LI.FI alternatives for swaps. For swaps across chains.
Checked October 27, 2026.
Why wallets running swaps look past LI.FI
LI.FI picks a route across third-party bridges, DEXs and solvers, among them Relay, NEAR Intents, Across and Mayan, and returns a transaction for the user to sign. Funds in transit sit with whichever provider fills each step.
Best for: Wallets that want one SDK in front of dozens of bridges, DEXs and solvers, with a ready-made widget. What wallets running swaps run into:
- A 0.25% fee on every transaction, on top of your fee and those of the bridges and DEXs it routes through.
- If a bridge step lands but the swap after it fails, the user is refunded on the destination chain in the bridged asset.
- No Lightning or XRP, and no webhooks: integrations poll for status every 10 to 30 seconds.
The alternatives
1. Flashnet
Deposits, swaps and withdrawals API
Best for: Wallets that want native swaps across Bitcoin, Lightning, Solana, Tron and EVM chains, long-tail tokens included, each funded by a plain transfer, with their own fee on every order.
Choose Flashnet if your wallet needs Lightning or XRP, wants one quote and one order status from deposit to delivery, or wants status by webhook rather than polling.
2. Relay
Intent-based cross-chain protocol
Best for: EVM and Solana wallets that want published low swap fees, a mature SDK and a long list of chains.
3. NEAR Intents
Intent-based cross-chain protocol with competing market makers
Best for: Wallets that want market makers competing on every swap across a very wide set of chains.
4. deBridge
Intent-based cross-chain swap protocol
Best for: EVM and Solana wallets that want a rate guaranteed at signing and hooks that act after the swap.
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 | LI.FI | Relay | NEAR Intents | deBridge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orders | |||||
| Automatic refunds | YesOrders that can't fill within the quote's bounds go back to the refund address you set.Source | PartlyIf a bridge step lands but the swap after it fails, the user is refunded in the bridged asset on the destination chain.Source | YesRefunds go to the refundTo address on the origin chain, less gas. Without one, there's no automatic refund.Source | YesUnfilled or underpaid deposits go to your refundTo address after the deadline.Source | PartlyBy default the user cancels on the destination chain. Auto-cancel needs deBridge's approval, and refunds usually arrive as USDC.Source |
| Networks | |||||
| Lightning | YesIn and out over Lightning, including BOLT11 invoices and Lightning addresses.Source | NoNot among LI.FI's chains.Source | NoNot among the chains in Relay's API.Source | NoNot among the supported chains.Source | NoNot among the supported chains.Source |
| XRP | YesXRP.Source | NoNot among LI.FI's chains.Source | YesListed in Relay's chains API.Source | YesClassic addresses with destination tags aren't supported through 1Click.Source | NoNot among the supported chains.Source |
| Operations | |||||
| Webhooks | YesWebhooks, plus a server-sent event stream of order status.Source | NoPoll the status endpoint every 10 to 30 seconds.Source | YesWebhooks and a websocket status stream.Source | NoPoll the status endpoint by deposit address.Source | NoPoll the order tracking API.Source |
| Platform fee | Set per partner and route, and itemized on every quote.Source | 0.25% on every transaction, plus the fees of the bridges and DEXs it routes through.Source | 0% on same-token bridges; 0.01% on stablecoin, 0.06% on major-token and 0.15% on other swaps, plus gas.Source | 20 bps with an API key (1 bp on stablecoin and same-asset routes), 25 bps without, plus a 0.0001% protocol fee.Source | A flat fee in the source chain's gas token (0.001 ETH, 0.015 SOL) plus 4 bps, before solver margin and gas.Source |