Best staking platforms
PoS staking services. We scored 15 of them 0–10 from public data — tvl / value staked (defillama) + uptime — and ranked the 15 we could measure well enough to place fairly. No affiliate links: the order reflects the evidence, nothing else.
Last collection 2026-08-25: probed 252 services, measured 233, over a 90-day window. Collected by our own script, not by hand — reproducible, and reproducibly boring.
The full ranking
| # | Service | Score | TVL | Audits | Age | Latency | Status feed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coinbase | 1038% | — | — | 14.7y | 165 ms | statuspage |
| 2 | Kraken | 1038% | — | — | 15.7y | 102 ms | statuspage |
| 3 | P2P.org | 1052% | — | — | 8.7y | 143 ms | statuspage |
| 4 | Blockdaemon | 1052% | — | — | 9.7y | 47 ms | statuspage |
| 5 | Kiln | 9.7352% | — | — | 5.6y | 266 ms | statuspage |
| 6 | Figment | 9.0852% | — | — | 8.7y | 169 ms | instatus |
| 7 | Rocket Pool | 8.9584% | $1.31B | 2 | 4.8y | 64 ms | blocked |
| 8 | Everstake | 8.4652% | — | — | 8.7y | 90 ms | unknown |
| 9 | Binance | 7.8938% | — | — | 9.7y | 348 ms | unknown |
| 10 | Stakefish | 7.5452% | — | — | 8.7y | 85 ms | none |
| 11 | Chorus One | 7.5452% | — | — | 8.7y | 50 ms | none |
| 12 | Lido | 7.3678% | $23.84B | 2 | — | 628 ms | none |
| 13 | Ether.fi | 6.76100% | $4.37B | 0 | 3.5y | 143 ms | none |
| 14 | Marinade | 6.7478% | $239.3M | 2 | — | 78 ms | none |
| 15 | Jito | 5.7330% | — | — | — | 73 ms | none |
Every figure carries the date it was taken, on the service’s card below, linked to its open source. Score is out of what we could measure — the % beside it is coverage.
How we scored staking platforms
These weights belong to this category alone. Signature measurement here: TVL / value staked (DefiLlama) + uptime — Value staked and audits matter, alongside the uptime that protects rewards.
How much value the market trusts it with — TVL, reserves or market cap.
Published third-party security audits, with links to the findings.
How long it has run and survived — time is signal.
Response latency we measure ourselves from a public endpoint.
Whether it publishes a status page anyone can audit.
Latency in this category is timed at the live interface for every service, so the comparison is like-for-like. We never compare latency across categories — a DEX interface and an exchange API are not the same thing, and pretending otherwise would just reward whoever we happened to probe more cheaply.
The brief also defines FEES and UX (0%, 0%). We don’t publish them: we can’t measure them ourselves, and an estimate dressed as a measurement is worse than a gap. Full methodology
The services
Coinbase
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 14.7 yr (since founding (2012), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Measured 165 ms, but at a different surface from the rest of this category — not comparable, so shown as context, not scored.
The provider’s feed returns its 50 most recent incidents and no more, which here reaches back 48 days. The remaining 42 are blank because we cannot see them — not because nothing happened.
Over the 48 days the feed covers. Not scored — logging granularity varies between services.
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
Kraken
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 15.7 yr (since founding (2011), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Measured 102 ms, but at a different surface from the rest of this category — not comparable, so shown as context, not scored.
Over the 90 days the feed covers. Not scored — logging granularity varies between services.
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
P2P.org
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 8.7 yr (since founding (2018), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Median 143 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Over the 90 days the feed covers. Not scored — logging granularity varies between services.
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 9.7 yr (since founding (2017), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Median 47 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Over the 90 days the feed covers. Not scored — logging granularity varies between services.
Kiln
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 5.6 yr (since founding (2021), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Median 266 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Over the 90 days the feed covers. Not scored — logging granularity varies between services.
Figment
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 8.7 yr (since founding (2018), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
Publishes a live machine-readable status, but no incident archive: you can see it is down now, not how often it broke before.
Median 169 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Status transparency: Publishes a live machine-readable status, but no incident archive: you can see it is down now, not how often it broke before.
$1.31B 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.
Live 4.8 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Their status host turned our probe away — the page exists and we could not read it, so n/a rather than a mark against them.
Median 64 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Security audits: 2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 8.7 yr (since founding (2018), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
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).
Median 90 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Status transparency: 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).
Binance
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 9.7 yr (since founding (2017), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
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).
Measured 348 ms, but at a different surface from the rest of this category — not comparable, so shown as context, not scored.
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
Status transparency: 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).
Stakefish
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 8.7 yr (since founding (2018), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Median 85 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Status transparency: No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Anyone who needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
Chorus One
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 8.7 yr (since founding (2018), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Median 50 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Status transparency: No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Anyone who needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
Lido
$23.84B 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 documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Median 628 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Status transparency: No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Anyone who needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
Ether.fi
$4.37B 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.
Live 3.5 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
No published audits on DefiLlama. Not proof of insecurity, but an unaudited contract holding funds is a red flag.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Median 143 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
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.
Marinade
$239.3M 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 documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Median 78 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Status transparency: No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Anyone who needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
Jito
No public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
No documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
No audit data — no smart-contract surface to audit, or none published to DefiLlama.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Median 73 ms to first byte from the live interface, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Status transparency: No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Anyone who needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
Who we left out, and why
We looked at 15, ranked 15.
Head to head
How to choose staking platforms
PoS staking services — and the honest truth is that no single ranking fits everyone. Our scores tell you what is best-evidenced on public data: tvl / value staked (defillama) + uptime. Use them as a shortlist, not a verdict.
Start at the top of the table, then open the full breakdown for any service you are considering. Read the coverage figure beside its score — a high number on thin coverage is a narrower claim than the same score fully measured. Check the “where we docked points” and “who it’s not for” notes on each card; the service that scores highest overall is not always the one that fits your specific need. And remember what these scores deliberately leave out — fees and support quality — which you should weigh yourself before committing.
Staking platforms ratings — FAQ
How are staking platforms ranked on this page?+
Each service is scored 0–10 from public data — tvl / value staked (defillama) + uptime — weighted for what matters in this category, plus our own latency and status checks. 15 of 15 are ranked; the rest we could not measure enough to place fairly. Every figure is dated and links to its source.
What is the best staking platform?+
On the data we could measure, Coinbase scores highest at 10/10, ahead of Kraken (10/10). "Best" here means best-evidenced, not most advertised — open each service below for the full breakdown and decide what fits your needs.
Why isn’t the biggest name at the top?+
Size is not a criterion. A large service that publishes no audits or status page cannot demonstrate its safety from the outside, so it scores below a smaller one that can — even if it is perfectly sound. We rate what is verifiable, not what is famous.
What does the "% measured" figure under a score mean?+
It is the share of this category's criteria weight we could actually fill for that service. Anything we could not measure is marked n/a and its weight is redistributed across the rest — never counted as zero — so the percentage tells you how complete the verdict is.
Do you earn money from these rankings?+
No. There are no affiliate links, no paid placements and no sponsored entries anywhere in the ratings section. That is what lets this list put a smaller, audited service above a bigger, opaque one.
No affiliate links, paid placements or ads anywhere on this site. How this is funded · Methodology