OpenChainBench

Algorand vs NEAR

Split decision: Algorand leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000829 vs $0.000149) and Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.00837 vs $7.49); NEAR leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (1.1 s vs 2.8 s) and Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain (5.17% vs 4.61%). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h4 shared benchmarks
Algorand logo
Algorand

Pure proof-of-stake L1 where a randomly selected committee agrees on each block, so a block is final as soon as it is committed, with rounds of roughly 3 seconds.

NEAR logo
NEAR

Sharded proof-of-stake L1 (Nightshade) with roughly one-second blocks; a block is final once a supermajority of stake has endorsed its successors.

Side by side measurements

Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain

Blockchains

Algorand

Trails

4.61 %

rank
#6
samples
1provisional

NEAR

Leads

5.17 %

p99
5.56%
rank
#4
samples
200
Net yield
Algorandn/aNEARn/a

Nominal yield in the staked token, not real yield: a 19% APR on a token that inflates 12% a year is worth less than it looks, and price moves dominate both. MEV is included on Solana only and excluded on Ethereum. ICP is one neuron profile (2 year dissolve delay), Algorand one opt-in solo node, Ethereum one network average. Stellar and Somnia are not ranked, see the methodology.

Frequently asked questions

Algorand vs NEAR: which one is better?

Algorand and NEAR are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Algorand leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains. NEAR leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is cheaper, Algorand or NEAR?

On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Algorand leads at $0.0000829 versus NEAR at $0.000149. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, Algorand or NEAR?

On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, NEAR leads at 1.1 s versus Algorand at 2.8 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Algorand vs NEAR comparison measured?

Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.

How this pair was selected

Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.

Live data refreshes via ISR within 60 seconds of a new run. Sources are the same Prometheus queries surfaced on the parent benchmark pages.