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Photon fees
1% per trade
What you pay
- • Photon charges 1% of the SOL amount on every buy and sell, collected in SOL. A 5 SOL buy pays 0.05 SOL.
- • No fee tiers are documented.
- • Priority fee and Jito bribe are yours to set, with three presets (S1, S2, S3) in Settings.
- • The docs do not mention a discount for referred users. Sites that promise one are affiliate marketing, not Photon.
No referral discount; the link costs you nothing
Photon's docs describe referral rewards in points, not a published percentage. ApeCheck's link costs you nothing and earns us points-based rewards.
Against the others
| Terminal | Fee | Referral perk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photon | 1% per trade | none documented | details |
| Axiom | 1% per trade, minus SOL cashback by tier | 10% off trading fees, for the life of the account | details |
| GMGN | 1% per trade | none documented | details |
| FOMO | 0.50% per trade above 190 USDC, with flat minimums below | 10% off trading fees, entered at sign-up | details |
| Trojan | 1% per trade, with 20% cashback for every user | none documented | details |
| BonkBot | 1% per successful swap | none documented | details |
| Bloom | 1% per trade, 0.9% when you joined through a referral link | 10% cashback on trading fees, so 0.9% instead of 1% | details |
Sources
FAQ
What are Photon's trading fees?
1% per trade. Photon charges 1% of the SOL amount on every buy and sell, collected in SOL. A 5 SOL buy pays 0.05 SOL.
Does the Photon referral lower my fees?
No. Photon's documentation gives referred users the same fee as everyone else. Photon's docs describe referral rewards in points, not a published percentage. ApeCheck's link costs you nothing and earns us points-based rewards.
Is Photon cheaper than the other terminals?
Most Solana terminals charge about 1% per trade; the differences are in cashback, referral perks and network fees. The comparison below lists what each one documents.
Facts checked against Photon's own documentation on 2026-09-08; confirm current fees inside the app. ApeCheck earns a share of platform fees when you sign up through these links, at no cost to you. Not affiliated with Photon. Not financial advice.