# PancakeSwap: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 31 judge labels across 1 category by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/pancakeswap

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Digital employee experience](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/digital-employee-experience/index.md) | 8% | 3 | 26% | 31 |

## What the models said for it

- "PancakeSwap (Binance Smart Chain) or Quickswap (Polygon) are often recommended due to their combination of low trading fees AND significantly lower network transaction costs" (MiniMax M2.5, DEX)
- "PancakeSwap is often recommended for startups and budget-conscious users." (Claude Haiku 4.5, DEX)
- "ranks Uniswap, PancakeSwap, and Aero highest over the preceding 30 days" (GPT-6 Luna, DEX)
- "Top Recommendation: PancakeSwap (on BNB Chain)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, DEX)

## And against it

- "PancakeSwap - 100% of labels are negative, with 5 out of 5 labels being negative" (Llama 4 Maverick, DEX)
- "More than 58% of rug pulls in 2024 happened on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) like Uniswap and PancakeSwap." (Muse Glimmer 30B, DEX)
- "you are vulnerable to sandwich attacks... like older versions of PancakeSwap or SushiSwap" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, DEX)
- "most analysts would not recommend using a retail crypto DEX directly" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, DEX)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named PancakeSwap, from 70 of the 78 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cryptoslate.com: 19
- slashdot.org: 17
- cio.com: 16
- coinsutra.com: 16
- ventureburn.com: 13
- webopedia.com: 13
- coingecko.com: 12
- sourceforge.net: 12
- info.arkm.com: 11
- nownodes.io: 11

### Pages cited

- https://cio.com/article/4240539/theres-no-best-dex-platform-but-there-is-one-for-you.html: 16
- https://coinsutra.com/best-decentralized-exchanges-dex: 16
- https://cryptoslate.com/decentralized-exchanges: 15
- https://ventureburn.com/best-decentralized-crypto-exchanges: 13
- https://webopedia.com/crypto/exchanges/best-decentralized-exchanges: 13
- https://slashdot.org/software/decentralized-exchanges-dex/f-small-business: 12
- https://coingecko.com/en/exchanges/decentralized: 11
- https://info.arkm.com/research/best-decentralized-exchange: 11

## In its own words

What PancakeSwap's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Trade, earn, and own crypto on the all-in-one multichain DEX (https://pancakeswap.finance/)
- Price stated: with Fees as Low as 0.01% (https://pancakeswap.finance/)
- Integrations claimed: 12 (https://pancakeswap.finance/)

## What it publishes

Every page pancakeswap.finance exposes, read 2026-10-05: 2575 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- template or tool: 10 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- glossary or explainer: 30 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-03
- Recent: 2026-09-21 template or tool: Apr roi il calculator https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/earn/yield-farming/apr-roi-il-calculator
- Recent: 2026-07-03 glossary or explainer: What is vecake https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/portuguese-brazilian/bem-vindo-ao-pancakeswap/vecake-sunset/archive-vecake/what-is-vecake
- Recent: 2026-07-03 glossary or explainer: What is an approval transaction https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/portuguese-brazilian/bem-vindo-ao-pancakeswap/contact-us/faq/what-is-an-approval-transaction
- Recent: 2026-07-03 glossary or explainer: What is perpetual trading https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/portuguese-brazilian/negociacao/perpetual-trading/what-is-perpetual-trading
- Recent: 2026-07-03 template or tool: Apr roi il calculator https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/portuguese-brazilian/ganhar/yield-farming/apr-roi-il-calculator
- Recent: 2026-07-03 glossary or explainer: What is vecake https://docs.pancakeswap.finance/turkish/pancakeswapa-hos-geldiniz/vecake-sunset/archive-vecake/what-is-vecake

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.