pump.fun vs Believe
Activity · 30-day fees
pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 98496× Believe. Both run on Solana. Launch cost is listed as "No platform launch fee; network fees apply" for pump.fun and "Current token-launch costs are not independently verified; review the creation quote" for Believe.
pump.fun data note: DefiLlama tracks pump.fun (bonding curve) and PumpSwap (post-graduation DEX) as separate protocols; this page shows the launchpad side only.
Believe data note: Fees use DefiLlama's Launch Coin on Believe series. The current adapter reads swaps in selected Solana DBC pools, not every Believe product or post-graduation DEX trade. Historical observations and listed tokens do not verify current app availability or launch terms. On 1 October 2026, believe.app returned HTTP 402 with the message DEPLOYMENT_DISABLED.
Activity comparison
pump.fun · fetched from DefiLlama
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Believe · fetched from DefiLlama
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Times record when MemeFees fetched the data. Revenue snapshot time is unavailable.
What the data shows
Windows: the last 30 complete UTC days unless a sentence says otherwise. Fees per DefiLlama; launches counted by MemeFees.
Over the last 30 days the two are in different size classes: pump.fun collected $52.34M in fees, 98496 times the $531 of Believe.
pump.fun out-earned Believe on every one of the last 30 days.
Comparing the second half of the window with the first, both grew (53.6% for pump.fun, 444.6% for Believe).
Their best days fell apart: pump.fun peaked on 26 Sep with $2.70M, Believe on 24 Sep with $394.
Their daily fees moved largely independently of each other (correlation -0.05).
On the last complete UTC day pump.fun collected $2.59M, 148.2% of its 30-day daily average, and Believe $1, 4.7% of its own.
Believe keeps 96.9% of its 30-day fees as revenue and pump.fun keeps 71.1%, so more of pump.fun's fees go to creators, liquidity or other parties, per DefiLlama.
MemeFees counted at least 1,088,996 launches on pump.fun in 30 days (at most $48 in fees per launch); it publishes no launch count for Believe.
pump.fun publishes a trading fee of 1.25%; MemeFees has no sourced fee table for Believe yet.
pump.fun has been live since 2024 and Believe since 2025; lifetime fees are $1.26B and $40.91M.
Fees & mechanics
- Chains
- pump.fun: Solana
- Believe: Solana
- Live since
- pump.fun: 2024
- Believe: 2025
- Launch cost
- pump.fun: No platform launch fee; network fees apply
- Believe: Current token-launch costs are not independently verified; review the creation quote
- Trading fees
- pump.fun: 1.25% total bonding-curve trading fee, including a 0.30% creator fee. PumpSwap canonical-pool fees vary with market cap and quote asset; network fees are separate.
- Believe: Current trading fees and fee splits are not independently verified. Review the applicable terms and full trade quote before signing.
- Graduation
- pump.fun: Bonding curve fills → automatic migration to PumpSwap
- Believe: Current graduation route is not independently verified; check the token's pool and launch settings
- Creator rewards
- pump.fun: Creator fees apply on the bonding curve and on canonical PumpSwap pools. The published curve creator fee is 0.30%; post-graduation rates follow the current fee schedule. On a holder rewards coin (from 12 September 2026), the creator fee goes to the coin's holders.
- Believe: Current creator-payout rates, eligibility and claim availability are not independently verified.
pump.fun in short
A Solana memecoin launchpad using bonding-curve trading and graduation to PumpSwap.
→ pump.fun fees and revenue statsBelieve in short
A creator-token platform with an iPhone app listing and documented Solana project tools. This profile tracks its reported launchpad activity.
→ Believe fees and revenue statsFrequently asked questions
Which is bigger, pump.fun or Believe?
pump.fun generated $52.34M in fees over the last 30 days and Believe generated $531, per DefiLlama. pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 98496× Believe.
Which chains do pump.fun and Believe run on?
Both run on Solana.
Is it cheaper to launch on pump.fun or Believe?
pump.fun lists "No platform launch fee; network fees apply". Believe lists "Current token-launch costs are not independently verified; review the creation quote".
Do pump.fun and Believe pay token creators?
pump.fun: Creator fees apply on the bonding curve and on canonical PumpSwap pools. The published curve creator fee is 0.30%; post-graduation rates follow the current fee schedule. On a holder rewards coin (from 12 September 2026), the creator fee goes to the coin's holders. Believe: Current creator-payout rates, eligibility and claim availability are not independently verified.
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Fee and revenue data come from DefiLlama and refresh about hourly. MemeFees is independent and not affiliated with pump.fun or Believe. Nothing here is financial advice.