Scroll Bridge vs zkSync Bridge Scroll Bridge leads by 3 points.
Scroll Bridge scores 3 points above zkSync Bridge, led by trust and route clarity. Scroll Bridge ranks #10 and zkSync Bridge #13 of 18 published bridges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Scroll Bridge53
vs
zkSync Bridge50
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #10 and #13 of 18
Scroll Bridge scores 3 points above zkSync Bridge, led by trust and route clarity.
Scroll Bridge #10 of 1853
zkSync Bridge #13 of 1850
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termScroll Bridge leads on 2 of 4 published criteria; zkSync Bridge on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermScroll BridgezkSync BridgeWeightPoints
Trust9/108/106.2+1.6for Scroll Bridge+0.8 of 32
Route clarity7/106/105.8+1.5for Scroll Bridge+0.8 of 32
Net of the terms+3.1
Reproduced gap+3.1
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5350+3.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
Scroll BridgeScore 53Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ Scroll zkEVMStrength: Trust — 9/10Watch-out: Lower liquidity than Arbitrum/Optimism/BasezkSync BridgeScore 50Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ zkSync EraStrength: Trust — 8/10Watch-out: Smaller dapp ecosystem than the largest L2s
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactScroll BridgezkSync Bridge
Bridge feeSnapshotScroll docs, "ETH and ERC20 Token Bridge" (docs.scroll.io/en/developers/l1-and-l2-bridging/eth-and-erc20-token-bridge, fetched 30 September 2026): no bridge fee is stated on that page; the ETH sent with a deposit pays the L2 execution fee and with a withdrawal the L1 fee, excess refunded - "0.00001 ETH should be more than enough to process a token deposit." and "Fees will depend on L1 activity but 0.005 ETH should be enough to process a token withdrawal." The same page warns: "There is no way to recover bridged ETH, tokens, or NFTs if your transaction reverts on L1."ZKsync docs, "Bridging assets" (docs.zksync.io/zksync-protocol/rollup/bridging-assets, fetched 30 September 2026): no bridge fee is stated on that page; withdrawals carry a time cost - "To provide additional security, withdrawals in ZKsync Chains are delayed for 3 hours" - and the finality page (docs.zksync.io/zksync-protocol/rollup/finality) adds that proof generation "typically takes about an hour". The ZKsync Bridge front end (portal.zksync.io/bridge, titled "ZKsync Bridge | Transfer funds between ZKsync and Ethereum") renders client-side, so no live quote was read.
Asset coverageEditorialETH and major ERC-20sETH and registered ERC-20s
Region fitSnapshotglobalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Scroll Bridge
53#10 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Scroll Bridge if trust matters most — it scores 9/10 to zkSync Bridge's 8/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Trust — 9/10
Tradeoff
Lower liquidity than Arbitrum/Optimism/Base
zkSync Bridge
50#13 of 18
Pick it when
zkSync Bridge leads Scroll Bridge 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
Trust — 8/10
Tradeoff
Smaller dapp ecosystem than the largest L2s
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Scroll BridgeLeads
Choose Scroll Bridge if trust matters most
Trust: 9/10 against 8/10 for zkSync Bridge (weight 26)
Route clarity: 7/10 against 6/10 for zkSync Bridge (weight 24)
Scroll BridgeScore 53Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ Scroll zkEVMStrength: Trust — 9/10Watch-out: Lower liquidity than Arbitrum/Optimism/Base
zkSync Bridge
zkSync Bridge leads Scroll Bridge on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
zkSync BridgeScore 50Native canonical bridge for Ethereum ↔ zkSync EraStrength: Trust — 8/10Watch-out: Smaller dapp ecosystem than the largest L2s
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
Scroll Bridge1/10 out of 10
zkSync Bridge1/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Scroll Bridge leads
Scroll Bridge7/10 out of 10
zkSync Bridge6/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
weight 5.3 of 86Tie
Scroll Bridge5/10 out of 10
zkSync Bridge5/10 out of 10
Trust
by 1 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Scroll Bridge leads
Scroll Bridge9/10 out of 10
zkSync Bridge8/10 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
Scroll Bridge14/20zkSync Bridge14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Scroll Bridge13/30zkSync Bridge11.8/30
Scroll Bridge leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Scroll Bridge2.7/10zkSync Bridge2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Scroll Bridge3.2/8zkSync Bridge3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Scroll Bridge12.5/18zkSync Bridge12.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Scroll Bridge unless the term zkSync Bridge leads on is the one you are buying.
zkSync Bridge leads Scroll Bridge 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.
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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Scroll Bridge scores 3 points above zkSync Bridge, led by trust and route clarity. Published scores, out of 100: Scroll Bridge 53 (rank 10 of 18 bridges), zkSync Bridge 50 (rank 13 of 18).
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