# Octav vs Mobula: Chain Breadth vs DeFi Depth

> Mobula brings wide chain and market-data coverage at low cost. Octav decodes DeFi, options, perps and Solana with the top benchmark accuracy. Where each fits.

- **URL:** https://octav.fi/blog/octav-vs-mobula
- **Published:** 2026-07-22
- **Updated:** 2026-07-27
- **Author:** Octav Team — Portfolio Intelligence for Digital Assets
- **Topic:** Benchmarks & Comparisons
- **Tags:** comparison, api, benchmark
- **Source:** Octav, Practical guides on crypto NAV reporting, multi-chain portfolio management and digital asset APIs, from the team behind Octav.

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Mobula and Octav both offer a portfolio API, and both were measured in our
[nine-provider benchmark](/crypto-portfolio-api-benchmark) — which makes the
comparison unusually concrete. Mobula's edge is **chain breadth and market data
at low cost**. Octav's edge is **decoding accuracy**: reading what a wallet
actually holds inside protocols, which is where the value hides.

The numbers make the trade-off plain: on the same wallets, Mobula scored
**92 on chain breadth but 40 on coverage**, while Octav scored **100 on
coverage** and the maximum on DeFi decoding.

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## Breadth is not the same as coverage

Chain breadth counts how many networks a provider touches. Coverage measures how
much of a *wallet* it actually resolves. A provider can index dozens of chains
and still miss most of an active wallet's value, because that value lives in
lending positions, LP, staking, perps and options — protocol state that a
market-data pipeline is not built to decode.

| | Mobula | Octav |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chain breadth (benchmark) | **92** | 78 |
| Coverage (benchmark) | 40 | **100** |
| DeFi decoding | Partial | **Full** |
| Options / perps / Solana DeFi | Limited | Fully decoded |
| Cost | Low | Credit-based, free tier |
| Best for | Wide token/market data, cheap | Accurate decoded portfolios |

## The same data in the API or the app

Everything the Octav API returns is in the app too, free to use at
[pro.octav.fi](https://pro.octav.fi/). Search any address and see the full
decoded portfolio across every chain it touches.

![The Octav app decoding a wallet across 48 chains and dozens of protocols — the same data the API returns](./images/octav-pro-board.jpg)

Aave, Yearn, Euler, Uniswap and Hyperliquid positions resolved individually —
this is what a coverage score of 100 looks like next to a market-data feed's 40.

## Why Octav wins where it counts

If your wallets hold nothing but spot tokens on many chains, Mobula's breadth
and price are a reasonable fit. The moment a wallet holds real DeFi — which is
most active wallets — coverage dominates everything else, and a provider that
misses a sector returns a confidently wrong number. See
[why portfolio APIs disagree](/why-portfolio-apis-disagree) and
[tracking DeFi positions across chains](/track-defi-positions-multichain).

Octav's decoding lead is measured, not claimed: the
[benchmark](/crypto-portfolio-api-benchmark) harness is open and the weights are
published, so you can re-run it on your own addresses.

## Which should you pick?

- **Mobula** — for wide, cheap token and market data where deep DeFi decoding is
  not the point.
- **Octav** — when the portfolio has to be accurate: DeFi, options, perps and
  Solana decoded, as an API or a free app.

Try any wallet at [pro.octav.fi](https://pro.octav.fi/), or read the
[full benchmark](/crypto-portfolio-api-benchmark).