Aerodrome or Raydium: which to choose in 2026

Raydium wins 4 of 8 metrics, Aerodrome wins 1, and 2 are a tie. The biggest edge of Raydium: Assets.

Score by section
Trading and liquidity
1 : 1
Assets
0 : 2
Reliability
0 : 1
Profile across 3 areas · 8 metrics

Raydium leads in assets, reliability, Aerodrome wins none

AerodromeRaydium
  • Assets: Raydium leads 2 : 0
  • Trading and liquidity: level, 0 metrics without a winner
  • Reliability: Raydium leads 1 : 0

Liquidity: nearly level1 : 1

TVL
Aerodrome$369.7M
Raydium$1.21B
24h volume
Aerodrome$153.6M
Raydium$104.3M

TVL: $369.7M at Aerodrome versus $1.21B at Raydium. The gap is within noise, so there is no winner here.

Volume, order book and open interest come from exchange APIs and aggregators and are averaged, so one lucky day decides nothing. With comparable liquidity, an order of the same size fills on both venues at roughly the same price.

Assets: more at RaydiumRaydium 2 : 0

Trading pairs
Aerodrome268
Raydium683
Coins listed
Aerodrome184
Raydium372

Trading pairs: 683 at Raydium versus 268 at Aerodrome. Also Coins listed: 372 at Raydium versus 184 at Aerodrome.

Active trading pairs are counted from the instrument lists of the exchanges themselves where they publish them, coin counts come from CoinGecko, supported networks from the Kurslog catalog. More coins means a wider choice of altcoins; more pairs makes cross trading possible without an intermediate swap.

Reliability: Raydium leadsRaydium 1 : 0

Operating since
AerodromeOperating since 2023
RaydiumOperating since 2021
30-day uptime
Aerodrome99,8 %
Raydium99,8 %

Operating since: Operating since 2021 at Raydium versus Operating since 2023 at Aerodrome.

Uptime is measured over 30 days of Kurslog monitoring with a check every 15 minutes, founding year and proof of reserves come from the catalog, trust score from CoinGecko. A one-year gap or 0.2% of uptime counts as a tie: that is not a difference that changes anything in practice.

Bottom line

Raydium leads in 2 of 3 sections: assets, reliability. Aerodrome does not win a single section.

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Comparison leader · 4 : 1Open an account at Raydium

Ahead on: tvl, trading pairs, coins listed.

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AlternativeOpen an account at Aerodrome

Better on: 24h volume.

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Spread, order book depth and pair volume come straight from public exchange APIs every 10 minutes and are averaged over 7 days; USDT withdrawal fees come from exchange APIs every 6 hours; uptime from Kurslog monitoring; exchange volume, trust score and coin count from CoinGecko; fee tiers, languages and features are entered manually from official exchange pages. The winner of each metric is calculated, not editorially chosen. This is not investment advice.