Moralis vs Shadow Drive

Overview

Moralis Moralis is a Web3 data API platform (multi-chain, incl. Solana) that gives developers structured access to token, NFT, price, wallet, and DeFi data through REST endpoints, real-time streams, and webho... Shadow Drive Shadow Drive, built by GenesysGo, is a Solana-native decentralized storage solution designed to give applications a censorship-resistant, on-chain-verifiable place to keep their data. It provides S3-c...

Community Ratings

Moralis is rated higher by the MadeOnSol community with 5.0/5 stars across 1 review, compared to 0.0/5 for Shadow Drive (0 reviews). That said, ratings only tell part of the story — what matters most is which tool fits your specific workflow.

Pricing & Value

Moralis uses a freemium model, while Shadow Drive is freemium. Both offer free tiers with paid upgrades, so try each before committing to a paid plan.

Key Features

Moralis offers 5 features including Solana Token API: USD prices, OHLCV candlesticks, SPL metadata, balances, PnL, and token discovery, Wallet API for portfolio tracking, transaction history, holdings, and wallet profitability, NFT API supporting Solana NFTs, compressed NFTs (cNFTs), and semi-fungible tokens, and 2 more. Shadow Drive counters with 5 features including S3-compatible object storage API for easy adoption, Solana-native, decentralized storage architecture, Data distributed across a network of operators, 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. Moralis currently has a healthy health status with 100.0% uptime over the last 30 days. Shadow Drive 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

Moralis's key strengths include actively maintained, comprehensive solana coverage alongside evm chains, free tier (40,000 cus/day) plus transparent published paid pricing, normalized rest apis that abstract away indexing and chain-specific parsing.