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AXEN vs every major brokerage

Your split isn't a percentage. It's a salary you pay someone else.

AXEN takes no split. A flat $500 file fee per closing to a $6,000 cap, plus a $295 admin fee per sale and $50 a month. See what every major brokerage takes from the same year.

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Live · your number12 closings · $10,000 avg

Moving to AXEN puts back

$13,880 a year

01At a glance

Your number, at a glance.

Live from the calculator below: eXp Realty, 12 closings, $10,000 average. Change any of it in step 2.

At AXEN you keep$109,860of your $120,000. No split.
92%You keep
Over 3 years$41,640at the same production
Over 5 years$69,400still at the same production
Per closing$1,157back in your pocket, every file
AXEN's whole bill$10,140File fees, $295 admin fees and the platform fee. No split.

02Your numbers

Put in last year.

Pick where you are now. Add your deals. Wrong defaults? Change them.

Set it to 0 if you don't use one.Why it counts

AXEN puts a Deal Desk coordinator on every closing, paid out of the $295 admin fee already counted here. Everywhere else you hire and pay your own, so it belongs in the comparison.

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Moving to AXEN puts back$13,880

every year, on production you already have. Every AXEN fee is counted.

What's left of your $120,000 after the brokerage's share

eXp Realty
$95,980
AXEN Realty
$109,860
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03Where it goes

Same year. Two bills.

Every dollar eXp Realty takes, next to every dollar AXEN takes. Bars start at zero.

Of your $120,000: what each takes in one year

eXp Realty$24,020
$16,000$6,000
AXEN Realty$10,140
$6,000$3,540
$13,880 kept
SplitMonthly, deal & risk feesCoordinator you hireAXEN file fees$295 admin (funds your coordinator)Platform feeThe dashed piece is what you keep by moving. AXEN's coordinator is paid from the $295 admin fee.
See it line by lineWhat eXp Realty took, and what AXEN would have taken.

eXp Realty

Commission split (you capped)$16,000
Monthly fees × 12$1,020
Post-cap fees × 4$1,000
Transaction coordinator × 12 (you hire your own)$6,000
eXp Realty kept$24,020

AXEN Realty

File fees$6,000
$295 admin fee × 12$3,540
$50-a-month platform fee$600
AXEN would have taken$10,140

04Revenue share

Everyone else stops there. This is the part they can't match.

Every brokerage here charges you. AXEN also pays you on the agents you bring: five levels, no quota to unlock a level.

Not a promise of income. An illustration of the published rate. Put in your own numbers.
Run your own numbersAgents you'd bring, their deals and their plan.

At the published rate, per 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.

How we count itFive levels, two each, 12 paid closings max.
  • Assumes each agent brings two more, five levels deep.
  • The whole file fee is paid back out as rev share.
  • Rev share is paid only on closings that carry a file fee, so it stops when that agent caps. That is why it counts at most 12 paid closings per agent per year, the same engine the portal pays from.
  • Sales under $2,500 of commission pay 1/5 of their 10% fee per level.
  • Leases, rentals and referrals split their 10% fee evenly across the 5 levels.
  • An illustration of the published rate, not a forecast and not a promise of income: it depends entirely on who you bring and whether they sell.

What the same downline is worth elsewhere

  • AXEN5 levels · 100% · no quota
  • eXp and LPT7 tiers at 50% · unlock rules
  • Real5 tiers · unlock rules
  • Keller WilliamsProfit share · can be $0
  • 4 moreLimited, or up to the office
  • 12 of the 25Nothing
What each one saysIn their own words, and how to check.
  • AXEN: 5 tiers at 100%, fully unlocked. No quota to unlock a level.
  • eXp and LPT: 7 tiers at 50%, with rules to unlock each one.
  • Real: 5 tiers, with unlock requirements.
  • Keller Williams: Profit sharing. It comes out of office profit and can be zero.
  • 4 more: Pay something their own material calls limited, or leave it to the office.
  • 12 of the 25: Pay you nothing at all for the same downline. Every 100% discount model among them.
  • 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.

05Head to head

Every major brokerage, your numbers.

AXEN first, then where you are now, then the rest by what you keep.

Every brokerage priced on 12 closings averaging $10,000
BrokerageSplitCapTech & TCRev shareEquityThey takeYou keepvs AXEN
AXEN RealtyKeep 100%None — keep 100%$6,000Tech + TC included5 tiers — 100% unlockedJoint 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$16,000Tech only — no TC7 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 neededTech only — no TC1 level referral bonusNo$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$5,000Tech only — no TC7 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$9,000Tech only — no TC5 tiers + stockYes$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$12,000Tech only — no TC5 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$15,000Tech only — no TCMulti-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$15,000Tech only — no TC7 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 officeSet by officeNeitherNoneNoSet 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 feesNeitherNoneNo$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 officeSet by officeTech only — no TCLimitedNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Century 21Each office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Coldwell Banker / Anywhere (Compass)Each office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCLimitedNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
CompassEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Douglas EllimanEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
EXIT RealtyEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCResidualsNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
HomeSmartEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Howard HannaEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
JPAR Real EstateEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Keller WilliamsEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCProfit sharingNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
RE/MAXEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Realty ExecutivesEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Realty ONE GroupEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
Sotheby's InternationalEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
United Real EstateEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCVaries by officeNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
WeichertEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeTech only — no TCLimitedNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
West USA RealtyEach office or agent deal sets its own terms.Set by officeSet by officeNeitherNoneNoSet by office. Pick it above and enter yours
How we priced itEach brokerage's published plan, on your numbers.

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 Pro is a $500 file fee per closing to a $6,000 cap (Elite: $1,000 to $12,000), reset on your AXEN anniversary; under $2,500 of commission the file fee is 10% of the commission and still counts toward the cap; plus a $295 admin fee on every sale, even after cap, that many agents pass to the client; rentals and referrals are 10% of the commission, max $500 ($1,000 on Elite), counted toward the cap, plus a $50 admin fee; and a $50 a month platform fee ($500 if paid yearly; the calculator uses $600). Excludes E&O, MLS and association dues, which you pay anywhere. Rev share figures illustrate the published rate. They are not a forecast or a promise of income, and what you earn depends entirely on who you bring and whether they sell.

06Before you decide

A cheaper fee isn't a lower cost.

Discount shops charge less because nothing comes with it.

“My broker will just match it.”They might. Ask them to put it in writing.
  • That better split was available the whole time. They didn't offer it until you had one foot out the door.
  • 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 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 credit.
  • It's a signed addendum with real conditions, including a payback clause. Ask to read it before you count on it.
Nothing here costs you less than AXENOnce you count the $6,000 a year you'd pay a coordinator anywhere else.

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 you pay on top everywhere else. At AXEN it comes out of the $295 admin fee already in AXEN's total. The discount shops advertise a smaller fee; what they are not mentioning is everything the fee doesn't cover.

Where AXEN genuinely isn't the answerA 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.
Price what's missingCRM, coordinator, contract management.
  • Every brokerage above the line on fees alone is a discount model. The fee is lower because 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.
  • That is before you count revenue share, which discount brokerages don't pay at all.
AXEN's fees, every rulePro, small deals, admin, rentals, platform, and what isn't counted.
Pro: $500 a closingTo a $6,000 cap. Then $0.
  • Elite: $1,000 a closing to a $12,000 cap.
  • The cap resets on your AXEN anniversary.
Small deals: 10%Under $2,500 of commission.
  • The file fee is 10% of the commission.
  • It still counts toward the cap.
$295 admin feeOn every sale, even after cap.
  • It pays for the Deal Desk coordinator on your file.
  • Many agents pass it to the client.
Rentals and referrals: 10%Max $500. $1,000 on Elite.
  • 10% of the commission.
  • Counted toward the cap.
  • Plus a $50 admin fee.
Platform fee: $50 a monthOr $500 if paid yearly.
  • The calculator uses $600 a year.
Not counted hereE&O, MLS and association dues.
  • You pay those anywhere.
  • Splits, caps and fees vary by office, by market center and by what you negotiated.

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Each brokerage's published plan. Splits, caps and fees vary by office, by market center and by what you negotiated. Rev share figures illustrate the published rate. They are not a forecast or a promise of income.