deBridge vs Portal

deBridge4.3/5

VS

Portal3.4/5

Feature	deBridgeVisit	PortalVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.4/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Security	4.5	4.0
Speed	4.5	3.0
Fees	4.0	3.5
Chain coverage	4.0	3.0
Ease of use	4.0	3.0
Specs
KYC required	No	No
Design	Intent-based	Not disclosed
Chains	Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche, Solana, Other	Bitcoin
Chains supported	26	Not disclosed
Typical fee	4 bps lowest spread	Not disclosed
Typical transfer time	1.96 seconds median	Not disclosed
Security model	Decentralized validators and intent solver settlement without liquidity lockup	BitScaler trustless multi-party atomic swap channels and non-custodial validator nodes
Audited	Yes	Not disclosed
Token	DBR	PTB
Intent-based	Yes	Not disclosed
Native token transfers (no wrapped tokens)	Yes	Yes
Company
Founded	2021	2018
Headquarters	—	United States
Investors	ParaFi Capital, Accomplice, AngelDAO, Animoca Brands +12	Paloma Investments, Arrington Capital
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Median transfer settlement time of 1.96 seconds Zero reported exploits since inception across 26+ audits No wrapped token exposure due to native-to-native intent execution Direct native bridging support for Solana and Tron	No wrapped tokens or lock-and-mint bridge contracts Non-custodial design leaves funds in user wallets until atomic settlement Native support for Bitcoin, Runes, and Ordinals without synthetic minting $92M in verified venture backing from Coinbase Ventures, OKX Ventures, and Paloma Investments
Cons	Unfilled orders can stall if solvers lack liquidity for a pair Support for chains can be deprecated abruptly, such as Mantle and Plume in 2026 DBR token unlocks have previously triggered substantial secondary market price volatility	Swap execution speeds are tied to Bitcoin base-layer confirmation times Channel settlement remains vulnerable to elevated Bitcoin network fee spikes
Best for	Solana to EVM arbitrageurs, High-speed native asset traders, Developers integrating cross-chain AI agents	Native Bitcoin holders avoiding wrapped tokens, Traders exchanging Ordinals and Runes cross-chain, Developers integrating direct Bitcoin settlement

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