Bridging Base: routes and measured costs
Key findings
As of 3 Nov 2026, 11:35 UTC (run #540), upswap samples 15 routes that touch Base: 7 leaving it and 8 arriving. At $200 the cheapest quote on these routes came from Eco (10), Across (3), Layerswap (1), Celer (1). When Base is the source chain, the source-gas estimate (upswap gas basis v1, same for every bridge) ranged $0.0019–$0.0032 per route, shown separately from bps. Real-money tests: none yet.
Source: upswap.io snapshot #540 · CC BY 4.0
How have bridge costs on Base routes changed over time?
Over the last 336 runs (8 UTC days), the lines show each bridge's median cheapest $200 quote across the 15 routes that touch Base, in bps excluding gas. Every route had at least one rankable quote in 336 of 336 runs; the share of quote requests answered never fell below 90.4%. With under 14 days of history this is shown, not called a trend.
Median $200 cost by bridge, routes touching Base
Quote availability and success rate
Chart data by day (8 days, 336 runs)
| Day (UTC) | Runs | Across bps | Relay bps | Mayan FAST_MCTP bps | NEAR Intents 1Click bps | Eco bps | cheapest per route (median) bps | routes with a rankable quote | quote requests answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 24 | 1.30 | 2.14 | 5.29 | 2.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100% | 96.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 48 | 1.30 | 2.14 | 4.13 | 2.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100% | 96.2% |
| 2026-11-01 | 48 | 1.30 | 2.14 | 4.07 | 2.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 100% | 98.4% |
| 2026-10-31 | 48 | 1.30 | 2.14 | 4.03 | 2.08 | 0.00 | 1.16 | 100% | 99.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 48 | 1.30 | 2.13 | 4.01 | 2.08 | — | 1.17 | 100% | 99.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 48 | 1.30 | 2.14 | 4.17 | 2.13 | — | 1.18 | 100% | 99.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 48 | 1.30 | 2.14 | 4.21 | 2.09 | — | 1.18 | 100% | 100% |
| 2026-10-27 | 24 | 1.30 | 2.15 | 4.21 | 2.13 | — | 1.14 | 100% | 100% |
Leaving Base
| Route | Cheapest at $200 | bps | Ranked | Gas est.† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| → Solana USDC | Across | 1.30 | 14 | $0.0032 |
| → Arbitrum One ETH | Layerswap | 0.45 | 19 | $0.0019 |
| → Arbitrum One USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 23 | $0.0032 |
| → Ethereum ETH | Eco | 1.70 | 17 | $0.0019 |
| → Ethereum USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 22 | $0.0032 |
| → OP Mainnet USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 22 | $0.0032 |
| → Polygon PoS USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 21 | $0.0032 |
Arriving on Base
| Route | Cheapest at $200 | bps | Ranked | Gas est.† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum → ETH | Across | 1.17 | 16 | $0.0389 |
| Arbitrum One → ETH | Eco | 1.23 | 16 | $0.0065 |
| Ethereum → USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 23 | $0.0670 |
| Arbitrum One → USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 22 | $0.0105 |
| Solana → USDC | Across | 1.00 | 10 | $0.0072 |
| OP Mainnet → ETH | Celer | 1.50 | 16 | $0.0001 |
| OP Mainnet → USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 20 | $0.0001 |
| Polygon PoS → USDC | Eco | 0.00 | 20 | $0.0065 |
Connected chains
What this page does not claim
Chain security, finality and RPC reliability for Base are not rated here (待核实). Gas is an estimate (upswap gas basis v1, from the quote APIs at quote time), not a measured fee. See the glossary and methodology.