BitGo vs Rarible

BitGo provides secure, multi‑signature custody solutions for digital assets, enabling institutions to store, manage, and protect cryptocurrencies at scale. Its platform also offers integrated staking, trading, and stablecoin services, creating a full‑stack infrastructure for the digital asset economy. With robust compliance tools, real‑time reporting, and a developer‑friendly API, BitGo helps banks, hedge funds, and crypto firms accelerate adoption while meeting regulatory requirements.

Rarible is a multichain NFT marketplace where creators mint and sell digital art, collectibles, and other tokenized assets, and collectors buy, sell, and trade them. It supports multiple chains including Ethereum, Polygon, Tezos, and Flow, and aggregates listings from other Ethereum marketplaces such as OpenSea into a single browsing experience. Creators can lazy-mint NFTs to Rarible's own collection at zero upfront gas cost, with minting only finalized on-chain when a buyer purchases the item. Rarible charges a 1% fee on both the buyer and seller side of a sale, and creators can set royalties of up to 10% on secondary sales. The platform also has a governance token, RARI, and a developer-facing Rarible Protocol for building custom marketplaces.

• Industry‑leading security architecture
• Comprehensive suite of custodial, staking, and trading services
• Robust API for automation
• Strong compliance and reporting tools

• Lazy minting removes the upfront gas cost barrier for new creators
• Multichain support means it's not locked to expensive Ethereum gas fees alone
• Aggregated listings give buyers access to inventory beyond Rarible's own marketplace
• Open protocol lets developers build their own branded marketplaces on top of it

• Pricing not publicly disclosed, may be high for smaller firms
• Primarily focused on institutional clients, less suited for retail users
• Limited support for niche or emerging blockchain assets

• Lazy-minted items are only listed on Rarible until purchase, not automatically cross-posted elsewhere
• NFT market activity and prices have declined sharply from their 2021-2022 peak
• Creating a custom (non-Rarible) collection still requires paying gas fees