APEX vs ASTER

Name: APEX vs ASTER OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

APEX leads on the only live benchmark. APEX wins on Perp DEX price to fees ratio 2026 (5.77x vs 23.5x).

Read methodology Last measured Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:28:47 UTCWindow: rolling 24h1 shared benchmark

APEX

ApeX is an orderbook perpetuals exchange (ApeX Omni, formerly ApeX Pro) with omnichain deposits and off-chain matching. APEX is the protocol token.

ASTER

Aster is a decentralized perps exchange (ex-ApolloX, backed by YZi Labs) on BNB Chain and other EVM networks, with a Binance-compatible API and 8 hour funding periods.

Side by side measurements

Perp DEX price to fees ratio 2026: Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, GMX, GNS live

Trading

Provider	P/F ratio	FDV / fees	Fees 30d	Float	Open interest	Fees / OI
APEX	5.77x	18.6x	$472.1K	31.0%	$144.87M	0.040x
ASTER	23.5x	67.7x	$6.46M	34.6%	$1.34B	0.058x

P/F = circulating market cap (CoinGecko) / annualized fees (DeFiLlama dailyFees, trailing 30d x 365/30), on the DeFiLlama parent the token accrues from. Fees include the share paid to liquidity providers; P/S uses protocol revenue only. Low-float tokens show a much higher FDV/F than P/F. Pre-TGE venues are listed unranked with fees and OI, no ratio. A low multiple is not a recommendation.

Frequently asked questions

APEX vs ASTER: which one is better?

APEX and ASTER are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. APEX leads on Perp DEX price to fees ratio 2026. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, APEX or ASTER?

On the Perp DEX price to fees ratio 2026 benchmark, APEX leads at 5.77x versus ASTER at 23.5x. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the APEX vs ASTER comparison measured?

Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.

How this pair was selected

Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing — panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.