Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsCardano
Trails$0.0258
- p99
- $0.0274
- rank
- #26
- samples
- 20,160
Somnia
Leads$0.0000184
- p99
- $0.0000198
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
Cardanon/aSomnian/a
Cardano vs Somnia
Somnia leads on both live benchmarks. Somnia wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000184 vs $0.0258), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.00965 vs $0.1815). Data as of 2026-11-15 UTC.
Cardano
Ouroboros Praos PoS with 20-second slots and 1 block per 20 seconds on average. Probabilistic finality after about 2,160 blocks (k parameter).
Somnia
EVM-compatible proof-of-stake L1 built for high throughput, where each validator produces its own data chain and a consensus chain orders them.
Side by side measurements
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain
BlockchainsCardano
Trails$0.1815
- p99
- $0.1926
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 20,160
Somnia
Leads$0.00965
- p99
- $0.0104
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
Cardanon/aSomnian/a
Frequently asked questions
Cardano vs Somnia: which one is better?
Cardano and Somnia are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Somnia leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is cheaper, Cardano or Somnia?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Somnia leads at $0.0000184 versus Cardano at $0.0258. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Cardano vs Somnia 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.