Chainstack vs Consensys

Chainstack4.3/5

VS

Consensys4.0/5

Feature	ChainstackVisit	ConsensysVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	4.0/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.5
Chain coverage	4.5	3.0
Pricing	4.0	3.5
Developer experience	4.5	4.5
Support	4.0	4.0
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Indexing	RPC / nodes, Developer tooling, Staking infrastructure, Wallet APIs
Chains supported	70	25
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$49/month	Not disclosed
Enterprise SLA	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not disclosed	Yes
Uptime SLA	99.99%	Not disclosed
Free tier limits	3M request units/month, up to 25 RPS	Not disclosed
Server regions	10+ global data centers	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2018	2014
Headquarters	Singapore	United States
Investors	Not disclosed	ParaFi Capital, Third Point Ventures, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	70+ supported chains, including Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin and X Layer Free tier includes 3 million monthly request units Global Nodes route requests across 10+ data centers Self-Hosted keeps node deployment on customer-owned infrastructure	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	Paid plans begin at $49 per month after the free tier Managed endpoints create dependence on Chainstack routing and node operations Dedicated Nodes start at $678 per month Global routing can add infrastructure and provider concentration 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 for	Multichain application teams, RPC-heavy trading systems, Enterprise blockchain infrastructure	Ethereum dApp developers, Institutions running dedicated staking validators, Teams building on Linea

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