LFG Launchpad vs. Jup Studio: What's the deal?

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Hey Jupiter Crew,
I’m curious about how Jupiter LFG Launchpad and Jup Studio differ for project launches on Solana. Here’s what I’ve pieced together. Want your take!

Jupiter LFG Launchpad

  1. Community-token launched using DLMM for fair pricing/liquidity.
  2. Process: Forum post :right_arrow: candidacy :right_arrow: $JUP DAO vote :right_arrow: launch (2 projects/month).
  3. Perks: Ties to Jupiter Exchange, Mentorship; launched $WEN (78 projects, $1.2B TVL in 2025).
  4. seems like: The go-to for big, community-vetted projects.

Jup Studio

  1. Maybe a dev hub for DEFI stuff (e.g., Jupiter Terminal/APIs)? Not a launchpad.
  2. No DAO voting; likely direct work with Jupiter team.
  3. Seems like: For pre-launch dev or smaller projects, but it’s vague.

Questions

  1. Anyone used Jup Studio? How’s it compare to LFG?
  2. How does Jup Studio support projects compare to LFG’s process?
  3. Which do you think is better for different types of projects?

**Just Exploring here, hit me with your insights! :rocket: **

cheers :clinking_glasses:
@Jeidel04

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I think LFG come with Dao decision whether to allowed certain protocols to use Jupiter launchpad with community influence or invest in it while jupstudio is just tools that allow every creators to easily launch their meme tokens.

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Thanks for the comment GREATNEZZ! You’re right that LFG involves more DAO/community decisions on who gets access, kind of like a gatekeeper with aligned incentives. While Jup Studio, on the other hand, is more open and tool-based anyone can launch.
It’s interesting how they serve different vibes but both help expand the ecosystem.
Do you think one approach works better for long-term quality control?

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In my opinion but approach work for long-term alignment, interm of jupstudio it generate more fee revenue for Jup buy back for future community initiative and incentives while the LFG launchpad is mainly used for standard projects launch example like cloud, Zeus and huma finance launched. Those project are well establish protocols unlike memes launches that only work with threads. LFG will go along way interm of future alignment while jupstudio may later decline in usage when traders loses alot of fund without getting any incentives to cover their loses like example of pump.fun platform. LFG is more safe to invest for long-term projects to jupstudio.

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Good points :orange_heart: LFG definitely feels safer and more aligned for long-term plays, with solid project launches like Zeus and Huma.
Jup Studio opens the door for creativity, but yeah, without incentives or safety nets, it risks a pump.fun-like decline.
Maybe both can work side by side with clear use cases.

Thanks for you input :cat_with_wry_smile::handshake:t5:

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It’s good you bring this up.
Yes it’s clear what LFG Launchpad is (it’s a version of Binance Launchpad with more community governance) but Jup Studio is potentially more nuanced.

At it’s core it’s Pump, but Pump v2 is a social network. That’s what they’re building over there. They’ve not been shy at all in the last 12 months (either the team or their investors) in saying so either. They have dropped a lot of money into their streaming product for example.

So what differentiates Jup Studio from a white labelled LaunchLab (e.g., LetsBonk)?
That is a good question to ask.
It’s hard to join the dots between creative projects and launching tokens that wither and die within weeks/months of inception. Imagine if Facebook/Twitter/etc.. had launched with the design that you’d launch multiple accounts and stop posting on them a few weeks after you made them to launch new accounts. It would’ve completely flopped. But yet this is the model all token launchers think is the winning strategy; a thin layer of active tokens covering a deep well of completely dead assets.

If Jup Studio can somehow figure out how to launch many tokens from a single profile and have them stay relevant, then that’s something.

At the other extreme to Jup Studio you have something like Zora. Every single post is a token. That means accounts can launch many many tokens but that makes sense as each is a piece of social content. Liquidity is beyond fragmented, but that’s not really the point here. I’m not saying it’s necessarily working out just yet but Zora is something new where all other token launchers (Jup Studio included) are just rehashes of Pump v1.