Arbitrum Alternatives: Similar L2 Protocols Compared

Arbitrum carries a risk grade of B (23/100) and ranks #2 of 41 rated L2 protocols. Below are 40 L2 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 1 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Arbitrum, and 39 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Stacks (B, 21/100 — 2 points safer than Arbitrum). See the Arbitrum vs Stacks comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Arbitrum

Risk

Value

C-

TVL

$3.2B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

StacksSafer

C+

$86M

Celo

D+

$200M

AltLayer

D+

—

Xai

D-

$75,000

Abstract Chain

B-

$22M

Astar Network

B-

D-

$30M

EigenDA

B-

C-

—

Kinto

B-

$672,000

Lightning Network

B-

B+

$283M

Mode Network

B-

D-

$5M

Corn Network

B-

$100M

Mezo

B-

$14M

Scroll

B-

D+

$7,000

Taiko

B-

C-

$20,000

Base

B-

C+

$2.8B

Hemi Network

B-

C-

$617,000

Immutable X

C+

$470,000

Linea

C+

D+

$267M

Optimism

C+

D+

$567M

Zora

C+

C-

—

Aztec Network

C+

D-

—

Manta Network

C+

D-

$50M

Rootstock

C+

C-

$24,000

Mantle

C+

$142M

Movement

C+

D-

$50M

Merlin Chain

C+

D-

$100M

Soneium

C+

$180,000

Zircuit

C+

D-

$4M

ZKsync Era

C+

D+

$100M

Fuel Network

C+

$45M

Ink Chain

C+

C-

$473M

Nexus Network

C+

—

Sophon

C+

$13M

Eclipse

C+

C-

$6M

Starknet

C+

$157M

Blast

C-

$51M

Unichain

$3M

BOB (Build on Bitcoin)

$180M

Katana Network

$8M

MegaETH

C-

D-

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