Uniswap V4 Alternatives: Similar DEX Protocols Compared

Uniswap V4 carries a risk grade of B- (30/100) and ranks #41 of 116 rated DEX protocols. Below are 115 DEX protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 40 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Uniswap V4, and 75 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Phoenix (A-, 14/100 — 16 points safer than Uniswap V4). See the Uniswap V4 vs Phoenix comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

DEX

Risk

B-

Value

B+

TVL

$836M

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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

B-

C-

$197,000

42

B-

C

$16M

43

B-

D-

$17,000

44

B-

C

$220,000

45

B-

D+

$8M

46

B-

D

$8M

47

Aquarius Stellar

B-

C-

$45M

48

B-

D

$10M

49

B-

D-

$15M

50

B-

B

$132M

51

Beets (Beethoven X)

B-

C+

$620,000

52

B-

C-

$1M

53

B-

D+

$12M

54

B-

D-

$7M

55

B-

D+

$6M

56

B-

C

$200M

57

Aftermath Finance

B-

C-

$2M

58

B-

C

$3M

59

Meteora DAMM V2

B-

C+

$28M

60

B-

C+

$839M

61

B-

C-

—

62

Maverick Protocol

B-

D

$670,000

63

B-

C-

$13M

64

B-

C

$27M

65

B-

D+

$5M

66

C+

D-

—

67

C+

C-

$56M

68

C+

C+

$32M

69

C+

D+

$2M

70

C+

D+

$97M

71

C+

D+

$4M

72

Meteora DAMM V1

C+

C

$36M

73

C+

D-

$34M

74

C+

C-

$10M

75

C+

C+

$148,000

76

C+

D

$12M

77

C+

C

$14M

78

Hydrex Integral

C+

D+

$5M

79

C+

F

$9M

80

C+

D+

$50M

81

C+

D-

$36M

82

C+

B-

$24M

83

C+

C-

$236M

84

C+

D-

$13M

85

C+

C-

$4,000

86

C+

D-

$2M

87

C+

D+

$17M

88

C+

F

$1M

89

C+

B-

$23M

90

Hyperliquid Spot Orderbook

C+

C+

$133M

91

C+

C-

$173M

92

C+

C-

$5M

93

C+

C-

$30M

94

Chainge Finance

C+

D+

$11M

95

C+

C

$30M

96

C+

C-

$5M

97

C+

B-

$11

98

C+

D

$132M

99

C

C+

$28M

100

C

D-

$16M

101

C

C-

$61,000

102

C

F

$15M

103

C

D

$13M

104

C

D+

$31M

105

C

D-

$19M

106

C

B-

$284M

107

C

D-

$24M

108

C

D-

$27M

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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