Guide · Costs
How much does it cost to launch a meme coin?
A meme coin launch on Solana cost 0.0206 SOL in fees and account rent in our mainnet test on 10 November 2026, on top of the buys. On KABOOM! a dev-buy pays a 1% creation fee, and only an Open bundle launch adds a 1 SOL launch fee. Trading on the curve costs 2% to 2.5% per trade.
Status. On Solana, everything is open on mainnet with real SOL at stake: launching, trading and the trading tools, every transaction signed by your own wallet. The numbers below come from the launch config in the code and from one measured mainnet launch. Before you sign, the launch page simulates the exact transaction and shows your own total.
What a meme coin launch costs at a glance
- Network fees and account rent: 0.0206 SOL in our mainnet test launch on 10 November 2026, before any buys.
- Creation fee: 1% of the buys in the launch transaction. A launch without a dev-buy pays none.
- Launch fee: none for a standard launch or a Verified bundle launch; 1 SOL for an Open bundle launch.
- Trading fee: 2% per trade (Verified) or 2.5% (Open bundle) after the first 60 seconds, when the anti-sniper fee has fallen from 50%.
- Rent: plan as if you do not get it back.
Cost per launch type
A standard launch (one wallet, an optional dev-buy) uses the Verified config. A bundle launch adds buys from your own vault wallets in the same transaction and lets you pick Verified or Open bundle. The tokenomics page compares the two tiers in full.
| Cost item | Standard or Verified bundle | Open bundle |
|---|---|---|
| Launch fee | 0 SOL | 1 SOL, paid inside the launch transaction |
| Creation fee | 1% of the dev-buy (and of the bundle buys) | 1% of the dev-buy and the bundle buys |
| Network fee | 5,000 lamports per signature, plus a priority fee | The same |
| Account rent | Pool, mint, metadata account and two token vaults | The same, plus a lookup table whose rent comes back |
| Trading fee | 2% | 2.5% |
A real mainnet launch, item by item
On 10 November 2026 we launched a test coin on Solana mainnet as one bundle launch: the coin, a 0.01 SOL dev-buy and 3 bundle buys of 0.003 SOL each, in one transaction with 5 signatures (the maker, the new mint and the 3 bundle wallets). This is what the maker's wallet paid, read from the launch transaction on Solscan:
| Item | Lamports | SOL |
|---|---|---|
| Network fee (5 signatures × 5,000) | 25,000 | 0.000025 |
| Priority fee | 4,435 | 0.000004435 |
| Rent: pool account | 2,804,160 | 0.00280416 |
| Rent: mint account | 1,066,800 | 0.0010668 |
| Rent: token metadata account | 3,733,800 | 0.0037338 |
| Metadata account, above its rent | 10,000,000 | 0.01 |
| Rent: token vault | 1,488,440 | 0.00148844 |
| Rent: SOL vault | 1,488,440 | 0.00148844 |
| Total, without the buys | 20,611,075 | 0.020611075 |
- The metadata account holds 0.01 SOL more than its rent minimum. We read that as the token metadata program's fee; the transaction itself does not label it.
- The buys (0.019 SOL in total) are not in the table. This test paid no creation fee; today the same launch pays 1% of its buys, 0.00019 SOL, on top.
- A bundle launch also sends a few small transactions around the launch (funding the bundle wallets, creating and closing a lookup table, and a cleanup): 0.000035 SOL in network fees in this test. The lookup table held 0.00402336 SOL of rent, which came back when it was closed.
Trading fees and who receives them
Every trade on the bonding curve pays a fee. Meteora keeps 20% of it; the maker receives 31% of the rest and KABOOM! the remainder. The fee accrues in the pool, and the maker claims their share from the coin page.
| Verified | Open bundle | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee per trade | 2% | 2.5% |
| To Meteora | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| To the maker | 0.496% | 0.62% |
| To KABOOM! | 1.104% | 1.38% |
| Fee at launch | 50%, falling over 60 s | 50%, falling over 60 s |
The maker's dev-buy pays the normal fee, not the anti-sniper fee. Bundle buys land in the launch slot and pay the anti-sniper fee of that moment, up to 50%; the review shows that fee before you sign.
Priority fee
A priority fee makes validators pick up the launch faster when Solana is busy. In our test launch it was 4,435 lamports.
- Standard launch: the price follows your priority level, the 25th, 50th or 75th percentile of recent fees (50th by default). If that would pass 0.005 SOL, or the fees cannot be read, the launch goes out without a priority fee.
- Bundle launch: the 75th percentile of recent fees on the accounts the launch writes, at most 0.0014 SOL. The final transaction never pays a higher priority fee than the review showed.
Costs at migration
When the curve reaches a 400 SOL market cap (the mainnet config), the coin moves to a Meteora DAMM v2 pool. The migration fee is 0% of the curve's SOL and the pool creation fee is 0 SOL. After migration the pool charges a 1% fee tier on trades, and 100% of its liquidity is permanently locked. The bonding curve guide explains the price path up to that point.
Account rent: what comes back
Solana charges rent as a deposit that every new account must hold. The launch creates a pool, a mint, a metadata account and two token vaults, and the rent stays in them. The bonding-curve program has no instruction that closes the pool or its vaults, a standard token mint cannot be closed, and we have not tested closing the metadata account, so whether that rent ever comes back is unknown: plan as if it does not. The rent of your own token account comes back when you close it empty, and on a bundle launch the lookup table's rent comes back when it is closed.
Robinhood Chain and Raydium LaunchLab
On Robinhood Chain, the KABOOM! hub contract is not deployed yet, and sending from the app stays off while the contracts are unaudited. Per project research, PONS on Robinhood Chain charges a launch fee of 0.0005 ETH and a 1% curve fee, plus gas. The launch page reads the current fee from the chain before anything is signed. The Robinhood Chain guide explains how a launch there works.
Raydium LaunchLab support is coming soon. Until it is live, this page lists no prices for it.
How to keep the cost down
- Skip the dev-buy: no creation fee. You then hold none of your own coin at launch.
- Launch standard or Verified: no launch fee, and a 2% trading fee instead of 2.5%.
- Pick the low priority level for a lower priority fee; the launch may take longer to land when Solana is busy.
- Read the simulated total on the launch page before you sign. It is the amount that leaves your wallet.
The steps themselves are in how to make a meme coin on Solana, and the fee calculator shows what a trading volume pays per tier.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to create a meme coin on Solana?
In our mainnet test launch on 10 November 2026, creating the coin cost 0.020611075 SOL: 0.000029435 SOL in network fees, 0.01058164 SOL of account rent and 0.01 SOL more held in the token metadata account. The buys come on top, with a 1% creation fee on them. The launch page simulates your exact total before you sign.
Is there a launch fee on KABOOM!?
Not for a standard launch or a Verified bundle launch. A bundle launch on the Open bundle tier pays a 1 SOL launch fee to the platform inside the launch transaction; in return that tier has no maker vesting and no cap on how much of the supply the maker and bundle wallets buy. The coin page lists every bundle wallet either way.
What is the 1% creation fee?
Every Solana launch with a dev-buy pays a 1% creation fee on the buy (the dev-buy, plus every bundle wallet on a bundle launch) to the platform, inside the launch transaction; a launch without a dev-buy pays none. The 1% creation fee goes entirely to the platform; referral rewards come from trading and tool fees, never from the creation fee. On a 0.1 SOL dev-buy that is 0.001 SOL.
Can I launch a meme coin without a dev-buy?
Yes. The dev-buy is optional, and a launch without one pays no creation fee. You still pay the network fee and the rent for the new accounts. Without a dev-buy you hold none of your own coin at launch, and anyone can buy first once the pool exists.
How much does the priority fee add?
In our test launch it was 4,435 lamports (0.000004435 SOL). A standard launch uses your priority level, the 25th, 50th or 75th percentile of recent fees (50th by default), and leaves the priority fee out if it would pass 0.005 SOL. A bundle launch uses the 75th percentile, at most 0.0014 SOL.
Do I get the account rent back?
Plan as if not. The rent sits in the pool, the mint, the metadata account and the two token vaults. The bonding-curve program has no instruction that closes the pool or its vaults, and a standard token mint cannot be closed, so whether that rent ever comes back is unknown. The rent of your own token account does come back when you close it empty, as it did in our test.
What does it cost when the coin migrates?
At 400 SOL market cap the coin moves to a Meteora DAMM v2 pool. In the mainnet config the migration fee is 0% of the curve's SOL and the pool creation fee is 0 SOL. After migration the pool charges a 1% fee tier on trades, and 100% of its liquidity is permanently locked.
Can I launch on Raydium LaunchLab with KABOOM!?
Not yet. Raydium LaunchLab support is coming soon, and this page lists no prices for it until it is live. Solana launches on KABOOM! use Meteora's Dynamic Bonding Curve today.
Keep reading
- How to make a meme coin on SolanaMake a meme coin on Solana in 5 steps: wallet, name, image, optional dev-buy, simulated cost, sign. Launches open on Solana mainnet.
- Bonding curve explainedHow a bonding curve prices a new token, where the SOL goes, what migration to a DAMM v2 pool means and how fees work.
- TokenomicsSupply, curve and fee split of every coin, a fee calculator and the KABOOM token plan: 20% team, 12-month cliff, no presale.
- FAQLaunches open on Solana mainnet. Answers on costs, the fee split, maker vesting, LP lock, disclosure and risks.