Matcha scores 14 points above Raydium, led by job fit and operating style. Raydium ranks #7 and Matcha #3 of 10 published Web3 apps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Raydium55
vs
Matcha69
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #7 and #3 of 10
Matcha scores 14 points above Raydium, led by job fit and operating style.
Raydium #7 of 1055
Matcha #3 of 1069
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 2 of 4 published criteria; Raydium on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermMatchaRaydiumWeightPoints
Job fit8/106/107.2+3.7for Matcha+1.9 of 32
Ecosystem6/109/105.8−4.5for Raydium−2.3 of 32
Confidence4/106/105.8−3.0for Raydium−1.5 of 32
Operating style9/104/105.3+6.9for Matcha+3.5 of 32
Trust recordScore dimension5.63.28+6.2for Matcha
FrictionScore dimension4.72.710+5.2for Matcha
Net of the terms+14.6
Reproduced gap+14.6
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6955+14.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
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-nativeRaydiumScore 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
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactRaydiumMatcha
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.Matcha'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".
Asset coverageEditorialSolana-native swap assets and ecosystem DeFi executionRoute-aware token swapping across supported EVM and Solana assets
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Raydium
55#7 of 10
Pick it when
Pick Raydium if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Matcha's 6/10 there (weight 24).
Strength
Ecosystem — 9/10
Tradeoff
Less broadly understandable than the clearest mainstream app defaults
Matcha
69#3 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Matcha if job fit matters most — it scores 8/10 to Raydium's 6/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Operating style — 9/10
Tradeoff
Less useful if your actual app life is Solana-native
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Raydium
Choose Raydium if ecosystem matters most
Ecosystem: 9/10 against 6/10 for Matcha (weight 24)
Confidence: 6/10 against 4/10 for Matcha (weight 24)
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
MatchaLeads
Choose Matcha if job fit matters most
Job fit: 8/10 against 6/10 for Raydium (weight 30)
Operating style: 9/10 against 4/10 for Raydium (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
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 2 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Matcha leads
Raydium6/10 out of 10
Matcha8/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Raydium leads
Raydium9/10 out of 10
Matcha6/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 5 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Matcha leads
Raydium4/10 out of 10
Matcha9/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Raydium leads
Raydium6/10 out of 10
Matcha4/10 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
Raydium20/20Matcha20/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Raydium15.1/30Matcha16.3/30
Matcha leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Raydium2.7/10Matcha4.7/10
Matcha leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Raydium3.2/8Matcha5.6/8
Matcha leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Raydium6.9/18Matcha6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Matcha unless the term Raydium leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Raydium if ecosystem matters most — it scores 9/10 to Matcha's 6/10 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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Matcha scores 14 points above Raydium, led by job fit and operating style. Published scores, out of 100: Raydium 55 (rank 7 of 10 web3 apps), Matcha 69 (rank 3 of 10).
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