Transak vs Ramp Network Transak leads by 11 points.
Transak scores 11 points above Ramp Network, led by purchase cost, quote honesty, and KYC and speed. Transak ranks #1 and Ramp Network #4 of 16 published onramps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Transak81
vs
RARamp Network70
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #1 and #4 of 16
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below8170+11.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
TransakScore 81The most disclosed onramp in the pool — full per-rail fee schedule with minimum floors plus a separately stated spread over CoinGecko of 0% to 2.5% depending on volatility (a flat 2.5% in August; read 2026-09-28) — whose own help centre admits the settled amount floats to the settlement-time rate on bank rails, and whose otherwise numbered five-jurisdiction licence stack has a conspicuous MiCA-shaped hole.Strength: All in purchase cost — 7/10Watch-out: The number on the confirm button is not the number that settles: the quote is 'valid only for a short period — generally between 5 and 10 seconds', settlement on bank rails happens at the 'Market Price (at time of bank transfer settlement)', and standard SEPA 'May take up to 3-5 Working Days' — so the buyer wears up to five days of market move, and with a spread of 0% to 2.5% over CoinGecko on top of the 0.99% fee the cheap bank rail lands anywhere from roughly 1% to 3.5% all-in (fee article read 2026-09-28) — though that day Transak's coverage page and countries API listed no EU state and its fiat API offered EUR with no SEPA option.Ramp NetworkScore 70Developer-first embedded onramp with a fully published per-rail fee-cap schedule (card up to 3.9% USD/EUR/GBP, manual bank up to 1.40%, min up to €2.49) and a numbered three-entity licence stack (FCA 928783, FinCEN MSB 31000287566749, CBI MiCA CASP) — but the rate is struck when your payment reaches its account, so the confirm-screen number is explicitly not guaranteed.Strength: Licence identity — 8/10Watch-out: The confirm-screen number is explicitly not the settled number: Ramp's own rate article says 'the amount you receive may differ from the initial quote' because the rate is struck 'at the moment your payment reaches our account', and its terms make bank-transfer repricing contractual — with the markup hidden inside an unquantified 'floating exchange rate' rather than published as a spread over a named benchmark.
Quick facts
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1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactTransakRamp Network
PricingSnapshotTransak help-centre article "How does Transak calculate prices and fees?" (https://support.transak.com/en/articles/7845942-how-does-transak-calculate-prices-and-fees), fetched 28 September 2026, HTTP 200 ("Updated over 3 weeks ago"). On-ramp fees: SEPA Transfer "0.99% of transaction amount, minimum 1 EUR"; Credit / Debit Card (EUR) "3.5% of transaction amount + 1 EUR"; Credit / Debit Card (non-EUR) "5.5% of transaction amount + 1 EUR"; Apple Pay / Google Pay (EUR) "3.5% of transaction amount, minimum 1 EUR", (non-EUR) "5.5% of transaction amount, minimum 1 EUR". Rate: "The quoted rate reflects the rate provided via the publicly available market pricing tool CoinGecko at the time of the transaction, plus a spread of 0% to 2.5%, depending on how volatile the currency is at the time." (on 18 August 2026 the same sentence read "plus a spread of 2.5%"). Third-party fees (gas, validator, liquidity) are separate and "displayed before you confirm your transaction". Worked example (our arithmetic, not a Transak figure): a EUR 200 purchase by SEPA = EUR 1.98 fee plus a spread of 0 to 2.5 percent over CoinGecko, an all-in of roughly 1 to 3.5 percent plus network fees; by EUR card = EUR 8.00 fee plus the same spread, roughly 4 to 6.5 percent. A second, USD-denominated on-ramp fee table on transak.com/fees-pricing-calculation (linked as "Pricing & Fees" from the compliance page) prices cards and bank transfers differently and does not say which jurisdiction it applies to.Ramp Network help article "What fees are charged when buying crypto?" (https://support.rampnetwork.com/en/articles/10415-what-fees-does-ramp-network-charge-for-buying-crypto, dated "June 25, 2025"), fetched 29 September 2026, HTTP 200, unchanged from 18 August 2026. Buy-side fees (minimum fee, fee percentage): Bank transfers (manual) "Up to €2.49", "Up to 1.40%"; Easy Bank transfers "Up to €2.49", "Up to 2.40%"; Credit or debit cards (USD, EUR, GBP) "Up to €2.49", "Up to 3.9%"; Credit or debit cards (other currencies) "Up to €2.49" (local equivalent), "Up to 5.45%"; Pix "Up to €2.49", "Up to 2.90%"; Apple Pay and Google Pay "Same as the underlying card". The page says "The fees listed here apply to transactions on our own platform" and that partners may add their own fee. Network fee: "The network fee is determined by miners/validators on the blockchain in question." Rate: "the amount of crypto you receive is based on the exchange rate at the time your payment reaches our account"; no spread percentage and no named benchmark. Worked example (our arithmetic, not a Ramp figure): a EUR 200 purchase by manual bank transfer carries a Ramp fee of at most EUR 2.80 (1.40 percent cap), by EUR card at most EUR 7.80 (3.9 percent cap); the minimum fee does not bind at EUR 200; network fee and any partner fee are extra.
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, caglobal, us, europe
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Transak
81#1 of 16
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Transak if purchase cost matters most — it scores 7/10 to Ramp Network's 6/10 there (weight 34).
Strength
All in purchase cost — 7/10
Tradeoff
The number on the confirm button is not the number that settles: the quote is 'valid only for a short period — generally between 5 and 10 seconds', settlement on bank rails happens at the 'Market Price (at time of bank transfer settlement)', and standard SEPA 'May take up to 3-5 Working Days' — so the buyer wears up to five days of market move, and with a spread of 0% to 2.5% over CoinGecko on top of the 0.99% fee the cheap bank rail lands anywhere from roughly 1% to 3.5% all-in (fee article read 2026-09-28) — though that day Transak's coverage page and countries API listed no EU state and its fiat API offered EUR with no SEPA option.
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Ramp Network
70#4 of 16
Pick it when
Pick Ramp Network if named licence matters most — it scores 8/10 to Transak's 6/10 there (weight 22).
Strength
Licence identity — 8/10
Tradeoff
The confirm-screen number is explicitly not the settled number: Ramp's own rate article says 'the amount you receive may differ from the initial quote' because the rate is struck 'at the moment your payment reaches our account', and its terms make bank-transfer repricing contractual — with the markup hidden inside an unquantified 'floating exchange rate' rather than published as a spread over a named benchmark.
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
TransakLeads
Choose Transak if purchase cost matters most
Purchase cost: 7/10 against 6/10 for Ramp Network (weight 34)
Quote honesty: 6/10 against 5/10 for Ramp Network (weight 26)
KYC and speed: 7/10 against 6/10 for Ramp Network (weight 18)
TransakScore 81The most disclosed onramp in the pool — full per-rail fee schedule with minimum floors plus a separately stated spread over CoinGecko of 0% to 2.5% depending on volatility (a flat 2.5% in August; read 2026-09-28) — whose own help centre admits the settled amount floats to the settlement-time rate on bank rails, and whose otherwise numbered five-jurisdiction licence stack has a conspicuous MiCA-shaped hole.Strength: All in purchase cost — 7/10Watch-out: The number on the confirm button is not the number that settles: the quote is 'valid only for a short period — generally between 5 and 10 seconds', settlement on bank rails happens at the 'Market Price (at time of bank transfer settlement)', and standard SEPA 'May take up to 3-5 Working Days' — so the buyer wears up to five days of market move, and with a spread of 0% to 2.5% over CoinGecko on top of the 0.99% fee the cheap bank rail lands anywhere from roughly 1% to 3.5% all-in (fee article read 2026-09-28) — though that day Transak's coverage page and countries API listed no EU state and its fiat API offered EUR with no SEPA option.
RARamp Network
Choose Ramp Network if named licence matters most
Named licence: 8/10 against 6/10 for Transak (weight 22)
Ramp NetworkScore 70Developer-first embedded onramp with a fully published per-rail fee-cap schedule (card up to 3.9% USD/EUR/GBP, manual bank up to 1.40%, min up to €2.49) and a numbered three-entity licence stack (FCA 928783, FinCEN MSB 31000287566749, CBI MiCA CASP) — but the rate is struck when your payment reaches its account, so the confirm-screen number is explicitly not guaranteed.Strength: Licence identity — 8/10Watch-out: The confirm-screen number is explicitly not the settled number: Ramp's own rate article says 'the amount you receive may differ from the initial quote' because the rate is struck 'at the moment your payment reaches our account', and its terms make bank-transfer repricing contractual — with the markup hidden inside an unquantified 'floating exchange rate' rather than published as a spread over a named benchmark.
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 1 of 10weight 8.2 of 86Transak leads
Transak7/10 out of 10
Ramp Network6/10 out of 10
Quote honesty
by 1 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Transak leads
Transak6/10 out of 10
Ramp Network5/10 out of 10
Named licence
by 2 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Ramp Network leads
Transak6/10 out of 10
Ramp Network8/10 out of 10
KYC and speed
by 1 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Transak leads
Transak7/10 out of 10
Ramp Network6/10 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
Transak12/20Ramp Network14/20
Ramp Network leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Transak15.6/30Ramp Network14.8/30
Transak leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Transak2.7/10Ramp Network2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Transak3.2/8Ramp Network3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Transak13.8/18Ramp Network8.3/18
Transak leads
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Transak unless the term Ramp Network leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Ramp Network if named licence matters most — it scores 8/10 to Transak's 6/10 there (weight 22).
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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% (Transak 6/10, Ramp Network 8/10)
Execution failure: you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
Scored by Is the number on the widget the number that settles? · 26% (Transak 6/10, Ramp Network 5/10)
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% (Transak 7/10, Ramp Network 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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Transak scores 11 points above Ramp Network, led by purchase cost, quote honesty, and KYC and speed. Published scores, out of 100: Transak 81 (rank 1 of 16 onramps), Ramp Network 70 (rank 4 of 16).
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