KyberSwap vs Odos
Neutral on-chain benchmarking of slippage, revert rates, and overall execution quality.
KyberSwap and Odos are effectively tied on ClearTrace's on-chain slippage benchmark, 91.5 vs 91.1 out of 100 (within measurement noise), so the better choice comes down to the specific token pair and trade size. (data as of July 15, 2026)
Protocol Scorecard
| KyberSwap | Odos | |
|---|---|---|
| Slippage Score (0-100) | 91.5 | 91.1 |
| Revert Rate (bot-filtered) | 2.24% | 2.48%* |
| Trades Analyzed | 45,504 | 1,478 |
* Excludes Odos’s Arbitrum, Ethereum cell — a documented residual where address-rotating bot spam dominates the headline rate. The measured revert rate among genuine users there: Odos 0.45% on Arbitrum, 1.08% on Ethereum. See the methodology.
KyberSwap and Odos are both DEX aggregators: rather than holding liquidity themselves, they split each order across many underlying pools to find the best available price. Because both compete on routing quality, the difference between them shows up in execution — realized slippage and MEV exposure — far more than in their headline rates.
Across the trades ClearTrace benchmarked, KyberSwap posted a slippage score of 91.5/100 versus 91.1/100 for Odos — a statistical dead heat of 0.4 points. The score reflects realized slippage only — derived from median slippage versus a 1-minute VWAP, where a higher number means lower slippage. MEV exposure and revert rates are tracked as separate metrics. KyberSwap was measured over 45,504 trades and Odos over 1,478.
The sample sizes differ substantially (KyberSwap: 45,504 trades; Odos: 1,478), so Odos's score reflects a narrower slice of activity and may move as more volume is observed.
The other axis is reliability: a swap that reverts on-chain still costs gas and a missed price. After a sender-level filter that excludes solver and MEV-bot spam (methodology v5), KyberSwap's revert rate is 2.24% of 710,506 routing transactions versus 2.48% of 17,630 for Odos, tx-weighted across chains. Odos's Arbitrum, Ethereum cell is excluded from its aggregate — a documented residual where address-rotating bot spam dominates the headline rate (the measured revert rate among genuine users there is 0.45% on Arbitrum, 1.08% on Ethereum). Rates are recalculated on every data refresh; the live aggregator leaderboard carries the current per-chain numbers.
On current data the two are effectively tied — within measurement noise, either is a reasonable choice, and the better option often comes down to the specific token pair and trade size. We recalculate these scores on every data refresh; see our methodology for how they are derived.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which has better execution quality, KyberSwap or Odos?
They are essentially tied on our slippage score. KyberSwap scored 91.5/100 and Odos 91.1/100 in ClearTrace's on-chain benchmarking — a difference within measurement noise.
Does KyberSwap or Odos offer better MEV protection?
ClearTrace publishes a slippage-based score and per-aggregator revert rates — not a per-aggregator MEV-protection score. On slippage, KyberSwap was tighter (~8.5 bps vs ~8.9 bps). For MEV specifically, the dashboard surfaces detected sandwich activity as a separate metric.
Is KyberSwap or Odos better for large trades?
For large orders, aggregators such as KyberSwap can split a trade across multiple pools to reduce price impact, which often helps on size. The right venue still depends on the specific pair and amount — the live dashboard tracks current execution quality.
What is the revert rate of KyberSwap vs Odos?
A revert is a swap transaction that fails on-chain — the trader pays gas but gets no fill. After ClearTrace's sender-level filter that excludes solver and MEV-bot spam, KyberSwap's revert rate is 2.24% and Odos's is 2.48% of tracked routing transactions, tx-weighted across chains. Odos's figure excludes its Arbitrum, Ethereum cell, a documented residual dominated by address-rotating bot spam (genuine users there revert at 0.45% on Arbitrum, 1.08% on Ethereum). Rates are recalculated on every data refresh; per-chain numbers are on the ClearTrace aggregator leaderboard.