Nordstern vs ParaSwap 2026: 2 live benchmarks compared

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

OpenChainBench

Nordstern vs ParaSwap

Split decision: Nordstern leads on Best DEX aggregator by quote output (0.65 bps vs 0.79 bps); ParaSwap leads on Fastest EVM swap quote API (219 ms vs 376 ms). Data as of 2026-10-22 UTC.

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

Nordstern

ParaSwap

DEX aggregator and DeFi middleware layer. The Augustus Router splits orders across AMMs, PMMs, and direct pools on 10+ EVM chains to minimize price impact and gas costs. Also offers a developer SDK for integrating best-execution routing into dApps and wallets.

Side by side measurements

Fastest EVM swap quote API

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

Nordstern

Trails

376 ms

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

ParaSwap

Leads

219 ms

p99: 699 ms
rank: #2
samples: 3,601

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US East	EU West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	Nordstern	367 ms	300 ms	387 ms	351 ms
Ethereum	ParaSwap	92 ms	253 ms	504 ms	283 ms
Base	Nordstern	395 ms	360 ms	379 ms	378 ms
Base	ParaSwap	55 ms	153 ms	360 ms	189 ms
Arbitrum	Nordstern	420 ms	367 ms	428 ms	405 ms
Arbitrum	ParaSwap	107 ms	168 ms	350 ms	208 ms
BSC	Nordstern	372 ms	341 ms	397 ms	370 ms
BSC	ParaSwap	78 ms	154 ms	351 ms	194 ms

Quote latency

Nordsternn/aParaSwapn/a

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

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

Nordstern

Leads

0.65 bps

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

ParaSwap

Trails

0.79 bps

p99: 7.46 bps
rank: #3
samples: 3,601

Per chain

Chain	Nordstern	ParaSwap
Ethereum	0.35 bps	0.72 bps
Base	0.37 bps	1.34 bps
Arbitrum	1.56 bps	0.33 bps
BSC	0.32 bps	0.75 bps

Quote shortfall

Nordsternn/aParaSwapn/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

Nordstern vs ParaSwap: which one is better?

Nordstern and ParaSwap are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Nordstern leads on Best DEX aggregator by quote output. ParaSwap leads on Fastest EVM swap quote API. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is cheaper, Nordstern or ParaSwap?

On the Best DEX aggregator by quote output benchmark, Nordstern leads at 0.65 bps versus ParaSwap at 0.79 bps. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, Nordstern or ParaSwap?

On the Fastest EVM swap quote API benchmark, ParaSwap leads at 219 ms versus Nordstern at 376 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Nordstern vs ParaSwap 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.