Hyperlane: No lock-in—you choose your own validators and rules.
Wormhole: You must rely on their fixed Guardian set—no control over who verifies messages.
LayerZero: You depend on their oracle + relayer—can’t fully customize security.
Axelar: Uses its own validator network—you’re locked into their chain and governance.
Hyperlane is better because it gives developers full control with sovereign consensus, allowing them to choose or run their own security model instead of relying on centralized validators or relayers. It’s modular, permissionless, and built for the future of appchains and rollups, unlike others that lock you into fixed systems or centralized networks.
