Jupiter Perps vs Drift
Jupiter Perps wins on measured health — 6.16/10 against 6.08/10.
Last collection 2026-08-25: probed 252 services, measured 233, over a 90-day window.
| Measured | Jupiter Perps | Drift |
|---|---|---|
| Status now | Not published | Not published |
| Score On what we could measure: 100% of the criteria weight for Jupiter Perps, 100% for Drift. | 6.16/10 | 6.08/10 |
| Value locked | $767.6M | $642,618 |
| Audits | 0 | 2 |
| Age | 2.6 yr | 4.7 yr |
| Chains | 1 | 1 |
| Latency (our probe) | 164 ms | 243 ms |
| Status feed | unknown | none |
Jupiter Perps
6.16 / 10100% measured$767.6M in value locked (DefiLlama). Capital is the market voting with its money — scored on a log scale, so the jump from $10M to $100M counts for more than $10B to $20B.
No published audits on DefiLlama. Not proof of insecurity, but an unaudited contract holding funds is a red flag.
Live 2.6 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 1 chain (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
Median 164 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
A status page exists but publishes no feed we could parse — readable, not auditable. Part of that may be our blind spot (we read three platforms).
Security audits: No published audits on DefiLlama. Not proof of insecurity, but an unaudited contract holding funds is a red flag.
Anyone putting size into it: it holds funds in smart contracts with no published audit. Fine to experiment with, not to trust with a position you cannot afford to lose.
Drift
6.08 / 10100% measured$642,618 in value locked (DefiLlama). Capital is the market voting with its money — scored on a log scale, so the jump from $10M to $100M counts for more than $10B to $20B.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Live 4.7 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 1 chain (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
Median 243 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Status transparency: No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Anyone who wants a battle-tested venue. Little value sits here yet, so it has not been stress-tested at scale — early-adopter territory.
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