fomo vs Axiom: fees, custody and who each one suits

What one spot buy costs

Each app's own fee on one buy, from its published schedule. fomo's rows come from its fee schedule through our fee engine; nobody's fee here is measured.

$25 buy$100 buy$1,000 buy

• fomoSolana, lowest-fee route $0.50
• fomoSolana, other routes $0.95
• fomoBase, BNB Chain, Ethereum and other chains $0.13
• pump.fun appPlatform Fee, web and mobile app, no referral code $0.11
• PhantomIn-wallet swap $0.21
• AxiomBase fee, lowest cashback tier $0.25
• MoonshotBuy or sell in the app $0.99
• RobinhoodStandard trade (market maker routing, the default) no commission; spread not published
• RobinhoodExchange routing, lowest volume tier, market order $0.24
• CoinbaseSimple buy or sell in the app not published

• fomoSolana, lowest-fee route $0.95
• fomoSolana, other routes $0.95
• fomoBase, BNB Chain, Ethereum and other chains $0.50
• pump.fun appPlatform Fee, web and mobile app, no referral code $0.45
• PhantomIn-wallet swap $0.85
• AxiomBase fee, lowest cashback tier $1.00
• MoonshotBuy or sell in the app $1.00 to $2.50
• RobinhoodStandard trade (market maker routing, the default) no commission; spread not published
• RobinhoodExchange routing, lowest volume tier, market order $0.95
• CoinbaseSimple buy or sell in the app not published

• fomoSolana, lowest-fee route $5.00
• fomoSolana, other routes $5.00
• fomoBase, BNB Chain, Ethereum and other chains $5.00
• pump.fun appPlatform Fee, web and mobile app, no referral code $4.50
• PhantomIn-wallet swap $8.50
• AxiomBase fee, lowest cashback tier $10.00
• MoonshotBuy or sell in the app $10.00
• RobinhoodStandard trade (market maker routing, the default) no commission; spread not published
• RobinhoodExchange routing, lowest volume tier, market order $9.50
• CoinbaseSimple buy or sell in the app not published

Fee on one spot buy by app and trade size

App and published rate	$25	$100	$1,000
fomoSolana, lowest-fee routeFloors below $190, then 0.50%Network fee: fomo pays Solana gas	$0.50	$0.95	$5.00
fomoSolana, other routes0.50%, $0.95 minimumNetwork fee: fomo pays Solana gas	$0.95	$0.95	$5.00
fomoBase, BNB Chain, Ethereum and other chains0.50%Network fee: You pay the network fee on top	$0.13	$0.50	$5.00
pump.fun appPlatform Fee, web and mobile app, no referral code0.45%Network fee: You pay Solana gas; on EVM chains pump.fun pays gas and adds 0.10% to 0.15%	$0.11	$0.45	$4.50
PhantomIn-wallet swap0.85% on most swapsNetwork fee: You pay; some swaps are gasless (sponsored)	$0.21	$0.85	$8.50
AxiomBase fee, lowest cashback tier1%, about 0.95% net of cashbackNetwork fee: You pay, including a priority fee you set	$0.25	$1.00	$10.00
MoonshotBuy or sell in the app2.5% (about $0.99 minimum) to $100, 1% aboveNetwork fee: A separate 'crypto fee' for the network and routing, shown before you confirm	$0.99	$1.00 to $2.50	$10.00
RobinhoodStandard trade (market maker routing, the default)No commission; spread not publishedNetwork fee: Not applicable inside the account	no commission; spread not published
RobinhoodExchange routing, lowest volume tier, market order0.95% (0.50% on resting limit orders)Network fee: Not applicable inside the account	$0.24	$0.95	$9.50
CoinbaseSimple buy or sell in the appNot published as a scheduleNetwork fee: Not applicable inside the account	not published

Each row is the app’s own fee on one trade and nothing else. Outside every row: pool and LP fees (including pump.fun’s on-chain protocol and creator fees, which apply on every app), any spread built into a quoted price, network fees unless the row says the app pays them, price impact, slippage and token taxes. Perps rows exclude funding (or Moonshot’s borrowing fee) and assume a market order at each venue’s base tier.

• fomo, Solana, lowest-fee route: Which Solana route is available changes from trade to trade, so the same size can cost either fomo Solana row.
• Axiom: Axiom pays cashback in SOL on its fee: 0.05% at the lowest tier, up to 0.25% at the highest.

What a perps trade costs

Perps (perpetual futures) let you bet on a price with borrowed money; the fee is charged on the full position size, not your margin. Bars: opening a $1,000 position with a market order.

• fomoUp to 0.05% fomo fee plus Hyperliquid taker fee up to $0.95
• HyperliquidDirect, base tier, taker $0.45
• Phantom0.05% Phantom fee plus Hyperliquid $0.95
• pump.fun appUp to 0.05% builder fee plus Hyperliquid up to $0.95
• AxiomPerpetuals tab, on Hyperliquid not published
• MoonshotLeverage: transaction fee only (borrowing fee extra) $1.00
• CoinbaseUS perpetual-style futures (Coinbase Derivatives) not on a page we could read

Perps fee per side by app and position size

App and published rate	$25	$100	$1,000	Open + close $1,000
fomoUp to 0.05% fomo fee plus Hyperliquid taker feeup to 0.095% per side	up to $0.024	up to $0.095	up to $0.95	up to $1.90
HyperliquidDirect, base tier, taker0.045% per side	$0.011	$0.045	$0.45	$0.90
Phantom0.05% Phantom fee plus Hyperliquid0.095% per side	$0.024	$0.095	$0.95	$1.90
pump.fun appUp to 0.05% builder fee plus Hyperliquidup to 0.095% per side	up to $0.024	up to $0.095	up to $0.95	up to $1.90
AxiomPerpetuals tab, on HyperliquidNot published	not published
MoonshotLeverage: transaction fee only (borrowing fee extra)0.20% ($0.25 minimum) to $100, 0.10% above	$0.25	$0.25	$1.00	$2.00
CoinbaseUS perpetual-style futures (Coinbase Derivatives)Not read	not on a page we could read

Per side means one execution: you pay it again when you close. Excludes funding payments (or Moonshot's borrowing fee) and assumes the lowest volume tier with no staking or referral discount. On Hyperliquid's stock, commodity and other builder-deployed markets the Hyperliquid part of the fee is set per market. fomo and pump.fun publish only a maximum for their own part, so their rows read "up to". fomo's minimum position is 15 USDC.

Beyond cost

fomo and Axiom compared on custody, chains, platforms and availability

Feature	fomo	Axiom
What it is	Phone-first trading app with a social feed of every trade	Web trading terminal for fast memecoin trading
Who holds your crypto	Non-custodial wallets on Privy; the key is split into shares and you can export it from Settings	Non-custodial wallet on Turnkey infrastructure; you are shown the recovery phrase and can import it into another wallet
Chains	Solana, Base, BNB Chain, Monad, Ethereum, Robinhood Chain, Arc and Elysium from one cash balance; perps on Hyperliquid	Solana, BNB Chain and Ethereum, per its referral page; perps on Hyperliquid
Platforms	iOS, Android and web	Web (its docs describe the website)
Funding	USDC, Apple Pay, debit card, Pay with Coinbase, and US bank (ACH) for some accounts; card and bank on mobile only	Send SOL, or buy up to $500 a week through Coinbase without identity checks
Perps	Yes, Hyperliquid markets including stocks and commodities; not for US persons	Yes, a Perpetuals tab on Hyperliquid; fee not published in its docs
In the US	Spot trading yes; perps and tokenized stocks no	Not stated in the docs we read
Social features	Feed of every trade, following, theses, leaderboards and clans; no copy trading	Wallet tracking and an X (Twitter) monitor; no feed of other users’ trades described

How we read Axiom's pages: docs.axiom.trade returned "not found" on every page on 10 Nov 2026, so we read Internet Archive copies of Axiom’s own docs captured 9 to 13 Oct 2026.

The short version

Axiom is a desktop web terminal built for people who trade often and fast. fomo is a phone app (with a web version) built around a social feed and one cash balance across eight chains. On cost alone, neither is cheaper at every size: Axiom is lower at $25, fomo at $100 and $1,000, so the answer depends on how big your trades are.

Where the fee difference comes from

Axiom charges a flat percentage on every trade: 1%, about 0.95% net of cashback. Its docs describe cashback paid in SOL that grows with your trading volume, from 0.05% at the lowest tier to 0.25% at the highest, so a heavy trader’s net fee falls toward 0.75%.

fomo’s Solana fee has floors. Below $190, a trade on the lowest-fee route pays a fixed amount or 2.00% rather than the 0.50% headline rate, so small buys cost proportionally more. Which Solana route is available changes from trade to trade, which is why the table shows two fomo Solana rows. From $190 up, both routes charge a straight percentage, and that is where fomo’s fee drops below Axiom’s.

One cost sits outside both rows and favours fomo on Solana: fomo pays the Solana network fee (gas and priority fee) for you. On Axiom you set and pay a priority fee yourself; its docs give 0.001 SOL as the default.

Referral codes on each

Both apps discount their fee for people who sign up through a referral link, and both discounts are 10%. On Axiom that takes the base fee from 1% to 0.9%. On fomo it takes 0.50% to 0.45% and does nothing to the fixed small-trade amounts or the 0.05% major-token rate, so on a $25 or $100 Solana buy a fomo code saves nothing. See what a fomo code really does.

Who each one suits

• Axiom suits a desktop trader who wants wallet tracking, an X monitor, several wallets at once and a perps tab in one screen, and who places many mid-sized trades. Its docs describe only the website.
• fomo suits someone who trades from a phone, wants Apple Pay or card funding, wants to see what other traders are buying in a feed, or trades larger tickets where its percentage is the lower one.
• If you trade small amounts often, add the small-trade floors to your sums before choosing fomo: our small trades bench shows the cost at every size.

Both describe their wallets as non-custodial, and both let you take your keys elsewhere: Axiom shows you a recovery phrase at sign-up, fomo lets you export your private key from Settings. Most small tokens lose most of their value whichever app you buy them in.