Ambient Alternatives: Similar DEX Protocols Compared

Ambient carries a risk grade of B (25/100) and ranks #15 of 116 rated DEX protocols. Below are 115 DEX protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 14 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Ambient, and 101 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Phoenix (A-, 14/100 — 11 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

$2M

Safety analysis →Investment analysis →
AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Phoenix logoPhoenixSafer
A-
D+
$7,000
2Stellar DEX logoStellar DEXSafer
B+
C+
$13M
3Uniswap V2 logoUniswap V2Safer
B+
B
$791M
4XRPL DEX logoXRPL DEXSafer
B+
C+
$29M
5Balancer V3 logoBalancer V3Safer
B
C
$26M
6PancakeSwap StableSwap logoPancakeSwap StableSwapSafer
B
B
$4M
7Camelot logoCamelotSafer
B
B-
$14M
8DeepBook V3 logoDeepBook V3Safer
B
C-
$12M
9SUNSwap V2 logoSUNSwap V2Safer
B
D+
$240M
10CoW Protocol logoCoW ProtocolSafer
B
C+
$50M
11PancakeSwap logoPancakeSwapSafer
B
B-
$1.7B
12Tokenlon logoTokenlonSafer
B
C+
$508,000
13Uniswap V3 logoUniswap V3Safer
B
B+
$1.5B
14Joe DEX logoJoe DEXSafer
B
C-
$9M
15ApeSwap AMM logoApeSwap AMM
B
D
$8M
16Frax Swap logoFrax Swap
B
C-
$9M
17Katana DEX logoKatana DEX
B
D+
$8M
18Osmosis logoOsmosis
B
C+
$12M
19PancakeSwap Infinity logoPancakeSwap Infinity
B
B
$76M
20SwapX logoSwapX
B
C
$33,000
21Trader Joe logoTrader Joe
B
C
$3M
22Turbos Finance logoTurbos Finance
B
C-
$4M
23Velodrome V3 logoVelodrome V3
B
C
$19M
24PancakeSwap AMM V3 logoPancakeSwap AMM V3
B
C+
$285M
25QuickSwap DEX logoQuickSwap DEX
B
D+
$207M
26SpookySwap logoSpookySwap
B
D
$659,696
27SUNSwap V3 logoSUNSwap V3
B
C-
$209M
28Velodrome logoVelodrome
B
B-
$19M
29Velodrome V2 logoVelodrome V2
B
C+
$14M
30Verus Market logoVerus Market
B
D+
$4M
31Curve Finance logoCurve Finance
B
B
$1.3B
32LumenSwap logoLumenSwap
B
D
$6M
33Orca logoOrca
B
C+
$242M
34Astroport logoAstroport
B-
C-
$9M
35Hydration DEX logoHydration DEX
B-
D+
$24M
36Rhea Dex logoRhea Dex
B-
D+
$24M
37Shadow Exchange logoShadow Exchange
B-
C-
$1M
381inch logo1inch
B-
B-
$3M
39Aerodrome V1 logoAerodrome V1
B-
C+
$118M
40FlowX Finance logoFlowX Finance
B-
C-
$197,000
41Kodiak logoKodiak
B-
C
$16M
42Loopring logoLoopring
B-
D-
$17,000
43Merchant Moe logoMerchant Moe
B-
C
$220,000
44SaucerSwap V1 logoSaucerSwap V1
B-
D+
$8M
45SyncSwap logoSyncSwap
B-
D
$8M
46Uniswap V4 logoUniswap V4
B-
B+
$836M
47Aquarius Stellar logoAquarius Stellar
B-
C-
$45M
48FstSwap logoFstSwap
B-
D
$10M
49Manifest Trade logoManifest Trade
B-
D-
$15M
50Aerodrome logoAerodrome
B-
B
$132M
51Beets (Beethoven X) logoBeets (Beethoven X)
B-
C+
$620,000
52Etherex CL logoEtherex CL
B-
C-
$1M
53Byreal logoByreal
B-
D+
$12M
54MerlinSwap logoMerlinSwap
B-
D-
$7M
55Swaap Maker V2 logoSwaap Maker V2
B-
D+
$6M
56Thena logoThena
B-
C
$200M
57Aftermath Finance logoAftermath Finance
B-
C-
$2M
58Chainflip logoChainflip
B-
C
$3M
59Meteora DAMM V2 logoMeteora DAMM V2
B-
C+
$28M
60Raydium logoRaydium
B-
C+
$839M
61DeFi.app logoDeFi.app
B-
C-
—
62Maverick Protocol logoMaverick Protocol
B-
D
$670,000
63Minswap logoMinswap
B-
C-
$13M
64STON.fi logoSTON.fi
B-
C
$27M
65Valantis STEX logoValantis STEX
B-
D+
$5M
66Lighter logoLighter
C+
D-
—
67SUNSwap V1 logoSUNSwap V1
C+
C-
$56M
68SushiSwap logoSushiSwap
C+
C+
$32M
69Thala logoThala
C+
D+
$2M
70VVS Standard logoVVS Standard
C+
D+
$97M
71Gala Swap logoGala Swap
C+
D+
$4M
72Meteora DAMM V1 logoMeteora DAMM V1
C+
C
$36M
73Project X logoProject X
C+
D-
$34M
74SaucerSwap V2 logoSaucerSwap V2
C+
C-
$10M
75DefiTuna AMM logoDefiTuna AMM
C+
C+
$148,000
76DODO AMM logoDODO AMM
C+
D
$12M
77Futarchy AMM logoFutarchy AMM
C+
C
$14M
78Hydrex Integral logoHydrex Integral
C+
D+
$5M
79Kumbaya logoKumbaya
C+
F
$9M
80Nado Spot logoNado Spot
C+
D+
$50M
81SushiSwap V3 logoSushiSwap V3
C+
D-
$36M
82Pharaoh V3 logoPharaoh V3
C+
B-
$24M
83PumpSwap logoPumpSwap
C+
C-
$236M
84Saphyre V3 logoSaphyre V3
C+
D-
$13M
85SparkDex V3 logoSparkDex V3
C+
C-
$4,000
86Blackhole CLMM logoBlackhole CLMM
C+
D-
$2M
87Bluefin Spot logoBluefin Spot
C+
D+
$17M
88Dswap logoDswap
C+
F
$1M
89Ekubo logoEkubo
C+
B-
$23M
90Hyperliquid Spot Orderbook logoHyperliquid Spot Orderbook
C+
C+
$133M
91Meteora logoMeteora
C+
C-
$173M
92Momentum logoMomentum
C+
C-
$5M
93Ring Few logoRing Few
C+
C-
$30M
94Chainge Finance logoChainge Finance
C+
D+
$11M
95Fjord Foundry logoFjord Foundry
C+
C
$30M
96Hyperion logoHyperion
C+
C-
$5M
97Jupiter logoJupiter
C+
B-
$11
98Yield Basis logoYield Basis
C+
D
$132M
99Balancer logoBalancer
C
C+
$28M
100Bancor V3 logoBancor V3
C
D-
$16M
101Magma Finance logoMagma Finance
C
C-
$61,000
102Serum logoSerum
C
F
$15M
103Agni Finance logoAgni Finance
C
D
$13M
104IDEX V1 logoIDEX V1
C
D+
$31M
105PulseX V2 logoPulseX V2
C
D-
$19M
106Fluid DEX logoFluid DEX
C
B-
$284M
107PulseX V1 logoPulseX V1
C
D-
$24M
108Balancer V2 logoBalancer V2
C
D-
$27M
109Figure Markets Exchange logoFigure Markets Exchange
C
C-
$1.6B
110Orderly Network logoOrderly Network
C-
C+
$250,000
111WOOFi logoWOOFi
C-
D+
$2M
112ALEX Lab logoALEX Lab
C-
D
$717,000
113Cetus Protocol logoCetus Protocol
C-
D-
$25M
114TrustedVolumes logoTrustedVolumes
D+
D
—
115THORChain logoTHORChain
D
B
$55M
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