Optimism Gateway vs Everclear (formerly Connext) Optimism Gateway leads by 14 points.
Optimism Gateway scores 14 points above Everclear (formerly Connext), led by trust and route clarity. Optimism Gateway ranks #9 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.
Optimism Gateway55
vs
EVEverclear (formerly Connext)41
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #9 and #17 of 18
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+33.3
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.
Optimism Gateway's lead rests on lighter criteria: Everclear (formerly Connext) is ahead on route coverage, which carries more weight (28) than any criterion Optimism Gateway leads on (26).
A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
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)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.
FactOptimism GatewayEverclear (formerly Connext)
PricingSnapshotOP 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.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 registered ERC-20sCross-chain liquidity netting for integrated dapps
Region fitSnapshotglobalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Optimism Gateway
55#9 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Optimism Gateway 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 withdrawal window for direct exits (third-party bridges offer fast withdrawals)
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 Optimism Gateway's 1/10 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?
Optimism GatewayLeads
Choose Optimism Gateway 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)
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)
EVEverclear (formerly Connext)
Choose Everclear (formerly Connext) if route coverage matters most
Route coverage: 3/10 against 1/10 for Optimism Gateway (weight 28)
Transfer speed: 4/10 against 3/10 for Optimism Gateway (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 2 of 10weight 6.7 of 86Everclear (formerly Connext) leads
Optimism Gateway1/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)3/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 7 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Optimism Gateway leads
Optimism Gateway9/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)2/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
by 1 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Everclear (formerly Connext) leads
Optimism Gateway3/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)4/10 out of 10
Trust
by 8 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Optimism Gateway leads
Optimism Gateway10/10 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
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Optimism Gateway scores 14 points above Everclear (formerly Connext), led by trust and route clarity. Published scores, out of 100: Optimism Gateway 55 (rank 9 of 18 bridges), Everclear (formerly Connext) 41 (rank 17 of 18).
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