Top 8 Scroll Competitors & Alternatives in 2025

Updated on 9/20/2025

Find more companies like Scroll. We've shortlisted leading alternatives and mapped their strengths, pricing, and go-to-market focus.

Scroll

Best for SMBs

Est. 2021 • 51-200 employees

Scroll is a native zkEVM Layer 2 network for Ethereum that provides bytecode-level EVM compatibility and zero-knowledge proof scaling.

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Competitors

#1

ZKsync
Best for enterprises
Est. 2018 • 51-200 employees

A layer-2 Ethereum scaling platform that uses zero-knowledge rollups to provide enterprise-grade scalability, privacy, and compliance for payments, tokenization, and private chains.

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#2

Linea
Best for enterprises
Est. 2023 • 11-50 employees

Linea is a zkEVM Layer-2 network (bootstrapped by ConsenSys) built to strengthen Ethereum with EVM-equivalent, low-fee, enterprise-grade infrastructure for builders, users, and institutions.

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#3

Polygon
Best for enterprises
Est. 2017 • 201-1k employees

Polygon is a fast, low-cost, Ethereum-compatible blockchain network and suite of open-source scaling and interoperability protocols for payments, real-world assets, and decentralized applications.

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#4

Starknet
Best for power users
Est. 2021 • 51-200 employees

Starknet is a permissionless Layer 2 validity rollup that uses STARK zero-knowledge proofs and the Cairo programming language to scale Ethereum, enabling high-throughput, low-cost decentralized applications.

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#5

Taiko
Best for power users
Est. 2022 • 11-50 employees

Taiko is an open-source, permissionless, Ethereum-equivalent Layer 2 rollup (Type-1 zkEVM) developed by Taiko Labs to scale Ethereum using a based rollup design.

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#6

Arbitrum
Best for power users
Est. 2018 • 51-200 employees

A suite of Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions (rollups and AnyTrust chains) that enable faster, lower-cost transactions and host decentralized applications, governed by the Arbitrum DAO and supported by the Arbitrum Foundation and Offchain Labs.

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#7

Optimism
Best for enterprises
Est. 2019 • 51-200 employees

Optimism builds the OP Stack — open-source, Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 infrastructure that lets teams launch scalable, customizable chains and apps with Ethereum-grade security.

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#8

Mantle Network
Best for enterprises
Est. 2022 • 51-200 employees

Mantle Network is a modular, EVM‑compatible Ethereum Layer‑2 blockchain focused on low‑cost, high‑throughput settlement, governance via the MNT token, and ecosystem-driven on‑chain finance.

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