How to check transaction fees on the Aptos network
Aptos fees are not flat, so you check the wallet estimate before you send and an Aptos explorer after. The final fee is gas used times gas unit price.
Vahe HakobyanEditor-in-chief
Updated Oct 6, 20263 min readFact-checked
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- The final fee is gas used times the gas unit price.
- Save the transaction hash and the final fee for your records.
- Check the unit label before you write down a fee.
The fee is not a fixed price, and the network measures each transaction in gas. A wallet turns that into an APT estimate you can read before you approve, and the explorer records the numbers the network used.
What you need before you start
Make sure the wallet is on Aptos mainnet, where fees are paid in APT. For a completed transaction, you need the wallet you used and the transaction hash. The hash is the string of letters and numbers that identifies that one transaction.
How to check Aptos fees step by step
Before you send, the wallet shows an estimated gas fee on the approval screen. After it confirms, an Aptos explorer shows the numbers behind the final fee.
- 1Open the approval screenStart the transaction in your Aptos wallet and stop on the screen that asks you to approve it.
- 2Read the estimated feeThe screen shows an estimate in APT, and that amount can change when the transaction executes.
- 3Approve the transactionApprove it after you read the estimate, and the wallet sends it to the network.
- 4Open an Aptos explorerPaste the transaction hash into the search box of an explorer that covers Aptos.
- 5Read the fee numbersThe page lists the gas used and the gas unit price. Multiply the two numbers to get the final fee.
What to do after checking the fee
Octas are the smallest unit of APT. An explorer sometimes shows the fee in Octas, so the figure looks larger than the APT amount in your wallet. Convert it before you record it.
Frequently asked questions
The wallet estimates before the transaction runs, and the gas actually used can differ once it executes.
Open the activity or history list and select the transaction to see its hash and a copy button.
Check that you copied the whole hash and searched an Aptos explorer, not one for another network.
No. Explorers read public data, so you can search a hash without an account, and a site that asks for your seed phrase is not a real explorer.
