Chainstack vs Infura

Chainstack4.3/5

VS

Infura4.1/5

Feature	ChainstackVisit	InfuraVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	4.1/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.5
Chain coverage	4.5	4.0
Pricing	4.0	4.0
Developer experience	4.5	4.5
Support	4.0	3.5
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Indexing	RPC / nodes, Data APIs
Chains supported	70	40
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$49/month	$50/month
Enterprise SLA	Yes	Yes
Uptime SLA	99.99%	99.99%
Free tier limits	3M request units/month, up to 25 RPS	6 million credits/day, 2,000 credits/second
Server regions	10+ global data centers	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2018	2016
Headquarters	Singapore	United States
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	Free Core tier provides 6 million credits daily Direct native integration with MetaMask and Consensys tooling Supports over 40 blockchain networks and Layer 2s Target 99.99% uptime SLA on enterprise accounts
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	Centralized RPC architecture creates single-point-of-failure risks Paid subscriptions start at $50 per month Strict rate limits apply on free tier throughput
Best for	Multichain application teams, RPC-heavy trading systems, Enterprise blockchain infrastructure	Developers building on Ethereum and Linea, MetaMask SDK and Snaps integrations, Teams needing managed multi-chain RPC endpoints

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