Arbitrum Bridge vs Everclear (formerly Connext) Arbitrum Bridge leads by 14 points.
Arbitrum Bridge scores 14 points above Everclear (formerly Connext), led by trust and route clarity. Arbitrum Bridge ranks #8 and Everclear (formerly Connext) #17 of 18 published bridges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
ARArbitrum Bridge55
vs
EVEverclear (formerly Connext)41
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #8 and #17 of 18
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5541+14.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
Arbitrum Bridge's lead rests on lighter criteria: Everclear (formerly Connext) is ahead on route coverage, which carries more weight (28) than any criterion Arbitrum Bridge leads on (26).
A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
Arbitrum BridgeScore 55Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ Arbitrum movementStrength: Trust — 10/10Watch-out: 7-day challenge delay on direct withdrawals (use third-party bridges for fast exits)Everclear (formerly Connext)Score 41Modular clearing layer for cross-chain liquidity nettingStrength: Speed — 4/10Watch-out: Direct end-user UI is minimal — Everclear is infrastructure first
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactArbitrum BridgeEverclear (formerly Connext)
PricingSnapshotArbitrum docs, "Quickstart: Arbitrum bridge" (docs.arbitrum.io/arbitrum-bridge/quickstart.md, fetched 30 September 2026): no bridge fee is stated on that page; the user pays gas - "You’ll need the native currency of the parent chain to bridge your assets to the destination chain." A withdrawal needs a second, parent-chain transaction after the challenge period: "Upon confirmation (about one week later), you can execute them" (docs.arbitrum.io cross-chain messaging page). No dollar cost is published on either page, so the deposit and withdrawal dollar ranges the previous note carried are not repeated.Everclear FAQ (docs.everclear.org/developers/faqs.md, fetched 30 September 2026): "Protocol fees are charged dynamically depending on the route (combination of asset, origin, destinations). Fees are levied against the amount sent." Gas is paid on top, and an intent that is not matched is discounted each epoch until netted ("discountBPS = (currentEpoch - entryEpoch - 1) * discountPerEpoch"). No fee rate is published on that page. This corrects the previous note: Everclear does charge the sender of an intent.
Asset coverageEditorialETH and any ERC-20 with a registered token bridge contractCross-chain liquidity netting for integrated dapps
Region fitSnapshotglobalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
AR
Arbitrum Bridge
55#8 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Arbitrum Bridge if trust matters most — it scores 10/10 to Everclear (formerly Connext)'s 2/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Trust — 10/10
Tradeoff
7-day challenge delay on direct withdrawals (use third-party bridges for fast exits)
EV
Everclear (formerly Connext)
41#17 of 18
Pick it when
Pick Everclear (formerly Connext) if route coverage matters most — it scores 3/10 to Arbitrum Bridge's 2/10 there (weight 28).
Strength
Speed — 4/10
Tradeoff
Direct end-user UI is minimal — Everclear is infrastructure first
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
ARArbitrum BridgeLeads
Choose Arbitrum Bridge if trust matters most
Trust: 10/10 against 2/10 for Everclear (formerly Connext) (weight 26)
Route clarity: 9/10 against 2/10 for Everclear (formerly Connext) (weight 24)
Arbitrum BridgeScore 55Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ Arbitrum movementStrength: Trust — 10/10Watch-out: 7-day challenge delay on direct withdrawals (use third-party bridges for fast exits)
EVEverclear (formerly Connext)
Choose Everclear (formerly Connext) if route coverage matters most
Route coverage: 3/10 against 2/10 for Arbitrum Bridge (weight 28)
Transfer speed: 4/10 against 2/10 for Arbitrum Bridge (weight 22)
Everclear (formerly Connext)Score 41Modular clearing layer for cross-chain liquidity nettingStrength: Speed — 4/10Watch-out: Direct end-user UI is minimal — Everclear is infrastructure first
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
by 1 of 10weight 6.7 of 86Everclear (formerly Connext) leads
Arbitrum Bridge2/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)3/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 7 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Arbitrum Bridge leads
Arbitrum Bridge9/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)2/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
by 2 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Everclear (formerly Connext) leads
Arbitrum Bridge2/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)4/10 out of 10
Trust
by 8 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Arbitrum Bridge leads
Arbitrum Bridge10/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)2/10 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.
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%).
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum Bridge scores 14 points above Everclear (formerly Connext), led by trust and route clarity. Published scores, out of 100: Arbitrum Bridge 55 (rank 8 of 18 bridges), Everclear (formerly Connext) 41 (rank 17 of 18).
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