Safe vs Argent
A detailed head-to-head comparison of Safe and Argent — pricing, features, and which one wins for different use cases.
Safe
The standard multi-sig smart contract wallet for DAO treasuries and teams
Safe is the de facto standard for multi-signature treasury management in Web3. It is a smart contract wallet — not an EOA — which means it requires M-of-N signatures from a defined set of owners befor…
Full review →Argent
Smart-contract wallet with social recovery, pioneering account abstraction
Argent is a pioneering smart-contract wallet that brought account-abstraction features like social recovery, security guardians, and gasless onboarding to mainstream users, originally on Ethereum/Star…
Full review →Feature Comparison
| Feature | Safe | Argent |
|---|---|---|
| Self Custody | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware Wallet Support | ✓ | ✗ |
| Evm Chains | ✓ | ✓ |
| Non Evm Chains | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mobile App | ✓ | ✓ |
| Browser Extension | ✗ | ✓ |
| In App Swap | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nft Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snaps Extensibility | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multi Sig | ✓ | ✓ |
Safe Pricing
Safe
Free
Free
- ✓Multi-sig smart contract wallet
- ✓All supported chains
- ✓Safe Apps ecosystem
- ✓Transaction queue
- ✓Open source
Safe
Enterprise
Custom
- ✓Dedicated infrastructure
- ✓SLA
- ✓Custom integrations
- ✓Compliance tooling
Argent Pricing
Argent
Free
Free
- ✓Smart-contract wallet
- ✓Social recovery (guardians)
- ✓Daily limits + wallet lock
- ✓Account abstraction
- ✓StarkNet + Ethereum L2s
Verdict: Which Should You Choose?
Safe is the better pick if you need industry-standard multi-sig — $100b+ secured, audited contracts, battle-tested. Argent wins when social recovery instead of a fragile seed phrase. Both are production-ready — the right choice depends on your team's workflow and budget.