Synapse vs Everclear (formerly Connext) Synapse leads by 10 points.
Synapse scores 10 points above Everclear (formerly Connext), led by route coverage, trust, and route clarity. Synapse ranks #11 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.
Synapse51
vs
EVEverclear (formerly Connext)41
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #11 and #17 of 18
Route coverage6/103/106.7+5.2for Synapse+2.7 of 32
Trust4/102/106.2+3.2for Synapse+1.7 of 32
Route clarity3/102/105.8+1.5for Synapse+0.8 of 32
Transfer speed7/104/105.3+4.1for Synapse+2.1 of 32
AvailabilityScore dimension201420+15.6for Synapse
Net of the terms+29.7
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.2
Reproduced gap+29.9
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5141+10.0
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
A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
SynapseScore 51EVM-focused multichain bridge, with Solana reached through a separate bridgeStrength: Speed — 7/10Watch-out: Synapse's quote API answered "No bridge routes found" for USDC and ETH between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base on 2026-09-30, and again for ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum and from Arbitrum to Optimism on 2026-10-23, when its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned HTTP 500. The bridge still settles transfers: its Ethereum contract (0x2796317b0fF8538F253012862c06787Adfb8cEb6) logged 50 TokenWithdraw and TokenMint events between 11 and 22 October 2026, the latest at 20:04 UTC on 22 October. Get a quote in its app before you rely on a routeEverclear (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
FactSynapseEverclear (formerly Connext)
PricingSnapshotNo Synapse price could be read on 30 September 2026. The Synapse REST API (api.synapseprotocol.com), which its docs page docs.synapseprotocol.com/docs/Bridge/REST-API describes as the way to "retrieve quotes", returned "No bridge routes found" for USDC Ethereum to Arbitrum, Ethereum to Optimism and Arbitrum to Base and for ETH Ethereum to Arbitrum and Arbitrum to Optimism, and its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned "An unexpected error occurred in /bridge/v2. Please try again later." The Synapse docs pages read (Bridge, REST API, Supported Routes, Synapse Intent Network, contract pages) publish no fee rate, so the percentage the previous note carried is 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 coverageEditorialToken transfers through Synapse's legacy nUSD/nETH pools and its RFQ relayer network, where a route can be quotedCross-chain liquidity netting for integrated dapps
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Synapse
51#11 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Synapse if route coverage matters most — it scores 6/10 to Everclear (formerly Connext)'s 3/10 there (weight 28).
Strength
Speed — 7/10
Tradeoff
Synapse's quote API answered "No bridge routes found" for USDC and ETH between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base on 2026-09-30, and again for ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum and from Arbitrum to Optimism on 2026-10-23, when its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned HTTP 500. The bridge still settles transfers: its Ethereum contract (0x2796317b0fF8538F253012862c06787Adfb8cEb6) logged 50 TokenWithdraw and TokenMint events between 11 and 22 October 2026, the latest at 20:04 UTC on 22 October. Get a quote in its app before you rely on a route
EV
Everclear (formerly Connext)
41#17 of 18
Pick it when
Everclear (formerly Connext) leads Synapse 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
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?
SynapseLeads
Choose Synapse if route coverage matters most
Route coverage: 6/10 against 3/10 for Everclear (formerly Connext) (weight 28)
Trust: 4/10 against 2/10 for Everclear (formerly Connext) (weight 26)
Route clarity: 3/10 against 2/10 for Everclear (formerly Connext) (weight 24)
SynapseScore 51EVM-focused multichain bridge, with Solana reached through a separate bridgeStrength: Speed — 7/10Watch-out: Synapse's quote API answered "No bridge routes found" for USDC and ETH between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base on 2026-09-30, and again for ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum and from Arbitrum to Optimism on 2026-10-23, when its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned HTTP 500. The bridge still settles transfers: its Ethereum contract (0x2796317b0fF8538F253012862c06787Adfb8cEb6) logged 50 TokenWithdraw and TokenMint events between 11 and 22 October 2026, the latest at 20:04 UTC on 22 October. Get a quote in its app before you rely on a route
EVEverclear (formerly Connext)
Everclear (formerly Connext) leads Synapse on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
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 3 of 10weight 6.7 of 86Synapse leads
Synapse6/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)3/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Synapse leads
Synapse3/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)2/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
by 3 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Synapse leads
Synapse7/10 out of 10
Everclear (formerly Connext)4/10 out of 10
Trust
by 2 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Synapse leads
Synapse4/10 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.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
Synapse20/20Everclear (formerly Connext)14/20
Synapse leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Synapse12/30Everclear (formerly Connext)6.5/30
Synapse leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Synapse2.7/10Everclear (formerly Connext)2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Synapse3.2/8Everclear (formerly Connext)3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Synapse6.9/18Everclear (formerly Connext)6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Synapse unless the term Everclear (formerly Connext) leads on is the one you are buying.
Everclear (formerly Connext) leads Synapse 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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Synapse scores 10 points above Everclear (formerly Connext), led by route coverage, trust, and route clarity. Published scores, out of 100: Synapse 51 (rank 11 of 18 bridges), Everclear (formerly Connext) 41 (rank 17 of 18).
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