraged stock futures | The widest listing roster among large exchanges, zero-fee stocks and licences in the EEA and Japan |
Data verified as of 21 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 0.10% and 0.10% on both platforms in this comparison.
On $10,000 of monthly spot volume split evenly between maker and taker orders, that is $2.50 a month on MEXC against $10.00 on Bitget and $10.00 on Gate at their entry tiers, with no token to hold.
On perpetuals MEXC's BTCUSDT contract lists 0.000% maker and 0.020% taker on its web and app schedule, against 0.02% and 0.06% on Bitget and 0.015% to 0.02% and 0.05% on Gate.
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 the full breakdown in our MEXC vs Gate.io comparison.
Which is cheaper, Bitget or Gate.io?
Tied on spot, Bitget by a hair with the token discount, and Gate on perpetuals.
Bitget's standard spot rate is 0.1% maker and 0.1% taker, and Gate's VIP 0 rate is 0.100% maker and 0.100% taker, so a $1,000 order costs $1.00 on either platform.
Paying fees in BGB takes 20% off Bitget's spot rate, to 0.08%, while paying in GT takes 10% off Gate's, to 0.090%, so the token holder saves slightly more on Bitget.
Both ladders reach 0% maker on spot only far up: Gate from VIP 15 of its seventeen levels, earned through 30-day volume, GT holdings or account asset value, and Bitget through its own VIP programme by volume or balance.
On perpetuals Gate is the cheaper venue: 0.05% taker against Bitget's 0.06%, with Gate's VIP 0 maker rate quoted at 0.015% to 0.02% depending on the tracker and Bitget's at 0.02%, and Bitget's BGB discount does not apply to futures.
Gate also sells Points that offset perpetual taker fees to as low as 0.0225%, and its perpetual maker rate reaches 0% from VIP 11 under its February 2025 schedule.
A $10,000 perpetual taker order therefore costs $6.00 on Bitget and $5.00 on Gate.
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?
Gate on price and product range, Bitget for the trader whose derivatives strategy is someone else's.
On $100,000 of monthly BTCUSDT perpetual notional split evenly between maker and taker orders, Bitget costs $40.00 a month at 0.02% and 0.06%, and Gate costs $32.50 to $35.00 at 0.015% to 0.02% and 0.05%.
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.
Gate lists 671 perpetual pairs on CoinGecko and adds European-style options, gold and stock CFDs and event contracts, a menu Bitget does not match.
Bitget's answer is USDT-M, USDC-M and COIN-M perpetuals plus 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 offers more beyond crypto?
Both offer stocks, and the difference is whether you want to own them or trade a leveraged contract on them.
Gate Stocks gives clients more than 10,000 US tickers at zero trading fees since 31 July 2026, plus Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese stocks and IPO allocations, per Gate's product pages.
Bitget's stock futures let clients go long or short on tokens that track names such as Tesla and Nvidia with up to 25x leverage, which is a very different product with a very different risk profile.
Gate adds gold and stock CFDs and event contracts, while Bitget adds its Wallet and Onchain products for on-chain assets.
Which is better for copy trading?
Bitget, by scale, with Gate offering a smaller product.
Bitget describes itself as the largest copy-trading platform in crypto, with a lead-trader base it states in the hundreds of thousands, a company-stated figure, and its product spans futures and spot copy trading, lead-trader analytics and bots.
Gate offers copy trading too, but it sits beside its listing roster and its stocks rather than at the centre of the product.
Copy trading on either platform is a leveraged product, and followers take on the same liquidation risk as the trader they copy.
Which lists more coins and lists them faster?
Gate lists more, and neither publishes a comparable measure of how early.
Gate lists 1,687 coins across 2,205 pairs on its CoinGecko page, against 580 coins across 1,212 pairs on Bitget's, with CoinGecko scoring Bitget at 10 out of 10 for trust and Gate at 9 out of 10.
Both run launch and pre-market products that give early access to new projects, and neither publishes a verified day-one listing share, so this article does not rank them on speed.
Which is safer and better regulated?
Gate holds the broader set of licences, and each platform carries one recent episode a careful reader should know about.
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, 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 July 2026 a dispute over an account theft on Gate drew public attention, and Gate committed to full compensation for losses attributable to its own systems, per its statements at the time.
Gate publishes a 115% reserve ratio with zero-knowledge proofs, and its licence page lists a MiCA authorisation from Malta's MFSA, a Japan FSA registration through Gate Japan K.K., a Dubai VARA licence and an AUSTRAC registration.
In Japan, 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, while Gate serves Japanese residents through its registered local entity.
Which is easier to fund and withdraw from?
Gate, for anyone in Japan, and a tie in the EEA where both hold MiCA entities.
Both fund accounts through cards, P2P markets and local bank rails wherever they hold a licence, and both require verification first.
Bitget has required verification for its core functions since January 2024, sets withdrawal limits by VIP level, and charges 0.9% per transaction on its card.
Where can you actually use Bitget and Gate.io?
Gate is open in more of the regions that matter to English-language readers.
In the United States, Bitget excludes residents under its own terms, and Gate's global platform is not offered to them, with a separate Gate US entity that lists five coins on CoinGecko.
In the United Kingdom, neither is open to retail customers.
In the European Economic Area, both operate through MiCA-licensed entities, Gate through Malta and Bitget through Bitget EU.
In Japan, Gate serves residents through Gate Japan K.K., registered with the FSA under number 00018, while Bitget is closing, with registrations stopped in August 2026, close-only mode from 1 November and forced closure after 31 December.
For a Japanese reader the choice is Gate or nothing; for an EEA reader it is a real choice; for a US or UK reader it is neither.
What does a year on Bitget vs Gate.io 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 $120 a year on either platform, or $96 on Bitget with BGB and $108 on Gate with GT.
A trader with $100,000 of monthly BTCUSDT perpetual notional pays about $480 a year on Bitget and $390 to $420 on Gate 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 Bitget and Gate the annual difference is $12 on discounted spot in Bitget's favour and $60 to $90 on perpetuals in Gate's, so copy trading, stock products and above all licensing should decide the choice.
Who should choose Bitget, and who should choose Gate.io?
Choose Gate if you live in Japan, because it is the one of the two that is registered to serve you.
Choose Gate if you trade perpetuals, want to own stocks rather than trade contracts on them, or want options, CFDs and the longest listing roster in one account.
Choose Bitget if copy trading is the point, or if leveraged stock futures inside a crypto account are what you came for.
Choose Bitget if you hold BGB and mostly trade spot, where its discount is the larger of the two.
If you live in Japan and hold a Bitget account, plan your exit 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 leaving Gate can follow our guide to transferring crypto from Gate in six steps.
Readers weighing either platform against others can use our Bitget alternatives comparison and our Gate alternatives comparison.
The MEXC View: where we stand on Bitget vs Gate.io
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 Gate has done more than any exchange of its size to collect licences since 2025, and that its Japan registration, MiCA authorisation and published reserve ratio are advantages a fee table cannot capture.
We think Bitget's copy-trading product is the most developed in the market by the company's own numbers, and that its VOXEL rollback and compensation were the right call even though rollbacks are never popular.
We also think the honest reading of this comparison is that Gate lists more than we do and holds licences we do not, so our own case rests on price and day-one listings rather than breadth.
Where MEXC fits is on price for readers outside the US, UK and EEA: 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot, 0.000% maker and 0.020% taker on the BTCUSDT contract, and a measured day-one listing share, with every figure carrying a verification date.
Our review methodology explains how we score exchanges we compete with.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bitget better than Gate.io?
Bitget is better for copy trading and leveraged stock futures, while Gate is better for perpetual fees, product range and licences in the EEA and Japan.
Neither serves the US or UK retail customers.
Is Gate.io cheaper than Bitget?
On perpetuals, yes: 0.05% taker against 0.06%.
Spot fees are identical at 0.10%, discounted to 0.08% with BGB or 0.090% with GT.
Which is better for copy trading, Bitget or Gate.io?
Bitget, which describes itself as the largest copy-trading platform in crypto by its own numbers.
Gate offers copy trading as a secondary product.
Which offers stocks, Bitget or Gate.io?
Both: Gate offers more than 10,000 US stocks at zero trading fees, and Bitget offers stock futures with up to 25x leverage.
They are different products with different risks.
Can I use Bitget or Gate.io in Japan, the EU or the US?
In Japan, only Gate, through its FSA-registered entity; in the EEA, both, through MiCA entities.
Neither global platform serves US residents.
Is Bitget safe?
Bitget publishes monthly proof of reserves, describes a protection fund of more than $300 million, and rolled back and compensated the April 2025 VOXEL incident.
It requires verification for all core functions.
Is Gate.io safe?
Gate publishes a 115% reserve ratio with zero-knowledge proofs and holds licences in Malta, Japan, Dubai and Australia.
It committed to full compensation for platform-attributable losses after a July 2026 dispute.
Can I transfer crypto from Bitget to Gate.io?
Yes, by withdrawing from Bitget to your Gate 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, copy trading and stock futures 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 nor Gate's global platform 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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