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MPC & Embedded Wallets evaluated across vendor-exit survivability, cryptographic audit & soc 2 posture, published pricing actionability, and key-share custody disclosure.
category.mpc_wallets.promise Reviewed on vendor-exit survivability, cryptographic audit & soc 2 posture, published pricing actionability, and key-share custody disclosure.
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Audit
Infrastructure
Methodology
2026.04.0
published 2026-04-27
Providers tracked
570+
across 62 categories
Last verified
2026-08-05
editorial freshness
Editorial board
4
audit-log live
Decision guide
What matters most before choosing in this category
The best crypto MPC wallet depends on whether you need simple self-custody, active onchain use, or a stronger long-term security model. For most users, the right first MPC wallet is the one they can actually understand and use confidently.
Key question
If this company shut down next quarter, could you still open your wallet?
Key question
Do you need an exportable key, or is vendor-managed recovery acceptable to you?
Key question
Do you need broad multichain support or one ecosystem-first MPC wallet?
Strong starting point
Dfns
Institutional MPC; you can run your own signer nodes
Data checked Aug 2026
Institutional MPC; you can run your own signer nodes. Strongest on published pricing actionability (10/10): The only provider in the set publishing full annual contract values for institutional tiers — $800, $8,000 and $35,000 per year — each with its stated wallet, user and signature allowances, plus quarterly billing alternatives. Explicitly states no AUM or transaction-volume fees. In a segment where institutional… Weakest on cryptographic audit & soc 2 posture (8/10): SOC 2 Type II by KPMG with 'no exceptions noted' across the full audit, improved from 3% exceptions in the 2023 audit; also ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 via KPMG and MSECB. MPC libraries, authentication services and infrastructure audited by Kudelski Security, Halborn and Redacted — protocol-level scope, not just the… Published price: Starter $800/year ($200/quarter): 100 wallets, 1 user, 100 signatures/month. Basic $8,000/year ($2,000/quarter): 10,000 wallets, 3 users, 1,000 signatures/month. Pro $35,000/year ($8,750/quarter): 50,000+ wallets, 5 users, 10,000 signatures/month. Enterprise:…
Best for
Published Pricing Actionability — 10/10Vendor-Exit Survivability — 9/10Key-Share Custody Disclosure — 9/10
Main tradeoff
Priced and shaped for institutions, not consumer apps: the entry tier caps at 100 wallets and 100 signatures per month, and the $8,000/year Basic tier allows only 1,000 signatures per month — a consumer app would blow through that in a day. The self-hosted signer model that earns its exit score also transfers real operational burden: you are now running threshold-signing nodes, and the docs do not publish a runbook for what happens when one of your own signers fails.
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Starter $800/year ($200/quarter): 100 wallets, 1 user, 100 signatures/month. Basic $8,000/year ($2,000/quarter): 10,000 wallets, 3 users, 1,000 signatures/month. Pro $35,000/year ($8,750/quarter): 50,000+ wallets, 5 users, 10,000 signatures/month. Enterprise: custom, 100,000+ wallets, 10 users, 100,000 signatures/month. No AUM or transaction volume fees. 30-day self-service trial with full access to the sandbox on testnets.
Weighted criteria
Vendor-Exit Survivability40%
Cryptographic Audit & SOC 2 Posture25%
Published Pricing Actionability20%
Key-Share Custody Disclosure15%
Leading options
Shared shortlist for this category
These providers are pulled from the same category comparison catalog used in validation, so the category page, comparison page, and provider reviews stay aligned.
Dfns
Institutional MPC; you can run your own signer nodes
Editor lead
Institutional MPC; you can run your own signer nodes. Strongest on published pricing actionability (10/10): The only provider in the set publishing full annual contract values for institutional tiers — $800, $8,000 and $35,000 per year — each with its stated wallet, user and signature allowances, plus quarterly billing alternatives. Explicitly states no AUM or transaction-volume fees. In a segment where institutional… Weakest on cryptographic audit & soc 2 posture (8/10): SOC 2 Type II by KPMG with 'no exceptions noted' across the full audit, improved from 3% exceptions in the 2023 audit; also ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 via KPMG and MSECB. MPC libraries, authentication services and infrastructure audited by Kudelski Security, Halborn and Redacted — protocol-level scope, not just the… Published price: Starter $800/year ($200/quarter): 100 wallets, 1 user, 100 signatures/month. Basic $8,000/year ($2,000/quarter): 10,000 wallets, 3 users, 1,000 signatures/month. Pro $35,000/year ($8,750/quarter): 50,000+ wallets, 5 users, 10,000 signatures/month. Enterprise:…
Best for: Published Pricing Actionability — 10/10
Privy
Stripe-owned embedded wallets; Shamir shards, documented user key export
Stripe-owned embedded wallets; Shamir shards, documented user key export. Strongest on cryptographic audit & soc 2 posture (9/10): Both SOC 2 Type I and Type II. Three named independent audit firms — Cure53, Zellic and Doyensec — and, critically for this category, the cryptographic implementations have 'undergone dedicated third-party audits' separate from the application review. Sharding implementation is open-source on GitHub for inspection.… Weakest on key-share custody disclosure (6/10): States that keys are sharded 'across separate security boundaries' using Shamir secret sharing and are 'never stored in complete form', with operations inside AWS Nitro Enclaves. But the security documentation does not specify how many shares exist, who holds each one, or the reconstruction threshold — the disclosure… Published price: Free tier: '50K signatures and $1M transaction volume' monthly, 0-499 MAU. Scale: '500 – 2,499, MAU, $299, / M'. Growth: '2,500 - 9,999, MAU, $499, / M'. Enterprise: 'Custom pricing per transaction or transacting wallet', 'Signature-based pricing as low as…
Best for: Cryptographic Audit & SOC 2 Posture — 9/10
Turnkey
TEE enclaves rather than MPC; per-signature pricing, four named audits
TEE enclaves rather than MPC; per-signature pricing, four named audits. Strongest on cryptographic audit & soc 2 posture (9/10): Best audit disclosure in the set. Homepage states 'SOC 2 Type II audited' and names four independent firms — Distrust, Cure53, Trail of Bits and Zellic. Runs a bug bounty paying up to $50,000 with PGP-encrypted submission for critical reports. QuorumOS provides remote attestation of the code running in enclaves before… Weakest on key-share custody disclosure (5/10): Material category mismatch that the buyer should know before shortlisting: Turnkey does not use MPC. It runs 'all critical workloads in Secure Enclaves, a type of Trusted Execution Environment' — specifically AWS Nitro Enclaves — where keys are generated and never decrypted outside the enclave boundary. The trust… Published price: Pay as You Go: '25 free signatures per month', '$0.10 / signature' thereafter, 'Up to 1k free wallets'. Pro: '$99/mo.' minimum, '$0.05 / signature', 'Up to 2k free wallets'. Enterprise: custom, 'As low as $0.0015 / signature', 'Unlimited wallets'. FAQ notes…
Best for: Cryptographic Audit & SOC 2 Posture — 9/10
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Methodology
How this category is reviewed
Reviewed on vendor-exit survivability, cryptographic audit & soc 2 posture, published pricing actionability, and key-share custody disclosure.
Reviewed on: Vendor-Exit Survivability, Cryptographic Audit & SOC 2 Posture, Published Pricing Actionability, Key-Share Custody Disclosure.
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Frequently asked
Questions people ask before choosing mpc wallets
What is the safest type of crypto MPC wallet?
The safest MPC wallet depends on your behavior. Hardware MPC wallets usually offer the strongest long-term protection, but many users are safer with a simpler software MPC wallet they can actually use correctly.
Do beginners need a MPC wallet before buying crypto?
Not always. Many beginners choose an exchange first, then add a MPC wallet when they want self-custody, direct onchain access, or better control over assets.
What actually happens if the provider disappears?
That depends entirely on the escape route the provider documented in advance, which is why it carries 40% of the weight. Four of the seven candidates researched are no longer what they were, through acquisition or shutdown. What is scored is an exportable key, a self-recovery path, or third-party escrow with a named trustee — not the vendor's confidence that it will still be here.
REVIEWEDApr 2026METHOD4 criteriaCATEGORYmpc_wallets
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