Venus Protocol Alternatives: Similar Lending Protocols Compared

Venus Protocol carries a risk grade of C (49/100) and ranks #92 of 99 rated Lending protocols. Below are 98 Lending protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 91 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Venus Protocol, and 7 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Exactly Protocol (B, 22/100 — 27 points safer than Venus Protocol). See the Venus Protocol vs Exactly Protocol comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Lending

Risk

C

Value

C+

TVL

$1.0B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

Exactly ProtocolSafer

B

C

$5M

2

B

D-

$122M

3

B

C-

$5M

4

B

D+

$7M

5

B

D

$416M

6

Notional FinanceSafer

B

C+

$3M

7

Silo FinanceSafer

B

C+

$5M

8

B

D+

$61M

9

Aries MarketsSafer

B

C+

$2M

10

BenqiSafer

B

B-

$84M

11

Ionic ProtocolSafer

B

C-

$2M

12

Spark ProtocolSafer

B

B

$3.7B

13

Colend ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$391,000

14

Compound V3Safer

B-

B

$1.1B

15

Flux FinanceSafer

B-

F

$44M

16

Aave AptosSafer

B-

B

$519,000

17

BENDSafer

B-

D

$9M

18

B-

C

$9M

19

Lista LendingSafer

B-

C

$620M

20

B-

D-

$50M

21

Blend Pools V2Safer

B-

D

$132M

22

B-

C

$7.6B

23

B-

C-

$3.7B

24

TydroSafer

B-

D

$53M

25

B-

C-

$31M

26

B-

D-

$10M

27

SaveSafer

B-

C-

$65M

28

B-

C-

$4M

29

B-

C-

$240M

30

Kamino LendSafer

B-

C+

$1.0B

31

B-

C-

$26M

32

B-

B

$111M

33

B-

C

$265,000

34

Gearbox ProtocolSafer

B-

C+

$18M

35

Joule FinanceSafer

B-

D-

$171,000

36

B-

D

$1M

37

B-

C-

$16M

38

Seamless ProtocolSafer

B-

C

$5M

39

Ajna ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$443,000

40

Curve LlamalendSafer

B-

B

$61M

41

Folks Finance LendingSafer

B-

C-

$21M

42

B-

C+

$20M

43

B-

D+

$11M

44

B-

C+

$104M

45

B-

C-

$3M

46

B-

D+

$1M

47

B-

D-

$33M

48

B-

C-

$620M

49

Taker ProtocolSafer

B-

D-

$50M

50

Vaulta REXSafer

B-

C

$24M

51

FluidSafer

C+

C+

$282M

52

Inverse Finance FiRMSafer

C+

D+

$20M

53

Navi ProtocolSafer

C+

C-

$128M

54

Echo LendingSafer

C+

D-

$4M

55

EtherFi Borrowing MarketSafer

C+

C

$149M

56

Cooler LoansSafer

C+

C-

$215M

57

Jupiter LendSafer

C+

B-

$896M

58

C+

C-

$32M

59

Templar ProtocolSafer

C+

D-

$26M

60

C+

C-

$34M

61

FiraSafer

C+

D+

$16M

62

Kamino FinanceSafer

C+

C+

$1.0B

63

Compound V2Safer

C+

C-

$87M

64

C+

C+

$94M

65

C+

C-

$75M

66

Tropykus RSKSafer

C+

F

$108,000

67

ZestSafer

C+

C-

$63M

68

C+

C

$333M

69

Hydration LendingSafer

C+

D+

$27M

70

HypurrFi PooledSafer

C+

D+

$6M

71

C+

B

$203M

72

Avalon LabsSafer

C+

C-

$1M

73

Bonzo FinanceSafer

C+

D

$3M

74

Folks Finance xChainSafer

C+

C

$5M

75

C+

C-

$12M

76

VesuSafer

C+

D-

$13M

77

AnvilSafer

C

C-

$9M

78

Ion ProtocolSafer

C

B-

$27,000

79

MetalX LendingSafer

C

D

$29M

80

Wildcat ProtocolSafer

C

C-

$9M

81

3jane LendingSafer

C

D

$3M

82

INIT CapitalSafer

C

D

$2M

83

Euler FinanceSafer

C

C+

$333M

84

C

D+

$46M

85

Nostra FinanceSafer

C

C+

$55M

86

Alpaca Finance 2.0Safer

C

D-

$11M

87

Morpho BlueSafer

C

C

$7.8B

88

Native Credit PoolSafer

C

D+

$39M

89

Venus Core PoolSafer

C

B-

$1.0B

90

C

D-

$89M

91

C

D+

$5M

92

C

B+

$13.9B

93

C

D-

$0

94

C-

C

$2.2B

95

C-

D

$50,000

96

D+

C

$4M

97

Radiant Capital

D+

F

$611,000

98

D+

D-

$10M

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