Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsEthereum
Trails$0.00694
- p99
- $0.2488
- rank
- #25
- samples
- 20,160
Somnia
Leads$0.0000184
- p99
- $0.0000204
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
Ethereumn/aSomnian/a
Ethereum vs Somnia
Somnia leads on both live benchmarks. Somnia wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000184 vs $0.00694), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.00965 vs $0.1362). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.
Ethereum
PoS chain using Gasper (Casper FFG plus LMD-GHOST). 12-second slots with deterministic finality every two epochs, roughly 12.8 minutes.
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
BlockchainsEthereum
Trails$0.1362
- p99
- $3.35
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 20,160
Somnia
Leads$0.00965
- p99
- $0.0107
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
Ethereumn/aSomnian/a
Frequently asked questions
Ethereum vs Somnia: which one is better?
Ethereum 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, Ethereum or Somnia?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Somnia leads at $0.0000184 versus Ethereum at $0.00694. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Ethereum 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.
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