Aave V3 Alternatives: 8 Protocols Compared protocol
Why these alternatives
Aave V3 is a Lending protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 41 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0343. The 8 protocols below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Aave V3 — the chains, companies, auditors, investors and events that connect them — ranked by shared neighbors, then by their own graph centrality (PageRank).
Comparison table
| # | Alternative | Type | Category | Graph connections | Shared with Aave V3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uniswap V3 | protocol | Dexs | 59 | 19 |
| 2 | Curve DEX | protocol | Dexs | 48 | 18 |
| 3 | Morpho Blue | protocol | Lending | 84 | 17 |
| 4 | Beefy Finance | protocol | yield-aggregator | 29 | 15 |
| 5 | Uniswap V4 | protocol | Dexs | 46 | 14 |
| 6 | Aave | protocol | — | 111 | 13 |
| 7 | Odos | protocol | aggregator | 28 | 13 |
| 8 | Lido | protocol | — | 79 | 12 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Uniswap V3
Uniswap V3 is a Dexs protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 59 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0440. It shares 19 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as uniswap-v3, UNI.
Uniswap V3 profile → · Uniswap V3 review
2. Curve DEX
Curve DEX is a Dexs protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 48 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0358. It shares 18 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as curve-dex, CRV.
Curve DEX profile → · Curve DEX review
3. Morpho Blue
Morpho Blue is a Lending protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 84 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0738. It shares 17 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as morpho-blue, MORPHO.
Morpho Blue profile → · Morpho Blue review
4. Beefy Finance
Beefy Finance is a yield-aggregator protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 29 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0216. It shares 15 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as beefy, BeefyFinance, BIFI.
5. Uniswap V4
Uniswap V4 is a Dexs protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 46 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0343. It shares 14 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as uniswap-v4, UNI.
Uniswap V4 profile → · Uniswap V4 review
6. Aave
Aave is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 111 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1298. It shares 13 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as Aave Protocol.
7. Odos
Odos is an aggregator protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 28 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0209. It shares 13 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base.
8. Lido
Lido is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 79 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0693. It shares 12 graph neighbors with Aave V3, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as Lido DAO, Lido Finance.
How this list is built
DeFi Intel maps 11,787 entities and 25,338 relationships extracted from source-cited crypto news and research. An alternative to Aave V3 is defined here as another tracked protocol ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Aave V3, with ties broken by PageRank (graph centrality). Only entities with their own DeFi Intel profile page are listed. This page is generated from the graph data alone and contains no editorial ranking or opinion.
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