Real Brokerage vs eXp Realty: What Each One Charges, Side by Side

What does each brokerage charge an agent in the US?

Real's column is its US fee schedule, last edited in August 2026, with one rule from its article on the post-cap fee: a capped agent pays 15% of the commission instead of the flat fee where that is less. eXp Realty's column is its own US policies and procedures and its independent contractor agreement, the versions dated August 2026 that its parent company filed with the SEC, and its income disclosure page, read on 30 September 2026.

The agent counts come from Real's filing for the quarter ended June 2026 and from the annual report for 2025 of eXp's parent company. Every figure in the table is the brokerage's own. Nothing was estimated, and nothing comes from a summary somebody else wrote.

What does each brokerage publish for Canada?

Real keeps a separate Canadian fee schedule, last edited in August 2026, for Canadian agents only, and states its Canadian fees in Canadian dollars. eXp Realty's Canadian income page, as the Internet Archive captured it in March 2026, gives an 80/20 split and a $16,000 cap without naming a currency, and refers agents to its policies and procedures manual for the fees.

So the Canadian column for eXp Realty is short. The US fees in the table above come from eXp's US manual and are not assumed to apply in Canada.

Where do the two US schedules differ?

They differ first in the split and the cap. Real takes 15% of each commission until $12,000 has been paid, and eXp Realty takes 20% until $16,000 has been paid.

They also differ in the standing charges. eXp Realty charges $85 a month and lists no yearly brokerage fee. Real charges no monthly fee and $900 a year, taken as $300 from each of the first three transactions. On each transaction before the cap, Real charges $50, and eXp Realty charges a $25 review fee and a $60 risk management fee, the second one stopping at $750 a year.

After the cap, Real charges $285 a sale, or 15% if that is less, and $100 once an agent reaches Elite status. eXp Realty charges $250 a transaction, or 20% of the commission if that is less, and $75 once the agent has paid $5,000 of those fees in the capping period.

One eXp Realty term has no counterpart in Real's schedule: agents in the eXp Mentor Program pay an additional 20% split on their first three transactions. Which schedule costs a particular agent less depends on that agent's commission, how many deals they close and when in the year the cap arrives, so this page gives the published figures and stops there.

Both also pay agents in stock. Real's purchase plan puts 5% of net commission into shares before the cap and 10% after, and eXp's Agent Equity Program pays 5% of each commission in its parent company's stock at a discount, for agents who opt in.

How does revenue share differ between the two?

At Real, a sponsor is paid a percentage of the sponsored agent's gross commission, 5% at the first tier and down to 1% at the fifth, only while that agent is still paying the 15% split to Real.

At eXp Realty, half of the company dollar goes into a revenue share pool that is paid out across seven tiers, and a sponsor earns 17.5% of the pool from the qualifying transactions of agents they sponsored directly. eXp's policies say it pays none on transactions by agents who have capped.

Neither brokerage takes revenue share out of the joining agent's commission. Real's help center says Real pays it out of its 15% split, and eXp's parent company says revenue share is funded from the company's portion of transaction commissions.

How do the two handle a team?

At Real, a US team member's cap is $6,000 and a team leader's is $12,000. On a ProTeam, the leader can set splits, caps and fees agent by agent, with a team split of at least 10% to the leader on each deal, and in Canada the caps are $7,500 and $15,000 in Canadian dollars.

At eXp Realty, the commission is first divided between team leader and team member by the percentages in their own team agreement, and each then pays eXp its split on their share. eXp's US policies say it will reduce a team member's cap in certain cases, where the team and its leader meet requirements the policies do not spell out, and give no reduced amount. A team member on a reduced cap cannot receive eXp's capping equity award or the ICON award.

Does the sponsor you name at Real change any of these figures?

No. Real's split is written into the Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA) and is not open to change at this time, and the fees above are Real's own schedule for every agent. The sponsor you name decides who is paid revenue share on your transactions, out of Real's 15%, and once your ICA is signed that name will not be changed for any reason.