Alchemy vs Quicknode

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

Alchemy4.3/5
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Feature
Ratings
Our score4.3/54.2/5
User ratingNo reviews yetNo reviews yet
Reliability4.54.5
Chain coverage4.54.5
Pricing4.04.0
Developer experience4.54.5
Support4.03.5
Specs
ServicesRPC / nodes, Data APIs, Wallet APIs, Account abstraction, Developer toolingRPC / nodes, Data APIs
Chains supported10076
Free tier Yes Yes
Pricing from$0.525 per 1,000,000 compute unitsNot disclosed
Enterprise SLA Yes Yes
Uptime SLA99.99%99.99%
Free tier limits30M compute units per month, up to 15 RPS, 5 apps, 5 webhooksNot disclosed
Company
Founded20172017
HeadquartersUnited StatesUnited States
InvestorsArchetype10T Holdings, Tiger Global Management, 776, SoftBank
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
  • Processes over 500 billion requests monthly across 76 supported networks
  • Offers a 99.99% uptime SLA for enterprise infrastructure
  • Maintains SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, and ISO 27001 certifications
  • Provides a free tier for early development and testing
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
  • Reliance on centralized RPC nodes introduces counterparty infrastructure dependencies
  • Proprietary filtering and pipeline tools can create vendor lock-in
  • High-throughput enterprise deployments require custom pricing agreements
Best forMultichain application teams, Solana developers, Account-abstraction productsWeb3 developers needing high-throughput RPC endpoints, Teams building real-time data pipelines with node filtering, Enterprises requiring SOC 2 certified node operations

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