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Axiom vs Padre

Padre was an independent memecoin terminal until Pump.fun bought it in October 2025 and renamed it Terminal. The app is the same one, reachable at padre.gg or terminal.pump.fun, and people still call it Padre. Over the last 30 days it took about $3.6 million in fees, against $20.3 million for Axiom, by DefiLlama's count. Below is how the two compare on cost, chains, wallets and tools, and what switching involves. Sign up with TradeNow and every Axiom trade costs 0.8%.

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Axiom Trade Invite Code: TradeNow

The Axiom Trade invite code is TradeNow. Axiom calls it a referral code. Enter it when you sign up and your trading fee drops by 20% for the life of the account, from 1% to 0.8% a trade.

If you are looking for an Axiom Trade invite code, use TradeNow. Type it into the referral field on the sign-up screen, or open axiom.trade/@tradenow and it is filled in for you. It is one of the most used Axiom codes, and it still works.

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Axiom or Padre: which is better?

For most traders, Axiom. It runs on more than twice as many chains, publishes its fees, gives a permanent discount through a referral code and keeps perps and prediction markets in the same account. Padre is a fair pick for someone who trades almost nothing but fresh Pump.fun launches from a desktop and wants a terminal owned by the launchpad itself.

Both charge 1% before discounts, so the gap comes from the extras and from what you trade outside Solana.

Axiom vs Padre: $20.3M vs $3.6M fees, last 30 days, 9 vs 4 chains, 0.8% vs 1% trading fee

Axiom and Padre Side by Side

Axiom and Padre compared
FeatureAxiomPadre
OwnerAxiom, a Y Combinator W25 companyPump.fun, since October 2025
Addressaxiom.tradeterminal.pump.fun, and still padre.gg
ChainsNine, including HyperEVM and ElysiumSolana, Ethereum, BNB Chain and Base
Trading fee1%; 0.8% on accounts opened with TradeNow1% in the app; no published fee page
Money backSOL cashback worth as much as a quarter of the feeSOL cashback, up to 35% on referred accounts
WalletsTurnkey, keys exportable, one recovery phraseTurnkey, a private key per wallet, no seed phrase
Sign-inEmail, Google or PhantomTelegram, Google or X
Fees, last 30 days$20.3M$3.6M

From Padre to Pump.fun's Terminal

Pump.fun announced the purchase on X in late October 2025, describing Padre as a terminal for professional traders on Solana, BNB Chain, Base and Ethereum. Within weeks the product was renamed Terminal. Nothing moved for existing users: the same logins, wallets and keys open at either address, because both domains serve the same app.

The PADRE token lost its role on the platform, and holders were offered PUMP through a snapshot claim that closed at the end of December 2025. In February 2026 Pump.fun bought a second terminal, Vyper, shut its own app and moved its team into Terminal. The direction is clear enough: Terminal is how Pump.fun keeps its most active traders inside its own product.

Bar chart of monthly fees in 2026: Axiom between $14M and $37M a month, Padre between $2.6M and $6.3M
DefiLlama's monthly totals for the first ten months of 2026: about $238 million for Axiom, $42 million for Padre.

What Each One Charges

Axiom's fee is written down: 1% a trade, 0.8% for accounts opened with TradeNow, and cashback paid in SOL on top. Terminal has no official fee page. The 1% figure comes from the app's own code, as independent reviewers have read it, and its sign-in page advertises cashback of up to 35% for accounts created through a referral link, a rate that is fixed when the account is opened.

Take $1,000 of trading. On Axiom with TradeNow the fee is $8 before cashback. On Terminal it is $10, with between $1 and $3.50 coming back depending on how the account was opened. Neither number includes the launchpad's own cut: on a Pump.fun bonding curve the venue charges its fee whichever terminal sends the order, so the comparison between terminals stays the same.

Where Padre Holds Up

Owned by the launchpad

Terminal belongs to the company behind the busiest Solana launchpad, which counts for something with traders who live on Pump.fun coins and want the venue's own tool.

Exit tools for launches

A live feed of new tokens, a migration sniper and stacked exit orders, such as taking out your initial stake once a coin runs, are the parts its regular users mention most.

No seed phrase to store

Wallets sit on Turnkey with a private key each and a password the platform does not store. Simple to start with, though losing that password may leave no way back in.

Where Axiom Pulls Ahead

Nine chains, one account

Solana, BNB, Base, Ethereum, Robinhood Chain, Arc, Ink, HyperEVM and Elysium share one login, against four on Terminal. New chains arrive with their own launchpads already in Pulse.

Fees you can check

The rate, the referral discount and the cashback tiers are all in Axiom's docs, so the cost of a trade is known before you place it.

Perps and predictions

Hyperliquid perpetuals and Polymarket markets run from the same account as your spot trades, with one balance view across all three.

Axiom's Pulse with three columns: New Pairs, Final Stretch and Migrated, across Solana, Robinhood Chain and BNB
Axiom's Pulse, the answer to Terminal's launch feed: new pairs, coins close to graduating and fresh migrations, with several chains in one view.
Table comparing Axiom and Padre on owner, chains, trading fee, cashback, wallet keys and 30-day fees
Padre and Axiom in six lines; the usage figure covers the 30 days before 10 November 2026.

Which One to Use

If your whole day is Pump.fun launches on Solana and you like trading inside the launchpad's own house, Terminal does that job. The moment you want a Base or BNB launch, a Robinhood Chain coin or a perp hedge, Axiom covers it from the same screen, and with TradeNow it costs less per trade before cashback. A fair test is to keep both logged in for a week and compare where your fills land.

Moving From Padre to Axiom

Enter invite code TradeNow

Open axiom.trade/@tradenow; the code is filled in for you, which sets your rate at 0.8% from the start.

Send a test amount

Withdraw a little SOL from your Terminal wallet to your Axiom Solana address before moving the rest.

Match your presets

Copy your Terminal slippage and tips into Axiom's three presets, then adjust after a few fills.

Filter Pulse

Switch Pulse to Pump.fun only, if that is all you traded on Terminal, and widen it later.

Axiom vs Padre — FAQ

Is Padre the same as Pump.fun Terminal?

Yes. Pump.fun bought Padre in October 2025 and renamed it Terminal. padre.gg and terminal.pump.fun open the same app with the same accounts.

What fee does Padre charge?

Pump.fun publishes no fee page for Terminal. Reviews that read the app's code put it at 1% a trade, with cashback of up to 35% for accounts opened through a referral link.

Does the PADRE token still do anything?

No. Pump.fun said it would have no utility on the platform, and holders could claim PUMP through a snapshot until the end of December 2025.

Is Axiom better than Padre?

For most traders, yes: nine chains instead of four, a published fee with a 20% referral discount, and perps and prediction markets on the same account. Padre suits traders focused only on Pump.fun launches.

Which chains does Padre support?

Solana, Ethereum, BNB Chain and Base, according to Terminal's own sign-in page. Axiom covers those four and five more, including Robinhood Chain and HyperEVM.

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Disclaimer

Fee figures are DefiLlama's, checked on 10 November 2026. Terminal's own fee is not published, so check the fee line on your first trade there. Memecoins can go to zero within minutes. Not financial advice. This site earns a referral fee from Axiom and has no link to Pump.fun.

Mohammad Shahpari

Written by Mohammad Shahpari · Web3 CMO, Crypto Growth & SEO Specialist · X · LinkedIn