Ambient Alternatives: Similar DEX Protocols Compared

Ambient carries a risk grade of B (24/100) and ranks #13 of 112 rated DEX protocols. Below are 111 DEX protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 12 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Ambient, and 99 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Phoenix (B+, 16/100 — 8 points safer than Ambient). See the Ambient vs Phoenix comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Ambient logo
Ambient

DEX

Risk

B

Value

C

TVL

$3M

Safety analysis →Investment analysis →
AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Phoenix logoPhoenixSafer
B+
D+
$28,000
2Uniswap V2 logoUniswap V2Safer
B+
B
$905M
3Uniswap V3 logoUniswap V3Safer
B+
B+
$1.7B
4Stellar DEX logoStellar DEXSafer
B+
C+
$16M
5XRPL DEX logoXRPL DEXSafer
B+
C+
$36M
6PancakeSwap StableSwap logoPancakeSwap StableSwapSafer
B
B
$17M
7DeepBook V3 logoDeepBook V3Safer
B
C-
$15M
8Loopring logoLoopringSafer
B
C-
$10M
9SUNSwap V2 logoSUNSwap V2Safer
B
D+
$240M
10Camelot logoCamelotSafer
B
B-
$20M
11Shadow Exchange logoShadow ExchangeSafer
B
C+
$2M
12Velodrome V3 logoVelodrome V3Safer
B
C
$24M
13PancakeSwap logoPancakeSwap
B
B-
$1.8B
14Trader Joe logoTrader Joe
B
C
$18M
15Velodrome logoVelodrome
B
B-
$24M
16Balancer V3 logoBalancer V3
B
C
$80M
17PancakeSwap Infinity logoPancakeSwap Infinity
B
B
$77M
18SwapX logoSwapX
B
C
$99,000
19CoW Protocol logoCoW Protocol
B
C+
$50M
20Curve Finance logoCurve Finance
B
B
$1.6B
21Frax Swap logoFrax Swap
B
C-
$13M
22Joe DEX logoJoe DEX
B
C-
$13M
23PancakeSwap AMM V3 logoPancakeSwap AMM V3
B
C+
$330M
24QuickSwap DEX logoQuickSwap DEX
B
D+
$399M
25SpookySwap logoSpookySwap
B
D
$1M
26Turbos Finance logoTurbos Finance
B
C-
$4M
27Velodrome V2 logoVelodrome V2
B
C+
$13M
28Verus Market logoVerus Market
B
D+
$8M
29LumenSwap logoLumenSwap
B
D
$6M
30Orca logoOrca
B
C+
$260M
31Osmosis logoOsmosis
B
C+
$18M
32ApeSwap AMM logoApeSwap AMM
B-
D
$10M
33Katana DEX logoKatana DEX
B-
D+
$10M
34Rhea Dex logoRhea Dex
B-
D+
$33M
35Aerodrome V1 logoAerodrome V1
B-
C+
$139M
36FlowX Finance logoFlowX Finance
B-
C-
$351,000
37SaucerSwap V1 logoSaucerSwap V1
B-
D+
$12M
38SyncSwap logoSyncSwap
B-
D
$9M
39Aerodrome logoAerodrome
B-
B
$397M
40Astroport logoAstroport
B-
C-
$11M
41Kodiak logoKodiak
B-
C
$29M
42Merchant Moe logoMerchant Moe
B-
C
$340,000
43SUNSwap V3 logoSUNSwap V3
B-
C-
$111M
44Hydration DEX logoHydration DEX
B-
D+
$34M
45Manifest Trade logoManifest Trade
B-
D-
$15M
461inch logo1inch
B-
B-
$3M
47Aquarius Stellar logoAquarius Stellar
B-
C-
$32M
48Beets (Beethoven X) logoBeets (Beethoven X)
B-
C+
$1M
49Etherex CL logoEtherex CL
B-
C-
$3M
50Uniswap V4 logoUniswap V4
B-
B
$726M
51Byreal logoByreal
B-
D+
$16M
52Chainflip logoChainflip
B-
C
$1M
53FstSwap logoFstSwap
B-
D
$14M
54Maverick Protocol logoMaverick Protocol
B-
D
$946,000
55MerlinSwap logoMerlinSwap
B-
D-
$8M
56Swaap Maker V2 logoSwaap Maker V2
B-
D+
$4M
57Valantis STEX logoValantis STEX
B-
D+
$19M
58Aftermath Finance logoAftermath Finance
B-
C-
$3M
59Meteora DAMM V2 logoMeteora DAMM V2
B-
C+
$33M
60STON.fi logoSTON.fi
B-
C
$32M
61Lighter logoLighter
C+
D-
—
62Meteora DAMM V1 logoMeteora DAMM V1
C+
C
$21M
63Minswap logoMinswap
C+
C-
$31M
64Raydium logoRaydium
C+
C+
$1.0B
65SaucerSwap V2 logoSaucerSwap V2
C+
C-
$21M
66Thala logoThala
C+
D+
$8M
67Gala Swap logoGala Swap
C+
D+
$7M
68Thena logoThena
C+
C
$200M
69DefiTuna AMM logoDefiTuna AMM
C+
C+
$286,000
70DODO AMM logoDODO AMM
C+
D
$12M
71Meteora logoMeteora
C+
C-
$194M
72SUNSwap V1 logoSUNSwap V1
C+
C-
$66M
73SushiSwap logoSushiSwap
C+
C+
$38M
74Futarchy AMM logoFutarchy AMM
C+
C
$13M
75Hydrex Integral logoHydrex Integral
C+
D+
$8M
76Nado Spot logoNado Spot
C+
D+
$55M
77Pharaoh V3 logoPharaoh V3
C+
B-
$35M
78Project X logoProject X
C+
D-
$43M
79PumpSwap logoPumpSwap
C+
C-
$232M
80VVS Standard logoVVS Standard
C+
D+
$116M
81SushiSwap V3 logoSushiSwap V3
C+
D-
$55M
82Blackhole CLMM logoBlackhole CLMM
C+
D
$26M
83Bluefin Spot logoBluefin Spot
C+
D+
$18M
84Chainge Finance logoChainge Finance
C+
D+
$12M
85Ekubo logoEkubo
C+
B-
$25M
86Hyperliquid Spot Orderbook logoHyperliquid Spot Orderbook
C+
C+
$151M
87Kumbaya logoKumbaya
C+
F
$25M
88Ring Few logoRing Few
C+
C-
$35M
89Hyperion logoHyperion
C+
C-
$15M
90Jupiter logoJupiter
C+
B-
$14
91Momentum logoMomentum
C+
C-
$7M
92Saphyre V3 logoSaphyre V3
C+
D-
$16M
93Yield Basis logoYield Basis
C+
D
$139M
94SparkDex V3 logoSparkDex V3
C
C-
$4,000
95Bancor V3 logoBancor V3
C
D-
$20M
96Serum logoSerum
C
F
$15M
97Fjord Foundry logoFjord Foundry
C
C
$30M
98IDEX V1 logoIDEX V1
C
D+
$32M
99Magma Finance logoMagma Finance
C
C-
$114,000
100Agni Finance logoAgni Finance
C
D
$23M
101Dswap logoDswap
C
F
$240M
102PulseX V2 logoPulseX V2
C
D-
$18M
103Balancer logoBalancer
C
C+
$80M
104PulseX V1 logoPulseX V1
C
D-
$19M
105Balancer V2 logoBalancer V2
C-
D-
$32M
106Orderly Network logoOrderly Network
C-
C+
$270,000
107WOOFi logoWOOFi
C-
D+
$98,000
108ALEX Lab logoALEX Lab
C-
D
$1M
109Cetus Protocol logoCetus Protocol
C-
D-
$31M
110TrustedVolumes logoTrustedVolumes
D+
D
—
111THORChain logoTHORChain
D
B
$70M
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