Compared
Laevitas and Swiftedge Options compared
Laevitas is a broad crypto derivatives analytics platform: options, futures and perpetuals across many exchanges, with dashboards, backtesting and an API. Swiftedge Options is narrower and free: the live Bitcoin and Ethereum options chain from Deribit, OKX and Bybit, built to read in real time.
What Laevitas offers
From Laevitas' own pages, checked on 24 October 2026 (laevitas.ch, GEX in the app):
- Full option chains, gamma exposure by strike and by expiry, max pain on the open interest chart, open interest, funding and liquidations.
- A strategy builder, backtesting and spread analysis, an API (REST and WebSocket) and an MCP server.
- 15+ exchanges and 1,000+ assets; options venues in the app include Deribit, Bybit, Binance and OKX.
- Plans: Free ($0, one week of history, basic charting), Premium ($50 a month per seat) and Enterprise ($500 a month per seat). Without signing in, the app showed data 15 minutes delayed when we checked.
What Swiftedge Options offers
| Swiftedge Options | What you get |
|---|---|
| Markets | BTC and ETH options on Deribit, OKX and Bybit, combined or per venue |
| Chain | Strikes as rows, calls left and puts right; bars are open interest, coloured by which side was aggressive today |
| Live | Option trades fly in as they print; today's volume as a line inside each bar; money flow for the last hour |
| Levels | Estimated dealer gamma zones with call wall, put wall, gamma flip and max pain; GEX by strike |
| Futures | A live order book spine of the BTCUSDT perpetual in the middle of the chain |
| Also | Max pain for every expiry, implied vs realized volatility, alerts |
| Price | Free, real time, no account |
Which one fits
- Laevitas fits when you need historical derivatives data across many assets and venues, custom dashboards, backtesting or an API.
- Swiftedge fits when you want to read the Bitcoin or Ethereum options chain and the dealer levels live, next to the futures order book, without an account or a delay.
Common questions
Is there a free real-time alternative to Laevitas for Bitcoin options?
Swiftedge Options shows the live BTC and ETH options chain from Deribit, OKX and Bybit in real time, free and without an account. It does not offer Laevitas' history, backtesting or API.
Does Swiftedge show GEX and max pain?
Yes: estimated dealer gamma by strike with the call wall, put wall and gamma flip, and max pain for every expiry.
Which exchanges does Swiftedge Options use?
Deribit, OKX and Bybit, which together hold most Bitcoin options open interest.