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Binance vs OKX Binance leads by 8 points.

Binance scores 8 points above OKX, led by asset protection. Binance ranks #4 and OKX #7 of 17 published exchanges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

Binance75
OKX67
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #4 and #7 of 17
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot Evidence verified through 4 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-BINANCE-VS-OKX-febe02ad
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

Binance leads by 8 points

Binance scores 8 points above OKX, led by asset protection.

Binance #4 of 1775
OKX #7 of 1767
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termBinance leads on 1 of 4 published criteria; OKX on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermBinanceOKXWeightPoints
Trading cost5/107/107.2−3.7for OKX−1.9 of 32
Licence coverage5/107/105.8−3.0for OKX−1.5 of 32
Asset protection7/106/104.3+1.1for Binance+0.6 of 32
Measured dataScore dimension13.28.318+12.7for Binance
Net of the terms+7.1
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.1
Reproduced gap+7.0
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7567+8.0

Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.

  • Binance's lead rests on lighter criteria: OKX is ahead on trading cost, which carries more weight (30) than any criterion Binance leads on (18).
Quick facts

At a glance

1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactBinanceOKX
PricingSnapshotBinance spot fee rates, read 29 September 2026 at https://www.binance.com/en/fee/trading (curl receives an empty HTTP 202 challenge; read through a rendering fetch). Maker / taker, and with the "BNB 25% off": "Regular User" "< 1,000,000 USD" or "≥ 0 BNB" "0.100% / 0.100%", "0.07500% / 0.07500%"; "VIP 1" "≥ 1,000,000 USD" and "≥ 5 BNB" "0.090% / 0.100%"; "VIP 3" "≥ 20,000,000 USD" and "≥ 100 BNB" "0.040% / 0.060%"; "VIP 5" "≥ 150,000,000 USD" and "≥ 1,000 BNB" "0.025% / 0.031%"; "VIP 9" "≥ 4,000,000,000 USD" "0.011% / 0.023%". Volume rule on the same page: "Trade volume includes all Spot volumes from Spot, Margin, Convert, Copy Trading and Trading Bots." Convert, the instant surface (https://www.binance.com/en/support/faq/frequently-asked-questions-on-binance-convert-3289b5fb64634df8ab99d5f3d99b87ab, "Updated on 2026-04-20"): "Binance Convert pricing does not include traditional trading fees when converting cryptocurrencies." and "There are no additional fees beyond the quoted price.", while "the quoted prices for simple conversions may vary from time to time and from the price available on other markets" with no number published for that spread. Per-asset withdrawal fees sit behind "Log in and see a full overview of your fee and transaction history".OKX publishes one schedule per entity, and the reader pays the one that serves their country. EEA (https://www.okx.com/en-eu/fees, re-read 28 October 2026, "Spot-only account" tab): "Regular user" … "0.1000%" / "0.2000%" (maker / taker), the rate of an account with no derivatives account; the "Spot & derivatives account" tab reads "0.0800%" / "0.1000%", which a new reader does not have. US, OKX Inc. (https://www.okx.com/en-us/fees, re-read 28 October 2026): "Regular user" "0.2000%" / "0.3500%". Everyone else, the UK included, contracts with OKX's global entity at https://www.okx.com/fees, which redirects a German address to the EU page: that rate is not read, so this record carries no base rate and a reader outside the EEA and the US sees "regional rate not read".
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotasia, mena, latamus, europe, asia
From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

Binance

75#4 of 17
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Binance if asset protection matters most — it scores 7/10 to OKX's 6/10 there (weight 18).
Strength
Withdrawal incident record — 7/10
Tradeoff
The surface a new account actually lands in — Convert/instant buy — prices in a spread Binance nowhere quantifies behind a 'no additional fees' framing, and the account's freeze grounds are explicitly non-exhaustive and 'may be based on confidential criteria' Binance is 'under no obligation to disclose'; an EU, US or UK buyer cannot open this account at all.

OKX

67#7 of 17
Pick it when
Pick OKX if trading cost matters most — it scores 7/10 to Binance's 5/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Personal all in cost — 7/10
Tradeoff
Which OKX you get depends entirely on where you live: an EEA buyer contracts with a MiCA-segregated Malta entity at 0.10%/0.20% fees on a spot-only account (0.08%/0.10% only with a derivatives account), a US buyer pays 0.20%/0.35% and cannot sign up in New York or four US territories, and a UK buyer contracts with Aux Cayes FinTech in the Seychelles — the very entity that admitted the US licensing failure — under pooled-asset, unsecured-creditor terms. On every version, the default buy/convert surface can carry up to a 1.00% spread the fee table never shows.
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Which one is actually for you?

BinanceLeads

Choose Binance if asset protection matters most

  • Asset protection: 7/10 against 6/10 for OKX (weight 18)
OKX

Choose OKX if trading cost matters most

  • Trading cost: 7/10 against 5/10 for Binance (weight 30)
  • Licence coverage: 7/10 against 5/10 for Binance (weight 24)
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

Trading cost

by 2 of 10weight 7.2 of 86OKX leads
Binance5 out of 10
OKX7 out of 10

Withdrawal track record

weight 6.7 of 86Tie
Binance7 out of 10
OKX7 out of 10

Licence coverage

by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86OKX leads
Binance5 out of 10
OKX7 out of 10

Asset protection

by 1 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Binance leads
Binance7 out of 10
OKX6 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
Binance12/20OKX12/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Binance14.2/30OKX16.4/30
OKX leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Binance2.7/10OKX2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Binance3.2/8OKX3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Binance13.2/18OKX8.3/18
Binance leads
Decision rulePublished order

Choose Binance unless the term OKX leads on is the one you are buying.

Pick OKX if trading cost matters most — it scores 7/10 to Binance's 5/10 there (weight 30).

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

From the published order

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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by When this venue broke, did people get their money out — and how would I know? · 28% (Binance 7/10, OKX 7/10)
  • Insolvency failure: the firm or issuer that owes you cannot pay.
    Scored by If this exchange fails — or freezes me — are the coins legally mine, and on whose terms? · 18% (Binance 7/10, OKX 6/10)
  • Regulatory failure: no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.
    Scored by Whose licence actually covers me in my country — and can I find it on the register? · 24% (Binance 5/10, OKX 7/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Execution 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 will I actually pay here at my volume — including the spread they don't print? (30%).
Questions

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Binance scores 8 points above OKX, led by asset protection. Published scores, out of 100: Binance 75 (rank 4 of 17 exchanges), OKX 67 (rank 7 of 17).

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Re-read in progressOverdue; re-read by 10 November 2026.
Methodology v2026.10.18
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Reviewed means both products compared here was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.

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