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Uniswap vs ENS (Ethereum Name Service) Uniswap leads by 22 points.

Uniswap scores 22 points above ENS (Ethereum Name Service), led by job fit, ecosystem, and confidence. Uniswap ranks #1 and ENS (Ethereum Name Service) #4 of 10 published Web3 apps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

Uniswap87
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)65
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #1 and #4 of 10
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot Evidence verified through 4 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-UNISWAP-VS-ENS-ETHEREUM-NAME-SERVICE-6c463fc0
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

Uniswap leads by 22 points

Uniswap scores 22 points above ENS (Ethereum Name Service), led by job fit, ecosystem, and confidence.

Uniswap #1 of 1087
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) #4 of 1065
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termUniswap leads on 3 of 4 published criteria; ENS (Ethereum Name Service) on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermUniswapENS (Ethereum Name Service)WeightPoints
Job fit10/108/107.2+3.7for Uniswap+1.9 of 32
Ecosystem10/107/105.8+4.5for Uniswap+2.3 of 32
Confidence9/107/105.8+3.0for Uniswap+1.5 of 32
AvailabilityScore dimension201420+15.6for Uniswap
FrictionScore dimension4.76.710−5.2for ENS (Ethereum Name Service)
Net of the terms+21.6
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 below8765+22.0

Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.

Quick facts

At a glance

1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactUniswapENS (Ethereum Name Service)
PricingSnapshotUniswap Labs' help-centre article "What are Uniswap Labs' fees?" (read through its Zendesk API on 30 September 2026, updated 23 September 2026) says: "As of December 27, 2025 Uniswap Labs does not charge interface fees." Its table lists the Interface + Wallet interface fee as "0%". What a swapper still pays is the pool's swap fee, per the developers.uniswap.org Fees page (fetched 30 September 2026): "In Uniswap v2, every pool charges a flat 0.30% fee"; "The standard v3 tiers are 0.05%, 0.30%, and 1%" (the same page also tables a 0.01% v3 tier); in v4 "Pool creators can set any fee from 0% to 100%". Since the December 2025 UNIfication vote a protocol fee of about 1/6 of the swap fee is carved out of that pool fee on v2 and select v3 pools; it is not charged on top. Network gas applies.ENS documentation FAQ (docs.ens.domains/faq, fetched 30 September 2026): "5+ character .eth names: $5 in ETH per year. 4 character .eth names: $160 in ETH per year. 3 character .eth names: $640 in ETH per year." The fee is paid in ETH at registration and renewal, plus Ethereum gas, and "There is no maximum registration duration." After expiry there is a 90-day grace period, then a 21-day temporary-premium Dutch auction before anyone can register the name (ETH Registrar docs, same date). No other platform fee appears on the pages read.
Asset coverageEditorialOnchain swap assets and mainstream DeFi executionOnchain names / identity records (not a trading or custody app)
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

Uniswap

87#1 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Uniswap if job fit matters most — it scores 10/10 to ENS (Ethereum Name Service)'s 8/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Job fit — 10/10
Tradeoff
Less aligned if your real activity is Solana-native

ENS (Ethereum Name Service)

65#4 of 10
Pick it when
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads on no published criterion; its edge is friction (6.7 vs 4.7 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
Strength
Job fit — 8/10
Tradeoff
Ethereum-native; resolution outside the Ethereum ecosystem varies by app
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Which one is actually for you?

UniswapLeads

Choose Uniswap if job fit matters most

  • Job fit: 10/10 against 8/10 for ENS (Ethereum Name Service) (weight 30)
  • Ecosystem: 10/10 against 7/10 for ENS (Ethereum Name Service) (weight 24)
  • Confidence: 9/10 against 7/10 for ENS (Ethereum Name Service) (weight 24)
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)

ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads Uniswap on no published criterion

  • Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
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 86Uniswap leads
Uniswap10 out of 10
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)8 out of 10

Ecosystem

by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Uniswap leads
Uniswap10 out of 10
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)7 out of 10

Operating style

weight 5.3 of 86Tie
Uniswap8 out of 10
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)8 out of 10

Confidence

by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Uniswap leads
Uniswap9 out of 10
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)7 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
Uniswap20/20ENS (Ethereum Name Service)14/20
Uniswap leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Uniswap22.4/30ENS (Ethereum Name Service)18/30
Uniswap leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Uniswap4.7/10ENS (Ethereum Name Service)6.7/10
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Uniswap6.4/8ENS (Ethereum Name Service)6.4/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Uniswap6.9/18ENS (Ethereum Name Service)6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order

Choose Uniswap unless the term ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads on is the one you are buying.

ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads on no published criterion; its edge is friction (6.7 vs 4.7 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

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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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Uniswap scores 22 points above ENS (Ethereum Name Service), led by job fit, ecosystem, and confidence. Published scores, out of 100: Uniswap 87 (rank 1 of 10 web3 apps), ENS (Ethereum Name Service) 65 (rank 4 of 10).

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