Orb vs Trident Arena

Overview

Orb Orb is a free, open-source Solana block explorer built by Helius that emphasizes speed and readability. It uses the Enhanced Transactions API to parse Solana transaction details into human-readable fo... Trident Arena Trident Arena is an AI-powered security scanner for Solana programs from Ackee Blockchain, the audit firm behind 200+ audits (including Kamino, Wormhole, and MetaDAO). It runs multiple specialized AI...

Community Ratings

Both Orb and Trident Arena hold similar community ratings, suggesting users find comparable value in each. Your choice should come down to specific features, pricing, and ecosystem fit rather than overall score.

Pricing & Value

Orb uses a free model, while Trident Arena is paid. Orb has the edge for users who want a no-cost solution, though Trident Arena's paid features may justify the investment for power users.

Key Features

Orb offers 7 features including AI-powered transaction summaries, Human-readable transaction parsing, Time machine for historical transaction search, and 4 more. Trident Arena counters with 4 features including Multi-agent AI vulnerability scanning, Solana program (Rust / Anchor) analysis, Benchmarked above frontier LLMs on Solana vulns, and 1 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. Orb currently has a healthy health status with 100.0% uptime over the last 30 days. Trident Arena 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

Orb's key strengths include completely free with no rate limits for basic use, ai explanations make complex transactions understandable, fastest archival data access on solana. Trident Arena stands out for built by an established solana audit firm, outperformed gpt-5.2 / claude opus on solana vuln detection, purpose-built for solana program security. On the flip side, Orb's weaknesses include newer project with smaller community than solscan, while Trident Arena's main drawback is newer product.