Chainlink CCIP Alternatives: Similar Bridge Protocols Compared

Chainlink CCIP carries a risk grade of C+ (39/100) and ranks #10 of 28 rated Bridge protocols. Below are 27 Bridge protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 9 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Chainlink CCIP, and 18 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Hop Protocol (B, 24/100 — 15 points safer than Chainlink CCIP). See the Chainlink CCIP vs Hop Protocol comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Bridge

Risk

C+

Value

C+

TVL

$1.2B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

Hop ProtocolSafer

B

C-

$3M

2

NEAR IntentsSafer

B-

C-

$94M

3

Stargate V1Safer

B-

C

$10M

4

tBTCSafer

B-

C-

$312M

5

Stargate V2Safer

B-

D+

$66M

6

Chain FusionSafer

B-

C-

$19M

7

C+

C-

$1.5B

8

Bitlayer YBTC FamilySafer

C+

C-

$26M

9

Celer NetworkSafer

C+

B-

$13M

10

Stargate Finance

C+

C+

$4M

11

C+

D+

$4M

12

C+

C

$12M

13

C+

D

—

14

C

D+

$745,000

15

C

C

$91M

16

Orbiter Finance

C

D+

—

17

C

B

$3.4B

18

Across Protocol

C

C

$19M

19

WBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin)

C

B

$7.4B

20

C-

C

$2M

21

C-

D

$0

22

C-

C+

$6.7B

23

C-

C-

$542M

24

Jumper Exchange

C-

D

—

25

C-

D

—

26

D+

D

$129M

27

D+

D-

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