# Gate vs Hyperliquid (slim)

> Gate scores 56.4 (C) to Hyperliquid's 50 (D) for exchange market data. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Gate scores 56.4 (C) on agent readiness against Hyperliquid's 50 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hyperliquid leads on payments & pricing. Both do exchange market data.

- Gate: C 56.4, rank #786 of 1349 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gate-io.min.md
- Hyperliquid: D 50, rank #1018 of 1349 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperliquid.min.md
- Gate, good for An agent trading spot, futures and earn products in a person's Gate account outside the 35 restricted locations, with a keyless MCP for research and an OAuth MCP or scoped key for trading. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 70 against 42; Maintenance & community, 77 against 39; Transparency & trust, 49 against 26. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine.
- Hyperliquid, good for An agent trading perpetuals or spot on chain from its own wallet with no account, or acting for a master account through an approved API wallet. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 55 against 35.

| Category | Gate | Hyperliquid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 42 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 42 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 55 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 77 | 39 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 49 | 26 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gate | Hyperliquid |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Gate | Hyperliquid Labs |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, stdio |  |
| Licence | none | The exchange runs on the Hyperliquid chain (HyperCore), whose node is distributed as a binary under an Apache-2.0 repository; the Python and Rust SDKs are MIT. The API servers and front end are closed |
| Tools exposed | 58 | 0 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `io.github.gateio-dev/gate-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-11-02 | 2026-06-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-07-22 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 44 stars | 1.9k stars, 167k PyPI/wk |

Why the edge:
- Maintenance & community, Gate +38: Gate 77 (Read as a hosted service with open-source MCP packages. The API changelog's latest entry is 2 November 2026 and gate-skills was pushed 3 November (30). 40 dated changelog entries since 5 August 2026 (20). developer@gate.com, a help centre and issue trackers on gate-mcp and gate-skills, replies not checked (12 of 25). In the official MCP registry under io.github.gateio-dev, a GitHub namespace rather than gate.com, and official SDKs current (10 of 15). The local package has a publish workflow and no test workflow in CI, and its last tag is 16 April 2026 (5 of 10). 77.); Hyperliquid 39 (Read as a closed hosted service with open SDKs. The API has no dated changelog, so the last dated change is the Python SDK's 0.24.0 on 4 June 2026, 152 days before this check; the node repository was pushed on 10 August 2026 and the docs describe newer actions (HIP-4 outcome markets, borrow and lend) without dates. Judgement call (10 of 30). No three dated releases in 90 days (0). Support through Discord and the docs' FAQ, 112 open issues on the SDK whose replies couldn't be read (8 of 25). Official Python and Rust SDKs, the Rust one last pushed 21 October 2025; no MCP registry entry (15). CI on Python 3.9 and 3.13 with Poetry, Dependabot badge, a lock file (6 of 10). Total 39.)
- Schema & documentation, Gate +28: Gate 70 (No public OpenAPI file was found, though the SDKs are generated and the MCP tools carry typed parameters per the tool reference; the hosted tools' JSON Schema could not be read without a session (12 of 25). The whole REST and WebSocket documentation is downloadable as Markdown and the agent guide is a plain page (10). The tool reference gives one line and the main parameters per tool, the API reference a description per endpoint, no when-not-to-use guidance (12 of 20). Required flags, enums for side, type and time_in_force (11 of 15). Examples per endpoint and a labelled error body with a fixed label list the docs tell you to branch on instead of messages (13 of 15). A versioned changelog, v4.106.177 on 2 November 2026 (12 of 15, since entries are terse). 70.); Hyperliquid 42 (No OpenAPI or other machine-readable contract; request and response shapes are tables and JSON examples in the docs (0 of 25). llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page by appending .md (10). Each info type and exchange action has a short description of what it does, and the signing page lists common mistakes, but little says when to use one call over another (12 of 20). Fields are one-letter keys (`a`, `b`, `p`, `s`, `r`, `t`, `c`) with numbers as strings, enums such as `tif` Alo, Ioc or Gtc, and required fields marked in tables (9 of 15). An example for every call and a list of order and cancel error strings, with no HTTP error table (11 of 15). No API version, no changelog and no dated release notes; deprecated actions such as `userDexAbstraction` are marked in place (0 of 15). Total 42.)
- Transparency & trust, Gate +23: Gate 49 (The editorial half. A closed hosted service with a clear user agreement that names no company; the MCP packages are MIT (12 of 30). The privacy policy names a DPO address and categories of recipients, with no retention numbers and no named subprocessors (12 of 30). The changelog records breaking changes such as the amend endpoint path move of 16 October 2026 with no notice period or policy (8 of 20). Transfers outside the user's jurisdiction are disclosed with no locations or provider names (5 of 20). 37.); Hyperliquid 26 (The editorial half. The SDKs are MIT and the node repository Apache-2.0 with a Dockerfile around a binary; the API servers and front end are closed and the terms were unreadable (12 of 30). No privacy policy read and nothing in the docs on data handling (0 of 30). Deprecated actions are marked in the docs without dates or a policy (8 of 20). No subprocessors or data locations (0 of 20). Total 20.)
- Payments & pricing, Hyperliquid +20: Gate 35 (No machine payment protocol (0). The fee page's table loads after login; help centre and learn articles give the VIP 0 spot rates (15 of 20). Market data over REST and the public MCP needs no account and no card (20). A person registers, verifies identity and mints the key or approves the grant in a browser (0). 35.); Hyperliquid 55 (No machine payment protocol (0). Fees published per tier without login (20). No card anywhere; public info endpoints are free and the testnet faucet gives 1,000 mock USDC, though only to an address that has deposited on mainnet (15 of 20). No signup; an agent with a funded EVM wallet deposits USDC on a bridged chain and trades, subject to the unread terms (20). Total 55.)