Purchasing & sending

Hi all!

I have a question to ask, that I'm sure you experienced folk can help me out with!

A few recipients of mine now prefer crypto currency transfers and not bank transfer. So, I have had a friend set me up an account on Coinbase, to buy my Bitcoin and pay said recipients.

The thing is, even though I have no experience with other exchanges, I find their fees for buying and sending BTC are quite high and takes a bit of tinkering my purchase amounts to get them to the needed value, while covering fees (as I have to keep buying more BTC from my bank, to cover everything).

So, I was wondering - Is there a better exchange/app for me to purchase and send BTC, with lower fees?

I don't hold/store any crypto and I also do not trade on the open market. I solely just use crypto for paying recipients.

I'm not really tech savvy and completely new to this whole cryptocurrency game so excuse me if my question seems a bit daft.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as well as taken on board.

Thank you in advance.