Base Alternatives: Similar L2 Protocols Compared

Base carries a risk grade of B- (34/100) and ranks #13 of 37 rated L2 protocols. Below are 36 L2 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 12 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Base, and 24 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Xai (B, 24/100 — 10 points safer than Base). See the Base vs Xai comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Base logo
Base

L2

Risk

B-

Value

C+

TVL

$2.8B

Safety analysis →Investment analysis →
AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Xai logoXaiSafer
B
D-
$81,000
2Arbitrum logoArbitrumSafer
B
C-
$2.0B
3Stacks logoStacksSafer
B
C+
$86M
4Abstract Chain logoAbstract ChainSafer
B
C
$38M
5AltLayer logoAltLayerSafer
B
D+
—
6Celo logoCeloSafer
B-
D+
$200M
7Kinto logoKintoSafer
B-
C
$672,000
8EigenDA logoEigenDASafer
B-
C-
—
9Taiko logoTaikoSafer
B-
C-
$4M
10Mezo logoMezoSafer
B-
D
$48M
11Mode Network logoMode NetworkSafer
B-
C-
$7M
12Astar Network logoAstar NetworkSafer
B-
D-
$30M
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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