Data Availability

Compare history, book resolution, breadth, and access gates before you lock the venue mix.

Hyperliquid core
Deepest history + L4
HIP-3
Builder-perp L4
Lighter
Checkpoint-to-tick detail
REST API
Rate Limits

Venue matrix

Compare history, default book resolution, order-level / L4 access, and access gates before you lock the venue mix.

Hyperliquid core
Deepest continuous history
HIP-3
Builder-perp order-level / L4 access
Lighter
Checkpoint-to-tick specialist
Hyperliquid core

Use it for the deepest continuous history across the core perp market set.

History start
April 2023
Default book resolution
L2 snapshots by default, full-depth L4 routes on paid plans
Order-level / L4
Yes, Pro+
Breadth
190+ core perps
Tier and access notes
Trades include maker / taker attribution, liquidations include both sides, and funding / OI run continuously from May 2023.
HIP-3

Use it for builder-perp coverage when the strategy lives inside the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

History start
December 2025
Default book resolution
L2 snapshots by default, full-depth L4 routes on paid plans
Order-level / L4
Yes, Pro+
Breadth
125+ instruments across 6 builders
Tier and access notes
Funding / OI and liquidations run continuously from launch. Free still includes km:US500; Build+ opens the wider builder-perp family.
Lighter.xyz

Use it when checkpoint-to-tick reconstruction detail matters more than venue breadth.

History start
August 2025 fills, January 2026 order book
Default book resolution
L2 snapshots by default, L3 order-level depth and tick reconstruction on paid plans
Order-level / L4
L3 plus checkpoint-to-tick detail
Breadth
160+ markets
Tier and access notes
Trades arrive earlier than order book / OI / funding. Tick history and finer granularity stay gated, and order book history costs 10 credits per request.

Best-fit guidance

Pick the venue for the job instead of defaulting every workload to the same source.

Hyperliquid core

Use it for the deepest continuous history across the core perp market set.

History starts April 2023. Breadth: 190+ core perps.

HIP-3

Use it for builder-perp coverage when the strategy lives inside the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

History starts December 2025. Breadth: 125+ instruments across 6 builders.

Lighter.xyz

Use it when checkpoint-to-tick reconstruction detail matters more than venue breadth.

History starts August 2025 fills, January 2026 order book. Breadth: 160+ markets.

Access caveats

These are the constraints that usually change the venue decision after the first pass.

Hyperliquid core

Trades include maker / taker attribution, liquidations include both sides, and funding / OI run continuously from May 2023.

Hyperliquid core default book resolution: L2 snapshots by default, full-depth L4 routes on paid plans.

HIP-3

Funding / OI and liquidations run continuously from launch. Free still includes km:US500; Build+ opens the wider builder-perp family.

HIP-3 default book resolution: L2 snapshots by default, full-depth L4 routes on paid plans.

Lighter.xyz

Trades arrive earlier than order book / OI / funding. Tick history and finer granularity stay gated, and order book history costs 10 credits per request.

Lighter.xyz default book resolution: L2 snapshots by default, L3 order-level depth and tick reconstruction on paid plans.

Venue mix

Once the venue mix is fixed, the cost and limit pages get much easier to reason about.

Venue mix

Lock the venue mix before you write ingest code

Coverage, book resolution, and access gates decide the right source before the client exists.

Budget

Confirm the credits after the venue decision

Once the venue mix is locked, pricing the heavy routes gets much easier.

Restraint

Use only the deepest venue you actually need

Do not default every workload to the same source if a narrower venue mix already does the job.