Ethereum is ethereum... The only project can beat it is maybe NEO, but is very early to tell... Ethereum is a beast, because it works and everybody use it. Waves is unknown to me in the matter of what special with it.
Go try Waves...
I tried NEO and I have a lot of Ethereum. I don't like NEO because there are no decimal points... WTF? So if NEO is worth $20, and you want to buy $10 of a soda, you have to give $20... WTF?