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Nansen alternatives: cheaper and similar options (Oct 2026)

Why look beyond Nansen

• The default 0.75% per spot swap (1.5% buy plus sell) costs more than Fomo's 1% round trip, unless you hold Pro or climb tiers.
• Trading only works through the embedded Nansen Wallet; you cannot connect MetaMask or Phantom to trade.
• Perps are unavailable in the US and UK, and Nansen's help center lists both as restricted for spot trading too.
• A 2023 vendor breach exposed about 6.8% of users' email addresses and some password hashes.

Nansen alternatives for US traders →

Cheaper than Nansen

Bankr 0%, fomo 1%, Banana Gun 1% — against Nansen at 1.5% per round trip. Platform fee only; spreads and network fees are extra.

The alternatives

1. Bankr

   TerminalPerpsEmbedded wallet

   Base · Ethereum · Polygon · Unichain · World Chain · Arbitrum · BNB Chain · Robinhood Chain · Arc · Solana · Hyperliquid · 0% round trip · US: partial

   Traders and AI-agent builders who want to swap, set orders and launch tokens by typing plain-English requests, mainly on Base, and who accept a non-exportable embedded wallet.

   + Bankr's own swap fee on EVM chains was waived for all users as of 2026-10-20.

   Official site

2. fomo

   TerminalPerpsEmbedded wallet

   Solana · Base · BNB Chain · Ethereum · Monad · Hyperliquid · Robinhood Chain · Arc · 1% round trip · US: partial

   Mobile-first traders who want gasless multichain memecoin swaps with a social feed of what top traders are buying.

   + 0.50% platform fee, about half the 1% common among memecoin terminals.

   Open fomo — 10% off fees

3. Axiom

   TerminalPerpsEmbedded wallet

   Solana · BNB Chain · Robinhood Chain · 2% round trip · US: unverified

   Desktop Solana and BNB Chain memecoin traders who want spot, Hyperliquid perps and wallet tracking in one web terminal.

   + Fee tiers are published: 1% base falling to a 0.75% net fee at the top cashback tier.

   Open Axiom — 10% off fees

4. MevX

   TerminalEmbedded wallet

   Solana · Ethereum · BNB Chain · Base · Tron · Hyperliquid · HyperEVM · Sui · Avalanche · Xlayer · Plasma · 1.8% round trip · US: unverified

   Memecoin traders who want one terminal and Telegram bot spanning Solana, EVM chains, Tron and Sui with a points-based fee discount.

   + Default fee of 0.9% per trade is below the 1% common among Telegram bots, and drops to 0.7% at the top rank.

   Open MevX — code dexsheet

5. GMGN

   TerminalCustodial

   Solana · Ethereum · Base · BNB Chain · Tron · Monad · MegaETH · Hyperliquid · Xlayer · Robinhood Chain · Arbitrum · Arc · 2% round trip · US: unverified

   Multichain memecoin traders who want smart-money tracking and copy trading across a web terminal and Telegram bots.

   + Flat, published 1% fee with no extra GMGN charges.

   Open GMGN — code dexsheet

6. Padre

   TerminalSelf-custody

   Solana · Ethereum · Base · BNB Chain · US: unverified

   Memecoin traders who want one terminal across Solana, Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain, backed by pump.fun.

   + Supports four chains: Solana, Ethereum, BNB Chain and Base.

   Open Padre — code dexsheet

7. Photon

   Terminal

   Solana · US: unverified

   Solana traders already using Photon; verify current fees on the site before trading.

   + Long track record: DefiLlama has recorded Photon fee revenue since January 2024.

   Open Photon — code dexsheet

8. Banana Gun

   Telegram botEmbedded wallet

   Ethereum · Solana · BNB Chain · Base · Robinhood Chain · Stable · HyperEVM · MegaETH · 1% round trip · US: unverified

   Traders sniping new launches on Ethereum and other EVM chains who also want a Solana bot and a web terminal under one account.

   + Manual trades cost 0.5% per side, half the 1% common among Telegram bots.

   Open Banana Gun — code dexsheet

Cost compared

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