Matcha scores 5 points above Lido, led by operating style. Matcha ranks #3 and Lido #5 of 10 published Web3 apps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Matcha69
vs
Lido64
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #3 and #5 of 10
Matcha scores 5 points above Lido, led by operating style.
Matcha #3 of 1069
Lido #5 of 1064
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termMatcha leads on 1 of 4 published criteria; Lido on 3. The terms sum to the gap.
TermMatchaLidoWeightPoints
Job fit8/109/107.2−1.9for Lido−1.0 of 32
Confidence4/108/105.8−6.0for Lido−3.1 of 32
Ecosystem6/107/105.8−1.5for Lido−0.8 of 32
Operating style9/107/105.3+2.7for Matcha+1.4 of 32
AvailabilityScore dimension201420+15.6for Matcha
Trust recordScore dimension5.66.48−2.1for Lido
FrictionScore dimension4.75.310−1.6for Lido
Net of the terms+5.3
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+5.5
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6964+5.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
Matcha's lead rests on lighter criteria: Lido is ahead on job fit, which carries more weight (30) than any criterion Matcha leads on (22).
A row-above bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
MatchaScore 69Cleaner route-aware swap app for users who want smart execution without extra noiseStrength: Operating style — 9/10Watch-out: Less useful if your actual app life is Solana-nativeLidoScore 64Liquid staking — stake ETH and stay liquid with stETHStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Staking carries smart-contract and validator / slashing risk; stETH can trade slightly off peg
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactMatchaLido
PricingSnapshotMatcha's help article "Are there any fees to make a trade?" (help.matcha.xyz, last updated about a month before the 30 September 2026 fetch) lists: "Matcha Auto 0.25% swap fee for most pairs · No fee for stablecoin-to-stablecoin pairs", with gas built into the quote; Matcha Standard "A flat 25 bps (0.25%) swap fee applies to most pairs, and network gas fees also apply", with no fee between two stablecoins; limit orders "0.02%" for stablecoin pairs and "0.25%" for others; cross-chain swaps "0.04%" stablecoin to stablecoin and "0.40%" for all other pairs, plus gas. The rates apply on every supported chain, Solana included. Matcha may also keep part of any trade surplus and earn order-flow-auction rebates, but "you will never receive less than your quoted amount".Lido's Protocol Fee page (lido.fi/how-lido-works/protocol-fee, fetched 30 September 2026): "Lido charges a protocol fee (currently 10%) on the rewards accumulated by the staked ETH underlying the protocol." Stakers keep "90%" of rewards in every staking module; the other 10% is split between node operators and the DAO treasury in proportions that differ by module (Curated Module: 5% and 5%). The rate is set by Lido DAO governance, and the fee "is waived during periods of negative net rewards". No deposit or withdrawal fee appears on the Lido pages read; Ethereum gas applies.
Asset coverageEditorialRoute-aware token swapping across supported EVM and Solana assetsLiquid-staked ETH (stETH) and supported staking assets
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Matcha
69#3 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Matcha if operating style matters most — it scores 9/10 to Lido's 7/10 there (weight 22).
Strength
Operating style — 9/10
Tradeoff
Less useful if your actual app life is Solana-native
Lido
64#5 of 10
Pick it when
Pick Lido if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to Matcha's 8/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Job fit — 9/10
Tradeoff
Staking carries smart-contract and validator / slashing risk; stETH can trade slightly off peg
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
MatchaLeads
Choose Matcha if operating style matters most
Operating style: 9/10 against 7/10 for Lido (weight 22)
MatchaScore 69Cleaner route-aware swap app for users who want smart execution without extra noiseStrength: Operating style — 9/10Watch-out: Less useful if your actual app life is Solana-native
Lido
Choose Lido if job fit matters most
Job fit: 9/10 against 8/10 for Matcha (weight 30)
Ecosystem: 7/10 against 6/10 for Matcha (weight 24)
Confidence: 8/10 against 4/10 for Matcha (weight 24)
LidoScore 64Liquid staking — stake ETH and stay liquid with stETHStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Staking carries smart-contract and validator / slashing risk; stETH can trade slightly off peg
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Job fit
by 1 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Lido leads
Matcha8/10 out of 10
Lido9/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Lido leads
Matcha6/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 2 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Matcha leads
Matcha9/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 4 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Lido leads
Matcha4/10 out of 10
Lido8/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
Matcha20/20Lido14/20
Matcha leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Matcha16.3/30Lido18.8/30
Lido leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Matcha4.7/10Lido5.3/10
Lido leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Matcha5.6/8Lido6.4/8
Lido leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Matcha6.9/18Lido6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Matcha unless the term Lido leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Lido if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to Matcha's 8/10 there (weight 30).
The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .
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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
None of this ranking's criteria scores a way of losing money; the families that apply are listed below as not assessed.
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Exit 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: Use-case fit (30%), Ecosystem fit (24%), Operating style (22%), Confidence signal (24%).
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Matcha scores 5 points above Lido, led by operating style. Published scores, out of 100: Matcha 69 (rank 3 of 10 web3 apps), Lido 64 (rank 5 of 10).
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