Which Network Charges the Least to Send a Payment?

Isolating just the network fee — not the total cost of a purchase — shows a simpler picture: USDT, TON, TRX, and ETH each ride on a different network, and each of those networks charges its own fee to process a transaction. That fee can be small or larger depending on congestion, but it's a separate number from the Stars price.

  1. 1Check the current network fee for USDT, TON, TRX, and ETH before choosing an asset.
  2. 2Note that this fee is separate from the Stars price, which stays the same either way.
  3. 3Pick whichever asset shows the lowest fee at that moment, or use whatever wallet already has funds.
  4. 4Confirm the payment and let the network process it.

Pros

  • + Comparing just the fee, not the whole order, takes seconds.
  • + The fee shown at checkout reflects current network conditions.
  • + The Stars price stays predictable no matter which asset carries the fee.

Cons

  • − A fee difference this small rarely changes the outcome of a purchase.
  • − Congestion can make any of the four temporarily pricier to send.

The network fee is the closest crypto equivalent to a card's processing cut, except a card's cut barely moves while the fee on USDT, TON, TRX, or ETH gets recalculated by current network conditions each time a transaction goes out.

None of these four networks fixes its fee in advance — congestion at the moment of payment determines what USDT, TON, TRX, or ETH actually costs to send, separate from the Stars price.

Why isolate the fee instead of just looking at the total cost?+

The fee is the only part that actually varies by asset — the Stars price doesn't, so comparing fees in isolation shows what's really changing between USDT, TON, TRX, and ETH.

Can the fee on ETH be higher than the others?+

It can, particularly on Ethereum's base layer during busy periods — though that's a matter of current congestion, not a fixed rule.

Pay with the lower-fee option