Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains
BlockchainsAptos
Leads$0.0916
- p99
- $0.0925
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 40,318
Cardano
Trails$0.1933
- p99
- $0.1946
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 40,318
Aptos vs Cardano
Aptos leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks, Cardano on 0. Aptos wins on Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains ($0.0916 vs $0.1933).
Cardano
Ouroboros Praos PoS with 20-second slots and 1 block per 20 seconds on average. Probabilistic finality after about 2,160 blocks (k parameter).
Side by side measurements
Frequently asked questions
Aptos vs Cardano: which one is better?
Aptos and Cardano are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Aptos leads on Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live usd cost across 7 non-evm l1 chains, Aptos or Cardano?
On the Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains benchmark, Aptos leads at $0.0916 versus Cardano at $0.1933. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Aptos vs Cardano 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
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.