Nucleus Alternatives: Similar Yield Protocols Compared

Nucleus carries a risk grade of B- (30/100) and ranks #21 of 121 rated Yield protocols. Below are 120 Yield protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 20 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Nucleus, and 100 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Idle (B+, 18/100 — 12 points safer than Nucleus). See the Nucleus vs Idle comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Yield

Risk

B-

Value

D+

TVL

$9M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

IdleSafer

B+

D

$1M

2

sDAISafer

B+

D-

$56M

3

Veda ProtocolSafer

B

C+

$1.3B

4

Aura FinanceSafer

B

B-

$9M

5

Spark SavingsSafer

B

C-

$1.2B

6

LuloSafer

B

D-

$54M

7

B

D

$62M

8

Beefy FinanceSafer

B

C+

$109M

9

ConcentratorSafer

B

C

$64M

10

dHEDGE VaultsSafer

B

D+

$21M

11

B

D-

$3M

12

Sanctum ReserveSafer

B

C

$46M

13

B-

D

$11M

14

B-

D+

$98M

15

Concrete ProtocolSafer

B-

C+

$865M

16

EquilibriaSafer

B-

D+

$10M

17

CIAN Yield LayerSafer

B-

D

$252M

18

Kinetiq EarnSafer

B-

D+

$38M

19

Spark Liquidity LayerSafer

B-

C-

$1.7B

20

Yield Yak AggregatorSafer

B-

D

$13M

21

B-

C

$474M

22

Kamino Liquidity

B-

C+

$89M

23

Overnight Finance

B-

D

$10M

24

Seamless Vaults

B-

D

$1M

25

B-

C

$104M

26

B-

D

$18M

27

TermFinance Vaults

B-

D+

$11M

28

B-

F

$40M

29

B-

D+

$37M

30

B-

C

$1M

31

Origami Finance

B-

D

$50M

32

RockSolid Network

B-

D+

$21M

33

B-

C+

$283M

34

B-

D+

$114M

35

B-

C-

$144M

36

UltraYield Vaults

B-

D

$12M

37

Zircuit Staking

B-

D-

$46M

38

B-

C-

$26M

39

B-

D+

$2M

40

B-

D

$130M

41

B-

C-

$25M

42

B-

C+

$41M

43

B-

C-

$35M

44

B-

D+

$62,000

45

B-

D

$93M

46

Origin Protocol

B-

B-

$51M

47

B-

B+

$1.2B

48

Solv Basis Trading

B-

C

$157M

49

Solv Strategies

B-

D+

$55M

50

C+

D

$70M

51

C+

C-

$32M

52

C+

D

$25M

53

C+

D

$111M

54

C+

D

$949,000

55

C+

D+

$9M

56

C+

D-

$61M

57

C+

D

$124,000

58

C+

C

$17M

59

BounceBit CeDeFi

C+

C-

$232M

60

DeSyn Basis Trading

C+

D-

$1M

61

C+

C

$24M

62

C+

D

$52M

63

C+

D

$22M

64

C+

D

$2M

65

C+

D-

$195M

66

C+

C

$37M

67

C+

D

$12M

68

C+

B-

$181M

69

Extra Finance Vaults

C+

D

$908,000

70

Factor Leverage Vault

C+

C+

$40,000

71

C+

D

$26M

72

C+

B-

$80M

73

C+

D-

$67M

74

C+

C+

$500M

75

C+

D+

$83M

76

BounceBit Prime

C+

C-

$12M

77

C+

D+

$118M

78

C+

D

$27M

79

ether.fi Liquid

C+

C

$243M

80

C+

C-

$24M

81

C+

C

$7M

82

C+

D-

$865,000

83

C+

D

$21M

84

C+

D-

$11M

85

C+

D-

$84M

86

C

D-

$64M

87

C

D

$206M

88

C

D-

$68,215

89

Carrot Liquidity

C

D-

$2,000

90

C

D-

$27M

91

C

C+

$40M

92

C

D-

$77M

93

ZEROBASE CeDeFi

C

D

$54M

94

Doppler Finance

C

D-

$93M

95

Moonwell Vaults

C

C-

$18M

96

C

C-

$34M

97

C

C-

$11M

98

C

C

$31M

99

C

D-

$13M

100

Harvest Finance

C

C-

$13M

101

C

C-

$74M

102

C

C+

$3M

103

Plasma Saving Vaults

C

C-

$34M

104

C

C-

$3M

105

C

D-

$5M

106

Huma Finance V2

C

C

$216M

107

Main Street Finance

C

C

$74M

108

C

C

$10M

109

Lazy Summer Protocol

C

F

$17M

110

C

D+

$24M

111

C-

D

$920,000

112

C-

C

$376M

113

C-

F

$66M

114

C-

D

$51,000

115

C-

C

$2.5B

116

C-

C+

$79M

117

C-

D+

$217M

118

Alpaca Leveraged Yield Farming

C-

F

$30M

119

D+

C-

$25M

120

D

D-

$1M

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