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MoonSol vs pump.fun: Mint + Pool or Bonding Curve
Choose pump.fun if you want a zero-upfront meme experiment, instant buy/sell, and you accept a protocol cut plus liquidity you do not own. Choose MoonSol if you want a standard SPL (or Token-2022) mint, your own Raydium pool, and a one-time fee with no share of volume.
MoonSol publishes this comparison. pump.fun figures are from their public docs. . pump.fun fee table updated 20 May 2026.
Who each product is
MoonSol (ours)
A non-custodial token creator. You sign in Phantom, Solflare, or another Solana wallet. You receive the mint and authorities. Optional revoke, IPFS site, Raydium CPMM. Also ERC-20 and Sui. pump.fun is Solana-meme-native; MoonSol is a token lab that happens to start on Solana.
pump.fun (theirs)
A bonding-curve launchpad. The coin is tradable on the curve from the first second. At the graduation threshold the curve closes and liquidity moves atomically to a canonical PumpSwap pool; LP is protocol-owned / burned. Instant price discovery; you do not seed a Raydium book. Older “6 SOL Raydium migration” copy is stale (pre–March 2025) and is not how graduation works in 2026.
Feature matrix
As of 13 September 2026. pump.fun fee rows sourced from pump.fun/docs/fees (20 May 2026) and the bonding-curve docs.
| Feature | MoonSol | pump.fun |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront create fee | 0.2 SOL (+ optional add-ons) | 0 SOL / 0 USDC |
| Graduation / migration | n/a — you create the pool | 0.015 SOL when the coin graduates to PumpSwap |
| Cut of each trade | None | 1.25% on the curve (0.30% creator / 0.95% protocol) |
| After graduation | n/a | PumpSwap tiers 1.25% → 0.30% by market cap |
| Who owns liquidity | You (Raydium CPMM; you can burn LP) | Protocol-owned canonical pool; you do not hold LP |
| Token type | Standard SPL / Token-2022 + Metaplex | pump.fun coin on their curve, then PumpSwap |
| Tradable at mint | Only after you open a pool | Yes, on the curve immediately |
| Seed capital | Yes — your pool deposits (not a fee) | No seed pool; buyers fill the curve |
| Chains | Solana, EVM, Sui | Solana (plus their documented USDC pair option) |
| Test / rehearsal | Devnet/testnet, no platform fee | Not equivalent to a free testnet mint |
Fee walkthrough
Hypothetical, labeled as such — plug in your own volume.
- If a pump.fun coin does 10 SOL of curve volume, 1.25% is 0.125 SOL in total trade fees (creator + protocol), before anyone has paid a create fee.
- MoonSol’s 0.2 SOL create + 0.1 SOL pool is 0.3 SOL fixed (plus ~0.02 SOL network, plus your liquidity). After that, MoonSol takes 0% of swaps.
- There is no universal break-even SOL figure. Volume mix, graduation, and PumpSwap tiers change the math.
Curve fee is flat 1.25%. Canonical PumpSwap falls as market cap rises — read the source tables rather than a pasted 25-row copy that will rot.
When pump.fun is the better product
You are testing a meme with no inventory of SOL for a pool. You want attention density on a launchpad feed, not a quiet mint. You want creator fees from the curve (0.30% on the curve per current docs). You accept that most coins never graduate and that graduated liquidity is not yours to withdraw.
When MoonSol is the better product
You need a normal SPL mint wallets and OTC desks already understand. You will seed and own a Raydium pool (and maybe burn LP). You refuse a volume tax after launch. You also need EVM or Sui later. You want to rehearse on devnet with the same form.
Pros and cons
MoonSol
Pros: standard mint; flat fee; you own LP; testnets; multi-chain. Cons: not free; the token is not tradable until you add a pool and capital; no launchpad front page; you do the marketing.
pump.fun
Pros: $0 create; instant market; built-in audience; creator fee share. Cons: 1.25% curve tax; you do not own the canonical LP; not a general-purpose token lab; graduation is automatic and irreversible.
Questions people ask
Does pump.fun charge to create a coin?
No. Create is 0 SOL / 0 USDC per their fee table as of 20 May 2026.
Does MoonSol take a share of volume?
No. Fees are flat and charged once. See pricing.
Where does a graduated pump.fun coin trade?
On the canonical PumpSwap pool, not on a Raydium book you seeded. That is the 2026 path.
Can I use MoonSol like a launchpad feed?
No. MoonSol does not host a meme feed. You mint, then you market.
Related comparisons
The other honest fork is tooling, not a launchpad: MoonSol vs Solana CLI. For the launch sequence itself, how to create a Solana token.