Token Launchpads evaluated across published launch track record, allocation rules and named exclusions, published cost to participate, and upfront sale and unlock terms.
Ranked here: token launchpads, platforms whose token sales you can take part in, compared on how previous launches went, allocation rules, the cost to participate, and sale and unlock terms. Not ranked here: anything other than a launchpad platform whose token sales you can take part in.
#1 of 9 · published ranking
DAO Maker
78ChainChoice Score
4199
Why it leads
DAO Maker scores higher than everything else in this ranking on its published track record.
Show the arithmetic
Best in this ranking on published track record (5/10; next 4/10)
Cost
Not priced· No comparable price is published
Same score, not joint · ordered by weighted total (41.50 against 41.40)
ReviewedRe-read due since The published cadence is 45 days; this page's next read was due on 11 November 2026.Published Methodology v2026.11.1
How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means every product ranked on this page was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
No provider can pay for a position in this table. The code that computes this order cannot read which links carry a referral code, and every build proves it. Every score below rebuilds from the published criteria.Ranking v2026.11.1 · 4 criteria · 9 products · same inputs, same order
How we review · 9 ranked of 9 assessed · 4 criteria · 0 sponsor weight
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Personal comparison
Token Launchpads ranked comparison
No comparable price is published; ranking still uses verified product evidence.
RankProviderBest fitScore
1
DAO MakerStaking-tier launchpad running public a...Top ranked
Published cost to participate — 8/10Trade-off: Selling or unstaking your DAO after a sale can cost you the tokens you already paid f...
78score
Check availability for your country
DAO Maker · daomaker.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
Same score, not joint · ordered by weighted total (41.50 against 41.40)
2
Kraken LaunchExchange-hosted token sale where alloca...
Upfront sale and unlock terms — 9/10Trade-off: Every sale term you need is published and nothing about outcomes is: the archive show...
78score
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Kraken Launch · kraken.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
3
FJFjord FoundryPermissionless multi-chain sale venue r...
Published cost to participate — 9/10Trade-off: The 2% swap fee is charged on your contribution at purchase, and on an unvetted sale...
76score
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Fjord Foundry · fjordfoundry.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
4
LegionMerit-scored pre-ICO sale platform wher...
Upfront sale and unlock terms — 9/10Trade-off: The sale-level disclosure is the best in the category and the platform-level track re...
73score
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Legion · legion.cc. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
5
BIBinance LaunchpoolLock BNB or designated tokens to farm a...
Published cost to participate — 7/10Trade-off: Read 11 November 2026: funds on this product sit in your Binance account. Binance's n...
72score
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Binance Launchpool · binance.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
6
CoinListKYC-gated token sale platform running f...
Upfront sale and unlock terms — 8/10Trade-off: The ROI numbers you see are chosen for you: three deals on the homepage carry an ATH...
70score
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CoinList · coinlist.co. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
3 more assessed and ranked below — none of them hidden for commercial reasons.
Ranked on 4 published criteria weighted 35/25/20/20, which set goal alignment — 30 of the 86 points. The rest: regional access 20 (constant here), evidence depth 18 (constant here), ease of use 10 (constant here), institutional trust 8 (constant here). Profile match is shown in breakdowns but carries no weight.
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
Regulatory failure: no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.
Scored by Allocation rules and named exclusions · 25% (DAO Maker 4/10, Kraken Launch 8/10, Fjord Foundry 7/10)
Exit failure: you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
Scored by Upfront sale and unlock terms · 20% (DAO Maker 6/10, Kraken Launch 9/10, Fjord Foundry 7/10)
Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.
Scored by Published launch track record · 35% (DAO Maker 5/10, Kraken Launch 2/10, Fjord Foundry 1/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Execution failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Published cost to participate (20%).
Audit
Infrastructure
Methodology
2026.11.1
published 10 November 2026
Providers tracked
860+
across 121 categories
Last verified
27 September 2026
newest dated pricing or sentiment read
Named on the roster
2 people
managing directors · 6 automated processes
Decision guide
What matters most before choosing in this category
Weighted on the published launch track record, allocation rules and named exclusions, published cost to participate, and upfront sale and unlock terms. The finding that shapes the whole category: not one of the nine publishes a complete list of its prior launches with a post-listing performance figure and a stated measurement date. Every performance number found was hand-picked, undated, or wrong. CoinList shows an ATH ROI multiple for three deals on its homepage while its archive of 76 launches from 2017 to 2026 contains no ROI, no percentage, no price and not one "$" character. Legion advertises the number and the number is broken: "ATH ROI" renders as +0% on all six sale cards and "Oversubscription" as +10% on all six — including a sale pairing a $500,000 target with $10,000 committed, displayed as 10% oversubscribed.
Can you reconstruct how the platform's previous launches performed, from the platform itself?
Which jurisdictions are excluded — and is that list actually reachable?
What are the vesting and unlock terms at the moment you commit, not after?
Current engine lead
The #1 overall and the scoring weights
DAO MakerData checked Sep 2026
Staking-tier launchpad running public and private Strong Holder Offerings with an on-chain lottery contract.
Staking-tier launchpad running public and private Strong Holder Offerings with an on-chain lottery contract. Strongest on published cost to participate (8/10): DAO Maker's documentation states a '5% platform fee for each round (Deducted from tokens)' when a buyer claims an allocation, and quantifies the DAO Power staking behind allocations (0x multiplier up to 250 DAO Power, 1.3x at 100K+). No issuer-side fee is published. Weakest on allocation rules and named exclusions (4/10): DAO Maker publishes its DAO Power tiers and multipliers, but its documentation names no excluded country and no KYC requirement; a United States restriction appears only as a notice shown to visitors located in the US. Published price: "There is 5% platform fee for each round (Deducted from tokens) if you decide to claim your allocation" — DAO Maker documentation, "Welcome to DAO Maker", fetched 27 September 2026.
Best forPublished cost to participate — 8/10
Main tradeoffSelling or unstaking your DAO after a sale can cost you the tokens you already paid for: drop below the DAO Power you participated with and, after a 3-day grace period, you lose all future unlocks of that project's tokens.
Verify before signup"There is 5% platform fee for each round (Deducted from tokens) if you decide to claim your allocation" — DAO Maker documentation, "Welcome to DAO Maker", fetched 27 September 2026. The same page defines the two round types: "a) Public SHO (Open to everyone)" and "b) Private SHO (Open to DAO Stakers)". No issuer-side fee is published on any DAO Maker page read on 27 September 2026. Past sale pages on app.daomaker.com label sales "IDO Type: Refundable".
Weighted criteria
Published launch track record35%
Allocation rules and named exclusions25%
Published cost to participate20%
Upfront sale and unlock terms20%
Methodology
How this category is reviewed
Reviewed on published launch track record, allocation rules and named exclusions, published cost to participate, and upfront sale and unlock terms.
The order on this page is the published ranking for this category. Every criterion, weight and source behind it is on the methodology page.
Frequently asked
Questions people ask before choosing token launchpads
Do launchpads publish how their previous launches performed?
Not in a form a buyer can check. All nine advertise outcomes; none publishes the full set with dates. CoinList is the clearest case: the homepage shows an ATH ROI multiple for three deals, and the archive at coinlist.co/token-launches links 76 launches from 2017 to 2026 containing no ROI, no percentage, no price and not one "$" character anywhere in its text. Legion is the sharper one, because it does publish a number and the number is broken — under "Recent pre-ICO sales on Legion" the "ATH ROI" value renders as +0% on all six sale cards and "Oversubscription" as +10% on all six, including the Sport.fun card pairing a Sale Target of $500,000 with Committed Funds of $10,000. A sale that raised 2% of its target is displayed as 10% oversubscribed, and the same page reports two different Committed Funds for the same Giza deal.
Can I find out whether I am eligible before I register?
Often not, and CoinList shows how a list can be documented and still unreachable. Its sale FAQ sends readers to "unsupported jurisdictions found on our Legal page" and separately says eligibility is "on its deal page". The Legal page fetched the same day contains no country list — no "unsupported", no "Cuba", no "Iran", no "North Korea" — the two deal pages loaded name no jurisdiction either, and the help article search engines still index for that list returns 404. Both routes the site offers lead nowhere, so the only way to discover you are excluded is to try.
Is Binance Launchpad still a launchpad?
No, and this matters because it is the most-cited brand in the category. launchpad.binance.com/en 302-redirects to the Launchpool page, which offers only Launchpool, a Simple Earn subscription and HODLer Airdrops — locking assets to receive tokens, not buying into a sale. Anyone arriving expecting to purchase an allocation is being offered a different product. Bybit, by contrast, still runs sales but documents only how to win an allocation: searching both Launchpad 3.1 FAQ bodies returns zero occurrences of "vest", "unlock" or "fee".
Reviewed27 September 2026Method4 criteriaCategorylaunchpads
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