Based Cash vs KAST
Based CashMore cashback.
KASTLower cost at your spend, cheaper abroad, bank top-ups.
Side by side
Money
SourceBased Cash page · checked November 10SourceKAST blog, tiers and fees · checked November 9- A year at $500/mo
- Earn/yr
- Earn/yr★
- Cashback a year
- +$120★
- +$90
- Cashback rate
- 2–4% in BASED
- 1.5–3%
- Paying in another currency
- 1.5% Premium, 0% Gold
- 0.5–1.75% extra★
- Virtual card
- Free
- First two free, then $2
- Physical card
- Premium: plastic, DHL shipping extra; Gold: metal, delivery waived
- Free + shipping
- Cash withdrawal
- Not supported
- $3 + 2%
Getting it
SourceBased docs, card basics · checked November 10SourceKAST help, restricted countries · checked November 9- For residents of
- 158 countries
- Not published
- ID from another country
- Not published
- Not for citizens of 1 countries, wherever they live
- ID accepted
- Passport or national ID card; driving licences and voter IDs not accepted
- Passport, national ID or driver's licence (no official list); must be your own
- Sign-up
- ID check + stake BASED
- ID + selfie
- Top up from a bank
- Crypto only
- Yes★
- Cash out to a bank
- No
- Yes★
- Pays in
- Anywhere Visa works; cards not offered in 92 listed countries
- Merchants in 170+ countries, except sanctioned ones
- Spending per day
- Not published
- Not published
- App Store rating
- Not found
- 4 / 5
★ marks the better value where there is one. Estimate for everyday spending: most of it in your local currency, topping up with crypto. How we calculate. Every fact with its own source is on the card pages: Based Cash, KAST.
