ApeX Omni vs Polymarket

ApeX Omni leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks, Polymarket on 1. ApeX Omni wins on Cheapest perp venue to hold a position, live funding normalized (0.67 bps vs 3.00 bps), Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($354.11M vs $102.81M), Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue (125 vs 89). Polymarket wins on Perp DEX funding stability, 24h stddev of ETH funding ranked (0.00031% vs 0.028%).

Read methodology Last measured Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:14:00 UTCWindow: rolling 24h4 shared benchmarks

ApeX Omni

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

Polymarket

The largest crypto prediction market, settled on Polygon via UMA optimistic oracle. CLOB-style order book hosted on the Polymarket gateway with sub-second publish latency for live odds.

Side by side measurements

Cheapest perp venue to hold a position, live funding normalized

Trading

ApeX Omni

Leads

0.67 bps

p99: -5.60 bps
rank: #1
samples: 618

Polymarket

Trails

3.00 bps

p99: 3.00 bps
rank: #8
samples: 2,880

Funding cost to hold a long 24h

ApeX Omnin/aPolymarketn/a

Funding is signed. Positive means longs pay shorts, negative means longs get paid to hold. Venues settle on different native periods (1h for Hyperliquid and dYdX, 4h or 8h elsewhere); every figure is normalized from the venue's own quoted rate and interval before ranking. Funding is only the holding cost. Opening costs (taker fee, spread, impact) are the companion bench perp-fees.

Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked

Trading

ApeX Omni

Leads

$354.11M

p99: $359.26M
rank: #12
samples: 618

Polymarket

Trails

$102.81M

p99: $108.09M
rank: #17
samples: 2,879

24h perp volume

ApeX Omnin/aPolymarketn/a

Perp DEX funding stability, 24h stddev of ETH funding ranked

Trading

ApeX Omni

Trails

0.028 %

p99: 0.056%
rank: #15
samples: 618

Polymarket

Leads

0.00031 %

p99: 0.00036%
rank: #1
samples: 2,880

24h ETH funding stddev

ApeX Omnin/aPolymarketn/a

Ranked only with 24 hours of funding history (288 samples) and a stddev above zero: a young listing, or a venue whose rate has not moved since listing (Ondo Perps at launch, Polymarket in July), reads artificially stable and shows as Provisional, never as the leader. Stability is not directionality: a persistently positive but tight band ranks above a rate that flips every settlement.

Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue

Trading

ApeX Omni

Leads

125

p99: 125
rank: #9
samples: 630

Polymarket

Trails

p99: 89
rank: #11
samples: 2,879

Active markets

ApeX Omnin/aPolymarketn/a

Frequently asked questions

ApeX Omni vs Polymarket: which one is better?

ApeX Omni and Polymarket are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. ApeX Omni leads on Cheapest perp venue to hold a position, live funding normalized. Polymarket leads on Perp DEX funding stability, 24h stddev of ETH funding ranked. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is cheaper on funding cost to hold a long 24h, ApeX Omni or Polymarket?

On the Cheapest perp venue to hold a position, live funding normalized benchmark, ApeX Omni leads at 0.67 bps versus Polymarket at 3.00 bps. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is cheaper on 24h eth funding stddev, ApeX Omni or Polymarket?

On the Perp DEX funding stability, 24h stddev of ETH funding ranked benchmark, Polymarket leads at 0.00031% versus ApeX Omni at 0.028%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the ApeX Omni vs Polymarket 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.