“Recipient gets” calculator

Two quotes are only comparable in one way: how much lands on the other side for the same money out of your account. Put a quote in below and get that single number.

Everything is worked out in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us or stored.

Reading the result

  • Recipient receives is the only figure worth comparing. A provider can show a zero fee and still deliver less.
  • Real rate you are getting spreads the fee across the transfer, so it is lower than the rate advertised. It is what you are actually paying per unit of currency.
  • True total cost needs the mid-market rate. It adds the fee and the rate markup together — usually two or three times the fee alone.
  • Run the same amount through every provider you are considering, on the same day, with the same payout method. Anything else compares two different purchases.

How it is worked out

recipient receives = (amount converted) × (rate offered)
true total cost = (total paid × mid-market rate − recipient receives) ÷ mid-market rate

No live rate feed sits behind this page — you supply the numbers from your own quote, which is why the result is exactly your transfer and not an average. The same arithmetic runs behind every comparison here; see the methodology.

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