Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain
BlockchainsBNB
Trails$0.0170
- p99
- $0.0175
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 20,160
Osmosis
Leads$0.00103
- p99
- $0.00111
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 19,740
Token deployment cost USD
BNBn/aOsmosisn/a
BNB vs Osmosis
Osmosis leads on both live benchmarks. Osmosis wins on Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.00103 vs $0.0170), Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery (44.33 s vs 50.63 s). Data as of 2026-11-15 UTC.
BNB
Proof-of-Staked-Authority L1 with 21 active validators rotating per epoch. Probabilistic finality reached after roughly 2 blocks. Block time around 3 seconds.
Osmosis
Cosmos SDK appchain and the largest IBC-connected DEX. CometBFT consensus with deterministic finality per block, around 6-second block time. TokenFactory module exposes MsgCreateDenom with denom_creation_fee currently set to an empty list, so creating a new denom costs only gas.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBNB
Trails50.63 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 58provisional
Osmosis
Leads44.33 s
- p99
- 1.9 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 154
Axelar GMP delivery
BNBn/aOsmosisn/a
Frequently asked questions
BNB vs Osmosis: which one is better?
BNB and Osmosis are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Osmosis leads on Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is cheaper, BNB or Osmosis?
On the Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain benchmark, Osmosis leads at $0.00103 versus BNB at $0.0170. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the BNB vs Osmosis comparison measured?
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
How this pair was selected
Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.