2 posts tagged with "jupiter"

Orca's current Autoswap documentation shows a meaningful product shift. Autoswap no longer feels like a small convenience feature for topping up a position. It now pulls competitive quotes from multiple supported aggregators, lets the LP choose which one to use, bundles the swap and deposit into a single flow, and falls back to a backup route if one option is unavailable.

That matters because it pushes Orca further away from the old "DEX screen plus LP tab" model and closer to something more valuable: an LP service layer built around Whirlpool positions.

When you swap SOL, USDC, or mSOL on Orca, you know exactly what you're paying. The fee structure is transparent, predictable, and fair-especially for the common trades that most users make every day. Orca's fee settings have never been an issue for these standard pairs.

Meanwhile, aggregators like Jupiter (jup.ag) have been layering hidden fees, integrator cuts, and priority tips on top of swaps, making the effective cost to users orders of magnitude higher than Solana's minuscule base fees. Let's break down why Orca's approach is better-and why Jupiter's fee mechanics are ripping people off.