Pump.fun Fees Explained — Complete Cost Breakdown 2026

Before launching on Pump.fun, you need to understand exactly what you're paying. Hidden fees and unexpected costs have killed many launches. Here's the complete, transparent fee breakdown.

Token Creation Fee

Creating a token on Pump.fun costs approximately 0.02 SOL (~$2). This covers the on-chain account creation for your token mint, metadata account, and bonding curve initialization. This is a fixed cost regardless of token size.

Trading Fee (1%)

Every buy and sell on Pump.fun's bonding curve incurs a 1% fee. This is split between Pump.fun treasury and creator incentives. On a 1 SOL buy, you pay 0.01 SOL in fees. This applies to all pre-graduation trades.

Transaction/Priority Fees

Solana base transaction fees are ~0.000005 SOL. But you need to add priority fees to ensure your transactions land quickly. For bundle launches, budget 0.003-0.01 SOL per transaction in priority fees. With 5 bundle transactions, that's 0.015-0.05 SOL.

Graduation Fee

When your token graduates to Raydium, Pump.fun takes approximately 6 SOL from the bonding curve to cover Raydium LP creation. This is automatic and non-negotiable. The remaining ~79 SOL goes to the Raydium liquidity pool.

Total Launch Budget

Realistic launch budget: token creation (0.02 SOL) + dev buy (0.1-Free) + bundle wallets (0.3-1 SOL each × 3-5 wallets) + priority fees (0.05 SOL) = 1.5-6 SOL total for a proper launch.

Bundler Platform Fees

If you use SolBundler for your launch, a 1% platform fee applies to the total bundle buy amount. For a 1.5 SOL bundle buy, this is 0.045 SOL (~$5.40). This fee covers the bundling infrastructure, multi-endpoint Jito submission, and post-launch tools. Open-source bundler scripts have no platform fee but require technical setup and carry more operational risk.

Jito Tip — Not a Pump.fun Fee

The Jito tip is often confused with a Pump.fun fee but it is entirely separate. Jito tips go to Solana block builders who include your atomic bundle in the target block. Amount ranges from 0.002 SOL (off-peak) to 0.015 SOL (peak congestion). This is paid regardless of which bundler tool you use — it is a network-level cost for atomic execution, not a platform fee.

How to Calculate Your Total Launch Cost

Add these components: token creation (0.032 SOL) + Jito tip (0.005-0.015 SOL) + transaction fees per wallet (0.003 SOL × wallet count) + Pump.fun trading fee on buys (1% of bundle buy amount) + bundler platform fee if applicable (3% of bundle buy) + your actual bundle buy capital. For a 10-wallet launch with 0.15 SOL per wallet: total cost approximately 1.65 SOL including all fees and capital.

Fee Minimization Strategies

Launch during off-peak hours (00:00-08:00 UTC) to use lower Jito tips. Close token accounts post-launch to recover 0.002 SOL per wallet in rent. Keep wallet count at the minimum needed for your supply control goals — each additional wallet adds 0.003 SOL in fees. Use reserve SOL efficiently — don't over-fund wallets beyond buy amount plus 0.003 SOL fee buffer. Excess funding is recoverable but requires an additional withdrawal transaction.

Fee Impact on Break-Even Analysis

Understanding total fee load helps calculate your actual break-even point. For a standard 10-wallet launch with 0.15 SOL buy per wallet: creation fees 0.032 SOL, Jito tip 0.008 SOL, transaction fees 0.030 SOL, Pump.fun trading fees on buys 0.015 SOL, SolBundler platform fee 0.045 SOL. Total non-capital fees: 0.130 SOL. Bundle capital deployed: 1.5 SOL. Total funded: 1.630 SOL. Break-even requires recovering 1.630 SOL from token sales — approximately 8.7% price appreciation above your average buy price. Understanding this math prevents the mistake of thinking you have broken even when you have only recovered bundle buy capital without accounting for fees.