> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://matheus-draau.gitbook.io/solana-onboarding-kit/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://matheus-draau.gitbook.io/solana-onboarding-kit/landscape.md).

# 3. The overall landscape

**13 applications** were evaluated, covering all the relevant categories of the ecosystem:

| Category                 | Apps                                    |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| **Hardware wallets**     | Tangem, Ledger                          |
| **Software wallets**     | Exodus, Solflare, Phantom, Trust Wallet |
| **CEX + wallet**         | Backpack, OKX                           |
| **DEXs and aggregators** | Jupiter, Meteora, Orca                  |
| **Data explorer**        | DEX Screener                            |
| **DeFi / lending**       | Kamino                                  |

That represents **390 evaluated items** (13 × 30), each with a verdict, severity, and impact.

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**Time frame.** This analysis is a snapshot of the market in the **first half of 2026**: it reflects the state of the onboardings as they were at the moment of evaluation and is likely to evolve as the products update.
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The averages spread across a wide spectrum, from **0.53** (Tangem, the benchmark) to **4.00** (Orca and Kamino, a total absence of an entry layer), which on its own already tells a story: **the ecosystem does not have a uniform onboarding problem; it has everything from exemplary cases to cases of complete absence**, and everything in between.

## Three maturity tiers

Grouping the results reveals three clear tiers:

* **Mature (average < 0.60):** Tangem, Backpack, Exodus, cohesive onboardings whose weaknesses are explanatory, not structural.
* **Functional but opaque (0.90 to 1.40):** DEX Screener, Solflare, OKX, Phantom, Trust Wallet, Jupiter, solid technical foundations that assume an already-fluent user and fail at the moments of greatest risk.
* **No entry layer (1.80 to 4.00):** Ledger, Meteora, Orca, Kamino, from the overly long and technical onboarding (Ledger) to the categorical absence of any welcome at all (Orca, Kamino).

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➡️ Continue to [**4. Recurring patterns**](/solana-onboarding-kit/recurring-patterns.md).


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