Ankr vs OpenZeppelin

Ankr4.0/5

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OpenZeppelin4.5/5

Feature	AnkrVisit	OpenZeppelinVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.0/5	4.5/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	3.5	5.0
Chain coverage	4.5	4.5
Pricing	4.5	4.0
Developer experience	4.0	5.0
Support	3.5	4.0
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Staking infrastructure	Developer tooling
Chains supported	70	10
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	500 USD per month	Free for open-source tools
Enterprise SLA	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not disclosed	Yes
Token	ANKR	Not disclosed
Uptime SLA	99.99%	Not disclosed
Free tier limits	200M monthly credits	Open-source contracts, Relayer, and Monitor under AGPL-3.0 and MIT licenses
Server regions	Global	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2017	2015
Headquarters	United States	—
Investors	YZi Labs, Ryan Fang, ORCAS, Bixin Ventures +8	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Free tier includes 200 million API credits every month Node network spans over 70 supported blockchains Low average RPC response time of 56 milliseconds Pay-per-request model allows autonomous access for AI agents in USDC	Core contract libraries and tooling are free and open source Used by 9 of the top 10 stablecoins and top 10 tokenized funds Supports EVM networks along with Solana, Stellar, and TRON Holds SOC 2 Type II and CCSS institutional security compliance
Cons	Compromise of the deployer private key enabled unauthorized aBNBc minting and caused a more than 99% price crash in December 2022 Contract exploit on ankrFLOW led to $9.3M drained in August 2026 Monthly plan API credits expire after 30 days and do not roll over	Hosted Defender SaaS shuts down permanently on July 1, 2026 Self-hosting Relayer and Monitor creates internal devops maintenance overhead Custom security audit and Continuous Security advisory fees require institutional quotes
Best for	Dapp developers needing free multichain endpoints, Teams launching custom rollups and sidechains, Autonomous AI agents paying per request	Smart contract developers deploying standard tokens, Institutions building regulated stablecoins and funds, Teams needing automated, self-hosted transaction relaying

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