Arbitrum Bridge vs Squid Router Squid Router leads by 7 points.
Squid Router scores 7 points above Arbitrum Bridge, led by route coverage and transfer speed. Arbitrum Bridge ranks #8 and Squid Router #4 of 18 published bridges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
ARArbitrum Bridge55
vs
Squid Router62
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #8 and #4 of 18
Squid Router scores 7 points above Arbitrum Bridge, led by route coverage and transfer speed.
ARArbitrum Bridge #8 of 1855
Squid Router #4 of 1862
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termSquid Router leads on 2 of 4 published criteria; Arbitrum Bridge on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermSquid RouterArbitrum BridgeWeightPoints
Route coverage10/102/106.7+14.0for Squid Router+7.2 of 32
Trust5/1010/106.2−8.1for Arbitrum Bridge−4.2 of 32
Route clarity5/109/105.8−6.0for Arbitrum Bridge−3.1 of 32
Transfer speed7/102/105.3+6.9for Squid Router+3.5 of 32
Net of the terms+6.7
Reproduced gap+6.8
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6255+7.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
Squid RouterScore 62Axelar-powered cross-chain swap and bridge aggregatorStrength: Route coverage — 10/10Watch-out: Slippage on the swap leg adds to bridge feesArbitrum 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)
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactArbitrum BridgeSquid Router
Bridge feeSnapshotArbitrum 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.Squid docs, "Transaction times and fees" (docs.squidrouter.com/additional-resources/architecture/transaction-times-and-fees, fetched 30 September 2026; the page reads "Last updated 6 months ago"): "Squid currently charges no fees. The user will only pay gas fees on source and destination chains." Integrators may add their own fee: "Partners can elect a % fee they would like to charge, and Squid will receive a portion of this fee." Routes with a destination swap also pay Axelar relayer gas in the source-chain token ("This fee is paid to Axelar's relayers, who trustlessly pass messages and proofs across chains."). Squid's homepage (squidrouter.com) advertises "Avg total cost $0.02 $0.10" (Squid versus others), "Based on a $100 ETH transaction from Ethereum mainnet." The swap-leg percentage and relay-cost range the previous note carried are on neither page.
Asset coverageEditorialETH and any ERC-20 with a registered token bridge contractCross-asset swap and bridge across all Axelar-connected chains
Region fitSnapshotglobalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
AR
Arbitrum Bridge
55#8 of 18
Pick it when
Pick Arbitrum Bridge if trust matters most — it scores 10/10 to Squid Router's 5/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Trust — 10/10
Tradeoff
7-day challenge delay on direct withdrawals (use third-party bridges for fast exits)
Squid Router
62#4 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Squid Router if route coverage matters most — it scores 10/10 to Arbitrum Bridge's 2/10 there (weight 28).
Strength
Route coverage — 10/10
Tradeoff
Slippage on the swap leg adds to bridge fees
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
ARArbitrum Bridge
Choose Arbitrum Bridge if trust matters most
Trust: 10/10 against 5/10 for Squid Router (weight 26)
Route clarity: 9/10 against 5/10 for Squid Router (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)
Squid RouterLeads
Choose Squid Router if route coverage matters most
Route coverage: 10/10 against 2/10 for Arbitrum Bridge (weight 28)
Transfer speed: 7/10 against 2/10 for Arbitrum Bridge (weight 22)
Squid RouterScore 62Axelar-powered cross-chain swap and bridge aggregatorStrength: Route coverage — 10/10Watch-out: Slippage on the swap leg adds to bridge fees
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 8 of 10weight 6.7 of 86Squid Router leads
Arbitrum Bridge2/10 out of 10
Squid Router10/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 4 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Arbitrum Bridge leads
Arbitrum Bridge9/10 out of 10
Squid Router5/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
by 5 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Squid Router leads
Arbitrum Bridge2/10 out of 10
Squid Router7/10 out of 10
Trust
by 5 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Arbitrum Bridge leads
Arbitrum Bridge10/10 out of 10
Squid Router5/10 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
Arbitrum Bridge14/20Squid Router14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Arbitrum Bridge13.8/30Squid Router16.4/30
Squid Router leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Arbitrum Bridge2.7/10Squid Router2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Arbitrum Bridge3.2/8Squid Router3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Arbitrum Bridge12.5/18Squid Router12.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Squid Router unless the term Arbitrum Bridge leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Arbitrum Bridge if trust matters most — it scores 10/10 to Squid Router's 5/10 there (weight 26).
The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .
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Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
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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Squid Router scores 7 points above Arbitrum Bridge, led by route coverage and transfer speed. Published scores, out of 100: Arbitrum Bridge 55 (rank 8 of 18 bridges), Squid Router 62 (rank 4 of 18).
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