Across scores 33 points above deBridge, led by trust, route clarity, and transfer speed. Across ranks #2 and deBridge #15 of 18 published bridges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Across79
vs
deBridge46
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #2 and #15 of 18
Across scores 33 points above deBridge, led by trust, route clarity, and transfer speed.
Across #2 of 1879
deBridge #15 of 1846
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termAcross leads on 3 of 4 published criteria; deBridge on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermAcrossdeBridgeWeightPoints
Trust7/105/106.2+3.2for Across+1.7 of 32
Route clarity9/106/105.8+4.5for Across+2.3 of 32
Transfer speed10/108/105.3+2.7for Across+1.4 of 32
Measured dataScore dimension6.91.418+14.3for Across
Trust recordScore dimension6.43.28+8.3for Across
Net of the terms+33.1
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.1
Reproduced gap+33.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
AcrossScore 79Fast route-led bridge for mainstream cross-chain movementStrength: Speed — 10/10Watch-out: Less specialist than some bridge-native power-user optionsdeBridgeScore 46Cross-chain bridge for users who want faster execution with broader route reachStrength: Speed — 8/10Watch-out: Less low-noise than the clearest mainstream bridge defaults
Quick facts
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FactAcrossdeBridge
PricingSnapshotAcross Docs, "Fees in the System" (docs.across.to/introduction/fees, fetched 30 September 2026): the whole fee is the spread, "totalFee = inputAmount - outputAmount", split into an LP Fee (utilization-based, Aave-style two-slope curve, per route) and a Relayer Fee covering destination gas, capital opportunity cost and capital at risk; "If the relayer takes repayment on the origin chain (same chain as the deposit), no crosschain rebalancing is needed, so LP fees are zero." No headline percentage is published. Integrators may add an app fee on top ("Set appFee (a decimal from 0 to 1 , e.g. 0.01 = 1%) and appFeeRecipient on your Swap API request."). Measured the same day on app.across.to/api/suggested-fees for 1000000000 USDC base units (six decimals) Ethereum to Arbitrum: "outputAmount":"999892297", "capitalFeeTotal":"100000", "relayGasFeeTotal":"7703", "lpFeePct":"0", "estimatedFillTimeSec":2 (arithmetic: 1000000000 - 999892297 = 107703 base units, about 1.08 bps of the amount sent, plus origin-chain gas that the endpoint does not return).Re-read 28 October 2026 (docs.debridge.com/dln-details/overview/fee-structure): "Flat fee – a fixed amount in the source‑chain native token paid to deBridge validators for processing the eventual unlock message."; "Taker margin (≈ 4 bps) – the solver’s profit."; worked example "Flat fee: 0.001 ETH Variable fee: 0.04 % × 1 000 = 0.40 USDC Taker margin: 0.40 USDC Operating expenses: ≈ 0.03 USDC". Earlier read: deBridge docs, "Fee Structure" (docs.debridge.com/dln-details/overview/fee-structure, fetched 30 September 2026): two order-creation fees - "Flat fee - a fixed amount in the source-chain native token paid to deBridge validators for processing the eventual unlock message." and "Variable protocol fee (4 bps) - deducted from the input token." - plus runtime costs built into the spread, "Taker margin (≈ 4 bps) - the solver's profit." and the solver's gas for fulfil, unlock and claim; "Both fees are fully refunded if the order is cancelled." The per-chain table (docs.debridge.com/dln-details/overview/fees-supported-chains.md) lists a flat fee of "0.001 ETH" on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base and Linea and warns "Protocol fees can be changed." On-chain the same day: eth_call DlnSource 0xeF4fB24aD0916217251F553c0596F8Edc630EB66 globalFixedNativeFee() at Ethereum block 26,086,358 returned 1000000000000000 wei (0.001 ETH) and globalTransferFeeBps() returned 4.
Asset coverageEditorialCross-chain token transfers across supported bridge routesFaster cross-chain movement across supported token and route pairs
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Across
79#2 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Across if trust matters most — it scores 7/10 to deBridge's 5/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Speed — 10/10
Tradeoff
Less specialist than some bridge-native power-user options
deBridge
46#15 of 18
Pick it when
deBridge leads Across on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
Strength
Speed — 8/10
Tradeoff
Less low-noise than the clearest mainstream bridge defaults
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
AcrossLeads
Choose Across if trust matters most
Trust: 7/10 against 5/10 for deBridge (weight 26)
Route clarity: 9/10 against 6/10 for deBridge (weight 24)
Transfer speed: 10/10 against 8/10 for deBridge (weight 22)
AcrossScore 79Fast route-led bridge for mainstream cross-chain movementStrength: Speed — 10/10Watch-out: Less specialist than some bridge-native power-user options
deBridge
deBridge leads Across on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
deBridgeScore 46Cross-chain bridge for users who want faster execution with broader route reachStrength: Speed — 8/10Watch-out: Less low-noise than the clearest mainstream bridge defaults
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Route coverage
weight 6.7 of 86Tie
Across7/10 out of 10
deBridge7/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Across leads
Across9/10 out of 10
deBridge6/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
by 2 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Across leads
Across10/10 out of 10
deBridge8/10 out of 10
Trust
by 2 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Across leads
Across7/10 out of 10
deBridge5/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
Across20/20deBridge20/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Across19.5/30deBridge15.5/30
Across leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Across2.7/10deBridge2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Across6.4/8deBridge3.2/8
Across leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Across6.9/18deBridge1.4/18
Across leads
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Across unless the term deBridge leads on is the one you are buying.
deBridge leads Across on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
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Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
Scored by Trust posture · 26% (Across 7/10, deBridge 5/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Route coverage (28%), Route clarity (24%), Execution speed (22%).
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Across scores 33 points above deBridge, led by trust, route clarity, and transfer speed. Published scores, out of 100: Across 79 (rank 2 of 18 bridges), deBridge 46 (rank 15 of 18).
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