LYS Core vs Streams vs Data API Comparison | Builder's Guide

Comparison Summary

LYS Core, Streams and Data API each address unique challenges in the web3 ecosystem, offering complementary strengths for builders. LYS Labs builds a high-performance operating system and data stack for machine finance on Solana, enabling ultra-fast execution and advanced data contextualization. Quicknode provides fast, reliable, and scalable blockchain infrastructure and developer tools to build and scale onchain applications. DataAPI provides a unified API to access multiple data sources for blockchain and Web3 applications. Together, these tools serve different but overlapping user needs, making them valuable components in a modern web3 development stack.

	LYS Core // Web3 Data Tools // Infrastructure Tools	Streams // Web3 Developer Tools // Infrastructure Tools // RPC Node Providers // Web3 Data Tools	Data API // Web3 Data Tools
At a Glance
Composability
Cross-Chain
Customizability
Developer Support
Ease of Integration
Performance
Key Features
Core Capabilities	Knowledge graphs and OG-RAGs, Built-in risk limits and retries, Comprehensive developer resources	Core RPC API, Streams - Real-Time and Historical Data, Dedicated Clusters, Yellowstone gRPC for Solana, Webhooks and IPFS Gateways	RESTful API Access, Multi-Source Data Aggregation, Open Source SDK
Chain Support		+30	+17
Best For	DeFi Developers, Financial Institutions	Infrastructure Developers, DeFi Developers	Analytics/Data Developers, DeFi Developers
Pricing
Free Tier	Builders Program	Free	Free
Paid Features	1 paid tiers	2 paid tiers	1 paid tiers
Custom Plans	Enterprise plans	Enterprise plans	—

LYS Core

// Web3 Data Tools // Infrastructure Tools

Streams

// Web3 Developer Tools // Infrastructure Tools // RPC Node Providers // Web3 Data Tools

Data API

// Web3 Data Tools

At a Glance

Composability

Cross-Chain

Customizability

Developer Support

Ease of Integration