What is the difference between DeFi fees and revenue?

Fees are the total amount users pay to use a protocol; revenue is the portion the protocol (or its token holders) actually keeps after paying out to liquidity providers. Both are key fundamentals for valuing a DeFi token.

Where can I get DEX volume data without an API key?

foXLabs' DeFi Volume, Fees & Revenue actor on Apify wraps the free DefiLlama API and exports DEX volume, fees, revenue and TVL leaderboards as CSV/JSON — no API key and no proxy required.

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DeFi DEX volume, fees & revenue data

If you research DeFi tokens, three numbers tell you more than the price chart: how much volume a protocol does, how much in fees it generates, and how much revenue it actually keeps. Together they're the fundamentals behind every "is this token over- or under-valued?" question.

Volume, fees, revenue and TVL — what each tells you

DEX volume — how much trading flows through a decentralized exchange. The clearest measure of real usage.
Fees — total paid by users to use the protocol. High and growing fees mean real demand.
Revenue — the slice the protocol keeps after paying liquidity providers. This is what accrues to the token / treasury.
TVL — total value locked, the capital sitting in the protocol. Context for the numbers above.

Tracked over 24h / 7d / 30d with growth percentages, these reveal which protocols and which chains are gaining or fading — before it shows up in the token price.

Get the leaderboards as clean data

foXLabs publishes DeFi DEX Volume, Fees & Revenue on Apify — four leaderboards from one actor, built on the free DefiLlama API:

Pick a dataset: DEX volume, fees, revenue or TVL.
Filter by chain (Ethereum, Solana, Base, BSC…) and category; sort by 24h/7d/30d size or growth.
No API key, no proxy — runs in seconds, exports JSON/CSV/Excel.
Schedule it hourly/daily for a live DeFi dataset into a sheet, dashboard or bot.

Pull the DeFi leaderboards. DEX volume, protocol fees, revenue and TVL — filtered by chain, sorted by growth, as clean CSV/Excel.

Run DeFi Volume & Fees on Apify →

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between fees and revenue?

Fees are what users pay in total; revenue is what the protocol keeps after paying liquidity providers. Revenue is the number that accrues to the token or treasury, so it's the better valuation input.

Can I get this data without an API key?

Yes — the actor wraps the free DefiLlama API, so there's no key, no proxy and no rate-limit setup. You just pick a dataset and filters and export.