Balancer V2 Alternatives: Similar DEX Protocols Compared

Balancer V2 carries a risk grade of C (49/100) and ranks #109 of 116 rated DEX protocols. Below are 115 DEX protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 108 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Balancer V2, and 7 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Phoenix (A-, 14/100 — 35 points safer than Balancer V2). See the Balancer V2 vs Phoenix comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

DEX

Risk

C

Value

D-

TVL

$27M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

A-

D+

$7,000

2

Stellar DEXSafer

B+

C+

$13M

3

Uniswap V2Safer

B+

B

$791M

4

B+

C+

$29M

5

Balancer V3Safer

B

C

$26M

6

PancakeSwap StableSwapSafer

B

B

$4M

7

B

B-

$14M

8

DeepBook V3Safer

B

C-

$12M

9

SUNSwap V2Safer

B

D+

$240M

10

CoW ProtocolSafer

B

C+

$50M

11

PancakeSwapSafer

B

B-

$1.7B

12

B

C+

$508,000

13

Uniswap V3Safer

B

B+

$1.5B

14

B

C-

$9M

15

B

C

$2M

16

ApeSwap AMMSafer

B

D

$8M

17

B

C-

$9M

18

Katana DEXSafer

B

D+

$8M

19

B

C+

$12M

20

PancakeSwap InfinitySafer

B

B

$76M

21

SwapXSafer

B

C

$33,000

22

Trader JoeSafer

B

C

$3M

23

Turbos FinanceSafer

B

C-

$4M

24

Velodrome V3Safer

B

C

$19M

25

PancakeSwap AMM V3Safer

B

C+

$285M

26

QuickSwap DEXSafer

B

D+

$207M

27

SpookySwapSafer

B

D

$659,696

28

SUNSwap V3Safer

B

C-

$209M

29

B

B-

$19M

30

Velodrome V2Safer

B

C+

$14M

31

Verus MarketSafer

B

D+

$4M

32

Curve FinanceSafer

B

B

$1.3B

33

B

D

$6M

34

OrcaSafer

B

C+

$242M

35

B-

C-

$9M

36

Hydration DEXSafer

B-

D+

$24M

37

B-

D+

$24M

38

Shadow ExchangeSafer

B-

C-

$1M

39

1inchSafer

B-

B-

$3M

40

Aerodrome V1Safer

B-

C+

$118M

41

FlowX FinanceSafer

B-

C-

$197,000

42

B-

C

$16M

43

B-

D-

$17,000

44

Merchant MoeSafer

B-

C

$220,000

45

SaucerSwap V1Safer

B-

D+

$8M

46

B-

D

$8M

47

Uniswap V4Safer

B-

B+

$836M

48

Aquarius StellarSafer

B-

C-

$45M

49

B-

D

$10M

50

Manifest TradeSafer

B-

D-

$15M

51

B-

B

$132M

52

Beets (Beethoven X)Safer

B-

C+

$620,000

53

Etherex CLSafer

B-

C-

$1M

54

B-

D+

$12M

55

MerlinSwapSafer

B-

D-

$7M

56

Swaap Maker V2Safer

B-

D+

$6M

57

ThenaSafer

B-

C

$200M

58

Aftermath FinanceSafer

B-

C-

$2M

59

B-

C

$3M

60

Meteora DAMM V2Safer

B-

C+

$28M

61

B-

C+

$839M

62

B-

C-

—

63

Maverick ProtocolSafer

B-

D

$670,000

64

B-

C-

$13M

65

B-

C

$27M

66

Valantis STEXSafer

B-

D+

$5M

67

C+

D-

—

68

SUNSwap V1Safer

C+

C-

$56M

69

C+

C+

$32M

70

ThalaSafer

C+

D+

$2M

71

VVS StandardSafer

C+

D+

$97M

72

C+

D+

$4M

73

Meteora DAMM V1Safer

C+

C

$36M

74

C+

D-

$34M

75

SaucerSwap V2Safer

C+

C-

$10M

76

DefiTuna AMMSafer

C+

C+

$148,000

77

C+

D

$12M

78

Futarchy AMMSafer

C+

C

$14M

79

Hydrex IntegralSafer

C+

D+

$5M

80

C+

F

$9M

81

C+

D+

$50M

82

SushiSwap V3Safer

C+

D-

$36M

83

Pharaoh V3Safer

C+

B-

$24M

84

C+

C-

$236M

85

Saphyre V3Safer

C+

D-

$13M

86

SparkDex V3Safer

C+

C-

$4,000

87

Blackhole CLMMSafer

C+

D-

$2M

88

Bluefin SpotSafer

C+

D+

$17M

89

DswapSafer

C+

F

$1M

90

EkuboSafer

C+

B-

$23M

91

Hyperliquid Spot OrderbookSafer

C+

C+

$133M

92

C+

C-

$173M

93

C+

C-

$5M

94

C+

C-

$30M

95

Chainge FinanceSafer

C+

D+

$11M

96

Fjord FoundrySafer

C+

C

$30M

97

C+

C-

$5M

98

C+

B-

$11

99

Yield BasisSafer

C+

D

$132M

100

C

C+

$28M

101

C

D-

$16M

102

Magma FinanceSafer

C

C-

$61,000

103

SerumSafer

C

F

$15M

104

Agni FinanceSafer

C

D

$13M

105

C

D+

$31M

106

C

D-

$19M

107

C

B-

$284M

108

C

D-

$24M

109

Figure Markets Exchange

C

C-

$1.6B

110

Orderly Network

C-

C+

$250,000

111

C-

D+

$2M

112

C-

D

$717,000

113

C-

D-

$25M

114

D+

D

—

115

D

B

$55M

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