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Substitutions · 36 dishes here use it
Sugar already dissolved, which is the only form of sugar that works in a cold drink. Equal parts by weight keeps a couple of weeks in the fridge; richer syrup keeps longer and sweetens harder.
Everything below is judged against that job. A swap that covers it is a swap; one that only looks similar is not.
3 of the 36 dishes here that mention simple syrup list it as optional — 8% of them. In those, the correct substitution is nothing.
Instead · 1
a level teaspoon of sugar per quarter ounce of syrup
Instead · 2
one part sweetener to one of hot water, then measure as syrup
Instead · 3
three quarters as much
These dishes list simple syrup as optional. They were written to work without it, so no ratio is needed and nothing has to be bought.
These need it and are short enough that nothing hides: 4 required ingredients or fewer, which makes simple syrup a quarter of what is in the pan. Make the swap a decision rather than a repair.
The company simple syrup keeps in this library, counted off required ingredients. A swap that argues with the top two is the wrong swap, whatever a chart says.