Last updated: September 2026
Compare · Solana bridges
Wormhole vs deBridge, Mayan, Allbridge, Jumper, Across, Squid and Chainflip — the bridges that move value to and from Solana, compared on what matters: how they work, what they cost, how fast they settle, whether you get the native asset, and what secures them. Researched and cross-verified.
Independently researched · mechanism, fee, speed and security facts cross-verified against each bridge's docs
The lineup
Counted from the live comparison data.
Lock-mint · intent · aggregator
No wrapped tokens
Jumper · Squid
W · DBR · ABR · ACX · QUID · FLIP
The table
Mechanism, chains, fee, speed, native-asset delivery and token. Click any name for the full review and live health score.
The most broadly integrated Solana bridge; Portal locks assets and mints wrapped versions. Secured by a 13-of-19 Guardian network. Its 2022 Solana exploit (~$320M) was fully reimbursed by Jump Crypto.
Zero-TVL intent network — solvers deliver native assets directly, with no wrapped tokens or liquidity pools to exploit. A fast, popular route to and from Solana.
Cross-chain swap auctions (Swift / MCTP routes) settled on Solana and secured via Wormhole messaging; a competitive solver auction picks best execution. Swift and MCTP now carry no protocol fee (0%) — the ~0.1% only applies to the legacy WH Swap route.
Mid-restructure: a $1.65M flash-loan exploit drained Core's pools on 2026-07-19, and Allbridge is winding Core + Classic down within months in favor of Allbridge Next — a pool-free redesign routing through CCTP and LayerZero. ABR is migrating 1:1 to a new token, ABR0.
Consumer front-end for the LI.FI router — compares 20+ bridges and 30+ DEXs to find the cheapest path to or from Solana, so you don't have to pick a bridge yourself.
A fastest-class intent bridge: permissionless relayers front funds instantly and settle later via UMA's optimistic oracle. Solana support launched Aug 2025 (USDC-first, still USDC-only). Across publishes no flat fee — LP + relayer fees float with pool utilization and gas; check its /suggested-fees quote.
Multi-rail router incubated by Axelar, now with its own token ($QUID, launched 2026). It reaches Solana and Bitcoin through Chainflip (not Axelar GMP), and EVM/Cosmos chains through Axelar, CCTP, IBC, and LayerZero.
How to read this
How the bridge moves value. Lock-and-mint (Wormhole Portal) locks your asset and mints a wrapped version. Intent-based bridges (deBridge, Across, Mayan) have a solver deliver the native asset and settle later. Aggregators (Jumper, Squid) route across several of these.
Whether you receive the real token on the destination chain (no wrapper). Wormhole Portal is lock-and-mint (and Allbridge Classic is too, for long-tail assets); the rest deliver native SOL/SPL assets.
Intent bridges are usually fastest and cheapest for Solana (Across ~1–2s, deBridge ~0.04% + gas). Aggregators add no fee of their own and surface the best route. Figures move — always check a live quote.
Each bridge trusts something different: Wormhole's 13-of-19 Guardians, Across's UMA optimistic oracle, Chainflip's 150-validator vaults, Axelar's PoS validators. Intent / 0-TVL designs avoid a pooled-asset honeypot.
Squid was incubated by Axelar but reaches Solana and Bitcoin through Chainflip, not Axelar GMP — so its Solana routes are secured by Chainflip, not Axelar.
The bridge's own token where one exists: W, DBR, ABR (migrating 1:1 to ABR0), ACX, FLIP, and QUID (Squid's own token, launched 2026 — Squid is no longer token-less). Mayan and Jumper/LI.FI still have no live token.
How it works
Every bridge above uses one of these mechanisms — and the mechanism, more than the brand, decides your speed, cost and risk.
Your asset is locked on the source chain and a wrapped version is minted on Solana. Broadest reach, but you hold a wrapped IOU that's only redeemable while the bridge stays solvent — wrapped-asset and validator-set risk.
You state the outcome you want; a solver fronts the native asset on Solana instantly and settles later. Fast (seconds), cheap, and native — with little or no pooled TVL to exploit.
Doesn't move funds itself — it compares 20+ bridges and 30+ DEXs and routes you the cheapest, fastest path, with no protocol fee of its own. Best when you don't want to pick a bridge.
A cross-chain DEX swaps native BTC or ETH straight into native SOL — no wrapping, no lock-and-mint — using a validator vault network with threshold signatures.
Recommendations
Fastest & cheapest
Intent bridges deliver native assets in seconds for a tiny fee. deBridge (~0.04% + gas) and Across (~1–2s, dynamic LP + relayer fee) are the fastest-class routes to and from Solana.
Don't want to pick
Aggregators compare 20+ bridges and surface the cheapest route automatically — no protocol fee of their own. Squid also reaches Bitcoin and Solana via Chainflip.
Broadest reach
The most-integrated Solana bridge — if a chain or asset is supported anywhere, Wormhole/Portal usually covers it (lock-and-mint wrapped assets).
Native SOL / BTC swaps
A fully native cross-chain DEX — no wrapping. Best for swapping native BTC or ETH straight into native SOL.
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