ether.fi Alternatives: 8 Protocols Compared protocol
Why these alternatives
ether.fi is a liquid-restaking protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 32 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0306. The 8 protocols below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with ether.fi — the chains, companies, auditors, investors and events that connect them — ranked by shared neighbors, then by their own graph centrality (PageRank).
Comparison table
| # | Alternative | Type | Category | Graph connections | Shared with ether.fi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EtherFi | protocol | lrt-protocol | 25 | 9 |
| 2 | Renzo | protocol | Liquid Restaking | 59 | 7 |
| 3 | EigenLayer | protocol | — | 128 | 6 |
| 4 | Lido | protocol | — | 79 | 6 |
| 5 | Pendle | protocol | — | 57 | 6 |
| 6 | Pendle Finance | protocol | yield-tokenization | 34 | 5 |
| 7 | Aave | protocol | — | 111 | 4 |
| 8 | Symbiotic | protocol | Restaking | 58 | 4 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. EtherFi
EtherFi is a lrt-protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 25 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0276. It shares 9 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, EigenLayer and Renzo.
2. Renzo
Renzo is a Liquid Restaking protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 59 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0619. It shares 7 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Renzo and ether.fi. Also known as renzo, REZ.
Renzo profile → · Renzo review
3. EigenLayer
EigenLayer is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 128 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1424. It shares 6 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, Symbiotic and Renzo. The graph also records a direct “restakes on” relation between EigenLayer and ether.fi. Also known as Eigen Labs.
EigenLayer profile → · EigenLayer review
4. Lido
Lido is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 79 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0693. It shares 6 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as Lido DAO, Lido Finance.
5. Pendle
Pendle is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 57 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0515. It shares 6 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as Pendle Finance.
Pendle profile → · Pendle review
6. Pendle Finance
Pendle Finance is a yield-tokenization protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 34 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0343. It shares 5 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base.
7. Aave
Aave is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 111 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1298. It shares 4 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, Arbitrum and Base. Also known as Aave Protocol.
8. Symbiotic
Symbiotic is a Restaking protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 58 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0641. It shares 4 graph neighbors with ether.fi, including Ethereum, EigenLayer and Renzo. The graph also records a direct “integrates” relation between Symbiotic and ether.fi. Also known as symbiotic.
Symbiotic profile → · Symbiotic review
How this list is built
DeFi Intel maps 11,787 entities and 25,338 relationships extracted from source-cited crypto news and research. An alternative to ether.fi is defined here as another tracked protocol ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with ether.fi, with ties broken by PageRank (graph centrality). Only entities with their own DeFi Intel profile page are listed. This page is generated from the graph data alone and contains no editorial ranking or opinion.
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