AltLayer Alternatives: Similar L2 Protocols Compared

AltLayer carries a risk grade of B (27/100) and ranks #3 of 38 rated L2 protocols. Below are 37 L2 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 2 of these protocols score lower (safer) than AltLayer, and 35 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Xai (B, 24/100 — 3 points safer than AltLayer). See the AltLayer vs Xai comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

AltLayer logo
AltLayer

L2

Risk

B

Value

D+

TVL

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Xai logoXaiSafer
B
D-
$77,000
2Stacks logoStacksSafer
B
C+
$86M
3Arbitrum logoArbitrum
B
C-
$3.2B
4Abstract Chain logoAbstract Chain
B-
C
$33M
5Celo logoCelo
B-
D+
$200M
6EigenDA logoEigenDA
B-
C-
—
7Kinto logoKinto
B-
C
$672,000
8Mode Network logoMode Network
B-
D-
$6M
9Taiko logoTaiko
B-
C-
$4M
10Mezo logoMezo
B-
D
$20M
11Astar Network logoAstar Network
B-
D-
$30M
12Base logoBase
B-
C+
$2.8B
13Scroll logoScroll
B-
D+
$7,000
14Hemi Network logoHemi Network
B-
C-
$1M
15Immutable X logoImmutable X
B-
D
$498,000
16Corn Network logoCorn Network
C+
C
$100M
17Linea logoLinea
C+
D+
$349M
18Optimism logoOptimism
C+
D+
$533M
19Rootstock logoRootstock
C+
C-
$24,000
20Aztec Network logoAztec Network
C+
D-
—
21Mantle logoMantle
C+
C
$216M
22Soneium logoSoneium
C+
C+
$246,000
23Zora logoZora
C+
C-
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24Manta Network logoManta Network
C+
D-
$50M
25Sophon logoSophon
C+
C+
$79M
26Starknet logoStarknet
C+
C
$198M
27Unichain logoUnichain
C+
B
$30M
28Blast logoBlast
C
C-
$59M
29Merlin Chain logoMerlin Chain
C
D-
$100M
30Nexus Network logoNexus Network
C
C
—
31Zircuit logoZircuit
C
D-
$5M
32ZKsync Era logoZKsync Era
C
D+
$100M
33Ink Chain logoInk Chain
C
C-
$473M
34Movement logoMovement
C
D-
$50M
35Fuel Network logoFuel Network
C
C+
$45M
36BOB (Build on Bitcoin) logoBOB (Build on Bitcoin)
C
C
$180M
37MegaETH logoMegaETH
C
D-
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