Jupiter Lend vs Firedancer

Overview

Jupiter Lend Jupiter Lend is Jupiter's lending and borrowing platform, which surpassed $500M TVL within 24 hours of its launch in August 2025. It is built around isolated lending vaults with rehypothecation, high... 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

Firedancer is rated higher by the MadeOnSol community with 5.0/5 stars across 1 review, compared to 4.0/5 for Jupiter Lend (1 review). That said, ratings only tell part of the story — what matters most is which tool fits your specific workflow.

Pricing & Value

Jupiter Lend uses a free model, while Firedancer is free. Both tools are free, so cost isn't a deciding factor — focus on features and reliability instead.

Key Features

Jupiter Lend offers 5 features including Isolated lending vaults that compartmentalize risk, Rehypothecation for capital efficiency, High loan-to-value borrowing ratios, 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. Jupiter Lend 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

Jupiter Lend's key strengths include reached $1.65 billion tvl by october 2025, high ltv ratios improve borrowing capital efficiency, isolated vaults limit cross-market risk contagion. 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, Jupiter Lend's weaknesses include high ltv increases liquidation risk in volatile markets, while Firedancer's main drawback is still maturing compared to agave client.