Hedera's fee schedule is set by the Hedera Governing Council and always based in USD — making it easy to estimate API call costs.
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Transaction fees on Hedera consist of a service, network, and node fee. You’ll only ever see a single transaction fee, but it’s useful to understand what’s packed inside.
End user account
A service fee reflects the collective nodes’ costs in processing and storage, to process a cryptocurrency payment, storing a file, or executing a smart contract. The service fee is paid from the user to the Hedera treasury; it is from the Treasury that node & proxy payments are sent (coming soon).
A network fee reflects the collective nodes’ costs in bandwidth and processing to achieve consensus on transactions. The network fee is paid from the user to the Hedera treasury; it is from the Treasury that node & proxy payments are sent (coming soon).
A node fee reflects that node’s costs in bandwidth and processing for submitting a transaction or responding to a query. Users pay a fee directly to whichever node submits a transaction to the network on their behalf or responds to a query.
Treasury Account
Node Account
Found below are some of the most commonly asked questions about Hedera API fees. Please visit our full FAQ for the entire list of questions.
Never! Each transaction and its associated fee payments are executed by simultaneously updating the account balances. Only the person in possession of the private key has control of the hbars in the account.
A detailed view of the Hedera fee schedule can be found in the official Hedera documentation.
The Hedera Governing Council sets the pricing, and it approves any changes to the pricing schedule.
Hedera transaction fees are set in fiat (USD) but paid in HBAR. The exchange rate between fiat and HBAR is updated regularly to reflect current market rates.
The Hedera Governing Council's Treasury Management & Coin Economics Committee is delegated authority over the network pricing plan and may update network pricing at any time.
Yes, if a client calculates a transaction fee that is higher than necessary, they will be charged only the actual fee. Technically, it is not a ‘refund’ as they are never charged the higher fee.