Aave V3 Alternatives: Similar Lending Protocols Compared

Aave V3 carries a risk grade of C- (51/100) and ranks #89 of 95 rated Lending protocols. Below are 94 Lending protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 88 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Aave V3, and 6 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Tectonic (B, 22/100 — 29 points safer than Aave V3). See the Aave V3 vs Tectonic comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Lending

Risk

C-

Value

B+

TVL

$13.4B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

B

D-

$122M

2

Exactly ProtocolSafer

B

C

$3M

3

B

D+

$70M

4

B

D-

$8M

5

Bonzo FinanceSafer

B

D+

$16M

6

B

D

$477M

7

B

C-

$11M

8

B

D-

$84M

9

Compound V3Safer

B-

B

$1.2B

10

Flux FinanceSafer

B-

F

$42M

11

Notional FinanceSafer

B-

C+

$3M

12

Spark ProtocolSafer

B-

B

$3.3B

13

Tropykus RSKSafer

B-

D-

$8M

14

Aave AptosSafer

B-

B

$2M

15

BenqiSafer

B-

B-

$114M

16

Ionic ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$2M

17

TydroSafer

B-

D

$185M

18

Blend Pools V2Safer

B-

D

$128M

19

B-

C

$18M

20

Lista LendingSafer

B-

C

$615M

21

Silo FinanceSafer

B-

C+

$19M

22

Colend ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$1M

23

B-

C+

$30M

24

B-

D+

$15M

25

SaveSafer

B-

C-

$75M

26

B-

C-

$8M

27

BENDSafer

B-

D

$12M

28

B-

C

$36M

29

B-

C

$7.5B

30

B-

D+

$21M

31

B-

C-

$3.3B

32

B-

C-

$18M

33

Aries MarketsSafer

B-

C+

$6M

34

B-

C-

$156M

35

Kamino LendSafer

B-

C+

$1.3B

36

B-

D

$3.6B

37

B-

D-

$54M

38

B-

C-

$45M

39

Seamless ProtocolSafer

B-

C

$14M

40

B-

C+

$138M

41

B-

C-

$4M

42

B-

B

$122M

43

Ajna ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$476,000

44

B-

C-

$34M

45

B-

D+

$1M

46

Echo LendingSafer

B-

D-

$127M

47

Folks Finance LendingSafer

B-

C-

$29M

48

Joule FinanceSafer

B-

D-

$216,000

49

FiraSafer

C+

D+

$9M

50

FluidSafer

C+

C+

$794M

51

Gearbox ProtocolSafer

C+

C+

$22M

52

Inverse Finance FiRMSafer

C+

D+

$23M

53

C+

C-

$615M

54

Navi ProtocolSafer

C+

C-

$159M

55

EtherFi Borrowing MarketSafer

C+

C

$165M

56

Curve LlamalendSafer

C+

B

$68M

57

Jupiter LendSafer

C+

B-

$921M

58

C+

C-

$36M

59

Taker ProtocolSafer

C+

D-

$50M

60

Vaulta REXSafer

C+

C

$30M

61

Kamino FinanceSafer

C+

C+

$1.3B

62

C+

C-

$31M

63

Compound V2Safer

C+

C-

$118M

64

Templar ProtocolSafer

C+

D-

$23M

65

ZestSafer

C+

C-

$87M

66

C+

C

$331M

67

Hydration LendingSafer

C+

D+

$36M

68

C+

C-

$25M

69

C+

B

$72M

70

AnvilSafer

C+

C-

$16M

71

Avalon LabsSafer

C+

C-

$1M

72

C+

C+

$59M

73

Folks Finance xChainSafer

C+

C

$9M

74

MetalX LendingSafer

C

D

$32M

75

VesuSafer

C

D-

$19M

76

HypurrFi PooledSafer

C

D+

$15M

77

C

C-

$113M

78

3jane LendingSafer

C

D

$88,000

79

Euler FinanceSafer

C

C+

$331M

80

Ion ProtocolSafer

C

B-

$30,000

81

Alpaca Finance 2.0Safer

C

D-

$13M

82

C

D+

$48M

83

Wildcat ProtocolSafer

C

C-

$10M

84

Native Credit PoolSafer

C

D+

$36M

85

C

D-

$86M

86

Nostra FinanceSafer

C

C+

$55M

87

Venus ProtocolSafer

C

C+

$1.1B

88

Amber FinanceSafer

C

D-

$0

89

C-

C

$2.0B

90

C-

D+

$19M

91

D+

D

$50,000

92

Radiant Capital

D+

F

$1M

93

D+

C

$7M

94

D+

D-

$10M

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