ApeX Omni vs Backpack Exchange
Same lines, side by side: fees, leverage, markets, KYC, custody and referral perks, from official pages and DefiLlama.
| Line | ApeX Omni | Backpack Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| 30-day volume | #P06 · $26,136.0MEdge | #P13 · Not tracked |
| Trading fees | 0.05% taker · 0.02% makerStandard maker-taker rates published by ApeX: 5 bps taker, 2 bps maker. The VIP program then cuts fees by 14-day volume or staked APEX, down to 0% for traders and negative fees for market makers, and the most favourable rate between VIP and affiliate discounts is applied. | Tier table published as an imageBackpack documents one tier table covering spot and perpetual futures, sorted by 30-day volume, with tiers recalculated every hour and the effective tier driven by whichever is highest between BP staking, volume and pre-TGE Mad Lad NFT holdings. The table itself is published as a screenshot on guide.backpack.exchange, so the numbers cannot be read in text; the USDT/USDC pair is charged 0% and does not count toward tiers. |
| New-user perk | A fee discount on the referee's side, with the level set when the link is created; affiliate codes advertised publicly show 20% | Fee rebates on referred accounts |
| Max leverage | up to 100×Edge | up to 75× |
| Perp markets | 100 | 103Edge |
| Identity check | Not documented | KYC required |
| Custody | Non-custodial, wallet login | Custodial: your balances sit on the exchange, wallet is a separate product |
| Settles on | ApeX Omni (multi-chain settlement) | Backpack Exchange (centralised matching) |
| Collateral | USDC, USDT | USDC, USDT |
| Where it runs | Web | Web, iOS, Android |
| Chains | EVMArbitrum, Ethereum, Base, Mantle, BNB Chain | Solana · EVM · Bitcoin · SuiSolana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Avalanche, Bitcoin, SuiEdge |
| Documented features | 7 of 10 | 7 of 10 |
| Order book | Yes | Yes |
| Cross margin | Yes | Yes |
| Spot trading | Yes | Yes |
| Vaults / copy vaults | Yes | Not documented |
| Copy trading | Not documented | Not documented |
| Stocks, gold or forex | Yes | Yes |
| Points program | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not documented | Yes |
| Telegram bot | Not documented | Not documented |
Which one should you pick?
Pick ApeX Omni if
You already know you will stake APEX or trade enough volume to reach the VIP tiers.
A large multi-chain book: 100x leverage, more than a hundred perpetual contracts, and a VIP ladder that can take fees to zero. The catch is that the base rate (5 bps) is the second highest of the series, and the affiliate share is only visible once connected.
omni.apex.exchange
Pick Backpack Exchange if
You want a CEX-style experience with unified portfolio margin, stocks next to perps, and a referral that pays in cash.
The only centralised venue of the series, and the only one where you give up custody: accounts are KYC-verified, balances sit on the exchange and the 10% referral rebate is paid on trading fees rather than points. Backpack also lists US stocks and ETFs next to 103 perpetual markets.
backpack.exchange
