Relay alternatives for deposits. For deposits from any chain.
Checked October 27, 2026.
Why teams taking deposits look past Relay
Users deposit into Relay's depository on the origin chain. A solver fills the order on the destination chain with its own capital and is repaid from the depository once Relay verifies the fill.
Best for: Apps whose users sign from connected wallets and want low published fees across a long list of chains. What teams taking deposits run into:
- A reusable deposit address is tied to one route, so a user who sends another asset or chain needs another address.
- Bitcoin deposits wait for a confirmation, two for large ones, and there's no Lightning.
- Quotes are re-priced at fill, with no stated window in which the price holds.
The alternatives
1. Flashnet
Deposits, swaps and withdrawals API
Best for: Exchanges, prediction markets and wallets whose users fund from anywhere, Bitcoin and Lightning included, by sending to an address.
Choose Flashnet if your users fund from exchanges and other wallets by sending to an address, you want one permanent address per user and chain, or Bitcoin and Lightning deposits need to land fast.
2. NEAR Intents
Intent-based cross-chain protocol with competing market makers
Best for: Swaps across a very wide set of chains with competing market makers, where per-quote addresses are enough.
3. deBridge
Intent-based cross-chain swap protocol
Best for: DeFi apps whose users already sign from an EVM or Solana wallet and want a guaranteed rate.
4. LI.FI
Cross-chain bridge and DEX aggregator
Best for: Wallets that want one SDK over many bridges and DEXs for swaps their users sign.
How they compare
On the points above, with each fact linked to its source. Every provider on every point is on the comparison page.
| Flashnet | Relay | NEAR Intents | deBridge | LI.FI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orders | |||||
| Permanent address per user | YesOne permanent address per user and source chain. Every eligible deposit converts to the destination you set.Source | PartlyOpen addresses can be reused, but only for the same origin and destination token and chain.Source | PartlyAddresses belong to one quote and expire at its deadline. Reusable ANY_INPUT addresses are partner-only and funded inside NEAR Intents.Source | NoNo reusable deposit addresses are documented.Source | NoEach address is single-use and valid for 24 hours.Source |
| Firm quotes | YesA quote's price holds for 2 minutes within your slippage. Fixed-output quotes commit to the amount out.Source | NoQuotes are re-priced when filled, with a minimum-output guard. No stated validity window.Source | PartlyOutput bounded by your slippage and a deadline you set. No fixed window in which the price holds.Source | YesThe quoted rate is guaranteed if the user signs within about 30 seconds.Source | PartlyOutput bounded by a minimum. Rates are held for 24 hours only on opted-in deposit-address routes.Source |
| Networks | |||||
| Lightning | YesIn and out over Lightning, including BOLT11 invoices and Lightning addresses.Source | NoNot among the chains in Relay's API.Source | NoNot among the supported chains.Source | NoNot among the supported chains.Source | NoNot among LI.FI's chains.Source |
| Bitcoin credited before confirmation | YesEligible deposits can be credited before the first confirmation, for a fee. Otherwise after 1 confirmation.Source | NoProcessed after 1 confirmation, or 2 for high-value deposits.Source | NoCredited once mined; the API notes Bitcoin may take around an hour.Source | NoNo Bitcoin support.Source | Not documentedIt depends on the bridge filling the route. |