Last updated: July 2026
Compare · Solana NFT marketplaces
Magic Eden vs Tensor, Exchange Art and SolSea — plus an honest look at where OpenSea and Rarible actually stand on Solana. Compared on fees, royalty enforcement, aggregation and tokens. Researched and cross-verified.
Independently researched · fees verified against each marketplace's docs · no affiliate weighting
The lineup
Counted from the live comparison data.
Incl. OpenSea & Rarible
ME · Tensor · Exchange Art · SolSea
Cross-market listings
ME · TNSR · AART · RARI
The table
Solana-NFT support, taker fee, royalty enforcement, aggregation and token. Click any name for the full review and live health score.
The mainstream, retail-friendly Solana marketplace + Launchpad — 0% listing, 2% taker. After a multichain era it is refocusing on Solana in 2026. Royalties are buyer-optional unless enforced by the collection.
The pro/algorithmic-trader marketplace: an on-chain NFT AMM, collection sweeps and bids, real-time data. 2% taker / 0% maker, and it aggregates listings across Solana markets. Enforces royalties on MIP-1 collections.
Solana's fine-art and 1-of-1 marketplace, with strong royalty protection and provenance focus. Acquired by BONK in 2025 — you can sell in BONK or USDC.
An early Solana marketplace known for NFTs with embedded on-chain licenses; stake AART to cut fees toward zero. Still online, though activity has faded since 2022.
The largest cross-chain brand (relaunched as OS2). It dropped Solana NFT support in 2022 and re-added Solana token trading in 2025 — Solana NFTs are not yet live, so it isn't a Solana NFT venue today.
How to read this
The honest gate: which of these actually trade Solana NFTs today. Magic Eden, Tensor, Exchange Art and SolSea do. OpenSea re-added Solana token trading but not NFTs ('coming later'), and Rarible's live app is EVM-only — so neither is a Solana NFT venue right now.
The fee on a sale. Magic Eden and Tensor charge 2% (Tensor: 0% maker); SolSea 2% dropping toward 0% if you stake AART; Exchange Art ~2.5%. Verify current rates before a large trade.
Whether creator royalties are enforced. Exchange Art enforces them; Tensor is hybrid (enforced on MIP-1 collections, optional otherwise); Magic Eden and SolSea make them buyer-optional unless the collection enforces them.
Whether it surfaces listings from other marketplaces so you see the best price in one place. Tensor and Magic Eden aggregate; Exchange Art and SolSea list their own inventory only.
The marketplace's own token: Magic Eden ME, Tensor TNSR, SolSea AART, Rarible RARI, OpenSea SEA (status to confirm). Exchange Art has no token but was acquired by BONK.
For most users, Magic Eden (mainstream + Launchpad) or Tensor (pro trading). For 1-of-1 fine art, Exchange Art. Don't reach for OpenSea or Rarible for Solana NFTs today.
How it works
Trades settle on-chain through the marketplace's program, against NFTs built to the Metaplex standard. These four mechanics explain listings, bidding, who actually gets the royalty, and why aggregation exists.
When you list, the marketplace program takes an escrow or a delegate authority over the NFT — it can transfer the token only when a buyer pays your set price. You keep ownership until it sells and can cancel any time, all enforced on-chain rather than by a centralized order book.
Buyers place bids on a single NFT or collection-wide; the offer's SOL is committed to the bidding program and fills automatically when a holder accepts. Pro venues like Tensor add an on-chain NFT AMM so you can sweep the cheapest listings or sell into bids in one transaction.
Creator royalties are stored in the NFT's metadata but are not enforced by the Solana protocol — each marketplace decides. Some let the buyer pick full/half/zero at checkout; others enforce royalties for collections on standards like MIP-1. Whether the creator is paid is a marketplace choice.
Solana NFTs follow the Metaplex Token Metadata standard, which is what every marketplace reads for name, image, collection and royalties. Compressed NFTs (cNFTs) store data in a Merkle tree off the main account model for far cheaper minting; marketplaces need to support them explicitly to list them.
Recommendations
Most users / mainstream
The biggest brand, easiest UX, and a Launchpad for new mints — and it's refocusing on Solana in 2026. 0% listing, 2% taker.
Active / pro traders
An on-chain NFT AMM, collection sweeps and bids, aggregated listings and real-time data. 2% taker, 0% maker, and it enforces royalties on MIP-1 collections.
1-of-1 fine art
Solana's curated fine-art marketplace with the strongest royalty protection. Now BONK-owned — sell in BONK or USDC.
License-embedded NFTs
An early marketplace known for NFTs with embedded on-chain licenses; stake AART to cut fees. Niche today, but still online.
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