Solana Token Cost Calculator (2026)

Where the numbers come from

Every protocol-floor cost above is sourced from Solana's official fee documentation and rent docs. Mint account rent is ~0.00146 SOL, the Associated Token Account rent is ~0.00204 SOL, and each signature costs 5,000 lamports (0.000005 SOL). The Metaplex line (~0.00562 SOL of account rent plus a flat, non-refundable 0.01 SOL protocol fee) is the single largest line item in the on-chain floor and comes from the Metaplex Token Metadata spec.

Fees were verified on 1 August 2026. The Alchemii figure — 0.2 SOL, about 0.21 SOL all-in once Solana's own rent and signature costs are added — is taken from our own deployment. It is charged once, at creation, and we take no cut of your trading volume afterwards; optional extras such as revoking mint authority add a flat amount that is itemized on the create form before you connect a wallet. The Pump.fun figure comes from its own published fee schedule. The difference that matters is shape rather than size: our fee is flat where Pump.fun's is proportional. Pump.fun takes 1% of every buy and 1% of every sell for the life of the token, so a one-time ~0.22 SOL fee overtakes it at roughly 11 SOL of cumulative volume and costs nothing more after that. Pricing can change — re-verify on each platform before committing.

What the calculator doesn't model

• Pump.fun trading fees. The 1% buy + 1% sell on every pre-graduation trade can dwarf any upfront cost. A token doing $500K cumulative volume pays $10,000 in platform fees. The upfront figure above is genuine; the long-tail isn't shown.
• RPC reliability premium. Free public RPC endpoints sometimes fail at launch time. A paid endpoint (Helius, QuickNode) costs $0–$50/month depending on tier. Not in the calculator because most first launches don't need it.
• Aggregator listing fees. CoinGecko + CoinMarketCap listings are free in theory but require sustained volume + a manual application. DexScreener Enhanced Token Info is currently ~$300 in SOL — covered in our DexScreener Enhanced Info guide.
• Audit costs. Memecoins typically don't audit; utility tokens often pay $5K–$50K for a security audit. Not included.
• Marketing. A working launch usually needs $500+ of Twitter ad spend, Discord/Telegram seeding, or paid influencer placement. None of that is on-chain so none of it is here.

Frequently asked

Why is there a protocol floor I can't avoid?

Solana charges rent for every account you create on-chain (mint account, Metaplex metadata PDA, Associated Token Account). It also charges a per-signature transaction fee. These come from the Solana protocol itself, not any tool — no generator can undercut them. The total floor is approximately 0.0191 SOL across mint rent (~0.00146), Metaplex metadata rent (~0.00562), the non-refundable 0.01 SOL Metaplex protocol fee, ATA (~0.00204), and a few signature fees. Source: solana.com/docs/core/fees + solana.com/docs/core/rent.

Why is everything priced in SOL and not dollars?

Because SOL is what you are actually charged. Every fee on this page — rent, the Metaplex protocol fee, signature fees, the service fee — is denominated in SOL on-chain, so the SOL figure is the real number and it does not move when the market does. A dollar conversion would be stale the moment SOL moved, and a stale conversion is worse than none: it is how a headline price can drift a long way from reality without anyone noticing. Convert at whatever rate you like when you fund the wallet.

Is the LP seed liquidity really part of the cost?

It's capital you commit but you don't 'spend' it — the SOL sits in the Raydium pool as one side of the trading pair. You technically still own it via the LP token. If you burn the LP token (recommended for memecoins), the SOL becomes permanently inaccessible. If you don't burn, you retain the option to withdraw. The calculator includes it in the total because it's cash you have to have on hand to launch with liquidity.

Why does Pump.fun show as cheapest upfront?

Pump.fun's upfront cost is ~0.02 SOL because the platform takes all post-launch trading fees instead. The bonding curve charges 1% on every buy and 1% on every sell until your token graduates at ~$69K market cap — 2% on a round trip. Against a flat ~0.22 SOL launch on Alchemii, the two paths break even at roughly 11 SOL of cumulative trading volume; a token that trades more than that pays more through the bonding curve. The calculator's upfront figure for Pump.fun is genuinely low; the long-run cost is paid in trading fees the calculator doesn't model.

Why does the comparison table not include Pump.fun?

Pump.fun isn't a configurable choice in the same sense — you can't decide whether to revoke authorities or burn LP because the bonding curve handles both automatically at graduation. It is shown alongside the direct-launch path anyway, because the choice between them is the real decision: a flat fee charged once against a percentage taken from every trade for the life of the token. The configuration toggles apply to the direct path; the Pump.fun row prices its upfront cost only, and its trading fees are called out separately below.