LI.FI vs Nordstern 2026: 2 live benchmarks compared

Name: LI.FI vs Nordstern OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

OpenChainBench

LI.FI vs Nordstern

Nordstern leads on both live benchmarks. Nordstern wins on Fastest EVM swap quote API (376 ms vs 783 ms), Best DEX aggregator by quote output (0.65 bps vs 24.8 bps). Data as of 2026-10-22 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:11:17 UTCWindow: rolling 24h2 shared benchmarks

LI.FI

Cross-chain bridge and DEX aggregator. Routes swaps across bridges and liquidity sources via a single API, with EVM and Solana support.

Nordstern

Side by side measurements

Fastest EVM swap quote API

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

LI.FI

Trails

783 ms

p99: 2.39 s
rank: #8
samples: 2,681

Nordstern

Leads

376 ms

p99: 1.96 s
rank: #4
samples: 3,581

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US East	EU West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	LI.FI	719 ms	761 ms	789 ms	756 ms
Ethereum	Nordstern	367 ms	300 ms	387 ms	351 ms
Base	LI.FI	776 ms	785 ms	800 ms	787 ms
Base	Nordstern	395 ms	360 ms	379 ms	378 ms
Arbitrum	LI.FI	810 ms	789 ms	770 ms	790 ms
Arbitrum	Nordstern	420 ms	367 ms	428 ms	405 ms
BSC	LI.FI	812 ms	806 ms	772 ms	797 ms
BSC	Nordstern	372 ms	341 ms	397 ms	370 ms

Quote latency

LI.FIn/aNordsternn/a

Best DEX aggregator by quote output: who actually gives you more

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

LI.FI

Trails

24.8 bps

p99: 49.3 bps
rank: —
samples: 2,681

Nordstern

Leads

0.65 bps

p99: 8.12 bps
rank: #2
samples: 3,581

Per chain

Chain	LI.FI	Nordstern
Ethereum	24.6 bps	0.35 bps
Base	22.6 bps	0.37 bps
Arbitrum	31.0 bps	1.56 bps
BSC	24.4 bps	0.32 bps

Quote shortfall

LI.FIn/aNordsternn/a

Every provider is asked for the same swap at the same second, and each answer is scored against the best of that round. The figure is how much less you would have received, in basis points. Quotes are not comparable between rounds: the market moves 30 to 37 bps in five minutes while the field sits inside 25. Two providers take a fee out of the quote and declare it, shown separately: giving up 25 bps to a toll is not routing badly.

Frequently asked questions

LI.FI vs Nordstern: which one is better?

LI.FI and Nordstern are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Nordstern leads on Fastest EVM swap quote API. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, LI.FI or Nordstern?

On the Fastest EVM swap quote API benchmark, Nordstern leads at 376 ms versus LI.FI at 783 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the LI.FI vs Nordstern 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.

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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.