Aster leads on 2 of 5 shared benchmarks, Paradex on 3. Aster wins on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($1.80B vs $4.63M), Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues (527 vs 62). Paradex wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.040% vs 0.050%), Cheapest perp venue to hold a position, live funding normalized (1.49 bps vs 1.85 bps), Perp DEX funding stability, 24h stddev of ETH funding ranked (0.0068% vs 0.013%).
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.
Paradex is a perps-focused L2 exchange built on Starknet tech, with USD-settled perpetuals and funding accrued continuously over an 8 hour period.
Aster
Trails0.050 %
Paradex
Leads0.040 %
Per chain
| Chain | Aster | Paradex |
|---|---|---|
| ETH | 0.051% | 0.048% |
| BTC | 0.050% | 0.040% |
| SOL | 0.057% | 0.077% |
Aster
Trails1.85 bps
Paradex
Leads1.49 bps
Aster
Leads$1.80B
Paradex
Trails$4.63M
Aster
Trails0.013 %
Paradex
Leads0.0068 %
Aster
Leads527
Paradex
Trails62
Aster and Paradex are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Aster leads on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked. Paradex leads on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked benchmark, Aster leads at $1.80B versus Paradex at $4.63M. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
On the Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL benchmark, Paradex leads at 0.040% versus Aster at 0.050%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
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.
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.