LI.FI leads on 0 of 2 shared benchmarks, Socket Protocol on 2. Socket Protocol wins on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (1.75 s vs 1.78 s), Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional (0.33% vs 0.96%).
Cross-chain bridge and DEX aggregator. Routes swaps across bridges and liquidity sources via a single API, with EVM and Solana support.
Cross-chain interoperability protocol and bridge aggregator. The Socket API routes bridging and swap transactions across major EVM chains via underlying bridges including Across, Stargate, and CCTP.
LI.FI
Trails1.78 s
Socket Protocol
Leads1.75 s
Per chain · per region
| Chain | Provider | EU-West | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base to Arb | LI.FI | 1.56 s | 1.69 s |
| Socket Protocol | 1.76 s | 1.76 s |
LI.FI
Trails0.96 %
Socket Protocol
Leads0.33 %
Per chain · per region
| Chain | Provider | EU-West | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base to Arb | LI.FI | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| Socket Protocol | 0.33% | 0.33% |
LI.FI and Socket Protocol are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Socket Protocol leads on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking benchmark, Socket Protocol leads at 1.75 s versus LI.FI at 1.78 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
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.
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.