Five competitors, same checklist. Every claim below is taken from the other service's own public pages on the date shown, with the source linked — including the rows where they beat us.
Method: we read the provider's FAQ, pricing page and terms, then wrote down what it says — not what its marketing implies. If a number could not be verified on their site, it is not in the table.
ChangeNOW is the long-running generalist: 1000+ assets, its own support desk and a mobile app. VeilSwap is the narrow, privacy-first route: a fixed-rate quote locked at order creation, per-order deposit addresses, and no account or email at any step. Both let you swap without registration — the differences show up in coverage, rate modes and how much of the plumbing you can see.
FixedFloat is a fully automated exchange that publishes its fee per rate mode: 1% + network fee for fixed-rate orders and 0.5% + network fee for floating-rate orders. VeilSwap quotes fixed-rate only and hides nothing in a second line — no service fee is added at settlement, and the same quote is what you settle at. Both are automation-first; the choice comes down to whether you want a floating option and how much you value an onion route and order-level on-chain proof.
Exolix has been running since 2018 and describes itself as a smart cross-chain swap aggregator: it routes an order across 50+ centralised venues, quotes a fixed rate, and asks for no registration. VeilSwap is younger and narrower: a fixed-rate quote from a small set of liquidity providers, locked at order creation, no account or email, per-order deposit addresses and an onion mirror. Exolix wins on track record and catalogue size; the differences that matter are how much of the route you can check and what happens when an order goes wrong.
StealthEX is a custody-free instant exchange that quotes across multiple major venues, covers more than 2000 assets, sells crypto for cards, and offers a fixed-rate mode. VeilSwap is much smaller: two professional liquidity providers, the better of the two quotes shown with the provider named, no account, per-order deposit addresses and an onion mirror. StealthEX wins on catalogue, fiat on-ramp and review history; the difference that matters is whether you can check the number and what happens to a stuck order.
VeilSwap routes orders through third-party liquidity providers. We publish these pages because 'trust us' is not an argument — you can re-run any quote yourself at /exchange before you commit.