pump.fun vs Zora
Activity · 30-day fees
pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 3986× Zora. pump.fun runs on Solana and Zora runs on Base, Robinhood Chain and Solana. Launch cost is listed as "No platform launch fee; network fees apply" for pump.fun and "No creation fee; check the create screen for network costs" for Zora.
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.
Zora data note: DefiLlama's Zora Coins series counts coins on Base. Zora coins on Robinhood Chain and Solana are not in these numbers.
Activity comparison
pump.fun · 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 $46.41M in fees, 3986 times the $11.6K of Zora.
They compete on different chains: pump.fun ranks #1 of 15 on Solana with 50.4% of that chain's launchpad fees, while Zora ranks #6 of 6 on Base with 0.3%.
pump.fun out-earned Zora on every one of the last 30 days.
Split into two halves, the window shows pump.fun's fees grew by 43.4% while Zora's shrank by 26.2%.
Their best days fell apart: pump.fun peaked on 26 Sep with $2.70M, Zora on 23 Sep with $1.1K.
Their daily fees moved largely independently of each other (correlation -0.16).
The last week pulled them apart: pump.fun's 7-day fees rose 29.2% while Zora's fell 57.6%.
On the last complete UTC day pump.fun collected $2.14M, 138.6% of its 30-day daily average, and Zora $130, 33.5% of its own.
pump.fun keeps 71.2% of its 30-day fees as revenue and Zora keeps 42.4%, so more of Zora's fees go to creators, liquidity or other parties, per DefiLlama.
MemeFees counted at least 896,874 launches on pump.fun in 30 days (at most $52 in fees per launch); it publishes no launch count for Zora.
pump.fun publishes a trading fee of 1.25%; MemeFees has no sourced fee table for Zora yet.
pump.fun has been live since 2024 and Zora since 2025; lifetime fees are $1.25B and $10.44M.
Fees & mechanics
- Chains
- pump.fun: Solana
- Zora: Base, Robinhood Chain, Solana
- Live since
- pump.fun: 2024
- Zora: 2025
- Launch cost
- pump.fun: No platform launch fee; network fees apply
- Zora: No creation fee; check the create screen for network costs
- 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.
- Zora: Creator and content coins on V2.2.0+ hooks have a 1% base pool fee. All new coins start at a 99% fee that drops to the base rate over 10 seconds. Legacy hooks and trend coins use different rules.
- Graduation
- pump.fun: Bonding curve fills → automatic migration to PumpSwap
- Zora: None: coins trade from creation
- 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.
- Zora: The documented V2.2.0+ creator/content-coin split sends 50% of total fees to the creator payout recipient. Custom Pair coins pay the creator 0.70% of each trade. Trend coins do not pay creator rewards.
pump.fun in short
A Solana memecoin launchpad using bonding-curve trading and graduation to PumpSwap.
→ pump.fun fees and revenue statsZora in short
Every post is a coin: Zora turned a social network into a 'content coin' launchpad on Base, Robinhood Chain and Solana.
→ Zora fees and revenue statsFrequently asked questions
Which is bigger, pump.fun or Zora?
pump.fun generated $46.41M in fees over the last 30 days and Zora generated $11.6K, per DefiLlama. pump.fun is the bigger platform by 30-day fees, roughly 3986× Zora.
Which chains do pump.fun and Zora run on?
pump.fun runs on Solana. Zora runs on Base, Robinhood Chain and Solana.
Is it cheaper to launch on pump.fun or Zora?
pump.fun lists "No platform launch fee; network fees apply". Zora lists "No creation fee; check the create screen for network costs".
Do pump.fun and Zora 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. Zora: The documented V2.2.0+ creator/content-coin split sends 50% of total fees to the creator payout recipient. Custom Pair coins pay the creator 0.70% of each trade. Trend coins do not pay creator rewards.
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