Portal vs Squid

Portal3.4/5

VS

Squid4.4/5

Feature	PortalVisit	SquidVisit
Ratings
Our score	3.4/5	4.4/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Security	4.0	4.0
Speed	3.0	4.5
Fees	3.5	4.5
Chain coverage	3.0	5.0
Ease of use	3.0	4.5
Specs
KYC required	No	Not disclosed
Design	Not disclosed	Aggregator
Chains	Bitcoin	Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche, Cosmos, Other
Chains supported	Not disclosed	100
Typical fee	Not disclosed	0% on stablecoin swaps; variable route and gas fees
Typical transfer time	Not disclosed	5s
Security model	BitScaler trustless multi-party atomic swap channels and non-custodial validator nodes	Depends on the underlying route
Audited	Not disclosed	Yes
Token	PTB	QUID
Intent-based	Not disclosed	Yes
Native token transfers (no wrapped tokens)	Yes	Yes
Company
Founded	2018	2022
Headquarters	United States	Virgin Islands, British
Investors	Paloma Investments, Arrington Capital	North Island Ventures, Polychain Capital
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	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	Routes across 100+ chains including non-EVM networks like Solana, XRPL, and Cosmos Zero protocol fees charged on stablecoin swaps Executes swaps in native tokens without issuing wrapped assets Completed 9 security audits with no historical protocol exploits
Cons	Swap execution speeds are tied to Bitcoin base-layer confirmation times Channel settlement remains vulnerable to elevated Bitcoin network fee spikes	Variable routing fees apply to non-stablecoin token swaps Security depends on multiple third-party bridges and solver networks Potential for slippage or execution delays during extreme liquidity shortfalls
Best for	Native Bitcoin holders avoiding wrapped tokens, Traders exchanging Ordinals and Runes cross-chain, Developers integrating direct Bitcoin settlement	Non-EVM to EVM token traders, DeFi users moving stablecoins fee-free, Developers embedding cross-chain swap widgets

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