Sanctum vs Nocturnal

Overview

Sanctum Sanctum is a liquid staking infrastructure protocol on Solana that has created a unified liquidity layer for all liquid staking tokens (LSTs). Rather than competing with individual LST providers, Sanc... Nocturnal Nocturnal is a Solana decentralized exchange with a dark, night-themed trading interface aimed at active and after-hours traders. The project is incubated by Arc (AI Rig Complex), a Solana-native AI a...

Community Ratings

Sanctum is rated higher by the MadeOnSol community with 5.0/5 stars across 1 review, compared to 4.7/5 for Nocturnal (3 reviews). That said, ratings only tell part of the story — what matters most is which tool fits your specific workflow.

Pricing & Value

Sanctum uses a free model — Free to use. Small fees on LST swaps through the Infinity Pool. No fee to create new LSTs., while Nocturnal is free. Both tools are free, so cost isn't a deciding factor — focus on features and reliability instead.

Key Features

Sanctum offers 7 features including Infinity pool enabling instant swaps between all Solana LSTs, Validator LST program for creating custom branded liquid staking tokens, INF token providing diversified yield across all LSTs in the pool, and 4 more. Nocturnal counters with 4 features including Solana DEX swap interface, Dark, night-themed UI, Installable PWA (mobile + desktop), 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. Sanctum currently has a healthy health status with 100.0% uptime over the last 30 days. Nocturnal 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

Sanctum's key strengths include solves lst liquidity fragmentation with unified infinity pool, enables any validator to create their own lst — democratizes liquid staking, inf token provides diversified staking exposure without picking individual lsts.