For a creator, Pump.fun fees are small and few. Creating a coin carries no platform charge, so you only pay the Solana network fee. When the bonding curve completes, a one-off 0.015 SOL migration fee covers the move to PumpSwap. Every transaction also pays a tiny Solana base fee, plus any priority fee you choose.
Key points
- Launching a coin costs 0 SOL on the platform side; the network fee for the transaction is the only charge.
- A dev buy at launch is a purchase of your own tokens, not a fee.
- Graduation to PumpSwap comes with a single 0.015 SOL migration fee.
- Creator rewards build up for the creator address from trading activity and keep coming after graduation in the canonical pool.
- In our runs, Pump.fun and PumpSwap trading fees, network costs and Jito tips are all inside the flat 1% fee.
Creator rewards flow the other way, to the address set as the coin's creator. During one of our runs, every trading fee is already part of the flat 1% of the volume goal.
Which Pump.fun fees does a creator actually pay?
The only costs a creator pays are network fees, a one-off 0.015 SOL migration fee and whatever dev buy they choose to make. Think of a launch as a short timeline. First the coin gets created, then maybe a small buy goes in, then traders work the curve for a few hours or a few days, and if enough net buying arrives along the way the coin moves over to a PumpSwap pool without anyone having to apply or wait for approval. So what costs money along that line? Very little.
| Moment | Cost | Who receives it |
|---|---|---|
| Creating the coin | Network fee only | Solana validators |
| Optional dev buy | The SOL you choose to spend | The bonding curve, in exchange for tokens |
| Any later transaction you sign | Base fee plus optional priority fee | Solana validators |
| Graduation to PumpSwap | 0.015 SOL, once | Pump.fun, for the migration |
| Claiming creator rewards | Network fee only | Solana validators |
That table leaves out trading fees on purpose. Whoever places a trade pays them, on each buy and sell, so a creator who never trades never pays them. Running volume with us? Then they're covered as well, which we come back to further down.
Is creating a coin on Pump.fun free?
Yes, on the platform side. Pump.fun lists coin creation at 0 SOL. Fill in a name, ticker, image and description, sign one transaction, and the coin exists with its own bonding curve. The wallet still pays the Solana fee for that signature. It's a fraction of a cent at normal prices.
People sometimes count the dev buy as a launch cost. It isn't one.
If you tick the box to buy at creation, the SOL you put in goes into the curve and you get tokens back at the opening price. You can sell them later, so it's closer to a position than a fee. Whether to make one is a separate question about how you want the holder list to look on day one.
One practical tip: keep a little spare SOL in the creator wallet, because over the life of the coin there will be more transactions to sign, such as profile updates, replies on the thread and reward claims, and each one of them needs a small amount set aside for network fees even if the coin itself never trades much.
What do Solana network and priority fees add?
Every signature on Solana costs 5,000 lamports as a base fee. A lamport is a billionth of a SOL, so that base fee is 0.000005 SOL. Most Pump.fun actions need one signature, which means the base fee on a single action is close to nothing.
Priority fees are optional. They're a price per compute unit, and validators tend to include higher-paying transactions first when blocks are busy. During a hot launch window a modest priority fee can decide whether a transaction lands in the next block or a few seconds later. Most wallets pick a sensible value and show the total before anything gets approved. Some senders also attach Jito tips to land a group of transactions together as a bundle. A creator signing the odd transaction by hand rarely needs this. Automated tools use it a lot, because a bundle either lands as a whole or not at all.
How much is the Pump.fun migration fee?
The Pump.fun migration fee is a one-off 0.015 SOL, charged when the bonding curve completes. Graduation happens when the real tokens on the bonding curve sell out. At that point the program marks the curve complete, curve trading stops, and the liquidity moves into a canonical PumpSwap pool. Pump.fun's official fee page lists that figure, which covers the accounts the new pool needs.
It's paid once per coin. Nobody has to press anything.
Anyone can trigger the migrate instruction, and in practice it happens within moments of the curve completing. The liquidity tokens from that pool are burned, so the pool can't be pulled. The maths that decides when the curve fills is on our bonding curve page.
How do Pump.fun creator rewards work?
Creator rewards are the part of trading activity that Pump.fun pays to a coin's creator. Every coin carries a creator field in the program, an address that its creator share is credited to. There's no opt-in step. When people trade the coin, the creator's share builds up for that address, and claiming it takes one signed transaction from the coin page whenever it suits.
Rewards come from trading on the bonding curve and, after graduation, from trading in the coin's canonical PumpSwap pool. Pools that other people create outside the graduation path don't pay anything to the creator. After a community takeover, the reward address can belong to whoever now holds the coin's fee rights, and the fee page also describes an option to send rewards to charity.
How much does a creator earn? That depends on how much trading the coin sees. A quiet coin pays very little, a busy one adds up. We don't print rates here, because Pump.fun revises its schedule from time to time and the official fee page is the only figure worth planning around. Check it on launch day.
What changes for a creator after graduation?
- The curve closes for good. Price now comes from the reserves of the PumpSwap pool, not from the curve formula.
- The progress bar disappears from the coin page, and the coin is traded through the pool from then on.
- DexScreener and other trackers pick up the pool, so new buyers increasingly arrive from charts rather than the Pump.fun board.
- Creator rewards keep accruing from trading in the canonical pool, to the same creator address.
- Pump.fun applies a different fee schedule in the pool, set by the coin's market cap. The fee page lists it.
For most creators the third point matters more than the rest. A pair that looks empty on its first DexScreener day loses the attention it earned on the curve. Our page on running volume on PumpSwap covers how runs carry on in the pool after the move.
Who pays trading fees during a volume run?
Your run pays them. Trades in a volume run still pay Pump.fun and PumpSwap their trading fees on-chain, and every trade still pays Solana its network fee. None of it shows up as a separate bill. Our flat-fee volume runs charge 1% of the volume goal you set, with a floor of 100 SOL, and that single amount already contains the curve and pool trading fees plus whatever priority fees and Jito tips the run spends along the way. Nothing gets added on top.
| Volume goal | What you send | Extra trading or network costs |
|---|---|---|
| 100 SOL | 1 SOL | None |
| 250 SOL | 2.5 SOL | None |
| 500 SOL | 5 SOL | None |
| 1,000 SOL | 10 SOL | None |
Does the run price change if the coin graduates?
No, the run price stays fixed. If the curve completes partway through a run, the run follows the coin into its PumpSwap pool and the price you paid doesn't move. There's a longer comparison with per-transaction and hourly pricing in our page on volume bot pricing. Funds stay under the creator's control the whole time. We don't ask for keys, a seed phrase, any signature or a wallet connection. The fee goes from any wallet to the deposit address on screen, and each trade it places is an ordinary on-chain swap anyone can look up on Solscan.
What does a first launch cost in total?
A first launch costs a small SOL float for network fees, an optional dev buy, 0.015 SOL for migration and, if wanted, the flat run fee. Put it together and that is very little. Keep a small float of SOL for network fees. Treat a dev buy, if there is one, as a position rather than a cost. Expect 0.015 SOL to go on migration if the coin graduates. Add the flat run fee only if the coin should see steady activity while real holders find it, which for most first-time creators is the stretch between launch and the first few hundred trades.
Nothing else is required.
Quick answers
Is creating a Pump.fun coin free?
Yes, creating a Pump.fun coin is free on the platform side. Pump.fun's fee page lists coin creation at 0 SOL, so the only charge is the normal Solana network fee for the transaction, a base fee of 0.000005 SOL per signature. A dev buy at creation is a purchase of your own tokens, not a fee.
How much is the Pump.fun migration fee?
The Pump.fun migration fee is 0.015 SOL, charged once when the bonding curve completes and the coin moves to its canonical PumpSwap pool, per the official Pump.fun fee page. Nobody has to press anything, since anyone can trigger the migrate instruction. The LP tokens from the new pool are burned, so the liquidity can't be pulled.
What network fees does a creator pay?
A creator pays a Solana base fee of 5,000 lamports, or 0.000005 SOL, for each signature, according to the Solana fee docs. On top of that sits an optional priority fee, a price per compute unit that you or your wallet choose when the network is busy. Most Pump.fun actions need one signature, so each costs close to nothing.
How do creator rewards get paid?
Pump.fun creator rewards are paid to the address recorded as the coin's creator, building up as people trade the coin, first on the bonding curve and then inside the canonical PumpSwap pool. Claiming takes one transaction from the coin page, which costs the 0.000005 SOL base fee. Pools created outside the graduation path pay the creator nothing.
Do I pay Pump.fun trading fees during one of your runs?
No, you don't pay Pump.fun trading fees separately during one of our runs. Curve and pool trading charges from the run, along with network fees and Jito tips, are included in the flat 1% of the volume goal. A 100 SOL goal costs 1 SOL, and a 500 SOL goal costs 5 SOL, with nothing added.
Do fees change after graduation?
Yes, fees change after graduation in three ways. Migration costs 0.015 SOL once, trading moves to the PumpSwap pool with its own fee schedule set by market cap, and creator rewards continue there. For a run with us the price stays the same either way: a flat 1% of the volume goal.
Know the whole cost up front
A run costs 1% of the volume goal with trading fees folded in. Type a goal into the console and the exact SOL amount appears before you pay, wallet connection not required.
Mitchel Davis writes and maintains the Softatjeh guides and revises them whenever Pump.fun changes its curve, feed or PumpSwap rules. Found a stale number? Tell us at support@softatjeh.com.