Bookmap vs Firedancer

Overview

Bookmap Bookmap is a professional trading tool that visualizes market liquidity through real-time order-book heatmaps, with support for Solana (SOL) markets on Binance, Bybit, and OKX. It is built for reading... Firedancer Firedancer is an independent Solana validator client built from scratch in C by Jump Crypto. Capable of processing over 1 million transactions per second on commodity hardware, Firedancer represents o...

Community Ratings

Bookmap is rated higher by the MadeOnSol community with 4.0/5 stars across 1 review, compared to 0.0/5 for Firedancer (0 reviews). That said, ratings only tell part of the story — what matters most is which tool fits your specific workflow.

Pricing & Value

Bookmap uses a freemium model, while Firedancer is free. Firedancer has the edge for budget-conscious users, though Bookmap's paid tier may offer features worth paying for.

Key Features

Bookmap offers 5 features including Real-time order-book heatmaps for SOL markets, Coverage on Binance, Bybit, and OKX, Iceberg-order detection, and 2 more. Firedancer counters with 5 features including Independent Solana validator client in C, 1M+ TPS on commodity hardware, Live on mainnet with 50,000+ blocks produced, and 2 more. The right choice depends on which specific features matter for your use case — check the individual review pages for full breakdowns.

Reliability & Health

We monitor both tools around the clock for uptime, SSL validity, and response times. Bookmap currently has a healthy health status with 100.0% uptime over the last 30 days. Firedancer is rated healthy with 100.0% uptime. For any tool you trust with your funds, trades, or yield, uptime and speed are non-negotiable.

Strengths

Bookmap's key strengths include best-in-class order-flow and liquidity visualization, spot support/resistance and hidden orders, multi-exchange aggregation for sol. Firedancer stands out for critical for solana's client diversity, best-in-class performance (1m+ tps), backed by jump crypto's resources. On the flip side, Bookmap's weaknesses include uses cex order-book data, not on-chain dex liquidity, while Firedancer's main drawback is still maturing compared to agave client.