Base Gas

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Live gas price on Base and what a transfer or a contract call actually costs in USD. Handy when deciding whether an x402 micropayment is worth it — or for feeding a more accurate network fee into x402 Simulate.

How to use

  1. Click Check to read the current gas price from Base.
  2. See the cost of a USDC transfer and a typical contract call.
  3. Optionally enter your own gas limit to estimate custom calls.
  4. Use the number in your own x402 cost model.

Where it applies

  • Deciding whether a $0.001 payment is viable given current gas.
  • Budgeting an agent workload with live network costs.
  • Comparing x402-on-Base vs alternative rails.
  • Agents fetching gas via the paid POST /api/base-gas endpoint.