CoW Protocol Alternatives: Similar DEX Protocols Compared

CoW Protocol carries a risk grade of B (26/100) and ranks #20 of 112 rated DEX protocols. Below are 111 DEX protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 19 of these protocols score lower (safer) than CoW Protocol, and 92 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Phoenix (B+, 16/100 — 10 points safer than CoW Protocol). See the CoW Protocol vs Phoenix comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

DEX

Risk

B

Value

C+

TVL

$50M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

B+

D+

$28,000

2

Uniswap V2Safer

B+

B

$905M

3

Uniswap V3Safer

B+

B+

$1.7B

4

Stellar DEXSafer

B+

C+

$16M

5

B+

C+

$36M

6

PancakeSwap StableSwapSafer

B

B

$17M

7

DeepBook V3Safer

B

C-

$15M

8

B

C-

$10M

9

SUNSwap V2Safer

B

D+

$240M

10

B

B-

$20M

11

Shadow ExchangeSafer

B

C+

$2M

12

Velodrome V3Safer

B

C

$24M

13

B

C

$3M

14

PancakeSwapSafer

B

B-

$1.8B

15

Trader JoeSafer

B

C

$18M

16

B

B-

$24M

17

Balancer V3Safer

B

C

$80M

18

PancakeSwap InfinitySafer

B

B

$77M

19

SwapXSafer

B

C

$99,000

20

B

B

$1.6B

21

B

C-

$13M

22

B

C-

$13M

23

PancakeSwap AMM V3

B

C+

$330M

24

B

D+

$399M

25

B

D

$1M

26

B

C-

$4M

27

B

C+

$13M

28

B

D+

$8M

29

B

D

$6M

30

B

C+

$260M

31

B

C+

$18M

32

B-

D

$10M

33

B-

D+

$10M

34

B-

D+

$33M

35

B-

C+

$139M

36

B-

C-

$351,000

37

B-

D+

$12M

38

B-

D

$9M

39

B-

B

$397M

40

B-

C-

$11M

41

B-

C

$29M

42

B-

C

$340,000

43

B-

C-

$111M

44

B-

D+

$34M

45

B-

D-

$15M

46

B-

B-

$3M

47

Aquarius Stellar

B-

C-

$32M

48

Beets (Beethoven X)

B-

C+

$1M

49

B-

C-

$3M

50

B-

B

$726M

51

B-

D+

$16M

52

B-

C

$1M

53

B-

D

$14M

54

Maverick Protocol

B-

D

$946,000

55

B-

D-

$8M

56

B-

D+

$4M

57

B-

D+

$19M

58

Aftermath Finance

B-

C-

$3M

59

Meteora DAMM V2

B-

C+

$33M

60

B-

C

$32M

61

C+

D-

—

62

Meteora DAMM V1

C+

C

$21M

63

C+

C-

$31M

64

C+

C+

$1.0B

65

C+

C-

$21M

66

C+

D+

$8M

67

C+

D+

$7M

68

C+

C

$200M

69

C+

C+

$286,000

70

C+

D

$12M

71

C+

C-

$194M

72

C+

C-

$66M

73

C+

C+

$38M

74

C+

C

$13M

75

Hydrex Integral

C+

D+

$8M

76

C+

D+

$55M

77

C+

B-

$35M

78

C+

D-

$43M

79

C+

C-

$232M

80

C+

D+

$116M

81

C+

D-

$55M

82

C+

D

$26M

83

C+

D+

$18M

84

Chainge Finance

C+

D+

$12M

85

C+

B-

$25M

86

Hyperliquid Spot Orderbook

C+

C+

$151M

87

C+

F

$25M

88

C+

C-

$35M

89

C+

C-

$15M

90

C+

B-

$14

91

C+

C-

$7M

92

C+

D-

$16M

93

C+

D

$139M

94

C

C-

$4,000

95

C

D-

$20M

96

C

F

$15M

97

C

C

$30M

98

C

D+

$32M

99

C

C-

$114,000

100

C

D

$23M

101

C

F

$240M

102

C

D-

$18M

103

C

C+

$80M

104

C

D-

$19M

105

C-

D-

$32M

106

Orderly Network

C-

C+

$270,000

107

C-

D+

$98,000

108

C-

D

$1M

109

C-

D-

$31M

110

D+

D

—

111

D

B

$70M

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