Nansen vs Senpi: smart-money analytics with an AI that prepares trades, or an AI agent that runs them
Nansen and Senpi both read what profitable wallets are doing on Hyperliquid, and both let you trade on it; they split on what the AI does with that read. Nansen is an on-chain analytics company: it labels more than 500 million addresses, ranks the top 5,000 Smart Money wallets, and its AI agent, Nansen AI, researches across chains and prepares a swap or position that waits for you to confirm it. Senpi is an AI trading agent for Hyperliquid perps: you describe a strategy in a sentence, approve the rules the agent writes, and the agent runs them 24/7 under a deterministic risk harness, exits through DSL and can mirror a trader you choose.
The honest split: Senpi wins where you want the trading done for you, strategies that run around the clock, copying a trader with limits, a ratcheting stop on every strategy built from a rule or a template and an agent you can instruct from Claude or ChatGPT; Nansen wins on the breadth of its labels and analytics across 18 Smart Money chains and on markets beyond perps, spot on five chains and outcome markets. Facts below come from nansen.ai, the Nansen Academy help centre, docs.nansen.ai and its release notes, senpi.ai/pricing and senpi.ai/fees, as of Nov 10, 2026.
TL;DR
| Criterion | Nansen | Senpi | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Researchers and active traders who want the deepest wallet labels across chains and an AI that finds and prepares trades they confirm one by one | Traders who want an AI agent to build, run and protect Hyperliquid perp strategies and follow wallets with a record, from the app or the AI tools they already use | - |
| Who places the trades | You do: Nansen AI prepares the trade and every one waits for your “Confirm execution”; Nansen calls its AI an “analytical partner rather than autonomous executor” | You approve a strategy’s rules once, then your agent runs them 24/7 under a deterministic risk harness, and opens, adjusts or closes on your instruction | - |
| AI agent and connectors | Nansen AI on web, iOS and Android researches and prepares trades you confirm; Nansen’s MCP connectors for ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Muse are read-only (“Neither path can trade”) | Your own Senpi agent inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Grok Bot, Hermes and Muse through Senpi Connectors: research, build, run, review or close strategies without opening the app | Senpi |
| Running a strategy 24/7 | No hosted strategies or bots; Nansen’s API and CLI can place trades, so developers can build their own automation | Describe it in a sentence: the agent writes the rules, shows them to you, and the hosted runtime runs them around the clock; a growing library of strategy templates to start from | Senpi |
| Following traders on Hyperliquid | No copy trading in the product; a docs guide shows developers how to build one, and Nansen’s own guide says to treat smart-money data “as context, never as a signal to blindly copy” | Mirror a trader you choose, after the agent researches their record on whole-book profit, margin, drawdown, timing and fee load, sized 0.1x to 4x | Senpi |
| Protection and exits | Take-profit and stop-loss (“Auto Close”) on each perps order, in the terminal or through the API | DSL, a stop that ratchets up as a trade gains, on every strategy built from a rule or a template (copy strategies carry at most a flat stop); cooldowns and optional daily-loss and drawdown halts per strategy; alerts on any wallet you add | Senpi |
| Senpi Companion on the sites you read | No browser extension found; Nansen runs in its web app, its iOS and Android apps, alerts and AI connectors | A Chrome extension on 28 sites (X, Hyperliquid, TradingView, Binance, Coinbase, OKX and more): Quant Desk on any wallet you see, the Signals brief, and Trade the Take, which turns a post into a trade setup | Senpi |
| Senpi Signals vs Nansen Smart Money | Smart Money: the top 5,000 wallets by realised profit and win rate, a Smart HL Perps Trader label, Hyperliquid perps leaderboards, a perp screener and a Profiler for any Hyperliquid address | Senpi Signals: per asset, the biggest recent moves from wallets with a proven record set against the crowd, scored, with the driver named; Quant Desk: a score over six explained dimensions, a protection audit of the live book and leaks priced in dollars, on any Hyperliquid address, with the method published | Tie |
| Custody | Non-custodial: an embedded Nansen Wallet powered by Privy, one per chain; perps orders carry a builder fee you approve once, capped at 8 bp | Non-custodial embedded wallets with exportable keys; each strategy trades from its own funded strategy wallet, the agent holds no keys, and withdrawals are made by you in the app, behind MFA | Tie |
| Developer surface | A REST API with read and trade endpoints (Solana and Base swaps, the full Hyperliquid perps lifecycle), a 53-tool read-only MCP, an agent-first CLI and x402 pay-per-call | Senpi Connectors over MCP and the open-source Senpi Skills on GitHub for agents and scripts | Tie |
| On-chain analytics across chains | 500M+ labeled addresses, Token God Mode, a token screener, a wallet profiler and Smart Money flows on 18 chains, with smart alerts to Telegram, Slack, Discord or a webhook | Built for Hyperliquid: Signals, Quant Desk and alerts on any wallet you add; no labels or flows on other chains | Nansen |
| Markets | Spot on Solana, Base, BNB, Robinhood and Arc, outcome markets, and Hyperliquid perps, including those of the HIP-3 builder trade[XYZ] | Hyperliquid perps, around the clock: crypto plus the XYZ DEX stocks, pre-IPO names, metals, indices and FX; no spot and no prediction markets | Nansen |
| What it costs | Free plan; Pro $69 a month or $49 billed annually, for full labels and Smart Money, unlimited smart alerts and more AI agent credits; perps pay Hyperliquid’s fee plus a Nansen builder fee of 0.08% unranked, 0.05% at Green tier or on Pro, down to 0.01% at Star tier; spot 0.75% down to 0.10% | Pro $50, Advanced $100, Quant $200 a month with AI credits, after a 14-day free trial; 0% Senpi trading fee on every paid plan, 0.03% on the free trial or without a paid plan; Hyperliquid’s own fees apply on top: 0.015% maker and 0.045% taker at the base tier on crypto perps, less at higher volume, and about 0.009% taker on most XYZ markets (GOLD, MSTR and three others cost 0.09%) (senpi.ai/fees) | - |
Winner column: Senpi, Tie, or - for rows that describe what each product is rather than which is better.
At a glance
Nansen at a glance
An on-chain analytics company that labels more than 500 million addresses and curates Smart Money, the top 5,000 wallets by realised profit, win rate and performance across cycles. Token God Mode, a wallet profiler, screeners, PnL leaderboards and smart alerts cover 18 Smart Money chains, and Hyperliquid has its own label, leaderboards, perp screener and Profiler. Nansen AI, on web, iOS and Android, researches and prepares trades you confirm; you can trade spot on Solana, Base, BNB, Robinhood and Arc and Hyperliquid perps from an embedded Privy wallet. Nansen Points lower trading fees by tier. Free and Pro ($69 a month, $49 annual) plans; a trade-capable API, a read-only MCP and a CLI.
Senpi at a glance
An AI trading agent for Hyperliquid perps. Describe a strategy in plain language and the agent researches the market, writes the rules, shows them to you and runs them 24/7 on a hosted runtime under a deterministic risk harness; or mirror a trader you choose, after it researches their record. Quant Desk scores any Hyperliquid address on six dimensions; Senpi Signals track proven wallets against the crowd. Every strategy built from a rule or a template exits through DSL, a stop that ratchets up as the trade gains, and can carry daily-loss and drawdown halts. Trades crypto perps plus the XYZ DEX stocks, pre-IPO names, metals, indices and FX. Runs on web, iOS, Android, a Chrome extension on 28 sites, and inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Grok Bot, Hermes and Muse. Plans Pro $50, Advanced $100, Quant $200 a month, 0% Senpi trading fee on paid plans. Fund with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through the on-ramp, or with USDC on seven chains. Non-custodial wallets with exportable keys.
Quick verdict
| If you want | Choose |
|---|---|
| An agent that runs your strategy 24/7, not one that asks before every trade | Senpi |
| To copy a Hyperliquid trader you choose, with limits | Senpi |
| DSL on every strategy built from a rule or a template and optional halts per strategy | Senpi |
| To trade from Claude, ChatGPT or Grok, not just read data there | Senpi |
| Wallet labels and token flows across many chains | Nansen |
| Spot tokens and outcome markets next to your perps | Nansen |
What Nansen is built for
The deepest wallet labels
More than 500 million labeled addresses, a curated Smart Money list of 5,000 wallets, funds, whales and public figures, built up over years and across 18 Smart Money chains.
Analytics beyond Hyperliquid
Token God Mode, screeners, PnL leaderboards and smart alerts on Telegram, Slack, Discord or a webhook, for spot tokens on the chains where memecoins and RWAs trade.
More markets in one account
Spot on Solana, Base, BNB, Robinhood and Arc and outcome markets next to Hyperliquid perps, with a builder fee that falls to 0.01% at the top Points tier.
An AI that prepares trades, or one that runs them
Both have an AI agent. What it is allowed to do decides which fits you.
| Criterion | Nansen | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| What the AI does | Researches tokens, wallets and markets across chains, answers questions, and prepares a swap, a rebalance or a position | Researches Hyperliquid, writes a strategy, shows you the rules, then runs it and reports what it did |
| Who sends the orders | You, with “Confirm execution” on every trade, on web and mobile | The agent’s hosted runtime, inside the rules you approved, 24/7; you can also tell it to open, adjust or close |
| Automation | Build it yourself with the trade-capable API or the CLI; no hosted strategies | Hosted strategies from a sentence or a template; no code needed |
| From Claude or ChatGPT | Read-only connectors: ask what Smart Money is buying | Senpi Connectors: research, build, run or close strategies |
Senpi's edge here
Nansen keeps a human on every trade by design, and its agent is a strong research partner across chains. Senpi is for the trader who wants the operating done too: the same approval up front, then an agent that runs and protects the strategy while you are away.
Senpi Signals vs Nansen Smart Money
How each one reads the wallets behind the price.
| Criterion | Nansen | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| The read | Smart Money labels, flows and holdings; Hyperliquid perps leaderboards and a perp screener filtered by Smart Money, whales and top traders | Senpi Signals: per asset, the biggest recent moves from proven wallets set against the broader cohort, scored, with the driver named |
| One wallet in depth | The Hyperliquid Profiler and wallet profiler: positions, trades, PnL and labels for any address | Quant Desk: a score over six explained dimensions, a protection audit of the live book, leaks priced in dollars, on any Hyperliquid address |
| How a wallet qualifies | Manual and automated labels with percentile cutoffs; the Hyperliquid label’s criteria are not published | The Quant Desk scoring method is published |
| Where it reaches you | Web, iOS, Android, smart alerts on Telegram, Slack, Discord or a webhook, and read-only AI connectors | The app, Claude or ChatGPT, the Companion while you read X or TradingView, and inside the agent’s own reads |
Evenly matched
Nansen has the deeper label set and reaches far beyond Hyperliquid. Senpi turns the read into a trade setup and a score you can audit, and its agent can act on it. Use either as a second opinion on the other.
Following traders, and protection once live
What happens after you decide to act on a wallet or an idea.
| Criterion | Nansen | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| Copying a trader | Not in the product; a developer guide shows how to build it on the API | Mirror a trader you choose, after the agent researches their record, 0.1x to 4x, with the fee load checked |
| Exits | Take-profit and stop-loss on each order | DSL on every strategy built from a rule or a template, a stop that ratchets up and never loosens |
| Per-strategy limits | None published beyond the order’s own TP/SL and margin mode | Cooldowns and optional daily-loss and drawdown halts per strategy |
| Alerts | Perps position alerts on any tracked Hyperliquid address, plus token-flow and transfer alerts | Alerts on any wallet you add |
Senpi's edge here
Nansen tells you when a wallet moves; acting on it is a manual trade or your own code. Senpi can follow the wallet for you with a size limit, and every strategy built from a rule or a template carries a ratcheting stop. Neither can promise a fill at a stop’s trigger price.
Markets and cost
Where each one trades and what a month of perps costs.
| Criterion | Nansen | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| Markets | Spot on five chains, outcome markets and Hyperliquid perps, including HIP-3 stocks and commodities | Hyperliquid perps: crypto plus the XYZ DEX stocks, pre-IPO names, metals, indices and FX |
| Price model | Free or Pro ($69 a month, $49 annual) for analytics, plus a builder fee on every trade set by Points tier | Pro $50, Advanced $100, Quant $200 a month; 0% Senpi trading fee |
| Cost of $150K a month of perps | $120 unranked (0.08%); $75 at Green tier or on Pro (0.05%), plus $69 for Pro; $15 at Star tier (0.01%) | $50 on Pro, whatever the volume |
Evenly matched
Nansen reaches more markets: spot tokens, outcome markets and HIP-3 builders Senpi does not trade. Senpi’s flat price with no Senpi fee costs less for an active perps trader below Nansen’s top Points tiers: at 0.05% the lines cross at $100K a month. Hyperliquid’s own fees apply on both.
Where Senpi is stronger
An agent that runs the strategy
Approve the rules once and the agent runs them 24/7 on a hosted runtime, from the app or from Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Grok Bot, Hermes and Muse, with no confirmation needed on each trade.
Copy a trader, with limits
Mirror a trader you choose after the agent researches their record, sized 0.1x to 4x, instead of building a copy bot on an API.
Protection on every strategy
DSL, a stop that ratchets up as the trade gains, on every strategy built from a rule or a template, with cooldowns and optional daily-loss and drawdown halts per strategy, for a flat $50 a month and no Senpi trading fee.
Which should you choose?
Choose Nansen if
- You want wallet labels, token flows and alerts across many chains
- You want to confirm every trade yourself, with an AI as a research partner
- You trade spot tokens or outcome markets as well as perps
Choose Senpi if
- You want an agent that runs your Hyperliquid strategy 24/7 inside rules you approve
- You want to copy a trader you choose, after it researches their record, with limits
- You want DSL on every strategy built from a rule or a template and to trade from Claude, ChatGPT or Grok
Conclusion
Senpi is the operator. It writes a strategy from a sentence, runs it 24/7, exits through DSL on every strategy built from a rule or a template, and takes instructions inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Grok Bot, Hermes and Muse, on your phone, or on the Companion while you read X or TradingView. Nansen AI stops at the suggestion; every trade waits for your click.
Senpi also follows traders for you: pick one, let the agent research their record, and mirror them at 0.1x to 4x. On Nansen, copying a wallet is a manual trade or your own code.
For an active perps trader, Senpi’s flat $50 a month with no Senpi fee costs less than Nansen’s builder fee above $100K a month at the Green or Pro rate, and above about $62K unranked.
Nansen is the better choice for research across chains: the deepest wallet labels in crypto, token flows on 18 chains, smart alerts and spot and outcome markets in one place. Many traders will want both: Nansen to find the wallets, Senpi to act on them.
Frequently asked questions
Nansen or Senpi for trading Hyperliquid with AI?
Pick Senpi if you want an AI agent that runs your strategy 24/7, copies a trader you choose and protects every strategy built from a rule or a template with DSL. Pick Nansen if you want the deepest wallet labels and analytics across chains and an AI that prepares trades you confirm one at a time.
What is Nansen?
Nansen (nansen.ai) is an on-chain analytics company. It labels more than 500 million addresses, curates Smart Money wallets and offers Token God Mode, wallet profilers, screeners and smart alerts. Since 2026 it also has an AI agent, Nansen AI, and trading for spot on five chains and Hyperliquid perps.
What is Nansen AI?
Nansen’s chat agent on web, iOS and Android. It researches tokens, wallets and markets using Nansen’s labels and data and can prepare a swap or a rebalance; every trade waits for you to confirm it. Pro adds more AI agent credits than the free plan.
Can Nansen trade for you automatically?
Not in the app: every trade needs your “Confirm execution”, and its MCP connectors for ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Muse are read-only. Developers can automate trades with Nansen’s API or CLI. Senpi’s agent runs strategies for you inside the rules you approve.
Does Nansen have copy trading?
No copy-trading feature. Nansen’s docs show developers how to build a copy-trading system on its Hyperliquid endpoints, and its guide warns against copying smart money blindly. Senpi mirrors a trader you choose, after the agent researches their record, sized 0.1x to 4x.
What is Nansen Smart Money?
Nansen’s label for what it calls the most successful onchain traders: a curated list of the top 5,000 wallets ranked by realised profit, win rate and performance across cycles, with a separate Smart HL Perps Trader label for Hyperliquid. Senpi’s equivalent read is Senpi Signals, and Quant Desk scores any Hyperliquid address.
What are Nansen’s fees?
Pro is $69 a month or $49 billed annually; there is a free plan. Hyperliquid perps pay Hyperliquid’s fee plus a Nansen builder fee of 0.08% unranked, 0.05% at Green tier or on Pro, down to 0.01% at Star tier. Spot runs 0.75% down to 0.10%. Senpi charges 0% on paid plans from $50 a month.
Can I trade Hyperliquid perps on Nansen?
Yes, since June 2026, from Nansen’s embedded wallet without a separate Hyperliquid account, with market, limit, TWAP and TP/SL orders, including HIP-3 stock and commodity perps.
Can I use Nansen and Senpi together?
Yes. Both are non-custodial and trade on Hyperliquid. A common split is Nansen for research and wallet discovery across chains, and Senpi to run strategies, copy a trader you choose and protect positions while you are away.
Can I run Senpi from Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. Senpi Connectors put your Senpi agent inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Grok Bot, Hermes and Muse: you ask it to research a market, build or edit a strategy, review a wallet or close a position, and it does it on Hyperliquid without you opening the app.
What is DSL?
Senpi’s dynamic stop loss: a stop attached to each position in a strategy Senpi runs, which ratchets up as the trade gains and never loosens, so a winner gives back only part of its gain before it closes. No stop can guarantee a fill at its trigger price.
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