Layerswap vs Streams vs Blast API Comparison | Builder's Guide

Comparison Summary

Layerswap, Streams and Blast API each address unique challenges in the web3 ecosystem, offering complementary strengths for builders. Layerswap is a cross-chain bridging solution enabling token swaps across 71 blockchain networks. Quicknode provides fast, reliable, and scalable blockchain infrastructure and developer tools to build and scale onchain applications. Blast API is a decentralized Web3 infrastructure platform providing geographically distributed blockchain node APIs to improve reliability and latency. Together, these tools serve different but overlapping user needs, making them valuable components in a modern web3 development stack.

	Layerswap // Web3 Bridges	Streams // Web3 Developer Tools // Infrastructure Tools // RPC Node Providers // Web3 Data Tools	Blast API // Infrastructure Tools // RPC Node Providers // Web3 Developer Tools
At a Glance
Composability
Cross-Chain
Customizability
Developer Support
Ease of Integration
Performance
Key Features
Core Capabilities	Swap Lifecycle Management, Webhook Notifications, Hosted and Embedded UI Options	Core RPC API, Streams - Real-Time and Historical Data, Dedicated Clusters, Yellowstone gRPC for Solana, Webhooks and IPFS Gateways	Multi-Region Architecture with Clustering, Standardized RPC/WSS/REST Endpoints, Wallet-Based Registration
Chain Support	+12	+30	+11
Best For	Infrastructure Developers, Cross-chain/Bridge Developers	Infrastructure Developers, DeFi Developers	Infrastructure Developers, DeFi Developers
Pricing
Free Tier	Custom	Free	Free
Paid Features	—	2 paid tiers	1 paid tiers
Custom Plans	—	Enterprise plans	—

Layerswap

// Web3 Bridges

Streams

// Web3 Developer Tools // Infrastructure Tools // RPC Node Providers // Web3 Data Tools

Blast API

// Infrastructure Tools // RPC Node Providers // Web3 Developer Tools

At a Glance

Composability

Cross-Chain

Customizability

Developer Support

Ease of Integration