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Symbiosis vs Bungee Bungee leads by 21 points.

Bungee scores 21 points above Symbiosis, led by trust, route clarity, and transfer speed. Symbiosis ranks #16 and Bungee #5 of 18 published bridges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.

Symbiosis41
Bungee62
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #16 and #5 of 18
Methodology v2026.10.18Ranking snapshot 4 published criteria5 score dimensions Receipt #cc-VS-SYMBIOSIS-VS-BUNGEE-a0c7a25b
Published verdictRanking snapshot 3 November 2026

Bungee leads by 21 points

Bungee scores 21 points above Symbiosis, led by trust, route clarity, and transfer speed.

Symbiosis #16 of 1841
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 3 of 4 published criteria; Symbiosis on 1. The terms sum to the gap.
TermBungeeSymbiosisWeightPoints
Route coverage8/109/106.7−1.7for Symbiosis−0.9 of 32
Trust6/103/106.2+4.9for Bungee+2.5 of 32
Route clarity6/103/105.8+4.5for Bungee+2.3 of 32
Transfer speed7/106/105.3+1.4for Bungee+0.7 of 32
Measured dataScore dimension12.56.918+14.6for Bungee
Net of the terms+23.5
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+23.7
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6241+21.0

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
  • Bungee's lead rests on lighter criteria: Symbiosis is ahead on route coverage, which carries more weight (28) than any criterion Bungee leads on (26).
  • A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
Quick facts

At a glance

1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactSymbiosisBungee
PricingSnapshotSymbiosis docs, "Symbiosis & Fees" (docs.symbiosis.finance/main-concepts/symbiosis-and-fees.md, fetched 30 September 2026): the user pays source-chain gas - "The user signs and submits this transaction on the source blockchain (where their assets are held) and covers the gas fee for this transaction." - and the gas that Symbiosis relayers spend on the S-chain and the destination chain is withheld from the swapped tokens as a stablecoin-equivalent estimate; the FAQ (docs.symbiosis.finance/faq.md) puts it as "relayers pay for the gas, which is deducted from users swaps". Octopool swap fees and slippage apply on top. No percentage fee is published on either page, so the percentage the previous note carried is 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 coverageEditorialCross-chain AMM swaps across heterogeneous ecosystemsAggregated bridge and DEX swap routes across Socket-supported chains
Region fitSnapshotglobalglobal
From the published criteria

Which should you pick?

Symbiosis

41#16 of 18
Pick it when
Pick Symbiosis if route coverage matters most — it scores 9/10 to Bungee's 8/10 there (weight 28).
Strength
Route coverage — 9/10
Tradeoff
Liquidity varies materially by chain pair — verify before size

Bungee

62#5 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Bungee if trust matters most — it scores 6/10 to Symbiosis's 3/10 there (weight 26).
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?

Symbiosis

Choose Symbiosis if route coverage matters most

  • Route coverage: 9/10 against 8/10 for Bungee (weight 28)
BungeeLeads

Choose Bungee if trust matters most

  • Trust: 6/10 against 3/10 for Symbiosis (weight 26)
  • Route clarity: 6/10 against 3/10 for Symbiosis (weight 24)
  • Transfer speed: 7/10 against 6/10 for Symbiosis (weight 22)
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 86Symbiosis leads
Symbiosis9 out of 10
Bungee8 out of 10

Route clarity

by 3 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Bungee leads
Symbiosis3 out of 10
Bungee6 out of 10

Transfer speed

by 1 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Bungee leads
Symbiosis6 out of 10
Bungee7 out of 10

Trust

by 3 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Bungee leads
Symbiosis3 out of 10
Bungee6 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
Symbiosis14/20Bungee14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Symbiosis12.8/30Bungee16.3/30
Bungee leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Symbiosis2.7/10Bungee2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Symbiosis3.2/8Bungee3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Symbiosis6.9/18Bungee12.5/18
Bungee leads
Decision rulePublished order

Choose Bungee unless the term Symbiosis leads on is the one you are buying.

Pick Symbiosis if route coverage matters most — it scores 9/10 to Bungee's 8/10 there (weight 28).

The published order weighs every criterion the same way for everyone. To weigh them your way, run .

From the published order

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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
    Scored by Trust posture · 26% (Symbiosis 3/10, Bungee 6/10)
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 21 points above Symbiosis, led by trust, route clarity, and transfer speed. Published scores, out of 100: Symbiosis 41 (rank 16 of 18 bridges), Bungee 62 (rank 5 of 18).

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