Coinos vs Heleket
Coinos has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 4.5 against 3.1, and Privacy 6.4 against 1.7.
Coinos
Custodial web wallet and payment page for Bitcoin, Lightning and Liquid
Privacy
6.4/ 10
Fair
Safety
4.5/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Heleket
Custodial crypto payment processing for websites and Telegram bots, fees from 0.4%
Privacy
1.7/ 10
Poor
Safety
3.1/ 10
Poor
ID on risk flag KYC 3 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Coinos | Heleket | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Payment Gateways | Payment Gateways |
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | ID on risk flag |
| Custody | Custodial | Custodial |
| Sign-up | Email optional | Not published |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | BTC, L-BTC | BTC, ETH, USDT |
| Pay with | Crypto, Lightning | Crypto |
| Fees | Receiving and internal transfers free; cross-network withdrawals 0.4% (Bitcoin) or 0.1% (Lightning or Liquid) | From 0.4% per payment, no connection fee |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Coinos
No email neededNo phone neededAccepts Lightning
Both
Custodial
Only Heleket
Closed sourceMay request IDAML screeningAnonymous operator
Where they sit among payment gateways
Questions
Is Coinos or Heleket safer?
Coinos has the higher Safety grade: Coinos 4.5, Heleket 3.1, out of 10.
Does Coinos or Heleket require KYC?
Coinos is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Heleket is KYC level 3 (ID on risk flag).
Which has more incidents on record?
Coinos has 0 and Heleket has 0 documented incidents in the registry.