Soroban offers developers a compelling alternative to Ethereum and Solana through inclusive technology choices like WebAssembly and Rust, a greenfield ecosystem, global financial reach with diverse stablecoins, superior network reliability, and a streamlined developer experience.
This article compares Soroban to Ethereum and Solana across multiple dimensions. Soroban uses WebAssembly and Rust instead of EVM and Solidity, enabling broader interoperability and access to existing developer tooling. As a new platform on Futurenet, it offers a greenfield ecosystem where early builders can shape the platform's future, backed by Stellar's mature 2014-launched network. Stellar supports a globally diverse range of fiat-backed stablecoins including NGN, TZS, and ARS, not just USD and EUR. Compared to Solana's ten major outages since 2020, Stellar has experienced only one network halt since 2014, demonstrating superior reliability for real-world financial applications. Soroban prioritizes a batteries-included developer experience with CLI tools, token contracts, and authentication frameworks, contrasting with Solana's historically difficult developer experience.