DeFi Yield APY Scanner — Best Stablecoin & ETH Yields Live

DeFi Yield Scanner — Find the Best APY Across 17,000+ Pools

The most comprehensive DeFi yield scanner for crypto yield farming opportunities — scan 17,000+ pools across 500+ chains and 1,000+ protocols including Aave, Uniswap, Lido, Compound, and Curve. Get risk-adjusted APY, position sizing guidance, sustainability scores, and gas breakeven analysis in every result. Powered by DefiLlama. No API key required.

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What does DeFi Yield Scanner do?

DeFi Yield Scanner is an Apify Actor that indexes the entire DefiLlama yield universe — 17,000+ pools across 500+ chains — and returns a ranked, enriched dataset based on your filters. Unlike raw APY tracker tools, this Actor computes risk-adjusted APY for every pool by factoring in impermanent loss exposure, smart contract risk (TVL proxy), and liquidity depth. It also calculates a yield sustainability score (0–100) that distinguishes real protocol fees from inflationary token emissions, an optimal position size recommendation, and a gas breakeven estimate showing how many days it takes to recover entry costs on a $10K position. Whether you are chasing the highest stablecoin crypto yield farming returns or building an automated rebalancer, this Actor gives you the structured data to act — not just browse.

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Why use DeFi Yield Scanner?

DeFi investors, treasury managers, and yield optimization bots use this Actor because raw APY numbers lie — this one explains them:

• Risk-adjusted ranking — risk_adjusted_apy compares pools fairly after penalizing for IL risk, smart contract exposure, and thin liquidity. Stop chasing 500% APY on a $50K TVL pool nobody else trusts.
• Sustainable yield vs. inflation — yield_sustainability_score tells you whether the yield is real (fees, lending spreads) or pure token printing. High score = durable. Low score = farm-and-dump.
• Automated rebalancing — Schedule daily runs, filter is_stable_yield == true and risk_adjusted_apy > threshold, and pipe results to your execution layer.
• Gas breakeven filter — breakeven_days_at_gas_cost cuts the noise. Skip any pool where gas costs take more than 30 days to recover on your position size.
• Cross-chain opportunity discovery — One query covers Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Solana, Polygon, and 495+ more chains simultaneously. No manual tab-switching.
• Impermanent loss filtering — Set noIlRisk: true to return only single-asset strategies, protecting capital during volatile markets.

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How to use DeFi Yield Scanner

1. Click Try for free on the Apify Store listing.
2. Configure your strategy:
   • Stablecoin-only, no IL risk, minimum 5% APY → set stablecoinOnly: true, noIlRisk: true, minApy: 5.
   • Top TVL pools for safety → set sortBy: "tvl", minTvlUsd: 100000000.
   • Monitor a specific protocol → set protocols: ["aave"].
3. Click Start — results arrive in under 90 seconds.
4. Download as JSON or CSV, or query via the Apify dataset API.
5. For continuous monitoring, click Schedule (daily or weekly recommended for yield optimization).

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
chains	string[]	[] (all)	Filter by chain: Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Solana, etc.
protocols	string[]	[] (all)	Filter by protocol slug: aave, lido, uniswap-v3, etc.
minApy	number	3	Minimum APY % threshold
maxApy	number	200	Maximum APY % cap. Set 0 for no cap.
minTvlUsd	number	1000000	Minimum pool TVL in USD
stablecoinOnly	boolean	false	Return only stablecoin pools
noIlRisk	boolean	false	Exclude pools with impermanent loss risk
sortBy	string	"apy"	apy, tvl, or apy_30d_mean
limit	integer	100	Maximum results returned (up to 5,000)

Example — Best stablecoin yields, no IL risk:

{
  "chains": ["Ethereum", "Base"],
  "minApy": 5,
  "maxApy": 50,
  "minTvlUsd": 5000000,
  "stablecoinOnly": true,
  "noIlRisk": true,
  "sortBy": "apy",
  "limit": 20
}

Example — Top TVL anchor pools:

{"minApy": 1, "minTvlUsd": 100000000, "sortBy": "tvl", "limit": 50}

Example — Aave + Compound monitoring:

{"protocols": ["aave", "compound"], "minApy": 2, "sortBy": "apy_30d_mean"}

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Output

Each record represents one yield pool with full analytics:

{
  "rank": 1,
  "pool_id": "747c1d2a-c668-4682-b9f9-296708a3dd90",
  "project": "aave-v3",
  "chain": "Ethereum",
  "symbol": "USDC",
  "apy": 8.42,
  "apy_base": 5.21,
  "apy_reward": 3.21,
  "apy_30d_mean": 7.85,
  "tvl_usd": 842000000,
  "stablecoin": true,
  "il_risk": "no",
  "exposure": "single",
  "risk_adjusted_apy": 5.90,
  "yield_sustainability_score": 72,
  "optimal_position_size_usd": 100000,
  "breakeven_days_at_gas_cost": 43.4,
  "is_stable_yield": true,
  "protocol_risk_score": 25,
  "defillama_url": "https://defillama.com/yields/pool/747c1d2a-..."
}

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Data fields

Core APY fields

Field	Description
apy	Current APY — base + reward combined
apy_base	APY from protocol fees or lending spreads
apy_reward	Additional incentive token APY
apy_30d_mean	30-day average APY — more reliable than spot for crypto yield farming decisions
apy_7d_change	7-day APY change
il_risk	"no" = single-asset, no impermanent loss; "yes" = LP pair with IL exposure
stablecoin	True if underlying is a stablecoin
exposure	"single" = one asset; "multi" = LP pair

Risk and analytics fields

Field	Description
risk_adjusted_apy	APY adjusted for IL risk, smart contract exposure, and liquidity depth. The fairest cross-pool comparison metric for the DeFi yield scanner.
yield_sustainability_score	0–100 score. High = yield primarily from fees/lending (durable). Low = inflationary token emissions (volatile).
optimal_position_size_usd	Recommended USD size = min(TVL × 1%, $100K). Keeps you under 1% of pool to avoid slippage impact.
breakeven_days_at_gas_cost	Days to recover $100 round-trip gas on a $10K position. Filter out pools where this exceeds 90.
is_stable_yield	True if over 60% of APY comes from base lending or fee rates rather than reward tokens.
protocol_risk_score	0–100 composite risk (lower = safer). Based on TVL size, APY composition, IL risk, and outlier flags.
protocol_dominance_in_category	Pool TVL as % of total TVL in the same protocol. High = dominant, liquid pool.
apy_rank_in_chain	APY rank within the same chain. 1 = highest DeFi yield in that chain.

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Cost estimation

Pricing is Pay-Per-Event at $0.001 per pool returned.

Use case	Pools returned	Estimated cost
Top 20 stablecoin pools	20	$0.02
Top 100 pools (default)	100	$0.10
Full 5,000-pool scan	5,000	$5.00
Daily monitoring (100 pools)	100/day × 30	$3.00/month

A daily DeFi yield scanner run covering 100 pools costs $3/month — far less than missing a yield rotation.

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FAQ

Why not just use DefiLlama directly? DefiLlama's website is excellent for manual browsing. This Actor solves the automation problem: you get programmatic API access, complex multi-field filtering, risk-adjusted APY metrics that DefiLlama does not expose, and the ability to schedule runs, store results, and pipe outputs into your own bots or dashboards.

What does "sustainable yield" actually mean? yield_sustainability_score measures what fraction of a pool's APY comes from real protocol activity (lending spreads, trading fees) versus newly minted reward tokens. Token rewards can disappear overnight; fee-based yield persists as long as users keep using the protocol.

How do I avoid impermanent loss? Set noIlRisk: true. This filters to single-asset pools (lending, staking, liquid staking) where you deposit one asset and withdraw the same asset — no IL possible.

Disclaimer: This DeFi yield scanner provides crypto yield farming data for informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial advice. DeFi protocols carry smart contract risk, liquidity risk, oracle risk, and governance risk. APY figures are historical and do not guarantee future returns. Always conduct your own research and never deposit more than you can afford to lose.

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Live Sample Run

A real run executed on 2026-06-10:

Field	Value
Items in dataset	100
Dataset (JSON)	https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/cw5wlr4aGu5JFWX7Z/items?clean=1&format=json
Dataset (CSV)	https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/cw5wlr4aGu5JFWX7Z/items?clean=1&format=csv
Run summary (KVS)	https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/8HDW9oBXDbf4AEjPX/records/SUMMARY
Run details	https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-runs/zE6hzp8jdTVOfd75m

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