Gelato vs Tenderly

How Gelato vs Tenderly compare on our ratings, infrastructure provider specs, funding, pros and cons.

Gelato3.8/5

Feature	Gelato Visit	Tenderly Visit
Ratings
Our score	3.8/5	4.3/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.5
Chain coverage	4.5	4.5
Pricing	2.5	3.5
Developer experience	4.0	5.0
Support	3.0	4.0
Specs
Services	Account abstraction, Developer tooling	Developer tooling
Chains supported	100	50
Free tier	Not disclosed	Yes
Open source	Yes	Not disclosed
Token	GEL	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2019	2018
Headquarters	Switzerland	United States
Investors	Hack VC, Dragonfly, Galaxy Digital, IOSG Ventures	Spark Capital
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Processed over 1 billion transactions across more than 100 supported chains Powers Kraken's Ink Layer 2 network with $100M+ in TVL Provides native support for both ERC-4337 and EIP-7702 account abstraction Backed by $23.2M in funding from Dragonfly Capital and Hack VC	Supports transaction simulation and debugging across 50+ EVM chains Provides Virtual TestNets synced directly with real-time on-chain state Raised $58.6M in funding from institutional backers including Spark Capital Offers a free tier for essential debugging and simulation tasks
Cons	Dapp transaction flows depend directly on Gelato relayer and paymaster uptime Proprietary rollup tooling creates potential migration friction away from the platform GEL governance token creates exposure to platform token economics Pricing tiers and enterprise SLA terms are not published on the site	Node RPC access requires a paid subscription plan Centralized monitoring infrastructure creates operational vendor dependency Focused exclusively on EVM networks without non-EVM support
Best for	Dapp developers implementing gasless onboarding, Protocols deploying custom Layer 2 rollups, Teams needing ERC-4337 paymaster infrastructure	Smart contract protocol developers, DeFi risk engineering teams, Institutions managing multisig governance

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