Raydium vs Curve Finance Raydium leads by 14 points.
Raydium scores 14 points above Curve Finance, led by ecosystem and operating style. Raydium ranks #7 and Curve Finance #10 of 10 published Web3 apps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Raydium55
vs
Curve Finance41
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #7 and #10 of 10
Raydium scores 14 points above Curve Finance, led by ecosystem and operating style.
Raydium #7 of 1055
Curve Finance #10 of 1041
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termRaydium leads on 2 of 4 published criteria; Curve Finance on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermRaydiumCurve FinanceWeightPoints
Job fit6/109/107.2−5.6for Curve Finance−2.9 of 32
Ecosystem9/107/105.8+3.0for Raydium+1.5 of 32
Confidence6/107/105.8−1.5for Curve Finance−0.8 of 32
Operating style4/102/105.3+2.7for Raydium+1.4 of 32
AvailabilityScore dimension201420+15.6for Raydium
Net of the terms+14.2
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+14.3
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5541+14.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
Raydium's lead rests on lighter criteria: Curve Finance is ahead on job fit, which carries more weight (30) than any criterion Raydium leads on (24).
A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
RaydiumScore 55Solana-native swap app for users who want a more active ecosystem fitStrength: Ecosystem — 9/10Watch-out: Less broadly understandable than the clearest mainstream app defaultsCurve FinanceScore 41The foundational DeFi protocol for stablecoin and pegged-asset swapsStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Interface is notoriously complex — not beginner-friendly
Quick facts
At a glance
FactRaydiumCurve Finance
Swap spreadSnapshotRaydium's FAQ (docs.raydium.io/getting-started/faq, fetched 30 September 2026): "Trading fee: 0.25% on most pools (some tiers offer 0.01%, 0.05%, or 1%). Split between LPs and protocol. Charged on every swap." and "Network fee: ~0.0005-0.002 SOL (a few cents) for the Solana transaction itself." Two add-ons can raise the total: a Token-2022 token with a transfer fee compounds on top of the pool fee, and a CPMM pool may charge a separate creator fee. Worked example from the CPMM fees page (same date): a 0.25% trade fee plus a 0.10% creator fee "charges a combined 0.35% of the input". Raydium's own router takes no fee; each hop pays its pool's fee.Curve's DEX overview (docs.curve.finance/user/dex/overview, fetched 30 September 2026): "Each Stableswap pool has its own set fee, with most ranging from 0.005% to 0.02%"; some, such as the Strategic Reserve pools, charge "around 0.001%"; and "Most current and all new pools now feature dynamic fees", which rise when a swap would unbalance the pool further. For Cryptoswap pools (pairs that are not pegged): "Fees can be as low as 0.05% and go up to around 0.4%". Curve's swap guide (same date) says the quoted exchange rate "already includes trading fees". Network gas applies on whichever chain is used.
Asset coverageEditorialSolana-native swap assets and ecosystem DeFi executionStablecoin and pegged-asset pairs, plus volatile pairs in Cryptoswap pools, across major EVM chains
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Raydium
55#7 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Raydium if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Curve Finance's 7/10 there (weight 24).
Strength
Ecosystem — 9/10
Tradeoff
Less broadly understandable than the clearest mainstream app defaults
Curve Finance
41#10 of 10
Pick it when
Pick Curve Finance if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to Raydium's 6/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Job fit — 9/10
Tradeoff
Interface is notoriously complex — not beginner-friendly
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Which one is actually for you?
RaydiumLeads
Choose Raydium if ecosystem matters most
Ecosystem: 9/10 against 7/10 for Curve Finance (weight 24)
Operating style: 4/10 against 2/10 for Curve Finance (weight 22)
RaydiumScore 55Solana-native swap app for users who want a more active ecosystem fitStrength: Ecosystem — 9/10Watch-out: Less broadly understandable than the clearest mainstream app defaults
Curve Finance
Choose Curve Finance if job fit matters most
Job fit: 9/10 against 6/10 for Raydium (weight 30)
Confidence: 7/10 against 6/10 for Raydium (weight 24)
Curve FinanceScore 41The foundational DeFi protocol for stablecoin and pegged-asset swapsStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Interface is notoriously complex — not beginner-friendly
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 3 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Curve Finance leads
Raydium6/10 out of 10
Curve Finance9/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Raydium leads
Raydium9/10 out of 10
Curve Finance7/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 2 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Raydium leads
Raydium4/10 out of 10
Curve Finance2/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Curve Finance leads
Raydium6/10 out of 10
Curve Finance7/10 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
Raydium20/20Curve Finance14/20
Raydium leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Raydium15.1/30Curve Finance15.6/30
Curve Finance leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Raydium2.7/10Curve Finance2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Raydium3.2/8Curve Finance3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Raydium6.9/18Curve Finance6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Raydium unless the term Curve Finance leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Curve Finance if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to Raydium's 6/10 there (weight 30).
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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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Raydium scores 14 points above Curve Finance, led by ecosystem and operating style. Published scores, out of 100: Raydium 55 (rank 7 of 10 web3 apps), Curve Finance 41 (rank 10 of 10).
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