Zest Alternatives: Similar Lending Protocols Compared

Zest carries a risk grade of C+ (40/100) and ranks #62 of 90 rated Lending protocols. Below are 89 Lending protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 61 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Zest, and 28 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Tectonic (B, 22/100 — 18 points safer than Zest). See the Zest vs Tectonic comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Zest

Lending

Risk

C+

Value

C-

TVL

$83M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

TectonicSafer

D-

$122M

Exactly ProtocolSafer

$3M

CapyfiSafer

D-

$26M

AlphaLendSafer

D+

$73M

Colend ProtocolSafer

C-

$2M

Kava LendSafer

C-

$11M

Bonzo FinanceSafer

B-

D+

$16M

Flux FinanceSafer

B-

$42M

Notional FinanceSafer

B-

C+

$3M

ScallopSafer

B-

D+

$22M

Aave AptosSafer

B-

$10M

BenqiSafer

B-

$113M

Compound V3Safer

B-

$1.4B

EchelonSafer

B-

$29M

HyperLendSafer

B-

$354M

Ionic ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$2M

Project 0Safer

B-

D-

$46M

Silo FinanceSafer

B-

C+

$28M

Blend Pools V2Safer

B-

$111M

GraniteSafer

B-

D+

$16M

KineticSafer

B-

D-

$61M

Lista LendingSafer

B-

$582M

ClearpoolSafer

B-

$36M

Spark ProtocolSafer

B-

$3.6B

Tropykus RSKSafer

B-

D-

$10M

TydroSafer

B-

$209M

YeiLendSafer

B-

C-

$15M

MorphoSafer

B-

$6.6B

SaveSafer

B-

C-

$81M

Seamless ProtocolSafer

B-

$19M

40 AcresSafer

B-

C-

$28M

Aave V2Safer

B-

$136M

Ajna ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$587,000

BENDSafer

B-

$11M

Aries MarketsSafer

B-

C+

$10M

DolomiteSafer

B-

C-

$139M

FluidSafer

B-

C+

$746M

FraxlendSafer

B-

C+

$34M

Gearbox ProtocolSafer

B-

C+

$33M

Joule FinanceSafer

B-

D-

$262,000

SuilendSafer

B-

C+

$147M

AlchemixSafer

B-

C-

$79,490

dForceSafer

B-

D+

$1M

Inverse Finance FiRMSafer

B-

D+

$23M

NeverlandSafer

B-

C-

$38M

EtherFi Borrowing MarketSafer

C+

$166M

Folks Finance LendingSafer

C+

C-

$28M

Lista DAOSafer

C+

C-

$582M

Navi ProtocolSafer

C+

C-

$162M

ZeroLendSafer

C+

C-

$4M

Curve LlamalendSafer

C+

$72M

Echo LendingSafer

C+

D-

$144M

FiraSafer

C+

D+

$11M

JustLendSafer

C+

$3.6B

Kamino FinanceSafer

C+

$1.5B

MarginfiSafer

C+

C-

$40M

Taker ProtocolSafer

C+

D-

$50M

Vaulta REXSafer

C+

$34M

Jupiter LendSafer

C+

B-

$885M

Templar ProtocolSafer

C+

D-

$21M

VesuSafer

C+

D-

$23M

Compound V2

C+

C-

$139M

TermMax

C+

C-

$66M

Curvance

C+

$50M

Folks Finance xChain

C+

$11M

3jane Lending

C+

$150,325

Avalon Labs

C+

C-

$3M

Hydration Lending

C+

D+

$38M

Liqwid

C+

C-

$26M

Rhea Lend

C+

C-

$68M

Anvil

C-

$20M

MetalX Lending

$32M

Wildcat Protocol

C-

$14M

Euler Finance

C+

$337M

HypurrFi Pooled

D+

$31M

Ion Protocol

B-

$30,000

Moonwell

D+

$48M

Nostra Finance

C+

$55M

Alpaca Finance 2.0

D-

$13M

Native Credit Pool

D+

$41M

Amber Finance

D-

$157,000

Loopscale

D-

$86M

Venus Protocol

C+

$1.2B

Aave V3

C-

B+

$13.9B

Maple Finance

C-

$1.6B

YieldBlox

D+

$50,000

Radiant Capital

D+

$2M

Abracadabra

D+

$8M

Tapioca

D+

D-

$10M

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