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 (0.039% vs 0.093%). Relay wins on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (265 ms vs 3.13 s), Fastest on-chain bridge execution (1.88 s vs 1.2 min), Bridge slippage vs quote ($0.0000023 vs $0.00780), Fastest Solana cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (254 ms vs 3.50 s). Data as of 2026-10-06 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:56:08 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: 4.97 s
rank: #8
samples: 2,867

Relay

Leads

265 ms

p99: 499 ms
rank: #3
samples: 4,582

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	EU-West	Aggregate
Sol to Base	NEAR Intents	3.51 s	3.51 s
Sol to Base	Relay	280 ms	280 ms
Base to Arb	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
Base to Arb	Relay	206 ms	206 ms
Arb to Sol	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
Arb to Sol	Relay	349 ms	349 ms
Arb to HyperCore	NEAR Intents	40 ms	40 ms
Arb to HyperCore	Relay	268 ms	268 ms

Quote latency

NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional

Bridges

NEAR Intents

Leads

0.039 %

p99: 0.045%
rank: #3
samples: 20,156

Relay

Trails

0.093 %

p99: 0.13%
rank: #5
samples: 34,552

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	EU-West	Aggregate
Sol to Base	NEAR Intents	0.0091%	0.0091%
Sol to Base	Relay	0.030%	0.030%
Base to Arb	NEAR Intents	0.011%	0.011%
Base to Arb	Relay	0.024%	0.040%
Arb to Sol	NEAR Intents	0.022%	0.022%
Arb to Sol	Relay	0.037%	0.047%
Arb to HyperCore	NEAR Intents	-	0.11%
Arb to HyperCore	Relay	-	0.20%

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	Realized fee (bps of ticket)	Slippage vs quote	All-in gas we paid
NEAR Intentsprovisional	1.2 min	0.21%	$0.00780	$0.0649
Relayprovisional	1.88 s	0.79%	$0.0000027	$0.00409

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NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

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

Bridges

Provider	Slippage vs quote	Realized fee (bps of ticket)	All-in gas we paid
NEAR Intentsprovisional	$0.00780	0.21%	$0.0649
Relayprovisional	$0.0000023	0.79%	$0.00409

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NEAR Intentsn/aRelayn/a

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

Bridges

NEAR Intents

Trails

3.50 s

p99: 4.98 s
rank: #6
samples: 1,150

Relay

Leads

254 ms

p99: 497 ms
rank: #3
samples: 2,854

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	EU-West	Aggregate
SOL to Base	NEAR Intents	3.51 s	3.51 s
SOL to Base	Relay	280 ms	280 ms
SOL to Arbitrum	NEAR Intents	3.50 s	3.50 s
SOL to Arbitrum	Relay	243 ms	243 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 0.039% 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 265 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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