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Alchemy vs Gelato

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

Alchemy4.3/5
VS
Gelato3.8/5
Feature
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Ratings
Our score4.3/53.8/5
User ratingNo reviews yetNo reviews yet
Reliability4.54.5
Chain coverage4.54.5
Pricing4.02.5
Developer experience4.54.0
Support4.03.0
Specs
ServicesRPC / nodes, Data APIs, Wallet APIs, Account abstraction, Developer toolingAccount abstraction, Developer tooling
Chains supported100100
Free tier YesNot disclosed
Pricing from$0.525 per 1,000,000 compute unitsNot disclosed
Enterprise SLA YesNot disclosed
Open sourceNot disclosed Yes
TokenNot disclosedGEL
Uptime SLA99.99%Not disclosed
Free tier limits30M compute units per month, up to 15 RPS, 5 apps, 5 webhooksNot disclosed
Company
Founded20172019
HeadquartersUnited StatesSwitzerland
InvestorsArchetypeHack VC, Dragonfly, Galaxy Digital, IOSG Ventures
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
  • Processed over 1 billion transactions across more than 100 supported chains
  • Powers Kraken's Ink Layer 2 network with $100M+ in TVL
  • Provides native support for both ERC-4337 and EIP-7702 account abstraction
  • Backed by $23.2M in funding from Dragonfly Capital and Hack VC
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
  • Dapp transaction flows depend directly on Gelato relayer and paymaster uptime
  • Proprietary rollup tooling creates potential migration friction away from the platform
  • GEL governance token creates exposure to platform token economics
  • Pricing tiers and enterprise SLA terms are not published on the site
Best forMultichain application teams, Solana developers, Account-abstraction productsDapp developers implementing gasless onboarding, Protocols deploying custom Layer 2 rollups, Teams needing ERC-4337 paymaster infrastructure

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