LI.FI vs NEAR Intents

LI.FI leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks, NEAR Intents on 1. LI.FI wins on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (891 ms vs 3.13 s), Fastest on-chain bridge execution (10.18 s vs 33.25 s), Fastest Solana cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (829 ms vs 3.50 s). NEAR Intents wins on Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional (0.045% vs 0.36%). Data as of 2026-11-02 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h5 shared benchmarks, 4 measured on both sides
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LI.FI

Cross-chain bridge and DEX aggregator. Routes swaps across bridges and liquidity sources via a single API, with EVM and Solana support.

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NEAR Intents

Cross-chain intent layer from NEAR Protocol. The 1Click API runs a solver auction bus, signed quotes are settled by the winning market maker. Quote latency reflects bid arrival, not route search across LPs.

Side by side measurements

Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking

Bridges

LI.FI

Leads

891 ms

p99
4.46 s
rank
#6
samples
3,210

NEAR Intents

Trails

3.13 s

p99
4.96 s
rank
#8
samples
2,881

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderEU-WestAggregate
Sol to BaseLI.FI884 ms884 ms
NEAR Intents3.50 s3.50 s
Base to ArbLI.FI1.25 s1.25 s
NEAR Intents3.50 s3.50 s
Arb to SolLI.FI1.17 s1.17 s
NEAR Intents3.50 s3.50 s
Arb to HyperCoreLI.FI759 ms759 ms
NEAR Intents43 ms43 ms
Quote latency
LI.FIn/aNEAR Intentsn/a

Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional

Bridges

LI.FI

Trails

0.36 %

p99
0.73%
rank
#7
samples
46,080

NEAR Intents

Leads

0.045 %

p99
0.049%
rank
#3
samples
25,920

Per chain

ChainLI.FINEAR Intents
Sol to Base0.28%0.016%
Base to Arb0.28%0.013%
Arb to Sol0.37%0.020%
Arb to HyperCore0.52%0.11%
Effective fee
LI.FIn/aNEAR Intentsn/a

Fastest Solana cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking

Bridges

LI.FI

Leads

829 ms

p99
4.52 s
rank
#5
samples
2,037

NEAR Intents

Trails

3.50 s

p99
4.97 s
rank
#6
samples
1,152

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderEU-WestAggregate
SOL to BaseLI.FI884 ms884 ms
NEAR Intents3.50 s3.50 s
SOL to ArbitrumLI.FI857 ms857 ms
NEAR Intents3.50 s3.50 s
Quote latency
LI.FIn/aNEAR Intentsn/a

Frequently asked questions

LI.FI vs NEAR Intents: which one is better?

LI.FI and NEAR Intents are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. LI.FI leads on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking. NEAR Intents leads on Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, LI.FI or NEAR Intents?

On the Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking benchmark, LI.FI leads at 891 ms versus NEAR Intents at 3.13 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is cheaper, LI.FI or NEAR Intents?

On the Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional benchmark, NEAR Intents leads at 0.045% versus LI.FI at 0.36%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the LI.FI vs NEAR Intents 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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How this pair was selected

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