Arbitrum Alternatives: Similar L2 Protocols Compared

Arbitrum carries a risk grade of B (25/100) and ranks #2 of 37 rated L2 protocols. Below are 36 L2 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 1 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Arbitrum, and 35 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Xai (B, 24/100 — 1 points safer than Arbitrum). See the Arbitrum vs Xai comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Arbitrum logo
Arbitrum

L2

Risk

B

Value

C-

TVL

$2.0B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Xai logoXaiSafer
B
D-
$81,000
2Stacks logoStacks
B
C+
$86M
3Abstract Chain logoAbstract Chain
B
C
$38M
4AltLayer logoAltLayer
B
D+
—
5Celo logoCelo
B-
D+
$200M
6Kinto logoKinto
B-
C
$672,000
7EigenDA logoEigenDA
B-
C-
—
8Taiko logoTaiko
B-
C-
$4M
9Mezo logoMezo
B-
D
$48M
10Mode Network logoMode Network
B-
C-
$7M
11Astar Network logoAstar Network
B-
D-
$30M
12Base logoBase
B-
C+
$2.8B
13Hemi Network logoHemi Network
B-
C-
$2M
14Scroll logoScroll
B-
D+
$8,000
15Corn Network logoCorn Network
B-
C
$100M
16Soneium logoSoneium
C+
C+
$264,000
17Immutable X logoImmutable X
C+
D
$570,000
18Linea logoLinea
C+
D+
$387M
19Rootstock logoRootstock
C+
C-
$24,000
20Mantle logoMantle
C+
C
$252M
21Optimism logoOptimism
C+
D+
$511M
22Zora logoZora
C+
C-
—
23Aztec Network logoAztec Network
C+
D-
—
24Starknet logoStarknet
C+
C
$234M
25Ink Chain logoInk Chain
C+
C-
$473M
26Merlin Chain logoMerlin Chain
C+
D-
$100M
27Sophon logoSophon
C+
C+
$93M
28Manta Network logoManta Network
C
D-
$50M
29Nexus Network logoNexus Network
C
C
—
30Zircuit logoZircuit
C
D-
$6M
31ZKsync Era logoZKsync Era
C
D+
$100M
32Blast logoBlast
C
C-
$76M
33Movement logoMovement
C
D-
$50M
34Fuel Network logoFuel Network
C
C+
$45M
35BOB (Build on Bitcoin) logoBOB (Build on Bitcoin)
C
C
$180M
36MegaETH logoMegaETH
C
D-
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