Uniswap scores 23 points above Lido, led by job fit, ecosystem, and confidence. Uniswap ranks #1 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.
Uniswap87
vs
Lido64
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #1 and #5 of 10
Uniswap scores 23 points above Lido, led by job fit, ecosystem, and confidence.
Uniswap #1 of 1087
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 termUniswap leads on 4 of 4 published criteria; Lido on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermUniswapLidoWeightPoints
Job fit10/109/107.2+1.9for Uniswap+1.0 of 32
Ecosystem10/107/105.8+4.5for Uniswap+2.3 of 32
Confidence9/108/105.8+1.5for Uniswap+0.8 of 32
Operating style8/107/105.3+1.4for Uniswap+0.7 of 32
AvailabilityScore dimension201420+15.6for Uniswap
FrictionScore dimension4.75.310−1.6for Lido
Net of the terms+23.3
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+23.4
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below8764+23.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
UniswapScore 87Mainstream onchain app for swapping and first-step DeFi useStrength: Job fit — 10/10Watch-out: Less aligned if your real activity is Solana-nativeLidoScore 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
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactUniswapLido
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.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 coverageEditorialOnchain swap assets and mainstream DeFi executionLiquid-staked ETH (stETH) and supported staking assets
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 Lido's 9/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Job fit — 10/10
Tradeoff
Less aligned if your real activity is Solana-native
Lido
64#5 of 10
Pick it when
Lido leads on no published criterion; its edge is friction (5.3 vs 4.7 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
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?
UniswapLeads
Choose Uniswap if job fit matters most
Job fit: 10/10 against 9/10 for Lido (weight 30)
Ecosystem: 10/10 against 7/10 for Lido (weight 24)
Confidence: 9/10 against 8/10 for Lido (weight 24)
UniswapScore 87Mainstream onchain app for swapping and first-step DeFi useStrength: Job fit — 10/10Watch-out: Less aligned if your real activity is Solana-native
Lido
Lido 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.
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 86Uniswap leads
Uniswap10/10 out of 10
Lido9/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Uniswap leads
Uniswap10/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 1 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Uniswap leads
Uniswap8/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Uniswap leads
Uniswap9/10 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
Uniswap20/20Lido14/20
Uniswap leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Uniswap22.4/30Lido18.8/30
Uniswap leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Uniswap4.7/10Lido5.3/10
Lido leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Uniswap6.4/8Lido6.4/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Uniswap6.9/18Lido6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Uniswap unless the term Lido leads on is the one you are buying.
Lido leads on no published criterion; its edge is friction (5.3 vs 4.7 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
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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 23 points above Lido, led by job fit, ecosystem, and confidence. Published scores, out of 100: Uniswap 87 (rank 1 of 10 web3 apps), Lido 64 (rank 5 of 10).
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