Split decision: NEAR Intents leads on Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional (0.037% vs 0.048%); Squid Router leads on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking (292 ms vs 3.51 s).
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.
Cross-chain swap and liquidity routing built on Axelar. The Squid Router API sources routes across EVM chains via Axelar GMP, covering swaps and bridges in a single call.
NEAR Intents
Trails3.51 s
Squid Router
Leads292 ms
Per chain · per region
| Chain | Provider | EU-West | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base to Arb | NEAR Intents | 3.50 s | 3.50 s |
| Squid Router | 292 ms | 292 ms |
NEAR Intents
Leads0.037 %
Squid Router
Trails0.048 %
Per chain · per region
| Chain | Provider | EU-West | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base to Arb | NEAR Intents | 0.0095% | 0.0095% |
| Squid Router | 0.048% | 0.048% |
NEAR Intents and Squid Router are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. NEAR Intents leads on Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional. Squid Router leads on Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Cheapest cross-chain bridge for USDC at $300 notional benchmark, NEAR Intents leads at 0.037% versus Squid Router at 0.048%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
On the Fastest cross-chain bridge quote API, live ms ranking benchmark, Squid Router leads at 292 ms versus NEAR Intents at 3.51 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.
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.