{"slug":"token-deployment-cost","title":"Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains","subtitle":"Live USD cost to bring a fungible token into existence on each chain, using that chain's canonical method. 7 non-EVM L1 chains, 5 minute refresh, no transactions broadcast.","category":"Blockchains","metric":"Token deployment cost USD","unit":"usd","status":"live","higherIsBetter":false,"filters":null,"value":0.000923093,"leader":{"name":"Osmosis","slug":"osmosis","value":0.000923093},"rankings":[{"name":"Osmosis","slug":"osmosis","ms":{"p50":0.000923093,"p90":0.000923093,"p99":0.000923093,"mean":0.000923093},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":40314},{"name":"Aptos","slug":"aptos","ms":{"p50":0.0872024,"p90":0.0883083,"p99":0.0899008,"mean":0.0873519},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":40314},{"name":"Cardano","slug":"cardano","ms":{"p50":0.234653,"p90":0.235897,"p99":0.237251,"mean":0.23456},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":40314},{"name":"Sui","slug":"sui","ms":{"p50":0.346523,"p90":0.346523,"p99":0.346523,"mean":0.346523},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":40314},{"name":"Stellar","slug":"stellar","ms":{"p50":0.40447,"p90":0.408999,"p99":0.411069,"mean":0.405102},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":40314},{"name":"Injective","slug":"injective","ms":{"p50":0.450005,"p90":0.453507,"p99":0.455875,"mean":0.449904},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":40314},{"name":"Solana","slug":"solana","ms":{"p50":0.674221,"p90":0.684141,"p99":0.688936,"mean":0.676752},"successRate":100,"sampleSize":40314}],"sparkline":[0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093,0.000923093],"sampleSize":282198,"asOf":"2026-08-08T13:10:33.170Z","headline":"Osmosis leads token deployment cost usd at $0.000923 (24h) on Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains.","quote":"Osmosis leads token deployment cost usd at $0.000923 (24h) on Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains. Source: OpenChainBench (https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/token-deployment-cost).","cite":{"plain":"OpenChainBench. \"Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains\". Retrieved 2026-08-08. https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/token-deployment-cost","bibtex":"@misc{ocb_token_deployment_cost,\n  author = {OpenChainBench},\n  title  = {Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains},\n  year   = {2026},\n  url    = {https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/token-deployment-cost},\n  note   = {Retrieved 2026-08-08}\n}","apa":"OpenChainBench. (2026). Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains. Retrieved August 8, 2026, from https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/token-deployment-cost","ris":"TY  - GEN\r\nAU  - OpenChainBench\r\nTI  - Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains\r\nPY  - 2026\r\nUR  - https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/token-deployment-cost\r\nY2  - 2026-08-08\r\nER  - \r\n"},"pageUrl":"https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/token-deployment-cost","ogImage":"https://openchainbench.com/api/og/token-deployment-cost","source":"https://github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/token-deployment-cost","methodology":["Refresh cadence. 5 minutes. One process samples all 7 chains in parallel goroutines and emits Prometheus gauges.","Solana SPL. getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption(82) for the mint + (165) for the Associated Token Account + (679) for the Metaplex Token Metadata account + 5000 lamports per signature. Multiply by SOL USD price. Without the metadata account the headline would understate by ~2.5x.","Sui. suix_getReferenceGasPrice times 5 million MIST gas units for a canonical coin module publish (net of storage rebate). Converted to USD via SUI price.","Aptos. /v1/estimate_gas_price.gas_estimate octas per unit times 150000 gas units for a canonical FA standard publish. Converted to USD via APT price.","Cosmos TokenFactory (Osmosis, Injective). LCD /<chain>/tokenfactory/v1beta1/params.denom_creation_fee. Empty array (Osmosis) means gas only, rendered as less than 0.001 dollar. Injective charges a flat 0.1 INJ.","Cardano. Koios /epoch_params.coins_per_utxo_size. Apply Conway minUTxO formula = (160 byte overhead + 70 byte single asset bundle) × coins_per_utxo_size + 180000 lovelace mint tx fee. Converted to USD via ADA price.","Stellar. Horizon /ledgers.base_reserve_in_stroops and base_fee_in_stroops on the latest ledger. Total cost = 5 base reserves (the protocol minimum of 2 per new account for issuer and distribution, plus 1 for the trustline) + 2 base fees (create_account + change_trust). Reserves are locked capital, refundable on account closure, counted here because bringing the asset into existence requires them upfront. Converted to USD via XLM price.","USD prices. api.mobula.io/api/1/market/multi-data?symbols=SOL,SUI,APT,OSMO,INJ,ADA,XLM polled every 5 minutes.","Failures. Any upstream error increments token_deployment_samples_total{chain,status=error} and leaves the previous gauge value in place.","EVM chains excluded. Ethereum, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Blast, Mantle, opBNB, Celo, Scroll and Linea were previously exposed but relied on a placeholder init bytecode that undercounted real ERC20 deploy cost by 30 to 500x. Removed until the canonical OZ v5 artifact is finalised."],"license":"CC-BY-4.0"}