Chainstack vs KRNL Labs

How Chainstack vs KRNL Labs compare on our ratings, infrastructure provider specs, funding, pros and cons.

Feature	Chainstack Visit	KRNL Labs Visit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.1/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	3.0
Chain coverage	4.5	3.0
Pricing	4.0	2.5
Developer experience	4.5	4.0
Support	4.0	3.0
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Indexing	Developer tooling
Chains supported	70	Not disclosed
Free tier	Yes	Not disclosed
Pricing from	$49/month	Not disclosed
Enterprise SLA	Yes	Not disclosed
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	2022
Headquarters	Singapore	—
Investors	Not disclosed	Blockchain Founders Fund, Builder Capital, Ryze Labs, STIX +4
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	Generates cryptographic proofs for off-chain API calls and AI inference models Raised $1.7M in pre-seed backing from TRGC, Superscrypt, and Builder Capital Provides visual workflow creation through KRNL Studio without manually writing DSL Includes pre-built connectors for enterprise tools including Salesforce and HubSpot
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	Smart contract execution relies on off-chain attestor availability and bundler uptime Workflow execution fees must be paid into the protocol vault per transaction
Best for	Multichain application teams, RPC-heavy trading systems, Enterprise blockchain infrastructure	Enterprise developers connecting Web2 APIs to blockchains, Teams automating off-chain AI decisioning with cryptographic verification, Protocols implementing pre-transaction compliance and sanction filtering

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