Solflare Card vs Solid Card
Both Solflare Card and Solid Card clear the checkouts our readers ask about most. Here is where the two part ways on fees and verification.
Both issue on Visa; both ask for ID + proof; only Solid Card funds by bank transfer.
Solflare Card is the more cost-effective option for everyday spending and travel thanks to its free virtual cards, no monthly fee. Solid Card is the better fit for power users who need bank-transfer funding and ad spend.
The two, compared
| Field | Solflare Card | Solid Card |
|---|---|---|
| Card network | Visa | Visa |
| Card type | Crypto Card | Crypto Card |
| KYC | ID + proof | ID + proof |
| Card issuance fee | Free | Free |
| Monthly fee | Free | Free |
| Top-up fee | — | — |
| FX fee | 1% | — |
| Crypto funding | Yes (Solana ecosystem) | Yes (USDC) |
| AI tool support | ChatGPT / Claude / Midjourney | ChatGPT / Claude / Midjourney |
| Risk level | Low-Medium | Low |
| Our rating | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| User reviews | 499 | 847 |
| Best for | All-rounder · AI subscriptions | All-rounder · Ad spend |
A green left edge marks the side that holds the advantage on that row, where the data gives one.
Two cards, one decision
- Solid Card covers a wider spread of use cases; Solflare Card is more of a single-purpose tool.
- Solid Card carries the lower risk flag in our file, which some users prefer for a primary card.
Where they split
Run the numbers against your own usage. Solflare Card runs free to create plus no top-up fee per top-up; Solid Card runs free plus no top-up fee. For one or two subscriptions the first column wins; for bank-transfer funding and ad-platform billing, the second does.
Questions people ask
That depends on what you spend on. Solflare Card scores 8.5/10 against Solid Card's 8.5/10 in our tests, but the two split on fees, KYC and crypto funding. Read the table above, then match it to the checkouts you actually run.
Solflare Card is the cheaper card to run. Both Solflare Card and Solid Card issue virtual cards for free; Solflare Card converts currency at 1%.
Solflare Card asks for ID + proof at signup; Solid Card asks for ID + proof. If a light sign-up is the priority, the one with the lower KYC label is the faster route.
Both show up in 6 of the same test scenarios, including Claude.ai, ElevenLabs, Perplexity AI. They overlap on a good share of checkouts, so the choice between them matters most on those pages. Where one is accepted and the other is not usually comes down to the billing country and 3-D Secure handling.
Where both show up
Solflare Card and Solid Card both landed in our top picks for 6 checkouts. Grouped by category so you can jump straight to the one you actually pay for:
🤖 AI Tools & Developer Tools 4
📺 Streaming & Entertainment 1
🎮 Gaming 1
Their BIN ranges
Cards issued in 🇪🇺 Europe (EEA) · 🇺🇸 US — the country guides group every range we track from there.
What our charge log shows
Every count here is a real charge attempt we placed on that range, renewals included, with the gateway response recorded. Weeks tracked is how long the range has been in the programme: