LooksRare vs Magic vs NFT Marketplace Comparison | Builder's Guide

Comparison Summary

LooksRare, Magic and NFT Marketplace each address unique challenges in the web3 ecosystem, offering complementary strengths for builders. LooksRare is a community-centric NFT marketplace protocol offering developer tools including APIs, SDKs, and subgraphs for NFT trading and data indexing. Magic provides enterprise-grade, non-custodial wallet infrastructure and passwordless authentication APIs for seamless Web3 onboarding and wallet management. A decentralized platform to mint, buy, and sell NFTs with a user-friendly interface built using Motoko and React. Together, these tools serve different but overlapping user needs, making them valuable components in a modern web3 development stack.

	LooksRare // NFT APIs // NFT Marketplaces // NFT Subgraphs // Web3 SDKs // Indexing Tools	Magic // Web3 Developer Tools // Web3 SDKs // Web3 Wallet Tools // Wallet SDKs // Infrastructure Tools	NFT Marketplace // NFT Marketplaces
At a Glance
Composability
Cross-Chain
Customizability
Developer Support
Ease of Integration
Performance
Key Features
Core Capabilities	LooksRare SDK, Public APIs v1 & v2, Subgraph Indexing	API Wallets with Core and Express APIs, Embedded Wallet SDKs, Multi-chain support, Newton Protocol	NFT Minting, Marketplace Trading, Secure Transactions
Chain Support		+32	+8
Best For	NFT Platform Developers, Analytics/Data Developers	Infrastructure Developers, DeFi Developers	NFT Platform Developers
Pricing
Free Tier	Free	Free	Open Source
Paid Features	—	1 paid tiers	—
Custom Plans	—	Enterprise plans	—

LooksRare

// NFT APIs // NFT Marketplaces // NFT Subgraphs // Web3 SDKs // Indexing Tools

Magic

// Web3 Developer Tools // Web3 SDKs // Web3 Wallet Tools // Wallet SDKs // Infrastructure Tools

NFT Marketplace

// NFT Marketplaces

At a Glance

Composability

Cross-Chain

Customizability

Developer Support

Ease of Integration