Banxa scores 27 points above Onmeta, led by purchase cost, quote honesty, and named licence. Banxa ranks #5 and Onmeta #14 of 16 published onramps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
BABanxa68
vs
OMOnmeta41
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #5 and #14 of 16
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+36.7
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6841+27.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
BanxaScore 68The onramp that publishes its worst case: 1.99% card fee plus a 2-4% typical spread with contractual maxima, riding its own numbered licences in AU, CA, NL (MiCA), UK and 30+ US states - now private under OSL Group since 2026-01-02.Strength: Licence identity — 8/10Watch-out: The honest disclosure cuts both ways: the 'typical 2-4%' Banxa spread carries a contractual maximum of 15% (plus 10% partner-spread max), and the 'locked-in' Final Price is guaranteed only if you send proof of payment 'immediately' - on a 1-3-business-day SEPA/ACH rail the number on the confirm button can lawfully move before settlement.OnmetaScore 41FIU-IND-registered Indian B2B onramp widget/API (Abhibha Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) running UPI, GCash and QRIS rails across India, the Philippines and Indonesia — with no published fee schedule anywhere on its surfaces and a terms-level 1% 'spillage' clause instead of a rate lock.Strength: Kyc friction time to coins — 6/10Watch-out: You cannot learn what a purchase costs before starting one — no fee schedule exists anywhere on Onmeta's surfaces, the widget quote at transaction time is the first number you ever see, and the terms you accept pre-waive chargebacks and pre-authorize a non-refundable shortfall of up to 1% ('spillage') on what actually arrives.
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactBanxaOnmeta
PricingSnapshotBanxa help article "How does Banxa set the price of cryptocurrency?" (https://support.banxa.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44002465167-how-does-banxa-set-the-price-of-cryptocurrency-, "Modified on Thu, 15 May, 2025"), fetched 28 September 2026, HTTP 200. Processing fee: BUY "Cards & Apple Pay" "1.99%", "Other payment methods" "0%". Spread table (buy): Banxa Spread "Typical: 2-4%" "Min: 0%" "Max: 15%"; Partner Spread (Optional) "Typical: 0-1%" "Max: 10%"; Recovery Spread "Typical: €0-1" "Max: €5". Network fee is a separate buy-side line item ("Market price"). Banxa's own worked example: "if you purchase €1,000 of Litecoin using SEPA" with Banxa spread "3%", Affiliate Fee "1%" and Recovery Fee "$1" ("0.1%") gives "Total Spread" "4.1%". The EU entity's identical article (44002625876, "How does EU Internet Ventures B.V (EUIV) set the price of cryptocurrency?") carries the same table. Worked example (our arithmetic, not a Banxa figure): a EUR 200 SEPA purchase at the typical spreads costs roughly 2 to 5 percent plus network fee; by card add the 1.99 percent processing fee, roughly 4 to 7 percent. The spread benchmark ("reputable, independent third-party pricing providers") is not named.No processing fee, spread or minimum is published. Onmeta widget FAQ (https://docs.onmeta.in/docs/widget/faq/), fetched 29 September 2026, HTTP 200: its "Pricing & Fees" section answers only "Gas fee varies from chain to chain. It is calculated using a combination of gas price and gas units needed to process the transaction." and, for the sell side, "We deduct TDS only for off-ramp transactions. TDS is 1% based on the latest ruling by the Government of India." The end-user terms (https://onmeta.in/terms-endusers-2) say only "You will be required to pay certain fees on each transaction you undertake on Onmeta. It will be reflected on the API while you undertake each transaction." The homepage routes pricing to "Schedule a Demo". No purchase can be priced from a published page.
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Region fitSnapshotglobalasia
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
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Banxa
68#5 of 16
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Banxa if purchase cost matters most — it scores 6/10 to Onmeta's 1/10 there (weight 34).
Strength
Licence identity — 8/10
Tradeoff
The honest disclosure cuts both ways: the 'typical 2-4%' Banxa spread carries a contractual maximum of 15% (plus 10% partner-spread max), and the 'locked-in' Final Price is guaranteed only if you send proof of payment 'immediately' - on a 1-3-business-day SEPA/ACH rail the number on the confirm button can lawfully move before settlement.
OM
Onmeta
41#14 of 16
Pick it when
Onmeta leads on no published criterion; its edge is measured data (8.3 vs 6.5 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
Strength
Kyc friction time to coins — 6/10
Tradeoff
You cannot learn what a purchase costs before starting one — no fee schedule exists anywhere on Onmeta's surfaces, the widget quote at transaction time is the first number you ever see, and the terms you accept pre-waive chargebacks and pre-authorize a non-refundable shortfall of up to 1% ('spillage') on what actually arrives.
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
BABanxaLeads
Choose Banxa if purchase cost matters most
Purchase cost: 6/10 against 1/10 for Onmeta (weight 34)
Quote honesty: 6/10 against 4/10 for Onmeta (weight 26)
Named licence: 8/10 against 4/10 for Onmeta (weight 22)
BanxaScore 68The onramp that publishes its worst case: 1.99% card fee plus a 2-4% typical spread with contractual maxima, riding its own numbered licences in AU, CA, NL (MiCA), UK and 30+ US states - now private under OSL Group since 2026-01-02.Strength: Licence identity — 8/10Watch-out: The honest disclosure cuts both ways: the 'typical 2-4%' Banxa spread carries a contractual maximum of 15% (plus 10% partner-spread max), and the 'locked-in' Final Price is guaranteed only if you send proof of payment 'immediately' - on a 1-3-business-day SEPA/ACH rail the number on the confirm button can lawfully move before settlement.
OMOnmeta
Onmeta leads Banxa on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
OnmetaScore 41FIU-IND-registered Indian B2B onramp widget/API (Abhibha Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) running UPI, GCash and QRIS rails across India, the Philippines and Indonesia — with no published fee schedule anywhere on its surfaces and a terms-level 1% 'spillage' clause instead of a rate lock.Strength: Kyc friction time to coins — 6/10Watch-out: You cannot learn what a purchase costs before starting one — no fee schedule exists anywhere on Onmeta's surfaces, the widget quote at transaction time is the first number you ever see, and the terms you accept pre-waive chargebacks and pre-authorize a non-refundable shortfall of up to 1% ('spillage') on what actually arrives.
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Purchase cost
by 5 of 10weight 8.2 of 86Banxa leads
Banxa6/10 out of 10
Onmeta1/10 out of 10
Quote honesty
by 2 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Banxa leads
Banxa6/10 out of 10
Onmeta4/10 out of 10
Named licence
by 4 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Banxa leads
Banxa8/10 out of 10
Onmeta4/10 out of 10
KYC and speed
by 1 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Banxa leads
Banxa7/10 out of 10
Onmeta6/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
Banxa14/20Onmeta6/20
Banxa leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Banxa15.9/30Onmeta8/30
Banxa leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Banxa2.7/10Onmeta2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Banxa3.2/8Onmeta3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Banxa6.5/18Onmeta8.3/18
Onmeta leads
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Banxa unless the term Onmeta leads on is the one you are buying.
Onmeta leads on no published criterion; its edge is measured data (8.3 vs 6.5 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
Regulatory failure: no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.
Scored by Whose money-transmission licence is my money riding — and is that entity my counterparty? · 22% (Banxa 8/10, Onmeta 4/10)
Execution failure: you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
Scored by Is the number on the widget the number that settles? · 26% (Banxa 6/10, Onmeta 4/10)
Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.
Scored by How much identity do I surrender before the coins land in my wallet, and how long does that take? · 18% (Banxa 7/10, Onmeta 6/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Insolvency failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: What does a €200 purchase actually cost me — by card and by bank, all-in? (34%).
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Banxa scores 27 points above Onmeta, led by purchase cost, quote honesty, and named licence. Published scores, out of 100: Banxa 68 (rank 5 of 16 onramps), Onmeta 41 (rank 14 of 16).
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