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- docs.artblocks.io
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Scored 81 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
Art Blocks Engine
White-label generative art contracts
Creator Mint Platforms
#1 Overall
Ranked #1 of 9 creator mint platforms in the published ranking
81
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Art Blocks Engine right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it?8/10; the category best is 9
- When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there?8/10, the category best
- Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down?8/10, the category best
- Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone?8/10; the category best is 9
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What will Art Blocks Engine cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Your monthly volume
- $1k
How safe is Art Blocks Engine?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Art Blocks Engine
Compare all 4- 2Manifold StudioLevel on score · stronger on contract is mine (9 against 8)81
- 3Transient Labs3 points below · stronger on contract is mine (9 against 8)78
- 4Scatter13 points below · weaker on art still loads (5 against 8)68
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Why it leads
Why Art Blocks Engine ranks #1
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (25.6 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 2 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
328+8.197.09#3/9Loading evidence…
268+6.666.08#1/9Loading evidence…
268+6.663.08#1/9Loading evidence…
168+4.106.09#2/9Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
MarginLevelover Manifold Studio, #2
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 79–81 and ranks #1–#2
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Art Blocks Engine’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it? 8 → 7 on its ladder · Manifold Studio passes it−179#1 → #2
When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there? 8 → 7 on its ladder · Manifold Studio passes it−180#1 → #2
Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down? 8 → 7 on its ladder · Manifold Studio passes it−180#1 → #2
Strengths
4 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it? — 8/10, category best 9/10
- When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there? — 8/10, the category best
- Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down? — 8/10, the category best
- Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone? — 8/10, category best 9/10
Tradeoffs
0 from the score dataWhere it trails
No scored criterion trails the category best by two points or more, so no tradeoff can be stated from the data.
Record watch-outs
- You cannot get this contract on your own timetable, or know what it costs before you ask. Engine is partner-gated end to end: 'you'll sign Art Blocks' partnership agreement with the operations team', Art Blocks — not you — executes the deployment, 'Contracts are batched for deployment twice per month', and the whole run is 'typically 6–12 weeks' before mainnet. No price is published anywhere. The self-serve alternative on the same contracts, Art Blocks Studio, is a curated application with 'approximately 10%' acceptance and a 1–3 week review. A solo creator who wants a sovereign contract this week is not the buyer this product is built for — the permanence is best-in-pool, the front door is a sales process.
Competitive position
Where Art Blocks Engine leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 914.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#1 / 919.2 of 30 · pool best
Friction#1 / 92.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 93.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 98.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Art Blocks Engine leads
- If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it?#3 / 9
- When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there?#1 / 9
- Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down?#1 / 9
- Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone?#2 / 9
Where it trailsNo criterion in the bottom third of its pool.
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Manifold Studio#2 of 9 · score 81 · same score
Art Blocks Engine leads on
- Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down?8 vs 6
Manifold Studio leads on
- If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it?9 vs 8
- Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone?9 vs 8
Largest single reason Art Blocks Engine is ahead: published criteria (+0.3 display points).Scenario cost: Manifold Studio has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Transient Labs#3 of 9 · score 78 · 3.0 points behind
Art Blocks Engine leads on
- When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there?8 vs 6
- Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down?8 vs 7
Transient Labs leads on
- If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it?9 vs 8
Largest single reason Art Blocks Engine is ahead: published criteria (+2.9 display points).Scenario cost: Transient Labs has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Scatter#4 of 9 · score 68 · 13.0 points behind
Art Blocks Engine leads on
- If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it?8 vs 7
- When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there?8 vs 5
- Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down?8 vs 6
Scatter leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason Art Blocks Engine is ahead: published criteria (+13.0 display points).Scenario cost: Scatter has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against #2
81 vs 81 · gap 0.0Why Art Blocks Engine ranks above Manifold Studio
DimensionThisManifold StudioGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight19.219.1+0.3, better
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisManifold StudioPoints
If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it? · w3289−1.02, worse
Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down? · w2686+1.66, better
Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone? · w1689−0.51, worse
Net81810
Your scenario
Art Blocks Engine is not priced for this scenario
Marketplace fee on your volume for a year. Excludes network gas and any withdrawal fee. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Your monthly volume · your input$1k
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 28 September 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory medianNot priced0 of 9 rows priced
Cheapest pricedNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
9 of 9 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 28 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #1 to #2 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 28 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it?strength 8 · weight 32Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there?strength 8 · weight 26Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down?strength 8 · weight 26Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone?strength 8 · weight 16Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Control failure (Art Blocks Engine 8/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it? · 32%
- Liveness failure (Art Blocks Engine 8/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.Scored by When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there? · 26%
- Exit failure: you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down? · 26% (Art Blocks Engine 8/10)Scored by Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone? · 16% (Art Blocks Engine 8/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored.
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- UNPUBLISHED for Engine. The page that exists to explain onboarding, https://
docs .artblocks .io /creator-onboarding /engine-partners /getting-started / (HTTP 200, fetched 28 September 2026), references cost and never states one: "Reach out to info@artblocks.io to start the conversation. The Art Blocks team will discuss your project goals, explain what's included in an Engine partnership, and align expectations on scope, cost, and timeline." https:// www .artblocks .io /pricing and https:// www .artblocks .io /engine both returned HTTP 404 on 28 September 2026, as on 17 August 2026. The only published economics are revenue splits on the Art Blocks-hosted Studio path, on https:// docs .artblocks .io /developer /core-contract /: "Primary sales : 90% to artist, 10% to Art Blocks" and "Secondary royalties : Up to 5% total (honored by major marketplaces). By default, split 2/3 to artist and 1/3 to Art Blocks." The Engine equivalent is given only as a range on https:// docs .artblocks .io /creator-onboarding /engine-partners /faq /: "Typical total secondary royalty is 5–10%." No Engine setup fee, licence fee or render-provider percentage is published on any of these pages.Art Blocks Engine — official pricing page ↗ · 28 September 2026 - Prices published in
- USDArt Blocks Engine — official pricing page ↗ · 28 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- ethereum, arbitrum, base
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- NO MARKET RESTRICTION FOUND — what exists is the standard OFAC/sanctions representation that nearly every crypto ToS carries, and it applies everywhere rather than describing a regional footprint. https://
www .artblocks .io /user-terms .pdf ('Last updated 1 September 2026', read 28 September 2026; the 17 August 2026 read saw 'Last updated 9 July 2025', and this clause and the Texas venue are unchanged) has the user represent they are not '(A) a country, territory, entity or individual named on an Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department ("OFAC") list as provided and updated from time to time at http:// www .treas .gov /ofac, or a Person or entity prohibited under the OFAC programs, regardless of whether or not they appear on the OFAC list; nor (B) a senior foreign political figure, or any immediate family member or close associate of a senior foreign political figure.' Positive global language on the product side: 'Since 2020, Art Blocks has hosted hundreds of projects by artists from around the world.' (https:// docs .artblocks .io /creator-onboarding /offerings /) and 'Art Blocks has hosted hundreds of projects from artists worldwide' (https:// docs .artblocks .io /). Two non-geographic frictions a non-US creator should still price: governing law and venue are Texas ('shall be resolved in the state or federal courts of Houston, Harris County, Texas', user terms), and 'For non-US artists, Art Blocks will request a W8BEN or W8BENE form before distributing royalties.' (https:// docs .artblocks .io /developer /core-contract /).
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
8 methodology entries
- 28 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 81, #1 of 9. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 16 September 2026
2026.09.15Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources · platform-wide- changed Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
- fixed 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
- changed Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.
- added availabilitySource (O-04g): for a reader who states a country, a row whose availability in that country rests on a region tag its record gives no source for sorts below every sourced row. It is inert in every order published here, which states no country.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt creator_mint_platforms:art-blocks-engine:2026.10.18:f48d40b56b96
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