Alchemy vs Consensys

How Alchemy vs Consensys compare on our ratings, infrastructure provider specs, funding, pros and cons.

Alchemy4.3/5
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Feature
Ratings
Our score4.3/54.0/5
User ratingNo reviews yetNo reviews yet
Reliability4.54.5
Chain coverage4.53.0
Pricing4.03.5
Developer experience4.54.5
Support4.04.0
Specs
ServicesRPC / nodes, Data APIs, Wallet APIs, Account abstraction, Developer toolingRPC / nodes, Developer tooling, Staking infrastructure, Wallet APIs
Chains supported10025
Free tier Yes Yes
Pricing from$0.525 per 1,000,000 compute unitsNot disclosed
Enterprise SLA Yes Yes
Open sourceNot disclosed Yes
Uptime SLA99.99%Not disclosed
Free tier limits30M compute units per month, up to 15 RPS, 5 apps, 5 webhooksNot disclosed
Company
Founded20172014
HeadquartersUnited StatesUnited States
InvestorsArchetypeParaFi Capital, Third Point Ventures, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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
  • Infura provides battle-tested Ethereum RPC access running continuously since 2016
  • Open-source execution and consensus clients through Besu and Teku
  • Direct integration with MetaMask SDK and the Linea Layer 2 network
  • SOC 2 Type II-certified infrastructure for institutional validator operations
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
  • Infura chain coverage is restricted to 25 networks
  • Infura WebSocket support on non-Ethereum chains remained in beta in 2026
  • Solana endpoint access is limited to select enterprise customers
  • Heavy dApp dependence on Infura creates node centralization concerns
Best forMultichain application teams, Solana developers, Account-abstraction productsEthereum dApp developers, Institutions running dedicated staking validators, Teams building on Linea

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