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Aave vs Pendle
Side-by-side comparison of Aave and Pendle referral programs. Which one earns you more? Here are the facts.
[ HIGHER PAYOUT ]
Aave offers up to N/A% revenue share (lifetime).
Aave
Pendle
CATEGORY
DEFI
DEFI
COMMISSION
V3 referral code — protocol-level
vePENDLE monthly airdrops from partner protocols
MODEL
revenue-share
points
MAX REV SHARE
—
—
PAYOUT
native
native
MIN PAYOUT
No minimum
No minimum
FREQUENCY
ON-EVENT
MONTHLY
FIRST PAYOUT
~0d
~30d
COOKIE
LIFETIME
LIFETIME
KYC
NO
NO
GEO BLOCKED
NONE
NONE
RISK
LOW
MEDIUM
RATING
3.5/5 (20)
4.2/5 (55)
PROGRAM AGE
5y
3y
Aave
PROS
- +Largest lending protocol
- +On-chain
- +trustless
- +Multi-chain
CONS
- −Requires integration
- −Not link-based
- −Earnings depend on borrow volume
Pendle
PROS
- +Monthly partner airdrops
- +Novel yield tokenization
- +Multi-chain
CONS
- −Requires locking PENDLE
- −Airdrop value varies
- −DeFi complexity barrier