Which yield aggregators actually stay up
Best measured: Yearn Finance — 7.38/10 on the 78% we could measure.
Runner-up: Lulo — 7.16/10.
Last collection 2026-08-25: probed 252 services, measured 233, over a 90-day window. Collected by our own script, not by hand — the numbers are reproducible, and reproducibly boring.
The ranking
| # | Service | Score | TVL | Audits | Age | Chains | Status feed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yearn Finance | 7.3878% | $194.7M | 2 | — | 7 | unknown |
| 2 | Lulo | 7.1690% | $53.8M | 2 | 2.0y | 1 | blocked |
| 3 | Beefy | 7.1378% | $111.3M | 2 | — | 40 | none |
| 4 | Meteora vaults | 6.86100% | $50.3M | 2 | 3.8y | 1 | none |
| 5 | vfat.io | 6.76100% | $27.2M | 2 | 2.3y | 18 | none |
| 6 | Vesper | 6.6478% | $75.1M | 2 | — | 5 | none |
| 7 | Fusion by IPOR | 6.6100% | $57.8M | 2 | 1.9y | 11 | none |
| 8 | YO Protocol | 6.4100% | $37.9M | 2 | 1.4y | 4 | none |
| 9 | AlphaFi Agg | 6.36100% | $17.8M | 2 | 2.1y | 1 | none |
| 10 | Harvest Finance | 5.5178% | $18.9M | 1 | — | 5 | none |
| 11 | DeFindex | 5.48100% | $19.6M | 2 | 195d | 1 | none |
| 12 | CIAN Yield Layer | 5.26100% | $300.9M | 0 | 1.8y | 7 | none |
| 13 | Fluid Lite | 4.3178% | $179.6M | 0 | — | 1 | none |
| 14 | Kinetiq Earn | 4.26100% | $57.1M | 0 | 328d | 1 | unknown |
| 15 | Hyperbeat Earn | 4.12100% | $25.6M | 0 | 1.3y | 1 | 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 % next to it is coverage.
How we scored this
These weights belong to this category alone. Signature measurement here: TVL and audits (DefiLlama) — Vaults route other people's money through many protocols; audits and value locked lead.
Total value locked (DeFi), on-chain reserves (exchanges) or circulating market cap (stablecoins), from DefiLlama. Capita…
Number of published security audits with links, from DefiLlama's audit field. Not a guarantee — audited protocols still …
Time the service has been live and continuously operating, from DefiLlama's listing date or the documented launch. Survi…
Number of chains the service is deployed on, from DefiLlama. Breadth is resilience and adoption — but only a minor facto…
Whether a public, machine-readable status page exists (statuspage / incident.io / instatus). A service you can audit fro…
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
$194.7M 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.
No documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
Deployed on 7 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
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).
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).
Lulo
$53.8M 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 2.0 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.
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.
Scale of value trusted: $53.8M 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.
Beefy
$111.3M 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.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
No documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
Deployed on 40 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
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 needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
$50.3M 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.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Live 3.8 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.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
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.
vfat.io
$27.2M 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 2.3 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 18 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
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.
Vesper
$75.1M 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.
No documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
Deployed on 5 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
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 needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
$57.8M 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 1.9 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 11 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
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.
$37.9M 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 1.4 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 4 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
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 needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
$17.8M 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 2.1 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.
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 needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
$18.9M 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.
1 published audit with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
No documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
Deployed on 5 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
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 needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
DeFindex
$19.6M 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.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Live 195 days (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.
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 needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
$300.9M 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 1.8 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 7 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
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.
Fluid Lite
$179.6M 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.
No documented launch or listing date to measure age from.
Deployed on 1 chain (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
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.
Kinetiq Earn
$57.1M 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 328 days (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.
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).
Timed at a different surface from the rest of this category, so not a fair comparison — not scored.
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.
$25.6M 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 1.3 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.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
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.
Who we left out, and why
We looked at 15, ranked 15.
Head to head
Questions
Why isn’t the biggest name at the top?+
Because we rank on whether a service works and can be checked, not on how big it is. Size is not a criterion here — a large service that publishes no status feed cannot demonstrate its reliability to anyone, and it scores accordingly.
What does "62% measured" mean under a score?+
It is the share of our criteria weight we actually measured for that service. The rest is n/a — we did not measure it, so its weight was redistributed across what we did measure rather than counted as zero. A high score at low coverage is a narrower claim than the same score at high coverage, and we would rather show you that than hide it.
Where do the incident numbers come from?+
From each provider's own status page, which several publish as a machine-readable feed. We compute repair time from their published report and resolution timestamps, and link the source on every figure so you can check it. It is their record — we just do the arithmetic and refuse to round it in their favour.
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