Alchemy vs io.net

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

Alchemy4.3/5
VS
io.net3.8/5
Feature
Ratings
Our score4.3/53.8/5
User ratingNo reviews yetNo reviews yet
Reliability4.54.0
Chain coverage4.53.0
Pricing4.04.5
Developer experience4.54.0
Support4.03.5
Specs
ServicesRPC / nodes, Data APIs, Wallet APIs, Account abstraction, Developer toolingDeveloper tooling
Chains supported1001
Free tier Yes Yes
Pricing from$0.525 per 1,000,000 compute units$0.18/hour
Enterprise SLA Yes Yes
Open sourceNot disclosed Yes
TokenNot disclosedIO
Uptime SLA99.99%99.9%
Free tier limits30M compute units per month, up to 15 RPS, 5 apps, 5 webhooks$100 in free credits for new users
Server regionsNot disclosed130+ countries
Company
Founded20172023
HeadquartersUnited States—
InvestorsArchetypeNot 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
  • Hourly GPU rental rates start at $0.18 for RTX 4090 chips
  • Maintains a 99.9% uptime SLA using automated failover
  • Provides new accounts with $100 in trial credits
  • High-end hardware access includes NVIDIA H100 and A100 configurations
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
  • Platform transaction fees range from 10% to 20%
  • Performance relies on decentralized node providers with varied latency
  • Network settlements and incentives depend on Solana and the IO token
  • Enterprise custom pricing requires a minimum 100 GPU commitment or $10,000 monthly spend
Best forMultichain application teams, Solana developers, Account-abstraction productsMachine learning teams running batch inference, Developers seeking discounted GPU cluster rentals, AI startups training distributed models

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