Aave V3 Alternatives: Similar Lending Protocols Compared

Aave V3 carries a risk grade of C- (53/100) and ranks #85 of 90 rated Lending protocols. Below are 89 Lending protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 84 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Aave V3, and 5 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Tectonic (B, 22/100 — 31 points safer than Aave V3). See the Aave V3 vs Tectonic comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Lending

Risk

C-

Value

B+

TVL

$13.9B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

B

D-

$122M

2

Exactly ProtocolSafer

B

C

$3M

3

B

D-

$26M

4

B

D+

$73M

5

Colend ProtocolSafer

B

C-

$2M

6

B

C-

$11M

7

Bonzo FinanceSafer

B-

D+

$16M

8

Flux FinanceSafer

B-

F

$42M

9

Notional FinanceSafer

B-

C+

$3M

10

B-

D+

$22M

11

Aave AptosSafer

B-

B

$10M

12

BenqiSafer

B-

B-

$113M

13

Compound V3Safer

B-

B

$1.4B

14

B-

C

$29M

15

B-

D

$354M

16

Ionic ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$2M

17

B-

D-

$46M

18

Silo FinanceSafer

B-

C+

$28M

19

Blend Pools V2Safer

B-

D

$111M

20

B-

D+

$16M

21

B-

D-

$61M

22

Lista LendingSafer

B-

C

$582M

23

B-

C

$36M

24

Spark ProtocolSafer

B-

B

$3.6B

25

Tropykus RSKSafer

B-

D-

$10M

26

TydroSafer

B-

D

$209M

27

B-

C-

$15M

28

B-

C

$6.6B

29

SaveSafer

B-

C-

$81M

30

Seamless ProtocolSafer

B-

C

$19M

31

B-

C-

$28M

32

B-

B

$136M

33

Ajna ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$587,000

34

BENDSafer

B-

D

$11M

35

Aries MarketsSafer

B-

C+

$10M

36

B-

C-

$139M

37

FluidSafer

B-

C+

$746M

38

B-

C+

$34M

39

Gearbox ProtocolSafer

B-

C+

$33M

40

Joule FinanceSafer

B-

D-

$262,000

41

B-

C+

$147M

42

B-

C-

$79,490

43

B-

D+

$1M

44

Inverse Finance FiRMSafer

B-

D+

$23M

45

B-

C-

$38M

46

EtherFi Borrowing MarketSafer

C+

C

$166M

47

Folks Finance LendingSafer

C+

C-

$28M

48

C+

C-

$582M

49

Navi ProtocolSafer

C+

C-

$162M

50

C+

C-

$4M

51

Curve LlamalendSafer

C+

B

$72M

52

Echo LendingSafer

C+

D-

$144M

53

FiraSafer

C+

D+

$11M

54

C+

D

$3.6B

55

Kamino FinanceSafer

C+

C+

$1.5B

56

C+

C-

$40M

57

Taker ProtocolSafer

C+

D-

$50M

58

Vaulta REXSafer

C+

C

$34M

59

Jupiter LendSafer

C+

B-

$885M

60

Templar ProtocolSafer

C+

D-

$21M

61

VesuSafer

C+

D-

$23M

62

Compound V2Safer

C+

C-

$139M

63

C+

C-

$66M

64

ZestSafer

C+

C-

$83M

65

C+

C+

$50M

66

Folks Finance xChainSafer

C+

C

$11M

67

3jane LendingSafer

C+

D

$150,325

68

Avalon LabsSafer

C+

C-

$3M

69

Hydration LendingSafer

C+

D+

$38M

70

C+

C-

$26M

71

C+

C-

$68M

72

AnvilSafer

C

C-

$20M

73

MetalX LendingSafer

C

D

$32M

74

Wildcat ProtocolSafer

C

C-

$14M

75

Euler FinanceSafer

C

C+

$337M

76

HypurrFi PooledSafer

C

D+

$31M

77

Ion ProtocolSafer

C

B-

$30,000

78

C

D+

$48M

79

Nostra FinanceSafer

C

C+

$55M

80

Alpaca Finance 2.0Safer

C

D-

$13M

81

Native Credit PoolSafer

C

D+

$41M

82

Amber FinanceSafer

C

D-

$157,000

83

C

D-

$86M

84

Venus ProtocolSafer

C

C+

$1.2B

85

C-

C

$1.6B

86

D+

D

$50,000

87

Radiant Capital

D+

F

$2M

88

D+

C

$8M

89

D+

D-

$10M

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