Wormhole Alternatives: 8 Protocols Compared protocol
Why these alternatives
Wormhole is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 33 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0477. The 8 protocols below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Wormhole — 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 Wormhole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyth Network | protocol | oracle | 55 | 7 |
| 2 | LayerZero | protocol | cross-chain-messaging | 26 | 5 |
| 3 | Chainlink | protocol | — | 54 | 3 |
| 4 | Portal | protocol | Bridge | 30 | 3 |
| 5 | Nodepay | protocol | ai-depin-bandwidth | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Aave | protocol | — | 111 | 2 |
| 7 | Lido | protocol | — | 79 | 2 |
| 8 | Renzo | protocol | Liquid Restaking | 59 | 2 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Pyth Network
Pyth Network is an oracle protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 55 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0544. It shares 7 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Solana, Base and Chainlink. Also known as Pyth.
2. LayerZero
LayerZero is a cross-chain-messaging protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 26 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0388. It shares 5 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Solana, Chainlink and Ethereum. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between LayerZero and Wormhole. Also known as LZ, LayerZero Labs, ZRO.
LayerZero profile → · LayerZero review
3. Chainlink
Chainlink is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 54 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0462. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Solana, Base and LayerZero. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Chainlink and Wormhole. Also known as Chainlink Labs.
Chainlink profile → · Chainlink review
4. Portal
Portal is a Bridge protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 30 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0246. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Solana, Base and W. Also known as portal, W.
5. Nodepay
Nodepay is an ai-depin-bandwidth protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 6 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0060. It shares 3 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Solana and Jump Crypto.
6. Aave
Aave is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 111 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1298. It shares 2 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Base and Chainlink. Also known as Aave Protocol.
7. Lido
Lido is a protocol tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 79 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0693. It shares 2 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Solana and Base. Also known as Lido DAO, Lido Finance.
8. 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 2 graph neighbors with Wormhole, including Solana and Base. Also known as renzo, REZ.
Renzo profile → · Renzo 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 Wormhole is defined here as another tracked protocol ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Wormhole, 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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