I think Hive is the most valuable crypto projects in the world for now. I have checked some other platforms such as Publish0x, read.cash, noise cash; however they are not in the same league with HIVE. I can say that Publishx0 is fine.
Most people also on HIVE focus on the price. As you said it is nice to have a high evaluation, but it should not be matter for long-term investors. Those who buy a token in the hope of high price are just visitors to the cryptocurrency world.
I think I joined at publish0x back when it started, but not sure if I ever used it.
It is not decentralized anyway.