Kraken Pro

Advanced order-book crypto trading with tiered maker-taker fees

TOP SCORE™

50/100

#3 of 5 Crypto Exchanges

1 positionHigh confidence

Score breakdown

What makes up this score

External Reputation15
  • 2 independent review sources
  • 8,257 third-party reviews counted
AI Authority81
  • 2 answer engines measured
  • cross-model consistency 0.88
Web Authority51
  • 21 web authority signals
  • average citing-domain authority 37.8
Expert Assessment64
  • 100% of the category rubric covered
TOP10 User Score
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Explanation

Why Kraken Pro ranks #3

Kraken Pro ranks #3 of 5 crypto exchanges with a TOP SCORE of 50.

The category leader scores 52, a gap of 3 points.

That is 2 points above the category average of 47.

Its strongest component is AI Authority at 81; its weakest is External Reputation at 15.

No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.

Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.

Score history

How the score has moved

2150 28.8

05010030 Aug1 Sept

External reputation

What third-party sources publish

SourcePublishedNormalisedReviewsLast checkedMethod
G24.1/5822230 Aug 2026permitted crawl
Trustpilot0/508.2k30 Aug 2026permitted crawl

AI visibility

How answer engines treat this platform

EngineMentionRecommendationCitationAvg positionQueriesMeasured
claude grounded100%80%55%3.12031 Aug 2026
claude parametric100%80%0%3.62031 Aug 2026
claude grounded95%90%60%2.52030 Aug 2026
claude parametric95%95%0%3.82030 Aug 2026

Web authority

Citations and independent coverage

TOP10 users

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Company information

The facts on file

Description
Kraken Pro is the advanced trading interface of Kraken (Payward, Inc.), covering order-book spot, margin, futures, API and OTC trading, distinct from the simpler Kraken instant buy/sell app. It uses a 17-step maker/taker fee ladder that from 2026 can be qualified for by either 30-day spot volume or Assets on Platform, reaching 0.00% maker and 0.05% taker at the top. It suits active order-book and API traders and large on-platform holders rather than casual buy-and-hold retail users.
Founded
2011
Products
Kraken Pro (order-book spot trading), Margin trading, Futures / Perps, OTC desk, API / algo trading access, Kraken app (instant buy/sell/convert), Stocks & ETFs trading (US-only), xStocks, On-chain staking
Markets
Retail traders, Active/professional traders, API and algorithmic traders, High-balance holders, OTC / institutional
Countries
Claimed 190+ countries (vendor claim), United States (stocks/ETFs US-only)
Integrations
Kraken REST/WebSocket API
Pricing
0.40% maker / 0.80% taker on spot crypto at Tier 1 ($0+ volume) · free tier: None — no subscription; Tier 1 spot pricing is 0.40% maker / 0.80% taker pricing page ↗
Regulatory
Operating entity is Payward, Inc. Kraken publishes equities-specific legal terms and passes through regulatory agency fees on US stock/ETF trades, implying a regulated US brokerage arrangement, and it publishes a formal complaint-handling process. However, no entity registration details (SEC/CRD, FinCEN MSB, state money transmitter or EU MiCA licence) were verified this session, and the 'Proof of Reserves since 2014' claim is vendor marketing copy on its Trustpilot profile that has not been independently confirmed here.
Last verified
30 Aug 2026

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