OpenChainBench
Full benchmark: Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
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Ethereum transaction fee

As of August 1, 2026, Ethereum native transfer fee USD is $0.00691 at the median (p50, 24h window), with $0.1279 at p90 and $0.2488 at p99. Ethereum ranks #11 of 15 chains measured on this benchmark.

Ethereum native transfer fee is $0.00691 (p50, 24h). Fees follow EIP-1559: the base fee adjusts by up to 12.5 percent per block from the previous block's gas usage, plus a priority tip set by the user; a plain ETH transfer is 21000 gas. During congested periods (NFT mints, MEV bursts) standard transfers can cost several dollars, while quiet weekends drop the median under 20 cents. Computed as (base + p50 priority) times 21000 gas times live ETH price.

How Ethereum compares

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

  1. #1Litecoin$0.000101
  2. #2Base$0.000237
  3. #3Taiko$0.000344
  4. #4Solana$0.000366
  5. #5Mantle$0.000416
  6. #6BNB Chain$0.000764
  7. #7Arbitrum One$0.000790
  8. #8Robinhood Chain$0.000798
  9. #9zkSync Era$0.00178
  10. #10Sui$0.00526
  11. #11Ethereum$0.00691
  12. #12Linea$0.0128
  13. #13Cardano$0.0282
  14. #14Monero$0.0425
  15. #15TRON$0.0937

Methodology, charts and the full ledger live on the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains page. Raw data: JSON endpoint.