Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain
BlockchainsKaia
Leads0.34 s
- p99
- 1.0 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 84,864
NEAR
Trails1.1 s
- p99
- 1.6 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 43,163
Finality time
Kaian/aNEARn/a
Kaia vs NEAR
Kaia leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks, NEAR on 1. Kaia wins on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (0.34 s vs 1.1 s), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000168 vs $0.000149), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.000454 vs $7.48). NEAR wins on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain (5.17% vs 3.92%). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.
Kaia
EVM-compatible L1 formed from the merger of Klaytn and Finschia, using Istanbul BFT consensus with immediate finality and one-second blocks.
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
BlockchainsKaia
Trails3.92 %
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 9provisional
NEAR
Leads5.17 %
- p99
- 5.56%
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 200
Net yield
Kaian/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.
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsKaia
Leads$0.0000168
- p99
- $0.0000576
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 20,160
NEAR
Trails$0.000149
- p99
- $0.000155
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
Kaian/aNEARn/a
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain
BlockchainsKaia
Leads$0.000454
- p99
- $0.000469
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 20,160
NEAR
Trails$7.48
- p99
- $7.79
- rank
- #19
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
Kaian/aNEARn/a
Frequently asked questions
Kaia vs NEAR: which one is better?
Kaia and NEAR are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Kaia leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. NEAR leads on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, Kaia or NEAR?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, Kaia leads at 0.34 s versus NEAR at 1.1 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which has the higher net yield, Kaia or NEAR?
On the Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain benchmark, NEAR leads at 5.17% versus Kaia at 3.92% (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Kaia 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.