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Dune

Best for documentation-led evaluation

Service page:Blocked to automated checksDocumentation:Not found at a conventional addressTerms:Not found at a conventional addressCorporate entity:Not established at this checkRubric:v2.0 · verified 9 Aug 2026

Kayla PetersonDeFi Research Analyst· Last verified August 9, 2026

Confidence CRubric v2.0Verified August 9, 2026

2.3

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Scorecard

How it rates

Counterparty & operator risk · 25%3.0

Cost transparency · 25%2.0

Product transparency · 25%2.0

Operator transparency · 15%1.0

Public documentation surface · 10%4.0

Pros

Tracked and verifiable from public sources at this check

Cons

Terms not found at a conventional public address
No documentation or FAQ found at a conventional address
Corporate entity not established from public sources

How this score was built

Each indicator scores 2, 1 or 0. A pillar is the points earned over the points available; the overall score is the weighted sum. Every source below is public — check any of them yourself.

Counterparty & operator risk · 25% weight3/10 points · 3.0/10

Partial
Service reachable at a public address
Published at a documented URL; automated retrieval blocked at this check.
dune.com/
Not met
Terms and conditions published
Not found at a conventional address at this check.
Not met
Documentation or FAQ published
Not found at a conventional address at this check.
Partial
Operator identifiable from published material
Service published under its own domain; corporate entity not established at this check.
dune.com/
Partial
No custody of user funds claimed in this assessment
Custody arrangements are not verifiable from the desk and are not scored.
dune.com/

Cost transparency · 25% weight2/10 points · 2.0/10

Not met
Pricing or fee information published
Not found at a conventional address at this check.
Partial
Information readable without an account
Published at a documented URL; automated retrieval blocked at this check.
dune.com/
Not met
Rates displayed publicly
Not available at this check.
dune.com/
Not met
Terms describe charges
Not found at this check.
Partial
Service address published
Published at a documented URL; automated retrieval blocked at this check.
dune.com/

Product transparency · 25% weight2/10 points · 2.0/10

Partial
Public service page
Published at a documented URL; automated retrieval blocked at this check.
dune.com/
Not met
Documentation or FAQ
Not found.
Not met
Terms published
Not found.
Partial
Independent verification possible without an account
Automated access blocked at this check.
dune.com/
Not met
Operator entity disclosed
Not established from public sources at this check.

Operator transparency · 15% weight1/10 points · 1.0/10

Partial
Service resolves to automated verification
Published at a documented URL; automated retrieval blocked at this check.
dune.com/
Not met
Terms documentation published
Not found.
Not met
Support or FAQ published
Not found.
Not met
Corporate entity identifiable
Not established from public sources at this check.
Not met
Regulatory status published
Not established from public sources at this check.

Public documentation surface · 10% weight4/10 points · 4.0/10

Partial
Service reachable
Published at a documented URL; automated retrieval blocked at this check.
dune.com/
Not met
Documentation reachable
Not found.
Not met
Terms reachable
Not found.
Partial
No account required to read the above
Automated access blocked.
dune.com/
Met
Service published under its own domain
Confirmed.
dune.com/

A platform for querying decoded blockchain data in SQL, with a large public library of community-built dashboards covering most major protocols.

Our assessment

Dune lets you write SQL against decoded blockchain data and publish the result as a dashboard. Its real asset is the community library: for almost any significant protocol, somebody has already built and shared the query you were about to write.

Why SQL access matters

Every other analytics platform decides in advance which metrics you can see. Dune does not — if the data is on-chain and decoded, you can ask any question you can express. For anyone doing original research rather than consuming someone else's framing, that difference is the whole product.

Read community dashboards carefully

A public dashboard is only as good as its query. Contract addresses go stale after upgrades, filters silently exclude edge cases, and a dashboard built for one protocol version keeps rendering after that version is deprecated. Open the SQL before trusting a chart — the query is right there, which is precisely the point.

Free where it counts

Reading dashboards and running queries is free at the entry level, with paid tiers for heavier use and private work. Fourteen of our indicators found nothing published at conventional addresses and ten more returned automated-verification blocks, which is what produces the low documentation score despite an open product.

Who it suits

Dune fits analysts, researchers and anyone willing to read or write SQL to answer a specific question. Users wanting ready-made metrics without touching a query should use DefiLlama, Glassnode or Token Terminal.

Reference

Frequently asked

Does this score mean Dune is trustworthy?

No. It measures what is published and reachable before use: the service, its terms and its documentation. Custody, routing and corporate structure are not tested by us.

Why do all providers score zero on corporate entity?

Because this class of service rarely publishes it. The indicator is identical for every provider in the category, so the comparison stays fair.

Are rates or spreads compared here?

No. Verifying quoted rates requires live transactions, which we do not perform. The rubric covers disclosure, not execution.