Solana Alternatives: Similar L1 Protocols Compared

Solana carries a risk grade of B- (35/100) and ranks #37 of 58 rated L1 protocols. Below are 57 L1 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 36 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Solana, and 21 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Ethereum (A-, 13/100 — 22 points safer than Solana). See the Solana vs Ethereum comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

L1

Risk

B-

Value

B-

TVL

$6.2B

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

A-

A-

$37.7B

2

B+

C-

$33M

3

B+

C

$300M

4

DashSafer

B+

D+

—

5

B+

C

—

6

B+

C

$13M

7

B

A-

—

8

Cosmos HubSafer

B

C-

$147,540

9

AptosSafer

B

C+

$334M

10

B

C-

$15M

11

Bitcoin CashSafer

B

C

—

12

B

D

$102M

13

DoubleZeroSafer

B

C

$300M

14

XRP LedgerSafer

B

C-

$48M

15

B

C

$134M

16

B

C-

—

17

NeoSafer

B

D+

$50M

18

TronSafer

B

C+

$5.1B

19

B-

D

$30M

20

KaspaSafer

B-

D

—

21

ZcashSafer

B-

C-

—

22

B-

C

$658M

23

B-

D+

—

24

B-

D

—

25

Polygon PoSSafer

B-

C+

$1.2B

26

Mina ProtocolSafer

B-

D-

—

27

NEAR ProtocolSafer

B-

B-

$165M

28

Particle NetworkSafer

B-

C

$50M

29

SeiSafer

B-

D+

$49M

30

Ethereum ClassicSafer

B-

C

—

31

Internet ComputerSafer

B-

C-

$69M

32

IOTASafer

B-

D-

$10M

33

B-

C+

—

34

Bitcoin SVSafer

B-

C-

—

35

B-

D

$49M

36

Story ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$8M

37

B-

C-

$79M

38

C+

F

$4M

39

C+

C+

$5.2B

40

C+

B

$4M

41

C+

C-

$300M

42

C+

D

$125M

43

C+

B-

—

44

C+

D

$41M

45

C+

D+

$288M

46

C+

C+

$429M

47

C

C

$25M

48

C

C

—

49

C

C+

$72M

50

C

D

$5M

51

C

C+

$85M

52

C

C-

$580M

53

C-

B-

—

54

C-

C

$3M

55

C-

D+

—

56

C-

D

$5,000

57

D+

D+

$557M

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