At a glance
Decision summary
- Best for
- DeFi TVL and protocol metrics
- Watch out for
- Raw RPC endpoint hosting
- Auth
- None
- Pricing
- Free
- Agent actionability
- Not actionable
- PubFi gateway
- PubFi gateway not routeable yet
- Last verified
DeFiLlama
DeFiLlama is tracked as a market data source for multichain coverage. Open DeFi and crypto data source for protocol TVL, stablecoins, yields, fees, volumes, and chain metrics
AvailableEvaluation/comparison only
Best fit and tradeoffs
Best for
- DeFi TVL and protocol metrics
- No-auth market and protocol context reads
- They need protocol TVL, yields, fees, volumes, stablecoin, or chain metrics.
- They want open DeFi market context rather than broad asset rankings.
- They are comparing DeFi-specific data against CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, or Dune API.
Watchouts
- Raw RPC endpoint hosting
- Wallet-specific portfolio positions
- The pool-yield capability has insufficient metadata in the fixture, so that use case needs extra review.
- Open public access does not remove the need to check freshness and methodology for production decisions.
- DeFiLlama is not a substitute for institutional trade or order-book feeds.
Why teams choose it
DeFiLlama is an open DeFi and crypto data source for protocol TVL, stablecoins, yields, fees, volumes, and chain metrics. Discovery tracks it as multichain market data, with one pool-yield capability still marked insufficient metadata.
DeFiLlama is strongest when the workflow needs protocol and DeFi context rather than asset-ranking or exchange-order-book data. Its open data posture is useful, but readers should not ignore the specific metadata gap on pool-yield context.
Capability summaries
Protocol and market data
- Category
- Market data
- Public status
- Available
- Auth requirement
- None
- Procurement state
- Public No Approval
- Coverage
- Multichain
- Output contracts
- Market Data Snapshot
Pool yield context
- Category
- Market data
- Public status
- Indexed Only
- Auth requirement
- None
- Procurement state
- Public No Approval
- Coverage
- Multichain
- Output contracts
- Pool Yield Snapshot
Quick-start entry
GET
Endpoint path not listed- Style
- REST
- Language
- HTTP
- Method
- GET
- Path
- Not listed
- Requires auth
- No
- Provider docs
- Documentation
PubFi gateway status
PubFi gateway not routeable yet
This Discovery source is available for source evaluation and comparison, but PubFi does not publish a production-callable gateway route for it yet. Use this page to compare the provider, signal demand, or start a procurement/integration review instead of attempting a PubFi gateway call.
- PubFi gateway call
- Not published for this source
- Direct gateway examples
- Not available
- Next step
- Request integration or start supplier procurement review
- Do not infer a PubFi gateway path from this Discovery page.
- Use the official provider docs for direct provider integration until a PubFi readiness entry marks this source gateway_available.
- Use the Discovery request or demand-signal CTA to register integration interest with PubFi.
- Supplier procurement, paid-plan approval, and upstream credential setup require explicit review before PubFi can route the source.
Access, pricing, and protocol metadata
Access and pricing
- Auth methods
- None
- Pricing model
- Free
- Free tier
- Open plan provides public access to DefiLlama DeFi data.
- Starting price
- 49 USD / month
- Pricing URL
- Official pricing
- Free rate limit
- Open free plan provides essential access to DefiLlama DeFi data.
- Paid rate limit
- API plan includes 1,000 requests/min and 1M API calls/month
Protocols and outputs
- Data types
- Tvl, Stablecoins, Yields, Fees, Volumes
- Protocols
- REST
- REST support
- Yes
- GraphQL support
- Not listed
- WebSocket support
- Not listed
- Streaming support
- Not listed
- Webhook support
- Not listed
- Feature flags
- Not listed
- SDKs
- Not listed
Provider and review status
- Documentation
- Provider docs
- Doc quality score
- Not listed
- Status page
- Not listed
- Public fixture status
- Current
- Raw claim-safe status
- Evaluation/comparison only
- Page tier
- Tier 1
Implementation notes
Coverage
Call out the insufficient-metadata pool-yield capability before using DeFiLlama as a complete yield-data answer.
Freshness
Verify freshness and methodology for the specific DeFi metric before using it in automated decisions.
Pricing
Keep API plan labels distinct from open public data access in commercial readbacks.
Use case candidates
- Add DeFi protocol metrics to research workflows
- Compare open market and chain metrics for agent answers
Comparison snapshot
DeFiLlama is the DeFi protocol metrics specialist. CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap are broader asset-market sources, while Dune API is stronger when the team needs custom analytics queries around DeFi data.
PubFi friction reduction
Metadata Gap
- Source friction
- The capability fixture marks DeFiLlama pool yield context as insufficient_metadata.
- PubFi relief
- Discovery can index the reviewed source page while preserving the capability-level gap in exports and comparison language.
Official source links
Agent-readable resources
Alternatives and hubs
FAQ
What is DeFiLlama used for?
DeFiLlama is a candidate source for DeFi protocol TVL, stablecoins, yields, fees, volumes, and chain metrics.