Orca and Raydium compared on the facts each tool states on its own site. Orca: Decentralized exchange on Solana for token swaps and liquidity provision. Raydium: Raydium is a Solana DEX with AMM v4, CPMM and CLMM pools and LaunchLab, documented with a published fee table. Updated 12 Oct 2026.
Compiled from each tool's own website and docs. Values link to their sources in the table above. Anything a site does not state is left out rather than guessed.
Audit report: Orca is https://github.com/orca-so/whirlpools/tree/main/.audits. Raydium is https://docs.raydium.io/security/audits. Fees: Orca is Swap fee is set by the pool fee tier (0.01% to 2% depending on pool type); fees split 87% to liquidity providers, 12% to the protocol treasury and 1% to the Climate Fund. Raydium is CPMM fee tiers run 0.005% to 4% (default 0.25%) and CLMM tiers 0.01% to 4% (default 0.25%); trading fees split 84% to liquidity providers, 12% to RAY buyback and 4% to treasury; standard pools cost 0.15 SOL to create, CLMM has no Raydium creation fee. Pool creation fee: Orca is 0 SOL. Raydium is 0.15 SOL. Pool types: Orca is Whirlpools (CLMM), Splash pools. Raydium is AMM v4, CPMM, CLMM.
