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SolanaFM vs Starkscan

A detailed head-to-head comparison of SolanaFM and Starkscan — pricing, features, and which one wins for different use cases.

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SolanaFM

Developer-friendly Solana explorer with rich transaction decoding

4.3(167)

SolanaFM is a Solana block explorer built with developers in mind, known for turning Solana's notoriously complex transactions into human-readable, well-decoded views. Solana transactions can bundle m

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Starkscan

Feature-rich block explorer for Starknet

4.2(112)

Starkscan is a leading block explorer for Starknet, the ZK-rollup layer-2 that uses the Cairo programming language and STARK proofs rather than the EVM. Because Starknet is architecturally different f

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Feature Comparison

FeatureSolanaFMStarkscan
Transaction History
Contract Verification
Token Tracking
Nft Tracking
Api Access
Multi Chain Support
Gas Tracker
Source Code Viewer
Address Labels
Private Notes

SolanaFM Pricing

SolanaFM

Free

Free

  • Full Solana explorer
  • Rich transaction decoding
  • Token + NFT tracking
  • Program/account inspection
  • Developer API (paid tiers)
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Starkscan Pricing

Starkscan

Free

Free

  • Full Starknet explorer
  • Cairo contract inspection
  • Account-abstraction tx decoding
  • Token + NFT tracking
  • Contract class exploration
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Verdict: Which Should You Choose?

SolanaFM is the better pick if you need best-in-class decoding of complex solana transactions. Starkscan wins when purpose-built for starknet's cairo/stark architecture. Both are production-ready — the right choice depends on your team's workflow and budget.