Chainstack vs io.net

Chainstack4.3/5

VS

io.net3.8/5

Feature	ChainstackVisit	io.netVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.8/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.0
Chain coverage	4.5	3.0
Pricing	4.0	4.5
Developer experience	4.5	4.0
Support	4.0	3.5
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Indexing	Developer tooling
Chains supported	70	1
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$49/month	$0.18/hour
Enterprise SLA	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not disclosed	Yes
Token	Not disclosed	IO
Uptime SLA	99.99%	99.9%
Free tier limits	3M request units/month, up to 25 RPS	$100 in free credits for new users
Server regions	10+ global data centers	130+ countries
Company
Founded	2018	2023
Headquarters	Singapore	—
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	Hourly GPU rental rates start at $0.18 for RTX 4090 chips Maintains a 99.9% uptime SLA using automated failover Provides new accounts with $100 in trial credits High-end hardware access includes NVIDIA H100 and A100 configurations
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	Platform transaction fees range from 10% to 20% Performance relies on decentralized node providers with varied latency Network settlements and incentives depend on Solana and the IO token Enterprise custom pricing requires a minimum 100 GPU commitment or $10,000 monthly spend
Best for	Multichain application teams, RPC-heavy trading systems, Enterprise blockchain infrastructure	Machine learning teams running batch inference, Developers seeking discounted GPU cluster rentals, AI startups training distributed models

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