Your split isn't a percentage. It's a salary you pay someone else.
Pick where you are now and put in last year's numbers. Everything below is your own production, priced at every major brokerage in the country. If the defaults aren't your plan, change them — the point is your real number, not ours.
Not your plan? Correct the numbers
Moving to AXEN puts back
$13,880
every year, on production you already have. eXp Realty kept $24,020 of your $120,000. AXEN would have taken $10,140 — $6,000 in file fees, $3,540 in $295-a-closing admin fees and $600 in $50-a-month platform fees.
Now do it five times
Nobody switches brokerages every year. Whatever you decide, you're deciding it for a while — so it's worth seeing the number with the years attached.
Over 3 years
$41,640
at the same production
Over 5 years
$69,400
still at the same production
Per closing
$1,157
back in your pocket, every file
The two things you're about to think
"My broker will just match it."
They might. Two things worth knowing. That better split was available the whole time — they didn't offer it until you had one foot out the door. And they can take it back; a negotiated split gets reviewed when your production dips. Ask them to put it in writing with no minimum production and see what happens.
"I'm close to my cap, I'll move in January."
That last stretch to the cap is the most expensive money you'll pay all year, and it resets in twelve months anyway. What you've already paid toward it can be credited against your AXEN Elite cap through the Reverse Sign-On Bonus — it's a signed addendum with real conditions, including a payback clause, so ask to read it before you count on it.
Everyone else stops there. This is the part they can't match.
Every brokerage above charges you. AXEN also pays you — five levels of revenue share on the agents you bring, at 100%, fully unlocked. Put in your own numbers.
Paid to you every year
$55,800
if those 3 each brought two more, five levels deep — 93 agents. That is a big if, and it is the assumption doing the work here, not our rate.
Assumes each agent brings two more, five levels deep, and counts a maximum of 12 paid closings per agent per year — the same engine the portal pays from. It is an illustration of the published rate, not a forecast: what you earn depends entirely on who you bring and whether they sell.
What the same downline is worth elsewhere
12 of the 25 brokerages here pay you nothing at all for the same downline — every 100% discount model among them — and 4 more pay something their own material calls limited or leaves to the office. Of the rest: eXp and LPT run 7 tiers at 50% with rules to unlock each one, Real is 5 tiers with unlock requirements, and Keller Williams pays profit sharing, which comes out of office profit and can be zero. AXEN is 5 tiers at 100%, fully unlocked. We are not publishing their per-deal rates as though we had audited them — ask for their number and hold it next to this one.
Every major brokerage, your numbers
AXEN first, then where you are now, then everyone else by what you keep.
| Brokerage | Split | Cap | Tech & TC | Rev share | Equity | They take | You keep | vs AXEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXEN RealtyKeep 100% | None — keep 100% | $6,000 | Tech + TC included | 5 tiers — 100% unlocked | Joint ventures | $10,140 | $109,860 | — |
| eXp RealtyYouPost-cap transaction fees run $25–$275; midpoint shown. Parent company eXp World Holdings renamed AGNT, Inc. in June 2026 (Nasdaq: AGNT); the brokerage you join is still eXp Realty. | 80/20 | $16,000 | Tech only — no TC | 7 tiers (50% + rules) | Yes | $24,020 | $95,980 | $13,880 less |
| Samson Properties100% commission, no cap. Their page also quotes $495 for the same per-file fee in the Cardinal Club section; the lower published figure is used. Agents with 8 sales or $3M in 12 months stop paying the per-file fee for life. | 100% | None needed | Tech only — no TC | 1 level referral bonus | No | $11,928 | $108,072 | $1,788 less |
| LPT Realty — Business Builder$500 a deal to a $5,000 cap, plus $195 on every deal and $500 a year. Also described at jamilacademy.com/blog/lpt-realty-review (17 Aug 2026). | No split — $500/deal | $5,000 | Tech only — no TC | 7 tiers (smaller pool) | Yes | $13,844 | $106,156 | $3,704 less |
| Fathom RealtyEDGE plan: $75/month, $35 E&O per sale, $165 a deal after the cap, $350 minimum fee per deal. ELEVATE is 80/20 with no cap. | 93/7 | $9,000 | Tech only — no TC | 5 tiers + stock | Yes | $15,720 | $104,280 | $5,580 less |
| Real Broker$900/yr billed annually, shown monthly, plus a $50 per-file review. Team members cap at $6K, and Elite agents pay $100 a file after the cap instead of $285. Real merged with RE/MAX on 24 Aug 2026 (Real REMAX Group, Nasdaq: REAX). | 85/15 | $12,000 | Tech only — no TC | 5 tiers (+ rules) | Yes | $20,640 | $99,360 | $10,500 less |
| Epique RealtyCap declines from $15K toward $10K with tenure. The 0.1% is Epique's TRANSACTION fee, not a franchise royalty — they publish no franchise fee — and it is capped at $500 a file. Monthly starts at $99 and runs to $149. | 85/15 | $15,000 | Tech only — no TC | Multi-tier (67%) | Yes | $22,308 | $97,692 | $12,168 less |
| LPT Realty — RevShare Partner$500/yr billed annually. LPT's other plan, Business Builder, is listed separately. | 80/20 | $15,000 | Tech only — no TC | 7 tiers (50% + rules) | Yes | $23,844 | $96,156 | $13,704 less |
| 100% discount models — the advertised fee is the whole relationship. No CRM, no deal desk, no transaction coordinator, no training, no revenue share. Shown separately because it is not the same product, and their column already includes the coordinator you would be hiring yourself. | ||||||||
| West USA RealtyEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Neither | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| My Home Group$465 per transaction to a $9,000 cap, then $165 each after, plus $60/month and a $35 risk fee on every sale. | 100% | $9,000 in fees | Neither | None | No | $12,720 | $107,280 | $2,580 less |
| Set by each office — these companies publish no single split or cap. Each office or agent deal is different, so we do not guess a number. Pick yours at the top and enter your real split and cap. | ||||||||
| Berkshire Hathaway HSEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | Limited | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Century 21Each office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Coldwell Banker / Anywhere (Compass)Each office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | Limited | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| CompassEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Douglas EllimanEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| EXIT RealtyEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | Residuals | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| HomeSmartEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Howard HannaEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| JPAR Real EstateEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Keller WilliamsEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | Profit sharing | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| RE/MAXEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Realty ExecutivesEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Realty ONE GroupEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| Sotheby's InternationalEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| United Real EstateEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | Varies by office | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| WeichertEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Tech only — no TC | Limited | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
| West USA RealtyEach office or agent deal sets its own terms. | Set by office | Set by office | Neither | None | No | Set by office. Pick it above and enter yours | ||
A cheaper fee isn't a lower cost
Nothing on this list costs you less than AXEN once the transaction coordinator is counted — and it has to be counted, because you pay it either way. At $500 a file across 12 closings that is $6,000 every other brokerage here charges you and AXEN does not. The discount shops advertise a smaller fee; what they are not mentioning is everything the fee doesn't cover.
Every brokerage above the line on fees alone is a discount model, and the reason the fee is lower is that nothing comes with it. Price a CRM, transaction coordination on each file, and contract management the way you'd actually have to buy them, and the gap closes and then reverses — before you count revenue share, which discount brokerages don't pay at all.
Where AXEN genuinely isn't the answer: a year with almost no sales, at a broker that charges no monthly fee. A split takes nothing when you sell nothing; AXEN's platform fee ($50 a month, or $500 paid yearly) applies either way. We'd rather you knew that now than found out in March.
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Each brokerage's published plan applied to 12 closings averaging $10,000 ($120,000 in commission). Splits, caps and fees vary by office, by market center and by what you negotiated. AXEN is $500 per file to a $6,000 annual cap, $250 per file when the commission is under $2,500 and $0 under $1,000, plus a $295 admin fee per closing that most agents pass to the client; rentals and referrals are 10% of the commission and never more than $295, and a $50 a month platform fee. Excludes E&O, MLS and association dues, which you pay anywhere. Revenue share figures illustrate the published rate — they are not a forecast, and what you earn depends entirely on who you bring and whether they sell.