Pump.fun alternatives in 2026: meme coin launchpads beyond Solana

Pump.fun made launching a meme coin a one-minute job, and it is still the largest launchpad by number of tokens. But it lives on Solana, and a lot of meme coin activity in 2026 has moved to other chains, especially Base and Robinhood Chain. This guide explains how pump.fun works, why traders and creators look for alternatives, and what the main alternatives do differently.

How pump.fun works, in short

• Chain: Solana. You need SOL to create and trade.
• Launch: fill in a name, ticker and picture; the coin goes live on a bonding curve in seconds for a small creation fee.
• Trading: buys and sells go against the curve, with a fee of about 1% per trade.
• Graduation: when roughly 85 SOL has gone into the curve, the coin moves to PumpSwap, pump.fun's own DEX, and the liquidity tokens are burned so the pool can't be pulled.

Why people look for pump.fun alternatives

• Other chains: communities on Base and Robinhood Chain want coins where they already are.
• No SOL: many new users hold USDC or ETH and don't want to buy SOL just to try a coin.
• Competition: thousands of tokens launch on pump.fun every day, so a new coin is easy to miss.
• Features: some creators want things like creator locks, multi-chain launches or built-in safety tools.

The main types of alternatives

Single-chain launchpads on other chains

The closest copies of the pump.fun model, just on another chain. On Robinhood Chain this includes hood.fun and Pons; Base has several bonding curve launchpads too. You pick the chain, the coin starts on a curve and graduates to a pool on that chain.

Multi-chain launchpads

Instead of choosing one chain, the coin launches on several at once. On [sasa](/), a launch goes live on Robinhood Chain and Base at the same moment. Buys on both chains fill one shared progress bar; the chain that raises the most wins, the money becomes a Uniswap pool there with liquidity locked forever, and holders' coins move over automatically. Multi-chain launches explained covers it in detail.

Trading apps without a launchpad

Apps such as fomo focus on trading coins that already exist, across several chains from one balance, with a social feed. They are an alternative for traders rather than creators. See fomo app alternatives.

How to compare launchpads

1. Chain: where are the buyers you want? Robinhood Chain and Base have very different crowds from Solana.
2. What you pay with: SOL, ETH or USDC. Paying in USDC is the easiest for newcomers.
3. Fees: per trade on the curve, at graduation and after graduation. Check the platform's help page.
4. Graduation: where does the coin go, and is the liquidity locked or burned?
5. Safety tools: can buyers see holders, linked wallets and the creator's share before they buy?
6. Creator earnings: does the creator get a share of trading fees? See earning from trading fees.

Where sasa fits

sasa is built for people who want pump.fun's simplicity without picking a single chain or buying a gas token. You sign in with email, everything is in USDC, a launch goes live on Robinhood Chain and Base at once, and every coin page shows a holder map with linked wallets and the first buyers. It also lists the busiest coins from other DEXs, so it works as a trading app as well. sasa runs on testnet today, with mainnet next.