NEAR Intents vs Relay 2026: 5 live benchmarks compared

Name: NEAR Intents vs Relay OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

OpenChainBench

NEAR Intents vs Relay

NEAR Intents leads on 1 of 5 shared benchmarks, Relay on 4. NEAR Intents wins on Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional (0.045% vs 0.093%). Relay wins on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (195 ms vs 3.13 s), Fastest on-chain bridge execution (2.21 s vs 33.25 s), Bridge slippage vs quote ($0.0000060 vs $0.00633), Fastest Solana cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (188 ms vs 3.50 s). Data as of 2026-11-02 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:24:03 UTCWindow: rolling 24h5 shared benchmarks

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.

Relay

Cross-chain intent network from Reservoir. Users sign an intent, relayers compete to fill on the destination, settlement is typically sub-30 seconds.

Side by side measurements

Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking

Bridges

NEAR Intents

Trails

3.13 s

p99: 4.96 s
rank: #8
samples: 2,881

Relay

Leads

195 ms

p99: 587 ms
rank: #3
samples: 4,550

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	EU-West	Aggregate
Sol to Base	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
Sol to Base	Relay	224 ms	224 ms
Base to Arb	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
Base to Arb	Relay	167 ms	167 ms
Arb to Sol	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
Arb to Sol	Relay	343 ms	343 ms
Arb to HyperCore	NEAR Intents	43 ms	43 ms
Arb to HyperCore	Relay	226 ms	226 ms

Quote latency

NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional

Bridges

NEAR Intents

Leads

0.045 %

p99: 0.049%
rank: #3
samples: 25,920

Relay

Trails

0.093 %

p99: 0.11%
rank: #5
samples: 46,080

Per chain

Chain	NEAR Intents	Relay
Sol to Base	0.016%	0.029%
Base to Arb	0.013%	0.037%
Arb to Sol	0.020%	0.050%
Arb to HyperCore	0.11%	0.27%

Effective fee

NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

Fastest on-chain bridge execution: real settlement latency, Mobula vs Relay vs LI.FI vs Near Intents

Bridges

Provider	Execution latency	Slippage vs quote	All-in gas we paid
NEAR Intentsprovisional	33.25 s	$0.00630	$0.0570
Relayprovisional	2.21 s	$0.0000045	$0.00361

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NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

Bridge slippage vs quote: what actually settles versus what was quoted

Bridges

Provider	Slippage vs quote	All-in gas we paid
NEAR Intentsprovisional	$0.00633	$0.0570
Relayprovisional	$0.0000060	$0.00361

View

NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

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

Bridges

NEAR Intents

Trails

3.50 s

p99: 4.97 s
rank: #6
samples: 1,152

Relay

Leads

188 ms

p99: 499 ms
rank: #3
samples: 2,827

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	EU-West	Aggregate
SOL to Base	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
SOL to Base	Relay	224 ms	224 ms
SOL to Arbitrum	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
SOL to Arbitrum	Relay	179 ms	179 ms

Quote latency

NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

Frequently asked questions

NEAR Intents vs Relay: which one is better?

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

Which is cheaper, NEAR Intents or Relay?

On the Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional benchmark, NEAR Intents leads at 0.045% versus Relay at 0.093%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, NEAR Intents or Relay?

On the Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking benchmark, Relay leads at 195 ms versus NEAR Intents at 3.13 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the NEAR Intents vs Relay 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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