Monad Alternatives: 8 Chains Compared chain
Why these alternatives
Monad is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 40 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0321. The 8 chains below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Monad — 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 Monad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethereum | chain | — | 1260 | 34 |
| 2 | Arbitrum | chain | — | 402 | 22 |
| 3 | Base | chain | — | 365 | 20 |
| 4 | Avalanche | chain | — | 164 | 16 |
| 5 | Binance | chain | — | 73 | 15 |
| 6 | Polygon | chain | — | 290 | 14 |
| 7 | Optimism | chain | — | 199 | 13 |
| 8 | Plasma | chain | — | 24 | 13 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Ethereum
Ethereum is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 1260 connected entities and a PageRank of 1.0000. It shares 34 graph neighbors with Monad, including USD Coin, Tether USD and Morpho Blue. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Ethereum and Monad. Also known as ETH network, Ethereum L1, Ethereum mainnet.
2. Arbitrum
Arbitrum is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 402 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.3192. It shares 22 graph neighbors with Monad, including Ethereum, USD Coin and Tether USD. Also known as Arbitrum Nova, Arbitrum One.
3. Base
Base is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 365 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.2990. It shares 20 graph neighbors with Monad, including Ethereum, USD Coin and Morpho Blue. Also known as Base chain, Base network, Coinbase Base.
4. Avalanche
Avalanche is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 164 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1283. It shares 16 graph neighbors with Monad, including USD Coin, Tether USD and Uniswap V3. Also known as Avalanche C-Chain.
5. Binance
Binance is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 73 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0582. It shares 15 graph neighbors with Monad, including Morpho Blue, Renzo and Uniswap V3.
6. Polygon
Polygon is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 290 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.2230. It shares 14 graph neighbors with Monad, including Ethereum, USD Coin and Tether USD. Also known as Matic, Polygon PoS.
7. Optimism
Optimism is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 199 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1618. It shares 13 graph neighbors with Monad, including Ethereum, USD Coin and Tether USD. Also known as OP Mainnet.
8. Plasma
Plasma is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 24 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0186. It shares 13 graph neighbors with Monad, including Tether USD, Uniswap V3 and Curve DEX.
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 Monad is defined here as another tracked chain ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Monad, 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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