pump.fun vs Moonshot
Activity · 30-day fees
pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 649× Moonshot. Both run on Solana. Launch cost is listed as "No platform launch fee; network fees apply" for pump.fun and "The Create guide lists no creation fee; you set an optional initial buy and the creator fee" for Moonshot.
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.
Moonshot data note: These figures track Moonshot Create. Moonit, the former DEX Screener Moonshot launchpad, is a separate product and is not included in this profile.
Activity comparison
pump.fun · fetched from DefiLlama
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Moonshot · fetched from DefiLlama
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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 $48.97M in fees, 649 times the $75.5K of Moonshot.
They compete on the same chain. On Solana, pump.fun ranks #1 with 49.5% of 30-day launchpad fees and Moonshot ranks #9 with 0.1%.
pump.fun out-earned Moonshot on every one of the last 30 days.
Split into two halves, the window shows pump.fun's fees grew by 53.3% while Moonshot's shrank by 37.7%.
Their best days fell apart: pump.fun peaked on 26 Sep with $2.70M, Moonshot on 17 Sep with $22.2K.
Their daily fees moved largely independently of each other (correlation -0.02).
The last week pulled them apart: pump.fun's 7-day fees rose 23.9% while Moonshot's fell 44.0%.
On the last complete UTC day pump.fun collected $2.31M, 141.3% of its 30-day daily average, and Moonshot $870, 34.6% of its own.
Moonshot keeps 98.3% 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 1,059,249 launches on pump.fun in 30 days (at most $46 in fees per launch); it publishes no launch count for Moonshot.
pump.fun publishes a trading fee of 1.25%; MemeFees has no sourced fee table for Moonshot yet.
Both launched in 2024. Since then pump.fun has collected $1.26B in fees and Moonshot $4.46M.
Fees & mechanics
- Chains
- pump.fun: Solana
- Moonshot: Solana
- Live since
- pump.fun: 2024
- Moonshot: 2024
- Launch cost
- pump.fun: No platform launch fee; network fees apply
- Moonshot: The Create guide lists no creation fee; you set an optional initial buy and the creator fee
- 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.
- Moonshot: Moonshot fee per trade: 2.5% with a minimum of about $0.99 on trades of $2 to $100, and 1% on trades above $100. Moonshot's creator-fee page lists a dynamic fee on Create coins of 0.5% before bonding and 0.3% after. MoonPay charges a separate fee on deposits and withdrawals.
- Graduation
- pump.fun: Bonding curve fills → automatic migration to PumpSwap
- Moonshot: Bonding starts at a $1M market cap: the coin migrates from its Meteora DBC curve to a full liquidity pool
- 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.
- Moonshot: The creator gets 0.25% of every trade before bonding and up to 0.15% after bonding (set in the create form). Moonshot pays out hourly when the unpaid balance exceeds $1.
pump.fun in short
A Solana memecoin launchpad using bonding-curve trading and graduation to PumpSwap.
→ pump.fun fees and revenue statsMoonshot in short
A consumer trading app for buying memecoins with Apple Pay or cards, with its own token creation flow.
→ Moonshot fees and revenue statsFrequently asked questions
Which is bigger, pump.fun or Moonshot?
pump.fun generated $48.97M in fees over the last 30 days and Moonshot generated $75.5K, per DefiLlama. pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 649× Moonshot.
Which chains do pump.fun and Moonshot run on?
Both run on Solana.
Is it cheaper to launch on pump.fun or Moonshot?
pump.fun lists "No platform launch fee; network fees apply". Moonshot lists "The Create guide lists no creation fee; you set an optional initial buy and the creator fee".
Do pump.fun and Moonshot 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. Moonshot: The creator gets 0.25% of every trade before bonding and up to 0.15% after bonding (set in the create form). Moonshot pays out hourly when the unpaid balance exceeds $1.
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