Simple, transparent pricing

The headline creation fee is rarely the whole number, on any platform. A launch that is ready for buyers needs the mint, the authority revocations that make it trustworthy, and a liquidity pool so the token can be traded at all. On MoonSol that is:

• •0.2 SOL — create the SPL token with metadata and IPFS-hosted logo.
• •0.1 SOL — revoke freeze authority, which Raydium requires before it will create a pool.
• •0.1 SOL — revoke mint authority, if you want a provably fixed supply.
• •0.1 SOL — create the Raydium CPMM pool.
• •~0.02 SOL — Solana network and rent fees across all of the above.

That is roughly 0.5 SOL all-in for a launch-ready token, charged once, with no cut of your trading volume. Separately you supply the liquidity itself — that capital sits in the pool and remains yours to withdraw; it is not a fee.

Compared with doing it yourself

Creating an SPL token with the Solana CLI costs only network fees, which is genuinely cheaper — around 0.01–0.02 SOL. What it costs instead is setup: installing the Solana toolchain and Metaplex tooling, managing a keypair, running the mint and metadata commands correctly, pinning the logo to IPFS yourself, and creating the Raydium pool through Raydium's own interface. If you are comfortable with that, the CLI is the cheapest path and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. The fees here buy the time and the eliminated chance of a mistake in an irreversible transaction. Full comparison: MoonSol vs Solana CLI.

Compared with bonding-curve launchpads

Platforms like pump.fun charge little or nothing upfront but keep a percentage of every trade and control the liquidity until the curve graduates. That is the better model for a zero-capital experiment. Direct minting — what MoonSol does — costs a flat fee upfront and leaves you owning a standard SPL token and your own liquidity pool, with no ongoing cut. Pick based on whether you want to keep control and pay once, or start free and share volume. Full comparison: MoonSol vs pump.fun.