Hyperfolio vs Buildix: PnL Tracker vs Orderflow (2026)

The short answer

Buildix is an orderflow analytics terminal for Hyperliquid — it tells you what the market is doing, with CVD, VPIN, footprint charts and liquidation maps. Hyperfolio is a free portfolio tracker that tells you what your wallet is actually earning: realized and unrealized PnL net of fees and funding, a Smart Money radar and push alerts, with no sign-up and no paid tier. If you want orderflow depth, Buildix is worth a look; if you want to see your real PnL without paying $39/month, Hyperfolio is the answer.

Two different jobs: orderflow vs PnL

Hyperliquid is a fully public blockchain. Every fill, funding payment, deposit and liquidation is on-chain, which is why a whole ecosystem of third-party tools has grown around reading that data. But those tools split into two camps that solve very different problems.

Buildix sits in the first camp: orderflow and entry analysis. It ingests the trade tape and the order book and turns them into CVD (cumulative volume delta), VPIN (toxic-flow probability), OBI, OFI, footprint charts, liquidation heatmaps and whale tracking — the kind of depth institutional desks use to time entries. The second camp is PnL and portfolio tracking: reconstructing a wallet's realized and unrealized profit after fees and funding. That is Hyperfolio's job.

This matters because the two do not overlap. Buildix tells you where to get in. Hyperfolio tells you whether your trades are actually making money. Confusing the two is how traders end up with a beautiful orderflow screen and no idea of their real bottom line.

What Buildix does well

Let's be fair: as an orderflow platform, Buildix is genuinely strong. The free screener covers 230+ Hyperliquid pairs, and its paid tiers unlock 24+ analytical panels per pair — CVD, VPIN, OBI, OFI, footprint, volume profile, TPO market profile, Kyle's Lambda and a liquidation heatmap that plots real on-chain whale liquidation levels directly on the price chart. Its Smart Money Delta splits whale from retail flow, and the Liquidity Magnet predicts which liquidation cluster gets swept next.

It also goes beyond perps: HIP-3 markets (equities, commodities and forex on Hyperliquid), HIP-4 outcome markets with a mispricing screener against Polymarket, a Carry Desk for borrow/lend analytics, bridge-flow tracking for USDC inflows, and a narrative tracker for sector rotation. For a trader whose bottleneck is entry timing and market structure, this is a serious toolkit.

Takeaway: if your entire workflow is "read orderflow and time entries," Buildix is one of the best Hyperliquid-native options — and its free screener is a genuinely useful starting point.

Where Buildix falls short for PnL

The gap appears the moment you stop asking "what is the market doing?" and start asking "what am I earning?". Buildix is not a PnL tracker. It does not reconstruct your realized and unrealized PnL net of Hyperliquid's 0.045% taker / 0.015% maker fees or the hourly funding rate that compounds on overnight positions.

Its closest features to Hyperfolio — the Wallet Explorer and the Smart Money Tracker — sit behind the PRO tier at $39/month. That is the specific wall traders hit: the two things that look like "track my PnL" or "follow smart money" require a paid subscription, and even then the Wallet Explorer is an orderflow-oriented wallet view, not a net-of-fees PnL ledger.

There are two more boundaries worth noting. First, Buildix's alerts are delivered via Telegram, email and in-app and are gated by plan (3 alerts on Starter, 15 on Trader, 30 on Pro, unlimited on Whale) — not the free push notifications Hyperfolio sends even when the app is closed. Second, Buildix has no multi-venue portfolio: it covers Hyperliquid market data, but it does not aggregate Hyperliquid, AsterDEX, Lighter and Robinhood Chain into one equity number.

What Hyperfolio does

Hyperfolio is a free, read-only portfolio and wallet tracker built natively for Hyperliquid. Paste any public wallet address — or open demo mode — and you get live equity, realized and unrealized PnL per position, open perps with leverage and side, and a clean breakdown of fees and funding per wallet. No sign-up, no API keys, no private keys, no paid tier.

Its edge is operational. It covers the full asset surface — perps, spot, staked HYPE and vaults — not just perpetuals. It aggregates Hyperliquid, AsterDEX, Lighter and Robinhood Chain into one equity view, so your real net PnL is never fragmented across tabs. It ships a Smart Money radar that detects live openings from top traders with size filters ($10K, $25K, $50K+ and RWAs), a Top 100 leaderboard by 30-day PnL, and push copy-trading alerts that fire the moment a wallet you follow opens or closes a position — even with the PWA closed. A Perp Calculator, ⌘K global search and one-tap share cards on X round it out.

Head-to-head: Hyperfolio vs Buildix

Here is the quantitative comparison, with pricing and features verified from each tool's own site as of September 2026.

Feature	Hyperfolio	Buildix
Core job	Portfolio & PnL tracking	Orderflow / entry analysis
Price	Free — no paid tier	Free screener + $9/$19/$39/$79/$249 per month
Realized + unrealized PnL per position	Yes, net of fees & funding	No (not a PnL tracker)
Fees & funding breakdown	Yes, per wallet	No
Wallet tracker	Yes, free	Yes, but PRO tier ($39/mo)
Smart Money	Yes, free (radar + size filters)	Yes, but PRO tier ($39/mo)
Alerts	Push, free (even with PWA closed)	Telegram / email / in-app, gated by plan
Multi-venue portfolio	HL + AsterDEX + Lighter + Robinhood Chain	No (Hyperliquid market data only)
Orderflow depth (CVD, VPIN, footprint)	No	Yes — the core strength
Sign-up	None (demo mode)	None for screener; account for paid features

Takeaway: Buildix wins on orderflow and market structure. Hyperfolio wins on the number that matters to your account — real PnL after fees and funding — and it does it free.

Pricing: free vs $39/month for the PnL-adjacent features

The pricing gap is the clearest way to frame this decision. Buildix's free tier is a genuinely capable screener — all pairs, one deep view per day, CVD and volume profile. But every feature that touches your own performance sits higher up the ladder:

• Starter — $9/mo: 5 deep views/day, VPIN, Vault Intelligence, tax export, 3 alerts.
• Trader — $19/mo: unlimited deep views, OBI/OFI/footprint, liquidation maps, HIP-3 markets, cross-exchange, 15 alerts.
• Pro — $39/mo: liquidation heatmap, Smart Money Tracker, Wallet Explorer, liquidity magnet, 30 alerts.
• Whale — $79/mo and API — $249/mo: narrative tracker, Kyle's Lambda, API/webhooks, unlimited alerts.

Hyperfolio, by contrast, is completely free with no subscription and no paid features — funded through Hyperliquid trading referrals, not user fees. If the feature you actually need is "show me my net PnL and let me follow smart money," that is a $39/month question on Buildix and a $0 question on Hyperfolio.

How to choose (by trader profile)

• Orderflow / market-structure trader — you live in the tape and need CVD, VPIN and footprint to time entries. Buildix is excellent here; its free screener is a legit starting point.
• PnL-focused perp trader — you trade Hyperliquid (and AsterDEX) and want to see your real net PnL after fees and funding. Use Hyperfolio — free, read-only, no sign-up.
• Discretionary copy-trader — you follow top wallets and want entry/exit alerts the second they move. Hyperfolio's Smart Money radar and push alerts are built for exactly this.
• Multi-venue trader — positions across Hyperliquid, AsterDEX, Lighter or Robinhood Chain. Hyperfolio folds them into one equity view; Buildix doesn't.

There is no rule against running both. The realistic setup for a serious trader is Buildix for orderflow and Hyperfolio for PnL — but if you only want one, and your goal is knowing whether you are profitable, Hyperfolio is the one that's free and answers the question directly. For the exact math behind net PnL, see our guide to real PnL after fees and funding.

FAQ

Is Buildix a PnL tracker?

No. Buildix is an orderflow analytics terminal — CVD, VPIN, footprint, liquidation maps and whale tracking. It does not reconstruct your realized and unrealized PnL net of fees and funding.

Is Buildix free?

The screener is free (all pairs, one deep view per day). Wallet Explorer, Smart Money Tracker and liquidation heatmaps require the Pro tier at $39/month, with higher tiers up to $249/month for API access.

Which tool shows my real Hyperliquid PnL after fees and funding?

Hyperfolio. Paste any wallet (or use demo mode) and it shows realized and unrealized PnL per position, with a per-wallet breakdown of fees and funding — free, no sign-up, no private keys.

Can I follow smart money for free?

Yes, on Hyperfolio. The Smart Money radar surfaces live openings from top traders with $10K/$25K/$50K+ filters, and push alerts fire when a followed wallet opens or closes a position — no subscription.

Does Buildix track AsterDEX or other venues?

No. Buildix is Hyperliquid-only market data. Hyperfolio aggregates Hyperliquid, AsterDEX, Lighter and Robinhood Chain into a single equity view.

Track your real PnL for free today

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