Flashnet vs LI.FI for swaps
For swaps across chains. Checked October 27, 2026.
The short answer
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.
Choose LI.FI if you want one SDK in front of dozens of bridges and DEXs, a ready-made widget, or DeFi vault deposits.
How each works
Flashnet
Users send to the address on a quote, or to their own permanent address, and Flashnet settles on the destination network, filling from onchain liquidity and its own markets. It holds no user balances; its settlement workers run in AWS Nitro enclaves whose identity integrators can verify.
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.
Side by side
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| Flashnet | LI.FI | |
|---|---|---|
| Orders | ||
| Swap with a plain transfer | YesEvery quote returns a deposit address; paying it creates the order. No wallet connection, approval or contract call.Source | PartlySmart Deposit Addresses are an enterprise feature, enabled per integrator. Native ETH and BNB can't be the input.Source |
| Firm quotes | YesA quote's price holds for 2 minutes within your slippage. Fixed-output quotes commit to the amount out.Source | PartlyOutput bounded by a minimum. Rates are held for 24 hours only on opted-in deposit-address routes.Source |
| Exact-output quotes | PartlyInto Lightning from most assets, and from Lightning into most. Fixed-output quotes, for approved partners, commit to the amount out.Source | PartlyA reverse quote sets the input so the user receives at least the amount; it executes as exact input.Source |
| Any token by address | YesAny SPL or ERC-20 token by address, in or out, on Solana and EVM chains, routed through a stablecoin on its own chain.Source | YesAny token by address on its supported chains, liquidity permitting; high-tax tokens are rejected.Source |
| Same-chain swaps | YesSuch as USDC into BONK on Solana, priced against Jupiter on Solana and DEX venues on EVM chains.Source | YesThrough the same quote endpoint.Source |
| 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 |
| Networks | ||
| Bitcoin | YesNative BTC on Bitcoin L1, in and out.Source | YesBy wallet-signed transaction; Bitcoin as a deposit-address source is in beta.Source |
| Lightning | YesIn and out over Lightning, including BOLT11 invoices and Lightning addresses.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 | Not documentedIt depends on the bridge filling the route. |
| Hyperliquid (HyperCore) | YesUSDC and USDe delivered to HyperCore.Source | YesDeposits, withdrawals and spot swaps.Source |
| Solana | YesSOL, USDC, USDT and other SPL tokens.Source | YesSOL and SPL tokens.Source |
| Tron | YesTRX and USDT.Source | YesSupported.Source |
| XRP | YesXRP.Source | NoNot among LI.FI's chains.Source |
| Zcash | YesZEC.Source | YesSupported.Source |
| Operations | ||
| Your own fee on every order | YesSet a fee per order or per affiliate, from 1 to 9,999 bps, and claim it on the chain and asset you choose.Source | YesA fee percentage, forwarded to your fee wallet.Source |
| Sanctions and AML screening | YesSource and destination addresses checked with Elliptic and other providers on every order.Source | PartlyToken-risk screening with Hypernative. No documented sanctions or AML screening of deposits.Source |
| Webhooks | YesWebhooks, plus a server-sent event stream of order status.Source | NoPoll the status endpoint every 10 to 30 seconds.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 |
| Support | 24/7, with direct access to the engineers who run settlement. | A partner portal. No published SLA.Source |
Where Flashnet wins
What wallets running swaps run into with LI.FI:
- 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.
Where LI.FI is strong
- One API in front of dozens of bridges, DEXs and intent solvers.
- Broad coverage, from EVM chains to Solana, Bitcoin, Tron, Zcash and Hyperliquid.
- A mature widget and SDK, with integrator fees built in.
Weighing more than two? See LI.FI alternatives for swaps or every provider side by side. Comparing deposits? See Flashnet vs LI.FI for deposits.
Questions
How much does LI.FI charge for a swap?
LI.FI charges 0.25% on every transaction, on top of the integrator's fee and the fees of the bridges and DEXs it routes through. Flashnet sets its platform fee per partner and route and itemizes it on every quote.
What happens if a LI.FI swap fails halfway?
If the bridge step lands but the swap on the destination chain fails, LI.FI refunds the user in the bridged asset on the destination chain, not back where they started. Flashnet returns orders it can't fill within the quote's bounds to the refund address you set.
Who settles a LI.FI swap?
LI.FI is an aggregator: each step is filled by a third party it routes to, such as Relay, NEAR Intents, Across or Mayan, so execution, custody in transit and size limits depend on that provider. With Flashnet, one quote covers the whole swap and one order status follows it to delivery.