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- pyth.network
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Scored 83 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read on file.
Pyth Network
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Oracles
#1 Overall
Ranked #1 of 9 oracles in the published ranking
83
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- Low evidence confidence
Is Pyth Network right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- Incident transparency10/10, the category best
- Adoption as stress-testing9/10; the category best is 10
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Exploited-via-this-oracle record4/10 here; DIA scores 8
- Failure-mode architecture2/10 here; Api3 scores 7
Not yet tested for your country. Markets it lists: Global.
to test where you can use it.
The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best blockchain oracle shows where it lands for you.
What will Pyth Network cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Usage per month
- 10
How safe is Pyth Network?
- Evidence: unknown4 of 4 criteria scored; no receipt file yet. The score is provisional until a quoted source is on file.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Pyth Network
Compare all 4- 2DIA12 points below · stronger on exploit record (8 against 4)71
- 3Api315 points below · stronger on failure mode (7 against 2)68
- 4Chainlink22 points below · stronger on failure mode (6 against 2)61
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Find out if Pyth Network fits you
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Why it leads
Why Pyth Network 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 (20.2 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 1 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
3010+9.602.010#1/9Loading evidence…
264+3.335.08#6/9Loading evidence…
242+1.544.07#8/9Loading evidence…
209+5.765.010#2/9Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin+12over DIA, #2
RobustnessHoldsacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 83 and stays #1
Evidence4 of 4 scoredno receipt file for this category
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Pyth Network’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.
Incident transparency 10 → 3 on its ladder · DIA passes it−780#1 → #2
Strengths
2 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Incident transparency — 10/10, the category best
- Adoption as stress-testing — 9/10, category best 10/10
Tradeoffs
2 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Exploited-via-this-oracle record — 4/10 against a category best of 8/10
- Failure-mode architecture — 2/10 against a category best of 7/10
Record watch-outs
- Correlated single-point failure. Pythnet is its own appchain; when its validators halted on 22 May 2026 every core feed on every consuming chain went…
- The on-chain Pyth contracts remain permissionless, and integrations that only read prices on-chain need no API key; since 26 Aug 2026 every Hermes (REST/SSE) request requires a Pyth API Key from Pyth Terminal.
- 25 incidents in the public log as of 2026-08-03 (15 critical, 2 major, 8 minor). Worst: Pythnet/Hermes critical outage >4 hours (22 May 2026).
Competitive position
Where Pyth Network 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 / 920.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#1 / 915.2 of 30 · pool best
Friction#1 / 93.3 of 10 · pool best
Trust record#1 / 95.6 of 8 · pool best
Measured data#1 / 98.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Pyth Network leads
- Incident transparency#1 / 9
- Adoption as stress-testing#2 / 9
Where it trails
- Failure-mode architecture#8 / 9
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.
DIA#2 of 9 · score 71 · 12.0 points behind
Pyth Network leads on
- Incident transparency10 vs 2
- Adoption as stress-testing9 vs 5
DIA leads on
- Exploited-via-this-oracle record8 vs 4
- Failure-mode architecture4 vs 2
Largest single reason Pyth Network is ahead: published criteria (+10.7 display points).Scenario cost: DIA has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Api3#3 of 9 · score 68 · 15.0 points behind
Pyth Network leads on
- Incident transparency10 vs 2
- Adoption as stress-testing9 vs 5
Api3 leads on
- Exploited-via-this-oracle record7 vs 4
- Failure-mode architecture7 vs 2
Largest single reason Pyth Network is ahead: published criteria (+7.8 display points).Scenario cost: Api3 has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Chainlink#4 of 9 · score 61 · 22.0 points behind
Pyth Network leads on
- Incident transparency10 vs 2
- Exploited-via-this-oracle record4 vs 1
Chainlink leads on
- Failure-mode architecture6 vs 2
- Adoption as stress-testing10 vs 9
Largest single reason Pyth Network is ahead: published criteria (+12.7 display points).Scenario cost: Chainlink has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against #2
83 vs 71 · gap 12.0Why Pyth Network ranks above DIA
DimensionThisDIAGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here20.020.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight15.211.1+10.7, better
Friction · 12% weight3.32.7+1.6, better
Trust record · 9% weight5.65.6same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisDIAPoints
Incident transparency · w30102+7.68, better
Exploited-via-this-oracle record · w2648−3.33, worse
Failure-mode architecture · w2424−1.54, worse
Adoption as stress-testing · w2095+2.56, better
Net8371+12.0
Your scenario
Pyth Network is not priced for this scenario
Metered usage beyond whatever the plan includes, for a year. Excludes egress, support tiers and enterprise minimums. 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
Usage per month · your input10
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 14 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
No evidence reading date recorded
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 evidenceUnknownno observation on file
No structured observation on file for this category; the strengths are the catalog’s published values.Public receiptsReading…category publishes no receipt file
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceNot yet ratedcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
No structured observation on file for this category; the receipt count is not counted.RobustnessHoldsrank #1 across every one-point re-run
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.No structured observation is on file for this provider in this category; the strengths are the catalog’s published values.
9 listed rows in this category still await an evidence read and sit outside the scored pool.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Incident transparencystrength 10 · weight 30Report an error——
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.Exploited-via-this-oracle recordstrength 4 · weight 26Report an error——
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.Failure-mode architecturestrength 2 · weight 24Report an error——
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.Adoption as stress-testingstrength 9 · weight 20Report an error——
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
- Oracle failure: a wrong price or outcome liquidates or settles a position.Scored by Incident transparency · 30% (Pyth Network 10/10)Scored by Exploited-via-this-oracle record · 26% (Pyth Network 4/10)Scored by Failure-mode architecture · 24% (Pyth Network 2/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Adoption as stress-testing (20%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- Changed with the 26 Aug 2026 Pyth Core upgrade. On-chain: 'The Pyth Core update fee is 0 across all mainnet EVM chains' — Pyth governance zeroed the fee in OP-PIP-128 as part of the Pyth Core sunset, so there is no longer a per-chain fee schedule. Off-chain data access: every hermes.pyth.network request now requires a Pyth API Key, and Pyth's upgrade announcement says 'accessing any Pyth Price Feeds API will require a Pyth data plan, which start at $500 per month and are available through the Pyth Terminal'. The Starter plan ($500/month) covers crypto, NAV, crypto redemption rates and crypto indices with 1-second updates. Bundles: All Asset Classes $10,000/month; U.S. Equities $5,000; Futures $5,000; FX & Metals $6,500; FX $5,000; FX (G10 Only) $2,500; Crypto $2,500; Metals $2,500. The price-feeds page also lists a Free tier ($0/mo, view-only access through Pyth Terminal with no API permissions) and Pro 'Starting at $2,500 /mo' with a free trial. 'Prices shown are exclusive of any applicable taxes.' Contracts that read prices on-chain only and never call Hermes need no API key.Pyth Network — verified source ↗ · 14 September 2026
- Prices published in
- USDPyth Network — verified source ↗ · 14 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Multi-chain
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Global
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- The on-chain Pyth contracts remain permissionless: anyone can push a price update, and integrations that only read prices on-chain need no API key. Since 26 Aug 2026, however, every Hermes (REST/SSE) request requires a Pyth API Key from Pyth Terminal ('a free trial is included, paid plans cover ongoing use').
- Availability note
- The on-chain Pyth contracts remain permissionless: anyone can push a price update, and integrations that only read prices on-chain need no API key. Since 26 Aug 2026, however, every Hermes (REST/SSE) request requires a Pyth API Key from Pyth Terminal ('a free trial is included, paid plans cover ongoing use'). Pyth's upgrade announcement says the upgraded Core 'supports all major EVM chains, Solana, and Sui by default'.
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.
9 methodology entries
- currentCurrent verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 83, #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 oracles:pyth:2026.10.18:894df2ea864b
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