Chainstack vs Parity Technologies

Chainstack4.3/5

VS

Parity Technologies3.4/5

Feature	ChainstackVisit	Parity TechnologiesVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.4/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.0
Chain coverage	4.5	2.5
Pricing	4.0	3.0
Developer experience	4.5	4.0
Support	4.0	3.0
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Indexing	RPC / nodes, Developer tooling
Chains supported	70	2
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$49/month	Not disclosed
Enterprise SLA	Yes	Not disclosed
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	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2018	2015
Headquarters	Singapore	United Kingdom
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	Over a decade of foundational engineering experience since 2015 Open-source core client implementations for the Polkadot ecosystem JAM design spanning 341 parallel compute cores Simplifies testnet deployment workflows for ecosystem developers
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	Protocol tooling is tightly focused on Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems JAM and core protocol architectures require steep engineering specialization
Best for	Multichain application teams, RPC-heavy trading systems, Enterprise blockchain infrastructure	Polkadot parachain developers, Polkadot protocol engineers, Decentralized infrastructure architects

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