The Comparison
Coverage below is per venue and per endpoint, captured July 3, 2026. “Not stated” means the provider does not list it publicly; it does not establish availability either way.How Far Back The Data Goes
Depth is only useful if the history is there to reconstruct against. Hyperliquid core order books and trades run continuously from April 15, 2023, and core funding and open interest from May 20, 2023. The next-earliest Hyperliquid archive in this comparison starts October 2024.
coverage_by_type.liquidations date. Hyperliquid L4 order-level depth begins in March 2026 on core, Spot, and HIP-3 and in May 2026 on HIP-4; order-lifecycle history is route-specific.
Order-Level Depth, On Both Venues
A backtest that only sees L2 sees aggregated price levels. 0xArchive reconstructs the Hyperliquid resting book to L4, where each order carries itsoid and user_address: core, Spot, and HIP-3 from March 2026, and HIP-4 from May 2026. Order-history and order-flow records are separate route families. Lighter L3 individual-order depth begins in March 2026.
Lighter Is The Widest Gap
Among the comparison providers other than 0xArchive, only Tardis documents Lighter history from April 17, 2026; its order-book depth is not stated. 0xArchive covers more than 200 Lighter markets. The earliest observed trade row is January 17, 2025, but exact starts vary by market. Funding and OI begin in August 2025, L2 tick data in January 2026, and L3 individual-order depth in March 2026. Current Lighter funding values must not be compared or annualized pending normalization repair. See venue coverage for the current Lighter market list.When 0xArchive Is Not The Right Fit
- Centralized-exchange breadth. 0xArchive is Hyperliquid and Lighter. For hundreds of CEXs in one contract, CoinAPI or a similar multi-venue API fits better.
- Live-infrastructure latency. This is a historical and archival data API, not a co-located low-latency node. Dwellir and node providers serve latency-first execution.
- Free tinkering. If the job is a weekend of exploration and cost is the only axis, Hydromancer’s free S3 archive can be enough.
Which Provider For Which Job
- Perp-DEX microstructure across both venues, order-level, with the deepest history: 0xArchive. Why 0xArchive fits: it is the one archive here with order-level depth on both venues and the earliest Hyperliquid start.
- Hyperliquid L4 alongside hundreds of centralized exchanges: CoinAPI. See CoinAPI vs 0xArchive.
- Hyperliquid L4 with low-latency live infrastructure: Dwellir. See Dwellir vs 0xArchive.
- Free Hyperliquid L2 exploration, no support needed: Hydromancer. See Hydromancer vs 0xArchive.
- Lighter L2 or individual-order L3: 0xArchive is the only order-level (L3) option in this comparison; Tardis covers Lighter but does not state a depth. See Tardis vs 0xArchive.
- Wallet PnL and OHLCV without an order book: GoldRush. See GoldRush vs 0xArchive.