Chainstack vs dRPC

Chainstack4.3/5

VS

dRPC4.0/5

Feature	ChainstackVisit	dRPCVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	4.0/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	3.5
Chain coverage	4.5	4.5
Pricing	4.0	4.5
Developer experience	4.5	4.0
Support	4.0	4.0
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Indexing	RPC / nodes, Data APIs, Developer tooling
Chains supported	70	130
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$49/month	From $10
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	8 geo clusters across 4 continents
Company
Founded	2018	—
Headquarters	Singapore	Cayman Islands
Investors	Not disclosed	Not disclosed
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	Serves over 4 billion requests daily across 130+ chains and 232 networks NodeCore routing engine is fully open-source for self-hosted deployments Underlying network aggregates over 60 independent node providers across 8 global clusters Entry-level paid cloud tier starts from $10 with pay-as-you-go overage
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	Experienced global request timeouts and errors during an infrastructure outage in March 2026 Upstream DNS provider failure caused downtime on lb.drpc.live in January 2026 Relies on third-party node providers whose individual performance can fluctuate
Best for	Multichain application teams, RPC-heavy trading systems, Enterprise blockchain infrastructure	Teams needing open-source self-hosted RPC, Multichain dApps routing high traffic, Foundations needing public node setups

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