How Universal Accounts stack up against other chain abstraction solutions.
Universal Accounts take a fundamentally different approach to chain agnostic UX. Instead of requiring developers to manage intents, quotes, or execution steps, everything is abstracted at the account level—one account, one balance, automatic routing.This page compares Universal Accounts with three popular alternatives: Relay, OneBalance, and Avail Nexus.
Account-level abstractionOne account and one balance across chain. Cross-chain transactions, multi-token gas payments, and routing are always on by default.
Avail Nexus
Intent-based interoperabilityCoordinates cross-chain execution from user-defined intents.
Relay
Execution-level abstractionOrchestrate cross-chain execution via quotes, steps, signatures, and status tracking.
Real-world latency measurements across common cross-chain routes:
Route
Universal Accounts
Relay
OneBalance
Avail Nexus
Base → Arbitrum
~1,605 ms
~2,528 ms
~2,982 ms
~11899 ms
Base → Solana
~578 ms
~3,360 ms
~2,803 ms
N/A
Solana → Base
~1,348 ms
~9,820 ms
~2,803 ms
N/A
Universal Accounts achieve faster execution through a single abstracted flow, while alternatives require multiple API calls (quote → sign → execute → poll).