Alchemy vs Bitcoin Core

Alchemy4.3/5

VS

Bitcoin Core3.3/5

Feature	AlchemyVisit	Bitcoin CoreVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.3/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.5
Chain coverage	4.5	1.0
Pricing	4.0	5.0
Developer experience	4.5	4.0
Support	4.0	1.5
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Data APIs, Wallet APIs, Account abstraction, Developer tooling	RPC / nodes, Developer tooling
Chains supported	100	1
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$0.525 per 1,000,000 compute units	Free
Enterprise SLA	Yes	No
Open source	Not disclosed	Yes
Token	Not disclosed	BTC
Uptime SLA	99.99%	Not disclosed
Free tier limits	30M compute units per month, up to 15 RPS, 5 apps, 5 webhooks	Unlimited self-hosted use
Server regions	Not disclosed	Global
Company
Founded	2017	2009
Headquarters	United States	—
Investors	Archetype	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	100+ supported blockchains Free tier includes 30M compute units monthly Enterprise SLAs reach 99.995% availability RPC, indexed data and wallet APIs share one platform	Free MIT-licensed software Validates the Bitcoin chain locally Includes wallet and RPC access Open contributor and public review model
Cons	Applications face centralised provider and outage exposure Proprietary APIs can increase vendor lock-in Pay As You Go charges scale with compute usage Automated agent wallets add transaction-control risk	Bitcoin-only chain support Full ledger exceeded 608.9 GB in October 2024 Operators manage storage, bandwidth, upgrades, and uptime A June 2026 bug could expose private broadcast IP addresses
Best for	Multichain application teams, Solana developers, Account-abstraction products	Bitcoin node operators, Self-hosted RPC applications, Bitcoin wallet developers

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