Orca or Meteora: which to choose in 2026

Orca wins 4 of 8 metrics, Meteora wins 2, and 1 are a tie. The biggest edge of Orca: Trading and liquidity. Meteora leads in the "Assets" section.

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

Orca is stronger in trading and liquidity, reliability, Meteora takes assets

OrcaMeteora
  • Trading and liquidity: Orca leads 2 : 0
  • Assets: Meteora leads 2 : 1
  • Reliability: Orca leads 1 : 0

Liquidity: Orca leadsOrca 2 : 0

24h volume
Orca$240.9M
Meteora$114.0M
TVL
Orca$302.6M
Meteora$239.4M

24h volume at Orca is $240.9M versus $114.0M at Meteora. Also TVL: $302.6M at Orca versus $239.4M at Meteora.

Volume, order book and open interest come from exchange APIs and aggregators and are averaged, so one lucky day decides nothing. For a purchase of a few hundred dollars the difference is invisible, but a large order fills at market depth: the more liquidity, the less is lost to slippage.

Assets: more at MeteoraMeteora 2 : 1

Trading pairs
Orca867
Meteora1 494
Coins listed
Orca394
Meteora627

Trading pairs: 1 494 at Meteora versus 867 at Orca. Also Coins listed: 627 at Meteora versus 394 at Orca.

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: Orca leadsOrca 1 : 0

Operating since
OrcaOperating since 2021
MeteoraOperating since 2023
30-day uptime
Orca99,9 %
Meteora99,8 %

Operating since: Operating since 2021 at Orca 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

Orca leads in 2 of 3 sections: trading and liquidity, reliability. Meteora takes assets.

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Comparison leader · 4 : 2Open an account at Orca

Ahead on: 24h volume, supported networks, tvl.

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AlternativeOpen an account at Meteora

Better on: trading pairs, coins listed.

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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.