APE vs CHZ
ApeCoin and Chiliz scored on the same 25 variables, ranked against the same 251 tokens, with every gap between them shown.
Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026. Market snapshot 7 Oct 2026.
What separates them
APE scores 102 of 250 and ranks 129th of 251. CHZ scores 120 and ranks 68th. CHZ leads by 18 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. APE takes 0 of the 25 variables, CHZ takes 14, and 11 are level.
The framework rates APE WATCH and CHZ CAUTIOUS HOLD. Two tokens close enough to compare do not have to land in the same band, and where they do not, the divergence table below is where the split comes from.
One variable separates them by 3 points or more. CHZ is clear on Market Share (7 against 4).
Both score 3 or below on Buyback and Burn, Real Staking Yield. A weakness both sides share is not a reason to prefer either. It is a reason to check whether the category itself carries the problem.
CHZ is valued at $165.6M against $146.9M for APE, a 1.1x difference. The larger of the two also scores higher, so the market and the framework agree on the ordering here.
All 25 variables, head to head
Both tokens were scored by the same framework in the same pass, so the numbers are directly comparable. What a comparison adds over two separate pages is the gap: a 6 against a 6 is a non-event, a 9 against a 3 is the reason to hold one and not the other.
Cash flow
| Protocol Revenue | 3 | 4 | CHZ +1 | |
| Revenue Trend | 3 | 4 | CHZ +1 | |
| P/S Multiple | 4 | 4 | level | |
| Real Staking Yield | 3 | 3 | level |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 4 | 4 | level | |
| Vesting Schedule | 5 | 6 | CHZ +1 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 5 | 7 | CHZ +2 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 2 | 3 | CHZ +1 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 4 | 4 | level | |
| Insider Selling | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Holder Concentration | 4 | 4 | level |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 3 | 4 | CHZ +1 | |
| Active Users | 4 | 5 | CHZ +1 | |
| Developer Activity | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Network Growth | 4 | 5 | CHZ +1 |
Position
| Market Share | 4 | 7 | CHZ +3 | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 7 | CHZ +2 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 4 | 5 | CHZ +1 | |
| Exchange Depth | 6 | 6 | level | |
| Social Mindshare | 5 | 5 | level |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 4 | 5 | CHZ +1 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 4 | 4 | level | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 3 | 4 | CHZ +1 | |
| Team Execution | 4 | 5 | CHZ +1 | |
| Treasury Runway | 5 | 5 | level |
Bars read outward from the centre: APE to the left, CHZ to the right. The side that leads a variable is filled. Each score is 1 to 10 against the same definition applied to all 251 rated tokens.
Market and supply
| APE | CHZ | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.1469 | $0.0157 |
| Market cap | $146.9M | $165.6M |
| Circulating | 100% | 100% |
| Dilution to full supply | 1x | 1x |
| Off all-time high | -99.45% | -98.2% |
| To recover the high | 181.8x | 55.6x |
| Total value locked | not published | not published |
| Network | Ethereum | Chiliz Chain |
Price, market cap and all-time high from the CoinGecko snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026. Supply shares are derived from circulating and eventual supply counts, which do not move with price. The 25 scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026.
Catalyst and risk on each side
APE · WATCH
Yuga Labs network expansion, including Otherside metaverse and new NFT collections driving demand.
Declining NFT market sentiment and governance fragmentation among ApeCoin DAO stakeholders.
CHZ · CAUTIOUS HOLD
Chiliz Chain 2.0 and national-team fan tokens on Socios. Chiliz is not a FIFA partner, FIFA's official crypto exchange supporter is Kraken, and the 2026 tournament has finished.
Socios.com losing top-5 football club partnerships (Barcelona, PSG) to rival platform like Sorare.
Common questions
- Is APE or CHZ the better investment?
- On this framework CHZ scores higher: 120 against 102 of 250, and it is rated CAUTIOUS HOLD against WATCH. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and APE still wins 0 of the 25 individual variables against CHZ.
- What is the biggest difference between APE and CHZ?
- Market Share. APE scores 4 of 10 there and CHZ scores 7, a gap of 3 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, APE or CHZ?
- APE is valued at $146.9M and CHZ at $165.6M on the latest market snapshot.
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Research and analysis, not investment advice. A higher score is one framework applied consistently to 251 tokens, not a prediction that one asset will outperform the other.