Abstract: Abstruct:Heave deformation and fracture are the common instability form of foundation pit, which is difficult to be moni-tored.Analysis on anti-heave stability is mainly for the calculation of safety coefficients.The main computing methods of safety coefficient of anti-heave stability include limit equilibrium, limit analysis and strength reduction.An engineering ex-ample is adopted in this paper, the above-mentioned methods are used to calculate safety coefficients for anti-heave stabili-ty, and the applicability of these 3 methods is comparatively analyzed.The results show that more engineering factors are ignored by traditional limit equilibrium algorithm with too conservative result, which can be modified to improve the applica-bility.The calculation results are more accurate by limit analysis and strength reduction methods, but further study is nee-ded on failure mode of limit analysis and permitted upheaval value of foundation pit stability in critical state by strength re-duction.