Percolator vs Sandglass

Overview

Percolator Percolator is a next-generation perpetual DEX being built on Solana by co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, positioned to rival established on-chain derivatives venues like Hyperliquid and Aster. Its headlin... Sandglass Sandglass is a yield tokenization protocol on Solana that splits yield-bearing assets into two separate instruments: principal tokens (PT) and yield tokens (YT). By separating the principal from the f...

Community Ratings

Sandglass is rated higher by the MadeOnSol community with 4.8/5 stars across 4 reviews, compared to 4.5/5 for Percolator (2 reviews). That said, ratings only tell part of the story — what matters most is which tool fits your specific workflow.

Pricing & Value

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

Key Features

Percolator offers 5 features including Sharded matching engine splitting order books into parallel slabs, Designed for high-throughput on-chain derivatives trading, Built natively on Solana by co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, and 2 more. Sandglass counters with 5 features including Splits yield-bearing assets into principal tokens (PT) and yield tokens (YT), Fixed-rate yield locking via discounted principal tokens, Leveraged yield trading for amplified yield exposure, 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. Percolator currently has a healthy health status with 99.0% uptime over the last 30 days. Sandglass is rated healthy with 99.0% uptime. For any tool you trust with your funds, trades, or yield, uptime and speed are non-negotiable.

Strengths

Percolator's key strengths include parallel slab architecture targets very high on-chain throughput, credible technical pedigree from a solana co-founder, keeps derivatives execution on-chain and self-custodied. Sandglass stands out for brings pendle-style yield tokenization natively to solana, enables predictable fixed-rate returns through pt, supports both lst and lending yields as sources.