Optimism Gateway vs Bungee Bungee leads by 7 points.
Bungee scores 7 points above Optimism Gateway, led by route coverage and transfer speed. Optimism Gateway ranks #9 and Bungee #5 of 18 published bridges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Optimism Gateway55
vs
Bungee62
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #9 and #5 of 18
Bungee scores 7 points above Optimism Gateway, led by route coverage and transfer speed.
Optimism Gateway #9 of 1855
Bungee #5 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 termBungee leads on 2 of 4 published criteria; Optimism Gateway on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermBungeeOptimism GatewayWeightPoints
Route coverage8/101/106.7+12.2for Bungee+6.3 of 32
Trust6/1010/106.2−6.5for Optimism Gateway−3.3 of 32
Route clarity6/109/105.8−4.5for Optimism Gateway−2.3 of 32
Transfer speed7/103/105.3+5.5for Bungee+2.8 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.
EvidenceEvidence evidence medium vs evidence high — how well each score is supported, not the score itself
BungeeScore 62Trading app with cross-chain swaps into any token, routed through SocketStrength: Route coverage — 8/10Watch-out: Default route selection is automatic — power users may want to overrideOptimism GatewayScore 55Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ Optimism / OP Stack chainsStrength: Trust — 10/10Watch-out: 7-day withdrawal window for direct exits (third-party bridges offer fast withdrawals)
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactOptimism GatewayBungee
Bridge feeSnapshotOP docs, "Using the Standard Bridge" (docs.optimism.io/app-developers/guides/bridging/standard-bridge, fetched 30 September 2026): no bridge fee is stated on that page; the cost is gas, set per transfer as "_minGasLimit : Gas to use to complete the transfer on the receiving side." Deposits "are usually completed within 1-3 minutes" and withdrawals "are completed in 7 days as a result of the withdrawal challenge period", with a prove and a finalize transaction on Ethereum. No dollar cost is published on the page, so the dollar ranges the previous note carried are not repeated.Bungee's documentation link (docs.bungee.exchange) now resolves to Socket's docs. Socket, "Fees & Monetization" (docs.socket.tech/about/fees-monetization, fetched 30 September 2026): "For users, Socket does not charge any additional fees. All onchain execution costs are covered within the quoted fees. Socket does not add any markup or hidden fees to transactions." Integrators may charge their own fee ("integrations are free to implement fee charging for their own services"). The Bungee front end (bungee.exchange) renders client-side and now titles itself "Bungee | Infinite ways to play the market", so no live Bungee quote was read.
Asset coverageEditorialETH and registered ERC-20sAggregated bridge and DEX swap routes across Socket-supported chains
Region fitSnapshotglobalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Optimism Gateway
55#9 of 18
Pick it when
Pick Optimism Gateway if trust matters most — it scores 10/10 to Bungee's 6/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Trust — 10/10
Tradeoff
7-day withdrawal window for direct exits (third-party bridges offer fast withdrawals)
Bungee
62#5 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Bungee if route coverage matters most — it scores 8/10 to Optimism Gateway's 1/10 there (weight 28).
Strength
Route coverage — 8/10
Tradeoff
Default route selection is automatic — power users may want to override
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Optimism Gateway
Choose Optimism Gateway if trust matters most
Trust: 10/10 against 6/10 for Bungee (weight 26)
Route clarity: 9/10 against 6/10 for Bungee (weight 24)
Optimism GatewayScore 55Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ Optimism / OP Stack chainsStrength: Trust — 10/10Watch-out: 7-day withdrawal window for direct exits (third-party bridges offer fast withdrawals)
BungeeLeads
Choose Bungee if route coverage matters most
Route coverage: 8/10 against 1/10 for Optimism Gateway (weight 28)
Transfer speed: 7/10 against 3/10 for Optimism Gateway (weight 22)
BungeeScore 62Trading app with cross-chain swaps into any token, routed through SocketStrength: Route coverage — 8/10Watch-out: Default route selection is automatic — power users may want to override
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 7 of 10weight 6.7 of 86Bungee leads
Optimism Gateway1/10 out of 10
Bungee8/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Optimism Gateway leads
Optimism Gateway9/10 out of 10
Bungee6/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
by 4 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Bungee leads
Optimism Gateway3/10 out of 10
Bungee7/10 out of 10
Trust
by 4 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Optimism Gateway leads
Optimism Gateway10/10 out of 10
Bungee6/10 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
Optimism Gateway14/20Bungee14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Optimism Gateway13.7/30Bungee16.3/30
Bungee leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Optimism Gateway2.7/10Bungee2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Optimism Gateway3.2/8Bungee3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Optimism Gateway12.5/18Bungee12.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Bungee unless the term Optimism Gateway leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Optimism Gateway if trust matters most — it scores 10/10 to Bungee's 6/10 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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Bungee scores 7 points above Optimism Gateway, led by route coverage and transfer speed. Published scores, out of 100: Optimism Gateway 55 (rank 9 of 18 bridges), Bungee 62 (rank 5 of 18).
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