Axelar Alternatives: Similar Bridge Protocols Compared

Axelar carries a risk grade of C- (57/100) and ranks #21 of 24 rated Bridge protocols. Below are 23 Bridge protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 20 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Axelar, and 3 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Hop Protocol (B, 23/100 — 34 points safer than Axelar). See the Axelar vs Hop Protocol comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Bridge

Risk

C-

Value

D

TVL

$137M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

Hop ProtocolSafer

B

C-

$4M

2

NEAR IntentsSafer

B

C-

$63M

3

Stargate V1Safer

B-

C

$11M

4

tBTCSafer

B-

C-

$437M

5

Stargate V2Safer

B-

D+

$102M

6

Chain FusionSafer

B-

C-

$25M

7

C+

D

—

8

Across ProtocolSafer

C+

C

$28M

9

Bitlayer YBTC FamilySafer

C+

C-

$112M

10

Celer NetworkSafer

C+

B-

$22M

11

Stargate FinanceSafer

C+

C+

$7M

12

Zeus NetworkSafer

C+

D+

$8M

13

C+

B-

$345M

14

C

C-

$1.9B

15

C

C

$20M

16

C

D+

$12M

17

Orbiter FinanceSafer

C

D+

—

18

C

D

$693

19

C-

C

$11M

20

C-

C

$106M

21

Jumper Exchange

D+

D

—

22

D+

D

—

23

D+

D-

—

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