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KR Kraken VS OKX

Both exchanges offer Spot, Perpetual futures. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Kraken and OKX.

	Kraken	OKX
Founded	2011	2017
Regions	Available in most regions; futures product restricted in some jurisdictions including parts of the US — verify local availability before signing up.	Widely available; restricted or unavailable in some jurisdictions including the US for derivatives products — verify local availability before signing up.
Products	Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Dated futures	Spot, Perpetual futures, Options, Copy trading, Bots
Maker fee	Verify current tier — Kraken uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule	Verify current tier — OKX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule
Taker fee	Verify current tier — Kraken uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule	Verify current tier — OKX uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule

Kraken pros

Long operating history and a conservative security/regulatory posture relative to peers
Separate, purpose-built futures product rather than a bolted-on feature
Wide fiat on-ramp support in supported regions

OKX pros

One of the few exchanges offering deep futures, options, and copy trading in a single product
Broad asset and derivatives coverage in one interface
Established copy-trading and bot tooling alongside manual trading

This table is generated from the same data behind our individual exchange reviews — see methodology for how it's put together. Fee figures marked "not yet verified" need confirming against live terms before this page is treated as launch-ready.