Chainstack vs Ordinals

Chainstack4.3/5

VS

Ordinals3.5/5

Feature	ChainstackVisit	OrdinalsVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.5/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.0
Chain coverage	4.5	2.0
Pricing	4.0	5.0
Developer experience	4.5	4.0
Support	4.0	2.5
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Indexing	Indexing, Developer tooling
Chains supported	70	1
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$49/month	0
Enterprise SLA	Yes	No
Open source	Not disclosed	Yes
Uptime SLA	99.99%	Not disclosed
Free tier limits	3M request units/month, up to 25 RPS	Unlimited open-source self-hosted access
Server regions	10+ global data centers	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2018	—
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	Fully open source under the CC0-1.0 public domain license Direct indexing from local Bitcoin Core nodes without reliance on third-party APIs Free self-hosted software with no vendor licensing costs
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	Requires a fully synced Bitcoin Core node with txindex enabled to run Inscriptions can be accidentally spent if cardinal and ordinal wallets are mixed Self-hosted explorer runs untrusted HTML and JavaScript, creating script execution risks No commercial enterprise SLA
Best for	Multichain application teams, RPC-heavy trading systems, Enterprise blockchain infrastructure	Bitcoin node operators, Developers indexing Bitcoin digital artifacts, Engineers running self-hosted blockchain explorers

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