Gate vs Coinbase International

Gate vs Coinbase International: which to use

Gate vs Coinbase International is two centralized exchanges with the same order-book design and different limits. Gate charges 2 bp maker and 5 bp taker, lists 1022 perp markets and allows up to 200x. Coinbase International charges 2 bp maker and 4 bp taker, lists 131 markets and allows up to 50x, with hourly funding on every market. Gate suits traders who want breadth, real-world asset perps and the highest leverage. Coinbase International suits traders who mostly use market orders and want one funding interval everywhere.

How each exchange is built

Gate is a centralized exchange (CEX): you open an account with the company, and the account holds your funds. It matches orders on a central limit order book. Coinbase International is also a CEX with an account that holds your funds, and it also matches on a central limit order book. Both are built the same way, so the choice rests on fees, markets, leverage, funding and access rather than custody.

Fees and what they mean

Gate's base tier is 2 bp maker and 5 bp taker, per Gate's fee announcement. Coinbase International's base tier is 2 bp maker and 4 bp taker, per Coinbase International's fee page.

The maker rate is the same on both. The taker rate differs by 1 bp. A market order pays the taker fee to open and again to close: 10 bp per round trip on Gate, 8 bp on Coinbase International. A limit order that rests on the book pays 2 bp on either exchange.

The fee is only part of a trade's cost. Slippage, the price you move by eating through the order book, grows with size. The round trip in the cost table above adds both at each size from $1k to $5M, and every exchange's trading cost is compared on one page.

Markets and leverage

As of 1 October 2026 Gate lists 1022 active perps, 301 of them stocks, commodities, FX or other real-world assets. Coinbase International lists 131, 34 of them real-world assets. Gate has about eight times as many markets and nearly nine times as many real-world asset markets.

Gate allows up to 200x on its highest-leverage market and Coinbase International up to 50x; most markets on both allow less. Higher maximum leverage means a smaller price move closes a position, so check the limit of the specific market you trade.

Coinbase International pays funding every hour on every market. Gate pays every 1 hour, 4 hours or 8 hours depending on the market. An hourly market settles 24 times a day, an 8-hour market three times, so check a Gate market's interval before you hold it. The list further down this page shows the markets both exchanges have and each one's funding rate.

Who can use them

Both require KYC. Gate requires it before the futures account opens, and an unverified account can only withdraw and close positions. Coinbase International asks for ID and a suitability check. Its perps are for eligible non-US countries and are closed to US and UK retail.

Token

Gate's token is $GT.

Reading the numbers on this page

Gate publishes open interest as longs plus shorts, both sides of every position. Coinbase International publishes one side of open positions. For the same positions Gate's figure reads about twice as large, so the open interest row and chart above are not a like-for-like comparison of size.

Neither exchange publishes TVL, as is usual for a centralized exchange, so the TVL row and chart show nothing for this pair. For price and liquidity of a single asset, the BTC page lists every exchange that carries it.

Which one fits you

• Pick Gate if you want a wider choice of perps: 1022 markets against 131.
• Pick Gate if you trade stocks, commodities or FX perps: 301 real-world asset markets against 34.
• Pick Gate if you need more than 50x, up to 200x on its highest-leverage market.
• Pick Gate if you want a token: $GT.
• Pick Coinbase International if you trade with market orders: 4 bp taker against 5 bp.
• Pick Coinbase International if you want hourly funding on every market, so the interval never changes between positions.