How We Rate

Our ratings reflect our own assessment of each platform. While we may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up through some links — at no extra cost to you — commercial relationships never influence a platform's score or where it ranks. We rate platforms we have no relationship with using the same criteria as those we do.

Each platform receives an editor rating from 0 to 5 stars. It is a considered judgment made by FinaPedia Editorial after first-hand testing across the factors that matter most for a crypto exchange or wallet:

• Security & trust — track record, reserves and transparency, and the independent trust score where available.
• Fees — baseline maker/taker trading fees and overall cost competitiveness.
• Supported markets & features — spot, futures, margin, and other capabilities.
• Regulation & jurisdiction — licensing and the countries a platform serves.
• Liquidity — trading volume, which affects spreads and execution.
• User experience — ease of use, supported assets, and support quality.

We combine automated market data with manual verification:

• CoinGecko — exchange metadata, trust score, and 24-hour trading volume, refreshed automatically.
• CCXT— baseline trading fees and supported-market capabilities, drawn from each exchange's public configuration.
• Manual review — our editors verify the auto-filled data, add context, and write the pros and cons before anything is published.

Automated fee figures are baseline, default-tier values and may not reflect promotional or VIP pricing. Always confirm current fees on the platform's own site before trading.

User reviews are separate from our editor rating. Anyone can submit a review, and every submission is moderated before it appears. When a platform has genuine user reviews, we show their average rating alongside the individual reviews. We never write user reviews ourselves, and the editor rating is never mixed into the user average.

Market data refreshes on a schedule, and each platform page shows when its data was last verified. We revisit ratings as fees, features, and reputations change.

Our content is for information only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. Crypto is volatile and risky — always do your own research and only risk what you can afford to lose.