Aave scores 4 points above PancakeSwap, led by job fit and confidence. PancakeSwap ranks #9 and Aave #8 of 10 published Web3 apps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
PancakeSwap47
vs
AAAave51
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #9 and #8 of 10
Aave scores 4 points above PancakeSwap, led by job fit and confidence.
PancakeSwap #9 of 1047
AAAave #8 of 1051
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termAave leads on 2 of 4 published criteria; PancakeSwap on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermAavePancakeSwapWeightPoints
Job fit9/108/107.2+1.9for Aave+1.0 of 32
Confidence7/105/105.8+3.0for Aave+1.5 of 32
Ecosystem8/109/105.8−1.5for PancakeSwap−0.8 of 32
Operating style3/104/105.3−1.4for PancakeSwap−0.7 of 32
Trust recordScore dimension6.45.68+2.1for Aave
Net of the terms+4.1
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+4.2
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5147+4.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
AaveScore 51Onchain lending and borrowing — supply assets, borrow against themStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Borrowing carries liquidation risk if collateral value falls; rates are variablePancakeSwapScore 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
FactPancakeSwapAave
PricingSnapshotPancakeSwap'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.Aave's FAQ (aave.com/faq, fetched 30 September 2026): suppliers earn and borrowers pay variable, per-asset rates shown in the Markets tab of the V3 Interface or Aave Pro (V4). "Each borrowable reserve in an Aave market has a parameter called reserve factor, which is the percentage of borrow interest accumulated to the treasury and is determined on a per-asset basis by Aave Governance." Transactions "may incur gas fees", which are "typically highest on Ethereum, and significantly cheaper on all other networks". A liquidated borrower pays a penalty that "depends on the asset used as collateral". The FAQ lists no separate platform or access fee.
Asset coverageEditorialBroad BSC token coverage with expanding multi-chain supportSupplied and borrowed assets across supported money markets
Region fitSnapshotglobalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
PancakeSwap
47#9 of 10
Pick it when
Pick PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Aave's 8/10 there (weight 24).
Strength
Ecosystem — 9/10
Tradeoff
Primarily BNB Chain — less useful for Ethereum-native users
AA
Aave
51#8 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Aave if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to PancakeSwap's 8/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Job fit — 9/10
Tradeoff
Borrowing carries liquidation risk if collateral value falls; rates are variable
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
PancakeSwap
Choose PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most
Ecosystem: 9/10 against 8/10 for Aave (weight 24)
Operating style: 4/10 against 3/10 for Aave (weight 22)
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
AAAaveLeads
Choose Aave if job fit matters most
Job fit: 9/10 against 8/10 for PancakeSwap (weight 30)
Confidence: 7/10 against 5/10 for PancakeSwap (weight 24)
AaveScore 51Onchain lending and borrowing — supply assets, borrow against themStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Borrowing carries liquidation risk if collateral value falls; rates are variable
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 86Aave leads
PancakeSwap8/10 out of 10
Aave9/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86PancakeSwap leads
PancakeSwap9/10 out of 10
Aave8/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 1 of 10weight 5.3 of 86PancakeSwap leads
PancakeSwap4/10 out of 10
Aave3/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Aave leads
PancakeSwap5/10 out of 10
Aave7/10 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
PancakeSwap14/20Aave14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
PancakeSwap15.9/30Aave16.7/30
Aave leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
PancakeSwap2.7/10Aave2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
PancakeSwap5.6/8Aave6.4/8
Aave leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
PancakeSwap6.9/18Aave6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Aave unless the term PancakeSwap leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Aave's 8/10 there (weight 24).
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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Aave scores 4 points above PancakeSwap, led by job fit and confidence. Published scores, out of 100: PancakeSwap 47 (rank 9 of 10 web3 apps), Aave 51 (rank 8 of 10).
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