Fees

One fee that covers sponsored gas, plus Circle's own CCTP fees at cost. No spread, no slippage.

Between chains
0.05%Service min $0.10, no cap; costs extra
Same chain
Cost onlyFrom $0.10, no percentage
Your gas
$0In a sendstables wallet

Quick answer

Between chains, the sendstables fee is a service charge of 0.05% of the amount (minimum $0.10, no cap), plus our estimated cost for that transfer (sponsored gas, wallet and relaying costs) with a 30% margin, with a service charge of $5.00 on $10,000 (0.05%) before operating costs and margin. Sends on the same chain (no bridging) have no percentage: our fee is just that transfer's estimated cost plus a 30% margin, from $0.10. Circle's CCTP fees are passed through at cost, and gas is sponsored for sendstables wallets. For example, sending $1,000 USDC from Base to Solana has about $0.83 in combined service and Circle fees before operating costs and margin (Circle's fees fetched Oct 23, 2026).

Our fee

fee = estimated cost × 1.3 + max(service % of amount, $0.10)

The service charge has no cap. Operating costs and their margin are added separately; Circle fees are passed through at cost.

AmountService rate
All amounts0.05%
You sendService chargeEffective service rate
$100$0.100.1%
$1,000$0.500.05%
$10,000$5.000.05%
$100,000$50.000.05%
$1,000,000$500.000.05%
  1. Service charge only. Add the transfer's estimated operating costs with a 30% margin, then Circle fees. Our fee includes a service charge and covers the cost of running sendstables and paying gas on your behalf.
  2. Same chain: Same-chain sends (no bridging) pay no percentage: only the transfer's estimated cost plus margin, or the minimum fee if that's higher.
What counts as the estimated cost

Sponsored source-chain gas (live gas prices with a safety buffer), our wallet provider's per-transaction cost, and relayer gas on destinations without Circle's Forwarding Service. Routes where gas is expensive have higher operating costs. The service charge is added to those costs with their margin.

The fee is deducted from the amount you send. Quotes are signed by our server and expire after about two minutes; once you confirm, the fee is fixed. The quote shows our exact fee and the guaranteed minimum you'll receive.

Circle's CCTP fees by source chain

Circle charges a small fee for Fast Transfer. Chains that finalize quickly use standard transfers.

Source chainTransfer typeCircle fee (est.)Avg. attestation
BaseFast Transfer~1.3 bps (0.013%)~8 seconds
ArbitrumFast Transfer~1.4 bps (0.014%)~8 seconds
OptimismFast Transfer~1.3 bps (0.013%)~8 seconds
EthereumFast Transfer~1 bps (0.01%)~20 seconds
SolanaFast Transfer~1 bps (0.01%)~8 seconds
PolygonStandard$0~8 seconds
AvalancheStandard$0~8 seconds
StellarStandard$0~5 seconds
ArcStandard$0under a second
CodexFast Transfer~1.5 bps (0.015%)~8 seconds
CronosStandard$0under a second
EdgeFast Transfer~1.5 bps (0.015%)~8 seconds
HyperEVMStandard$0~5 seconds
InjectiveStandard$0under a second
InkFast Transfer~2 bps (0.02%)~8 seconds
LineaFast Transfer~13 bps (0.13%)~8 seconds
MonadStandard$0~5 seconds
MorphFast Transfer~4 bps (0.04%)~8 seconds
PharosStandard$0~7 seconds
PlasmaStandard$0~1 seconds
PlumeFast Transfer~2 bps (0.02%)~8 seconds
SeiStandard$0~5 seconds
SonicStandard$0~8 seconds
UnichainFast Transfer~2 bps (0.02%)~8 seconds
World ChainFast Transfer~1.3 bps (0.013%)~8 seconds
X LayerFast Transfer~1.4 bps (0.014%)~8 seconds
XDCStandard$0~10 seconds
  1. Circle's fee as fetched from Circle's API when this page was built; an estimate, the in-app quote shows the live fee. Fetched Oct 23, 2026.
  2. Attestation times are Circle's published averages.

Destination mint

Circle's Forwarding Service submits the mint for a small fee. Elsewhere our relayer does it, covered by our fee.

Minting on all 21 destinations
DestinationMinted byCost to you (est.)
BaseCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.06
ArbitrumCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.08
OptimismCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
EthereumCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $1.30
SolanaCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.20 (+ one-time setup if the recipient has no USDC account)
PolygonCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.06
AvalancheCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.07
Stellarsendstables relayerincluded in our fee
ArcCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.02
CodexCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
EdgeCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.08
HyperEVMCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.12
InkCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
LineaCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.31
MonadCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
PlumeCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.06
SeiCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
SonicCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
UnichainCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
World ChainCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
XDCCircle Forwarding Serviceabout $0.05
  1. Forwarding fees track destination gas prices; amounts are Circle's estimate when checked; the app shows the live fee before you confirm.
  2. Delivery to Cronos, Injective, Morph, Pharos, Plasma, X Layer is coming soon; you can already send USDC from them.

Gas policy

  • EVM, sendstables walletFee payment, approval and burn are sponsored. No ETH, POL or AVAX needed.
  • EVM, connected walletYour own wallet sends the transactions and pays the source-chain gas.
  • Solana, any walletOne atomic transaction (fee + burn). We pay the SOL fee and rent, including a missing USDC account.
  • Stellar, sendstables walletWe fee-bump every transaction. The first transfer into your own Stellar wallet adds a one-time setup cost (XLM reserve and USDC trustline) to its fee.
  • DestinationCircle's Forwarding Service or our relayer submits the mint. The recipient needs no gas.

Worked examples

RouteYou sendService chargeCircle fees (est.)
Base → Solana$100.00$0.10$0.22
Base → Solana$1,000.00$0.50$0.33
Arbitrum → Base$10.00$0.10$0.06
Ethereum → Arbitrum$25,000.00$12.50$2.58
Solana → Base$500.00$0.25$0.11
Polygon → Avalanche$1,000.00$0.50$0.07
Stellar → Base$250.00$0.13$0.06
Base → Stellar$1,000.00$0.50$0.13
  1. These examples exclude operating costs and their 30% margin. Those are added to the service charge. The live quote shows the full fee and amount received.
  2. Circle fees use the rates above; a dash means they couldn't be checked at build time. Fetched Oct 23, 2026.

Fees FAQ

What does sendstables charge?

For transfers between chains, our fee is a service charge of 0.05% of the amount (minimum $0.10, no cap), plus our estimated cost for that transfer (sponsored gas, wallet and relaying costs) with a 30% margin. The service charge is $5.00 on $10,000 (0.05%), before operating costs and margin. Sends on the same chain (no bridging) have no percentage: our fee is just that transfer's estimated cost plus a 30% margin, from $0.10. The quote shows our exact fee before you confirm. The fee is deducted from the amount you send. Our fee includes a service charge and covers the cost of running sendstables and paying gas on your behalf.

Do I pay gas?

With your sendstables wallet, gas is sponsored: you don't need any gas tokens. If you connect your own EVM wallet instead, it pays the source-chain gas for its transactions; Solana transactions are sponsored for every wallet. Circle's Forwarding Service or our relayer submits the destination mint, so the recipient needs no gas either.

What are Circle's fees?

A Fast Transfer fee of a few basis points from chains where we use Fast Transfer, and a small Forwarding Service fee where Circle submits the mint. Both come out of the transfer and are shown separately in the quote.

Can the fee change after I confirm?

No. Quotes are signed by our server and valid for about two minutes. Once you confirm, our fee is fixed, Circle's fee is capped by the burn's maxFee, and the quote shows the minimum you'll receive.

Is there a spread or slippage?

No. CCTP burns and mints USDC 1:1: no pool, no exchange rate, no slippage. The only costs are the fees in the quote.

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