Staking · Alternatives
The best Sanctum Reserve alternatives in 2026
Sanctum Reserve is a Solana pool of idle SOL that swaps staked SOL for SOL, giving liquid staking token holders a quick exit. If Sanctum Reserve is not the right fit, these 12 reviewed Staking options are the closest matches, ranked by DappsAtlas score. Read our full Sanctum Reserve review
At a glance
Sanctum Reserve vs the alternatives
| dApp | Score | TVL | Chains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score 7.4 out of 10 | $56.1M | 1 | |
| Score 8.0 out of 10 | $928M | 1 | |
| Score 8.0 out of 10 | $204M | 1 | |
| Score 7.4 out of 10 | $1.60B | 1 | |
| Score 7.4 out of 10 | $147M | 1 | |
| Score 7.8 out of 10 | $78.9M | 1 | |
| Score 7.2 out of 10 | $112M | 1 | |
| Score 7.8 out of 10 | $4.26B | 6 | |
| Score 7.8 out of 10 | $831M | 1 | |
| Score 7.6 out of 10 | $11.7B | 1 | |
| Score 7.6 out of 10 | $616M | 1 | |
| Score 7.6 out of 10 | $23.9M | 8 | |
| Score 7.4 out of 10 | $3.10B | 1 |
Ranked
Top Sanctum Reserve alternatives
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Jito Liquid Staking
Staking · Solana
Jito Liquid Staking issues JitoSOL, a Solana liquid staking token that accrues staking and MEV rewards. It is one of the larger Solana staking products by TVL, with the usual smart-contract and Solana network risks.
ScoreScore 8.0 out of 10TVL $928M−7.6% - 2
Marinade Liquid Staking
Staking · Solana
Marinade is a Solana staking protocol offering both native delegation and liquid staking through mSOL, with an auction that has validators bid for stake. It holds about $215 million in TVL and suits SOL holders who want automated validator selection.
ScoreScore 8.0 out of 10TVL $204M−6.8% - 3
Sanctum Validator LSTs
Staking · Solana
Sanctum Validator LSTs are liquid staking tokens built on stake pools deployed with the SanctumSPL Program on Solana. The entry holds about $1.68 billion in TVL, but DefiLlama lists no audits.
ScoreScore 7.4 out of 10TVL $1.60B−5.6% - 4
Phantom SOL
Staking · Solana
Phantom SOL is the SOL staking feature inside the self-custodial Phantom wallet, letting users stake natively or use liquid staking on Solana. DefiLlama tracks about $155 million in TVL, but fee and audit details are not published publicly.
ScoreScore 7.4 out of 10TVL $147M−5.8% - 5
BlazeStake
Staking · Solana
BlazeStake is a non-custodial liquid staking protocol on Solana that issues bSOL, with a delegation pool spread across many validators. It suits SOL holders who want staking yield and DeFi flexibility, but they still carry smart-contract and bSOL pricing risk.
ScoreScore 7.8 out of 10TVL $78.9M−6.8% - 6
JPool
Staking · Solana
JPool is a Solana liquid staking pool that issues JSOL, a non-rebasing token, and says it charges no management fee. It has about $119 million in TVL but no audits are listed on DefiLlama.
ScoreScore 7.2 out of 10TVL $112M−6.9% - 7
ether.fi Stake
Staking · Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum +3
ether.fi Stake is a non-custodial Ethereum liquid staking protocol with about $4.6 billion in TVL. It has grown into a wider app for earning, borrowing and spending crypto, which adds scope but also complexity.
ScoreScore 7.8 out of 10TVL $4.26B−0.8% - 8
Kinetiq kHYPE
Staking · Hyperliquid L1
Kinetiq is a non-custodial liquid staking protocol on Hyperliquid where users stake HYPE and receive kHYPE, a yield-bearing token usable in DeFi. It holds about $883 million in TVL, but fees and unstaking details are not published publicly.
ScoreScore 7.8 out of 10TVL $831M−11.5% - 9
SSV Network
Staking · Ethereum
SSV Network is a distributed validator technology (DVT) layer for Ethereum that splits validator duties across several independent operators. It holds roughly $12.7B in TVL on DefiLlama, and its main appeal is fault tolerance for institutional and protocol-level stakers.
ScoreScore 7.6 out of 10TVL $11.7B+0.1% - 10
Liquid Collective
Staking · Ethereum
Liquid Collective is a non-custodial liquid staking protocol on Ethereum aimed at institutions, issuing LsETH. Its main strengths are curated node operators and compliance design; the trade-off is mandatory KYC/AML for minting and burning.
ScoreScore 7.6 out of 10TVL $616M+0.1% - 11
Ankr
Staking · Ethereum, Flow, BNB Chain +5
Ankr is a Web3 infrastructure company that offers multichain RPC nodes, rollup services and liquid staking across several chains. Its staking product is one piece of a wider developer-focused platform, and fees are not published publicly.
ScoreScore 7.6 out of 10TVL $23.9M−2.1% - 12
Babylon Protocol
Staking · Bitcoin
Babylon is a Bitcoin collateral infrastructure project that lets holders stake native BTC or lock it in vaults without wrapping or bridging. DefiLlama shows about $3.27 billion in TVL, but its newest vault product was still on testnet.
ScoreScore 7.4 out of 10TVL $3.10B−1.8%