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Algorand transaction fee

As of November 3, 2026, Algorand native transfer fee USD is $0.0000936 at the median (p50, 24h window), with $0.0000938 at p90 and $0.0000938 at p99. Algorand ranks #7 of 28 chains measured on this benchmark.

Algorand native transfer fee is $0.0000936 (p50, 24h). An ALGO payment pays the larger of the minimum fee (1000 microAlgo, 0.001 ALGO) and a per byte congestion fee that algod only raises above zero when the transaction pool is full; a signed payment is about 250 bytes, so outside congestion the fee is exactly the minimum. Computed from algod `/v2/transactions/params` (min-fee and fee) times 250 bytes, floored at min-fee, times live ALGO price.

How Algorand compares

Live p50 over the last 24 hours across every chain on this benchmark, ranked lowest first.

  1. #1Stellar$0.0000016
  2. #2Optimism$0.0000159
  3. #3Somnia$0.0000207
  4. #4Kaia$0.0000209
  5. #5Aptos$0.0000391
  6. #6Sei$0.0000504
  7. #7Algorand$0.0000936
  8. #8Litecoin$0.000121
  9. #9NEAR$0.000172
  10. #10Internet Computer$0.000250
  11. #11Base$0.000302
  12. #12Cronos$0.000399
  13. #13Taiko$0.000415
  14. #14Solana$0.000461
  15. #15Mantle$0.000498
  16. #16Avalanche$0.000596
  17. #17Scroll$0.000714
  18. #18BNB Chain$0.000822
  19. #19Arbitrum One$0.000949
  20. #20Robinhood Chain$0.000952
  21. #21zkSync Era$0.00214
  22. #22Ethereum$0.00496
  23. #23Gram$0.00586
  24. #24Sui$0.00662
  25. #25Linea$0.0137
  26. #26Cardano$0.0314
  27. #27Monero$0.0732
  28. #28TRON$0.0892

Methodology, charts and the full ledger live on the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains page. Raw data: JSON endpoint.