Aptos vs Kaia 2026: 3 live benchmarks compared

Name: Aptos vs Kaia OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Aptos vs Kaia

Kaia leads on all 3 live benchmarks. Kaia wins on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain (3.92% vs 2.39%), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000172 vs $0.0000329), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.000459 vs $0.0784). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Sat, 14 Nov 2026 16:38:31 UTCWindow: rolling 24h3 shared benchmarks

Aptos

Move-based L1 running a pipelined BFT consensus with sub-second blocks; a committed transaction is final.

Kaia

EVM-compatible L1 formed from the merger of Klaytn and Finschia, using Istanbul BFT consensus with immediate finality and one-second blocks.

Side by side measurements

Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain

Blockchains

Aptos

Trails

2.39 %

rank: #12
samples: 50provisional

Kaia

Leads

3.92 %

rank: #8
samples: 9provisional

Net yield

Aptosn/aKaian/a

Nominal yield in the staked token, not real yield: a 19% APR on a token that inflates 12% a year is worth less than it looks, and price moves dominate both. MEV is included on Solana only and excluded on Ethereum. ICP is one neuron profile (2 year dissolve delay), Algorand one opt-in solo node, Ethereum one network average. Stellar and Somnia are not ranked, see the methodology.

Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains

Blockchains

Aptos

Trails

$0.0000329

p99: $0.0000516
rank: #5
samples: 20,160

Kaia

Leads

$0.0000172

p99: $0.0000562
rank: #3
samples: 20,160

Native transfer fee USD

Aptosn/aKaian/a

Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain

Blockchains

Aptos

Trails

$0.0784

p99: $0.0819
rank: #11
samples: 20,160

Kaia

Leads

$0.000459

p99: $0.000475
rank: #1
samples: 20,160

Token deployment cost USD

Aptosn/aKaian/a

Frequently asked questions

Aptos vs Kaia: which one is better?

Aptos and Kaia are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Kaia leads on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which has the higher net yield, Aptos or Kaia?

On the Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain benchmark, Kaia leads at 3.92% (provisional) versus Aptos at 2.39% (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Aptos vs Kaia 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.