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nearswaps vs Rhea Finance
Rhea Finance is the exchange most NEAR tokens trade on; nearswaps is a front end that routes swaps through those pools and adds auto orders, 1-click trading and cross-chain pay-in. A swap on either fills in the same Rhea pools; nearswaps adds a 0.5% site fee on top of the pool fee.
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| nearswaps | Rhea Finance | |
|---|---|---|
| Routing | Its own router over Rhea classic and stable pools (direct and two-hop paths, split over up to 3 routes in 5% steps), plus Rhea DCL pools, Intear DEX through Intear's router, and launchpad pools (Nearly, JustHoot, Shards). | Rhea's Auto Router finds the best path over one hop or an intermediary pool (stable pools included) and splits a trade across parallel pools of the same pair. |
| Order types | Market swap; auto orders: stop-loss, take-profit, limit buy, breakout buy, triggered on price or market cap, expiring within 30 days. | Swaps; limit orders on DCL pools, placed at one of the pool's price bins, which can fill in part and are claimed after filling; margin trading. |
| 1-click (no popup per trade) | Yes: a function-call key limited to trade and withdraw on the orders contract; a trading balance held by that contract. | Not described in Rhea's guide: each swap is approved in your wallet. |
| Fees | 0.5% site fee (1% on a few pairs) plus the pool's own fee; 0.02 NEAR per auto order (0.01 refunded); wrap and unwrap free. | The pool's own fee, chosen when the pool is created: 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.6% or a custom 0.01% to 19.99% on classic pools; DCL pools can have several fee tiers. 80% goes to liquidity providers, 20% to the protocol and referrals. Rhea's guide describes no separate app fee. |
| Custody | Swaps: signed in your wallet, nothing held. Auto orders and 1-click: tokens held by the orders contract, sent only to the exchange or back to you; its owner key was still in place on 20 October 2026, during the trial. | Swaps signed in your wallet; liquidity held by the exchange contracts (v2.ref-finance.near, dclv2.ref-labs.near). |
| Cross-chain | Pay in from, or sell to, BTC, ETH, SOL, ZEC, USDC and USDT on their own chains through NEAR Intents, from the swap or the Bridge page. | Rhea Bridge (app.rhea.finance/bridge) compares bridge routers for a transfer between NEAR and another network; it is separate from swaps. |
Sources
- Rhea Finance app
- Rhea guide: Auto Router
- Rhea guide: Limit Orders
- Rhea guide: Classic Pools (fees)
- Rhea guide: Bridge
- Rhea exchange contract on NearBlocks
- Rhea DCL contract on NearBlocks
- nearswaps orders contract on NearBlocks
- Rhea pool list (api.rhea.finance)
- nearswaps fees, in full
Questions people ask
Is nearswaps built on Rhea?
nearswaps routes most swaps through Rhea's pools and builds the transaction your wallet signs. It also uses Intear DEX and launchpad pools, and its auto orders and 1-click run on a separate orders contract.
Do I get a better price on nearswaps or on Rhea?
The pools are the same, so for one pool the price is the same before fees. nearswaps can split a trade over up to 3 routes when that pays more, and adds a 0.5% site fee.
Can I set a stop-loss on Rhea tokens?
Yes, from the nearswaps Terminal: auto orders work on Rhea classic and DCL pools, paying out in wNEAR or a stablecoin.
Which has more liquidity?
The liquidity is Rhea's: the pools belong to Rhea. A front end like this one only routes into them.