Fees

Ape keeps this simple. One flat trading fee, and nothing hidden behind it.

The trading fee

Ape charges 1% on trades. It applies to buys, to sells, and to trades your standing orders make for you. There is no subscription, no tier, and no charge for setting orders or alerts that do not result in a trade.

The fee is collected as its own small transfer alongside the trade, so it never interferes with the swap itself.

Network and priority fees are separate

Every Solana transaction pays a small fee to the network, and you can add a priority fee to be picked up faster when the chain is busy. These go to Solana, not to Ape.

You control the priority fee in Settings:

You can also set a custom amount up to 0.1 SOL. This is why it is worth keeping a little SOL spare beyond the amount you trade.

The referral discount