MetaMask vs Rabby
Rabby is cheaper: a $1,000 buy-and-sell costs $5.00 in platform fees vs $17.50 on MetaMask. Pick MetaMask if you are users who want one self-custodial wallet across EVM chains, Solana and Bitcoin, with built-in swaps, bridging and (outside the US/UK) perps. Pick Rabby if you are eVM users who want pre-signing transaction simulation and approval controls, with low-fee in-wallet swaps across many chains. For US users: Rabby is available; MetaMask is partly available.
Checked 2026-10-16 · both venues' fee pagesMetaMask is a self-custodial wallet developed by Consensys, available as a browser extension and mobile app. It has built-in Swaps and Bridge (a quote aggregator across EVM chains plus Solana, Bitcoin and Tron), Hyperliquid-powered perps, prediction markets, tokenized stocks and the mUSD stablecoin.
Rabby is an open-source, self-custodial wallet for Ethereum and EVM networks (80+ natively integrated) with transaction simulation, approval management, built-in swap and bridge aggregators and Hyperliquid-powered perps. It charges a 0.25% fee on swaps and bridges, waived on same-chain stablecoin and ETH-token pairs.
Rabby saves $12.50 per $1,000 round trip.
Side by side
| MetaMask | Rabby | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Wallet | Wallet |
| Status | live | live |
| Chains | Ethereum, Bitcoin, Linea, Base, Solana, Tron, Polygon, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Monad, Robinhood Chain, Optimism, Sei, Avalanche, Zksync, Megaeth, HyperEVM, Arc, Tempo | Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche, Linea, Zksync, Scroll, Mantle, Monad, HyperEVM, Sonic, Unichain |
| Platforms | extension, ios, android | extension, ios, android |
| Custody | non-custodial | non-custodial |
| KYC | none | none |
| Platform fee, round trip | 1.75% | 0.5% |
| $1,000 round trip | $17.50 | $5.00 |
| Sign-up perk | Set by each Rewards campaign's rules; no standing referee benefit is published | — |
| Perps taker / maker | 0.143% / 0.114% | — |
| United States | Partly available | Available |
| United Kingdom | Partly available | Available |
| European Union | Partly available | Available |
| Launched | — | — |
| Reported incidents | 0 | 0 |
What your trade costs on each
Cost of a round trip (buy + sell). Platform fee only; network and pool fees are extra.
Features
| Feature | MetaMask | Rabby |
|---|---|---|
| swaps | ✓ | ✓ |
| cross-chain bridge | ✓ | — |
| gasless swaps | ✓ | — |
| batch sell | ✓ | — |
| perps | ✓ | ✓ |
| prediction markets | ✓ | — |
| tokenized stocks | ✓ | — |
| stablecoin (mUSD) | ✓ | — |
| rewards program | ✓ | — |
| follow top traders | ✓ | — |
| price alerts | ✓ | — |
| debit card | ✓ | — |
| mobile app | ✓ | ✓ |
| browser extension | ✓ | ✓ |
| bridge | — | ✓ |
| transaction simulation | — | ✓ |
| approval revoke | — | ✓ |
| risk alerts | — | ✓ |
"—" means the feature was not in the sources we checked, not proof it's missing.
MetaMask: watch out for
- The 0.875% swap fee (1.75% round trip) is higher than many standalone aggregators that charge no interface fee
- Perps are not available in the USA, UK, Ontario or Belgium
- Fee disclosure is inconsistent: the English swap guide omits the rate, and the perps marketing page says 'no fees' while the help center lists them
Rabby: watch out for
- EVM only: no Bitcoin, Solana or Tron.
- Extension supports Chrome, Brave and Edge only; any Firefox listing is fake per Rabby.
- Perps carry a Rabby builder fee (0.04% standard) on top of Hyperliquid fees.
FAQ
Is MetaMask better than Rabby?
Rabby is cheaper: a $1,000 buy-and-sell costs $5.00 in platform fees vs $17.50 on MetaMask. Pick MetaMask if you are users who want one self-custodial wallet across EVM chains, Solana and Bitcoin, with built-in swaps, bridging and (outside the US/UK) perps. Pick Rabby if you are eVM users who want pre-signing transaction simulation and approval controls, with low-fee in-wallet swaps across many chains. For US users: Rabby is available; MetaMask is partly available.
Which is cheaper, MetaMask or Rabby?
Rabby. On a $1,000 round trip: Rabby $5.00 vs MetaMask $17.50, platform fees only.
Can I use MetaMask or Rabby in the US?
MetaMask: partly available. Rabby: available. Based on each venue's own terms.
Sources
Last checked . Fees and terms change often; the venue's own page wins if it disagrees with ours.
- MetaMask Help: User guide: swaps (Spanish) - lists MetaMask fee 0.875% — checked 2026-10-16
- MetaMask Help: User guide: swaps (English) - supported networks, gasless swaps — checked 2026-10-16
- MetaMask Help: How to trade perps (fee table by Rewards level) — checked 2026-10-16
- MetaMask Help: What is perp trading (regional restrictions) — checked 2026-10-16
- MetaMask Perps (Hyperliquid, up to 50x) — checked 2026-10-16
- MetaMask Help: What is MetaMask Rewards — checked 2026-10-16
- How to use Rabby Swap (Rabby Support) — checked 2026-10-16
- How to use Rabby Bridge (Rabby Support) — checked 2026-10-16
- 0% Swap Fee Token Pairs (Rabby Support) — checked 2026-10-16
- Understanding Rabby Perps Fees — checked 2026-10-16
- What is Rabby Wallet? — checked 2026-10-16
- Supported Networks & Tokens (Rabby Support) — checked 2026-10-16