Aave V3 vs Morpho Blue
Aave V3 wins on measured health — 9.24/10 against 7.94/10.
Last collection 2026-08-25: probed 252 services, measured 233, over a 90-day window.
| Measured | Aave V3 | Morpho Blue |
|---|---|---|
| Status now | Operational | Not published |
| Score On what we could measure: 100% of the criteria weight for Aave V3, 100% for Morpho Blue. | 9.24/10 | 7.94/10 |
| Value locked | $17.31B | $9.56B |
| Audits | 2 | 2 |
| Age | 4.4 yr | 2.6 yr |
| Chains | 21 | 42 |
| Status feed | statuspage | none |
Aave V3
9.24 / 10100% measured$17.31B in value locked (DefiLlama). Capital is the market voting with its money — scored on a log scale, so the jump from $10M to $100M counts for more than $10B to $20B.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Live 4.4 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 21 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Security audits: 2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Morpho Blue
7.94 / 10100% measured$9.56B in value locked (DefiLlama). Capital is the market voting with its money — scored on a log scale, so the jump from $10M to $100M counts for more than $10B to $20B.
2 published audits with links (DefiLlama) — read the findings yourself. Audits reduce risk, they do not remove it.
Live 2.6 yr (time since DefiLlama listing (a floor on true age)). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Deployed on 42 chains (DefiLlama). Breadth is a minor tie-breaker — a focused single-chain protocol can still be excellent.
No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Status transparency: No public status page found. Nothing about its reliability can be verified from outside — including by us.
Anyone who needs to know when it breaks: no status feed, so you find out it is down by discovering it yourself.
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