Matcha scores 22 points above PancakeSwap, led by operating style. Matcha ranks #3 and PancakeSwap #9 of 10 published Web3 apps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Matcha69
vs
PancakeSwap47
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #3 and #9 of 10
Matcha scores 22 points above PancakeSwap, led by operating style.
Matcha #3 of 1069
PancakeSwap #9 of 1047
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; PancakeSwap on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermMatchaPancakeSwapWeightPoints
Ecosystem6/109/105.8−4.5for PancakeSwap−2.3 of 32
Confidence4/105/105.8−1.5for PancakeSwap−0.8 of 32
Operating style9/104/105.3+6.9for Matcha+3.5 of 32
AvailabilityScore dimension201420+15.6for Matcha
FrictionScore dimension4.72.710+5.2for Matcha
Net of the terms+21.7
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.2
Reproduced gap+21.8
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6947+22.0
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: PancakeSwap is ahead on ecosystem, which carries more weight (24) 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-nativePancakeSwapScore 47The dominant DEX on BNB Chain with the broadest BSC token coverageStrength: Ecosystem — 9/10Watch-out: Primarily BNB Chain — less useful for Ethereum-native users
Quick facts
At a glance
FactMatchaPancakeSwap
Swap spreadSnapshotMatcha'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".PancakeSwap's Liquidity Pools page (docs.pancakeswap.finance/earn/pancakeswap-pools, fetched 30 September 2026): on Exchange V2 "the trader pays a fixed 0.25% fee, of which 0.17% is added back to the Liquidity Pool"; on Exchange V3 (EVM), "depending on the liquidity pool fee tier, the trader pays a fee ranging from 0.01% to 1%", in tiers of 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.25% and 1%. On Solana the same page lists V3 CLMM tiers from "0.01%" to "4%". Infinity pools can set dynamic fees through hooks. The swap screen shows the fee applied under "Fee" in the swap details (Fees and Routes page, same date). Network gas applies on the chain used; no page read quantifies it.
Asset coverageEditorialRoute-aware token swapping across supported EVM and Solana assetsBroad BSC token coverage with expanding multi-chain support
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalglobal
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 PancakeSwap's 4/10 there (weight 22).
Strength
Operating style — 9/10
Tradeoff
Less useful if your actual app life is Solana-native
PancakeSwap
47#9 of 10
Pick it when
Pick PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Matcha's 6/10 there (weight 24).
Strength
Ecosystem — 9/10
Tradeoff
Primarily BNB Chain — less useful for Ethereum-native users
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
MatchaLeads
Choose Matcha if operating style matters most
Operating style: 9/10 against 4/10 for PancakeSwap (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
PancakeSwap
Choose PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most
Ecosystem: 9/10 against 6/10 for Matcha (weight 24)
Confidence: 5/10 against 4/10 for Matcha (weight 24)
PancakeSwapScore 47The dominant DEX on BNB Chain with the broadest BSC token coverageStrength: Ecosystem — 9/10Watch-out: Primarily BNB Chain — less useful for Ethereum-native users
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
weight 7.2 of 86Tie
Matcha8/10 out of 10
PancakeSwap8/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86PancakeSwap leads
Matcha6/10 out of 10
PancakeSwap9/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 5 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Matcha leads
Matcha9/10 out of 10
PancakeSwap4/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86PancakeSwap leads
Matcha4/10 out of 10
PancakeSwap5/10 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
Matcha20/20PancakeSwap14/20
Matcha leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Matcha16.3/30PancakeSwap15.9/30
Matcha leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Matcha4.7/10PancakeSwap2.7/10
Matcha leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Matcha5.6/8PancakeSwap5.6/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Matcha6.9/18PancakeSwap6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Matcha unless the term PancakeSwap leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Matcha's 6/10 there (weight 24).
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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 22 points above PancakeSwap, led by operating style. Published scores, out of 100: Matcha 69 (rank 3 of 10 web3 apps), PancakeSwap 47 (rank 9 of 10).
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