NEAR vs SUI
NEAR Protocol and Sui scored on the same 25 variables, ranked against the same 251 tokens, with every gap between them shown.
Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026. Market snapshot 7 Oct 2026.
What separates them
NEAR scores 135 of 250 and ranks 39th of 251. SUI scores 146 and ranks 23rd. SUI leads by 11 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. NEAR takes 8 of the 25 variables, SUI takes 13, and 4 are level.
The framework rates NEAR CAUTIOUS HOLD and SUI HOLD. Two tokens close enough to compare do not have to land in the same band, and where they do not, the divergence table below is where the split comes from.
5 variables separate them by 3 points or more. NEAR is clear on Vesting Schedule (6 against 2), Circulating / FDV Ratio (7 against 3) and Supply Inflation (5 against 2). SUI is clear on TVL Trend (9 against 4) and BTC Alpha Potential (7 against 3).
Both score 3 or below on Protocol Revenue, Buyback and Burn. A weakness both sides share is not a reason to prefer either. It is a reason to check whether the category itself carries the problem.
SUI still has 58.8% of its eventual supply to enter circulation against 0% for NEAR. On the same market capitalisation, a buyer of SUI is taking the 2.43x dilution path and a buyer of NEAR the 1x one.
NEAR is valued at $6.64B against $4.63B for SUI, a 1.4x difference. The smaller of the two scores higher on fundamentals, which is the disagreement worth understanding before either position is taken.
All 25 variables, head to head
Both tokens were scored by the same framework in the same pass, so the numbers are directly comparable. What a comparison adds over two separate pages is the gap: a 6 against a 6 is a non-event, a 9 against a 3 is the reason to hold one and not the other.
Cash flow
| Protocol Revenue | 3 | 3 | level | |
| Revenue Trend | 6 | 8 | SUI +2 | |
| P/S Multiple | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Real Staking Yield | 4 | 5 | SUI +1 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 5 | 2 | NEAR +3 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 6 | 2 | NEAR +4 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 7 | 3 | NEAR +4 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 3 | 2 | NEAR +1 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 5 | 8 | SUI +3 | |
| Insider Selling | 7 | 4 | NEAR +3 | |
| Holder Concentration | 5 | 4 | NEAR +1 |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 4 | 9 | SUI +5 | |
| Active Users | 5 | 7 | SUI +2 | |
| Developer Activity | 8 | 8 | level | |
| Network Growth | 7 | 7 | level |
Position
| Market Share | 5 | 6 | SUI +1 | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 7 | SUI +2 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 5 | 6 | SUI +1 | |
| Exchange Depth | 5 | 7 | SUI +2 | |
| Social Mindshare | 5 | 8 | SUI +3 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 7 | 6 | NEAR +1 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 8 | 7 | NEAR +1 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 3 | 7 | SUI +4 | |
| Team Execution | 6 | 8 | SUI +2 | |
| Treasury Runway | 6 | 7 | SUI +1 |
Bars read outward from the centre: NEAR to the left, SUI to the right. The side that leads a variable is filled. Each score is 1 to 10 against the same definition applied to all 251 rated tokens.
Market and supply
| NEAR | SUI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.07 | $1.12 |
| Market cap | $6.64B | $4.63B |
| Circulating | 100% | 41.2% |
| Dilution to full supply | 1x | 2.43x |
| Off all-time high | -75.2% | -79% |
| To recover the high | 4x | 4.8x |
| Total value locked | $184.9M | $2.10B |
| Network | NEAR | Sui |
Price, market cap and all-time high from the CoinGecko snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026. Supply shares are derived from circulating and eventual supply counts, which do not move with price. The 25 scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026.
Catalyst and risk on each side
NEAR · CAUTIOUS HOLD
nearcore 2.9.0 halving upgrade (max inflation 5%->2.5%), Agent Market 2.0 Q3, Bitwise NEAR Strategy ETF S-1 filed
Chain gas fees ~$2-3.2k/day vs $4.7B mcap; TVL/mcap ratio 4%; buyback crossover still protocol-claimed not audited
SUI · HOLD
Dominant DEX volume growth; zkLogin adoption driving user onboarding; CETUS liquidity monopoly
Only 33% of tokens in circulation; Mysten Labs/VC releases through 2028 create structural sell pressure
Common questions
- Is NEAR or SUI the better investment?
- On this framework SUI scores higher: 146 against 135 of 250, and it is rated HOLD against CAUTIOUS HOLD. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and NEAR still wins 8 of the 25 individual variables against SUI.
- What is the biggest difference between NEAR and SUI?
- TVL Trend. NEAR scores 4 of 10 there and SUI scores 9, a gap of 5 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, NEAR or SUI?
- NEAR is valued at $6.64B and SUI at $4.63B on the latest market snapshot.
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Research and analysis, not investment advice. A higher score is one framework applied consistently to 251 tokens, not a prediction that one asset will outperform the other.