Lido scores 17 points above PancakeSwap, led by job fit, confidence, and operating style. PancakeSwap ranks #9 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.
PancakeSwap47
vs
Lido64
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #9 and #5 of 10
Lido scores 17 points above PancakeSwap, led by job fit, confidence, and operating style.
PancakeSwap #9 of 1047
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 termLido leads on 3 of 4 published criteria; PancakeSwap on 1. The terms sum to the gap.
TermLidoPancakeSwapWeightPoints
Job fit9/108/107.2+1.9for Lido+1.0 of 32
Confidence8/105/105.8+4.5for Lido+2.3 of 32
Ecosystem7/109/105.8−3.0for PancakeSwap−1.5 of 32
Operating style7/104/105.3+4.1for Lido+2.1 of 32
FrictionScore dimension5.32.710+6.8for Lido
Trust recordScore dimension6.45.68+2.1for Lido
Net of the terms+16.3
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+16.4
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6447+17.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
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 pegPancakeSwapScore 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
FactPancakeSwapLido
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.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 coverageEditorialBroad BSC token coverage with expanding multi-chain supportLiquid-staked ETH (stETH) and supported staking assets
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 Lido's 7/10 there (weight 24).
Strength
Ecosystem — 9/10
Tradeoff
Primarily BNB Chain — less useful for Ethereum-native users
Lido
64#5 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Lido if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to PancakeSwap'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?
PancakeSwap
Choose PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most
Ecosystem: 9/10 against 7/10 for Lido (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
LidoLeads
Choose Lido if job fit matters most
Job fit: 9/10 against 8/10 for PancakeSwap (weight 30)
Confidence: 8/10 against 5/10 for PancakeSwap (weight 24)
Operating style: 7/10 against 4/10 for PancakeSwap (weight 22)
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
PancakeSwap8/10 out of 10
Lido9/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86PancakeSwap leads
PancakeSwap9/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 3 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Lido leads
PancakeSwap4/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Lido leads
PancakeSwap5/10 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
PancakeSwap14/20Lido14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
PancakeSwap15.9/30Lido18.8/30
Lido leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
PancakeSwap2.7/10Lido5.3/10
Lido leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
PancakeSwap5.6/8Lido6.4/8
Lido leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
PancakeSwap6.9/18Lido6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Lido unless the term PancakeSwap leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick PancakeSwap if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Lido's 7/10 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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Lido scores 17 points above PancakeSwap, led by job fit, confidence, and operating style. Published scores, out of 100: PancakeSwap 47 (rank 9 of 10 web3 apps), Lido 64 (rank 5 of 10).
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