According to RemitRoutes data (updated 1h ago), the cheapest way to send 1,000 AED to India is Coinbase at -2.75% total cost. Crypto rails at -2.75% are 2.84 percentage points cheaper than the cheapest traditional option at 0.09%.
Sending $1,000 AED. Rates measured 1h ago from live APIs · refreshed every 6 hours — never estimated.
| Provider | Type | Recipient Gets | All-In Fee | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✦ Coinbase | Crypto | 26,779.79 INR | -2.75% (crypto premium) | ~5 seconds |
| ✦ CoinDCX | Crypto | 26,745.45 INR | -2.61% (crypto premium) | ~1 second |
| Wise | Traditional | 26,040.54 INR | 0.09% | 1-2 business days |
| Remitly | Traditional | 25,924.92 INR | 0.53% | Minutes |
How this corridor's all-in cost has moved — measured corridor fee history from 32 daily snapshots. A negative cost means the recipient gets more than the mid-market amount.
| Rail | Latest | 90-day median | Best | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto / stablecoin | -2.46% | -5.38% | -10.82% | -1.98% |
| Traditional | 0.35% | 0.32% | 0.14% | 0.50% |
Updated every 6 hours from real APIs (Wise, CCXT, CoinGecko). No data is estimated or hardcoded. See methodology · Full AED → INR cost data