Best NFT Marketplaces

Best NFT marketplaces by use case

• You want open, audited settlement code and many chains: OpenSea. Its Seaport protocol is MIT-licensed (licence 10), the README links a named Trail of Bits audit (audits 9), and its help center lists 27 networks (chains 8). That audit dates from 2022 and predates Seaport 1.6, the version now deployed. Read the OpenSea review.
• You are a creator who needs royalties paid on resale: SuperRare enforces a 10% resale royalty to the original artist and publishes every fee split (royalty 8, fees 9). On Solana, Magic Eden and Tensor both score 9 on royalty policy: royalties are enforced on some collections (on Magic Eden, those using its MIP-1 standard), and on the rest the buyer chooses to pay all, half or none, with each rule saying who pays.
• You trade on Solana: Magic Eden and Tensor each publish a 2% fee and say who pays it. Magic Eden publishes its marketplace code under the Apache License (licence 10), but its core M2 program has no published audit (audits 6). Tensor's auditors are named, with reports available only on request (audits 5).
• You trade across many EVM networks: Element publishes a fee for each of 27 networks (chains 8): 0.5% on Ethereum, 1% on Bitcoin and 2% elsewhere. Its own documents give two different royalty payout rules (royalty 6).
• You mainly want a low headline fee: OKX NFT charges no service fee on its own market and Blur states a 0% fee. Both sit at the bottom of the table: OKX NFT names no marketplace contract, licence or audit and does not say whether royalties are enforced, and Blur publishes no royalty rule or chain list and names no auditor.

Marks by criterion

The ranking turns on two things the headline fee does not show: whether the settlement code is published under a licence and audited by a named firm, and whether the royalty rule is written down.

Marketplace	Fees	Royalties	Licence	Chains	Audits
OpenSea	8	7	10	8	9
Rarible	8	7	10	5	9
Magic Eden	9	9	10	4	6
Element	8	6	8	8	7
Tensor	9	9	9	4	5
SuperRare	9	8	8	4	2
OKX NFT	7	4	2	7	2
Blur	6	2	6	2	4

How the ranking works

Eight marketplaces are ranked. Each is marked 0 to 10 on five criteria from its own help pages, terms, repositories and audit pages. The basis is desk research, checked on November 1, 2026; no NFT was bought, listed or sold.

• Fee transparency: the commission as a figure, with who pays it and how any split works. A fee that is published but can change without notice, or whose payer is not stated, scores below a complete schedule.
• Royalty policy: whether creator royalties are enforced, optional or removed, in the marketplace's own words. A plainly stated optional rule scores above silence; Blur scores 2 because it publishes no rule at all.
• Licence & code openness: the licence read from the published exchange contracts. An MIT or Apache-2.0 repository scores highest; code readable only on a block explorer scores mid-table; code that cannot be identified scores 2.
• Chain coverage: the networks the marketplace names. A full list of 27 networks scores 8; a single, clearly documented chain scores 4; no stated network scores 2.
• Verification & audits: collection verification and audits of the marketplace contracts by a named firm, with the report linked. Audits available only on request, undated, or covering only part of the contracts score lower; no named audit scores 2.

The overall score is the plain average of the five marks, each weighted equally, rounded to one decimal. Ties are listed alphabetically. Each review sets out its marks with sources and logs any change and its reason. The full method is on our ratings methodology page.

What changed in this update

The previous check was July 24, 2026. The large rises came mostly from primary pages that the July reviews had not read, such as fee tables, code repositories and audit pages, rather than from changes at the marketplaces. On November 6, Magic Eden's chain mark was aligned from 3 to 4, the mark Tensor and SuperRare already receive for a single, clearly documented chain, which lifts it to 7.6 and third place.

Marketplace	November 1	July 24	Main reason
OpenSea	8.4	7.6	Supported-chains article now names 27 networks (chains 4 to 8)
Rarible	7.8	7.2	Per-chain fees and who pays now in the FAQ; five chains named
Magic Eden	7.6	4.4	Apache-2.0 code (licence 2 to 10) and royalty rule read; EVM and Bitcoin markets closed on March 9, 2026
Element	7.4	2.6	Fee table, Apache-2.0 contract headers and CertiK audit page read
Tensor	7.2	5.2	Apache-2.0 programs found; OtterSec and Neodyme named as auditors
SuperRare	6.2	4.6	MIT-licensed marketplace contracts; Ethereum documented as its chain
OKX NFT	4.4	2.2	Zero service fee stated and 13 networks named
Blur	4.0	2.8	MIT identifiers in verified Etherscan source; three audit reports linked

Two marketplaces were withdrawn. Zora was removed because it is no longer an NFT marketplace. LooksRare was removed because its exchange has recorded no trades since October 2025 and its API is offline.

What the scores do not cover

• Liquidity and prices. The rubric does not measure trading volume, depth or how fast a listing sells. A high-scoring venue may have few buyers for a given collection.
• Approval scams. Most NFT losses come from signing a malicious listing or token approval, and a signature cannot be undone by the marketplace. Our guide to wallet scams and phishing covers fake mints and drain approvals.
• Audit age. A named audit is a point-in-time review. The 2022 Seaport audit that OpenSea links predates the deployed release, and Rarible's 2021 audit predates later upgrades to its proxied Exchange v2.
• Gas and network fees. Marketplace commissions exclude network fees for listing, buying and cancelling. See how gas works.
• Collection value. Nothing here assesses whether an NFT is worth its price or will hold value.

How to choose

1. Start with the chain your collection lives on; four of the eight venues document a single chain or name none.
2. Check the royalty setting for the specific collection, not only the marketplace's general policy. On OpenSea and on optional collections at Magic Eden and Tensor, the outcome depends on the collection or the buyer.
3. Work out who pays the fee. SuperRare's 3% is added for the buyer; Magic Eden's and Rarible's fees come from the seller.
4. On aggregated listings, check whose fee applies. Rarible adds a 2% fee for the buyer on top of the other venue's fee on EVM chains.
5. Read each signature request in your wallet before approving it, and revoke approvals you no longer need.

Are NFT creator royalties enforced on marketplaces?

It depends on the venue and often on the collection. SuperRare states an enforced 10% artist royalty. Magic Eden enforces royalties on MIP-1 collections and Tensor on collections set as enforced; on other collections both let the buyer choose. OpenSea marks royalties as required or optional per collection. Rarible and OKX NFT do not say whether a royalty can be reduced or skipped, and Blur publishes no rule.