Meteora or Raydium: which to choose in 2026

Meteora wins 3 of 8 metrics, Raydium wins 2, and 2 are a tie. The biggest edge of Meteora: Assets. Raydium leads in the "Reliability" section.

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

Meteora is stronger in assets, Raydium takes reliability

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

Liquidity: nearly level1 : 1

TVL
Meteora$239.4M
Raydium$1.21B
24h volume
Meteora$114.0M
Raydium$104.3M

TVL: $239.4M at Meteora 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 MeteoraMeteora 2 : 0

Trading pairs
Meteora1 494
Raydium683
Coins listed
Meteora627
Raydium372

Trading pairs: 1 494 at Meteora versus 683 at Raydium. Also Coins listed: 627 at Meteora versus 372 at Raydium.

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
MeteoraOperating since 2023
RaydiumOperating since 2021
30-day uptime
Meteora99,8 %
Raydium99,8 %

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

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

Meteora leads in 1 of 3 sections: assets. Raydium takes reliability.

Market metrics refresh automatically, so the score can shift over time. Choose by the sections that matter to you.

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Comparison leader · 3 : 2Open an account at Meteora

Ahead on: trading pairs, coins listed, 24h volume.

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Better on: tvl, operating since.

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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.