Uniswap vs 1inch
Pick Uniswap if you are traders and liquidity providers who want direct access to Uniswap pools across many EVM chains without an interface fee. Pick 1inch if you are eVM and Solana traders who want aggregated routing and gasless intent-based swaps without an interface fee.
Checked 2026-10-16 · both venues' fee pagesUniswap is an automated market maker protocol (v2, v3, v4) with a web app and self-custodial wallet built by Uniswap Labs. Since 2025-12-27 Uniswap Labs charges no interface fee; traders pay the pool's LP fee plus gas.
1inch is a DEX aggregator with a Swap interface (intent-based Fusion and cross-chain Fusion+) and a Pro interface that routes across DEXes. The interface is free to use; some swaps carry infrastructure fees.
Side by side
| Uniswap | 1inch | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | DEX | DEX aggregator |
| Status | live | live |
| Chains | Ethereum, Unichain, Arbitrum, Arc, Avalanche, Base, BNB Chain, Celo, Ink, Linea, Megaeth, Monad, Optimism, Polygon, Robinhood Chain, Solana, Soneium, Tempo, Worldchain, Xlayer, Zksync, Zora | Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Gnosis, Avalanche, Zksync, Base, Linea, Unichain, Sonic, Solana, Robinhood Chain, Monad, Cronos, HyperEVM |
| Platforms | web, ios, android, extension | web |
| Custody | non-custodial | non-custodial |
| KYC | none | none |
| Platform fee, round trip | 0% | 0% |
| $1,000 round trip | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Sign-up perk | — | — |
| Perps taker / maker | — | — |
| United States | Available | Available |
| United Kingdom | Unverified | Unverified |
| European Union | Unverified | Available |
| Launched | 2018-11 | 2019-05 |
| Reported incidents | 3 | 2 |
Features
| Feature | Uniswap | 1inch |
|---|---|---|
| limit orders | ✓ | ✓ |
| cross-chain swaps | ✓ | ✓ |
| mobile app | ✓ | ✓ |
| browser extension | ✓ | — |
| liquidity provision | ✓ | — |
| hooks | ✓ | — |
| gasless swaps | — | ✓ |
| MEV protection | — | ✓ |
"—" means the feature was not in the sources we checked, not proof it's missing.
Uniswap: watch out for
- Swappers still pay pool LP fees of up to 1% on v3, and v4 pools can set any fee.
- Uniswap Labs settled with the CFTC for $175,000 in 2024 over leveraged token trading.
- No user referral or fee-discount program was found.
1inch: watch out for
- Some swaps carry infrastructure fees whose rates are not published on the help page.
- A $5M exploit hit obsolete Fusion v1 resolver contracts in March 2025, mostly recovered; 1inch said no user funds were at risk.
- Gas is still charged on Pro swaps, Solana swaps and swaps from native tokens.
FAQ
Is Uniswap better than 1inch?
Pick Uniswap if you are traders and liquidity providers who want direct access to Uniswap pools across many EVM chains without an interface fee. Pick 1inch if you are eVM and Solana traders who want aggregated routing and gasless intent-based swaps without an interface fee.
Which is cheaper, Uniswap or 1inch?
We could not compare published fees for both.
Can I use Uniswap or 1inch in the US?
Uniswap: available. 1inch: available. Based on each venue's own terms.
Sources
Last checked . Fees and terms change often; the venue's own page wins if it disagrees with ours.
- Uniswap Support: What are Uniswap Labs fees? — checked 2026-10-16
- Uniswap Developers: Fees — checked 2026-10-16
- Uniswap blog: UNIfication proposal — checked 2026-10-16
- The Block: Uniswap governance passes UNIfication — checked 2026-10-16
- The Block: Uniswap considers protocol fee expansion to eight chains — checked 2026-10-16
- Uniswap Support: Networks on Uniswap — checked 2026-10-16
- 1inch homepage — checked 2026-10-16
- 1inch Terms of Use (last updated 2026-09-14) — checked 2026-10-16
- 1inch Help: Do I pay fees when using 1inch? — checked 2026-10-16
- 1inch Help: Fusion FAQ — checked 2026-10-16
- 1inch Help: Restricted territory — checked 2026-10-16
- 1inch Help: What countries does the 1inch interface support? — checked 2026-10-16