The XRP Ledger charges a flat base fee of 0.00001 XRP (10 drops) for every standard transaction, regardless of the transfer amount. At current XRP prices, this fee is a tiny fraction of one US cent — making Ripple one of the cheapest blockchain networks in the world.

To estimate your transfer cost, simply multiply the number of transactions by 0.00001 XRP. If you are sending one payment, you pay 0.00001 XRP. If you send 1,000 payments, the total network fee is just 0.01 XRP — still less than most bank wire fees for a single transfer.

How the Fee Is Calculated

The XRP Ledger uses a two-part fee mechanism: the base fee and the load factor. Under normal conditions the base fee is 10 drops (0.00001 XRP). When network demand rises sharply — for example when activity approaches 200 transactions per ledger — the load factor can increase the effective fee temporarily. Even during peak congestion, fees remain far below those of Bitcoin or Ethereum.

Fee Comparison Table

XRP fees are burned permanently after each transaction to prevent spam attacks — no miners or validators collect them.