Rocket Pool Alternatives: 8 Protocols Compared protocol
Why these alternatives
Rocket Pool is a Liquid Staking protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 39 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0410. The 8 protocols below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Rocket Pool — 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 Rocket Pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EigenLayer | protocol | — | 128 | 4 |
| 2 | Aave | protocol | — | 111 | 4 |
| 3 | Lido | protocol | — | 79 | 3 |
| 4 | Renzo | protocol | Liquid Restaking | 59 | 3 |
| 5 | Aave V3 | protocol | Lending | 41 | 3 |
| 6 | Pendle Finance | protocol | yield-tokenization | 34 | 3 |
| 7 | EigenCloud | protocol | Restaking | 13 | 3 |
| 8 | Optimism Bridge | protocol | Canonical Bridge | 10 | 3 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. EigenLayer
EigenLayer is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 128 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1424. It shares 4 graph neighbors with Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, Lido and EtherFi. Also known as Eigen Labs.
EigenLayer profile → · EigenLayer review
2. 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 Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, Lido and Trail of Bits. Also known as Aave Protocol.
3. Lido
Lido is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 79 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0693. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, Trail of Bits and Sigma Prime. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Lido and Rocket Pool. Also known as Lido DAO, Lido Finance.
4. 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 3 graph neighbors with Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, EtherFi and Sigma Prime. Also known as renzo, REZ.
Renzo profile → · Renzo review
5. Aave V3
Aave V3 is a Lending protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 41 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0343. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, Trail of Bits and Sigma Prime. Also known as aave-v3, AAVE.
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 3 graph neighbors with Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, Lido and EtherFi.
7. EigenCloud
EigenCloud is a Restaking protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 13 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0134. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, Sigma Prime and ConsenSys Diligence. Also known as eigencloud, EIGEN.
8. Optimism Bridge
Optimism Bridge is a Canonical Bridge protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 10 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0089. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Rocket Pool, including Ethereum, Trail of Bits and Sigma Prime. Also known as optimism-bridge, OP.
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 Rocket Pool is defined here as another tracked protocol ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Rocket Pool, 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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