Helius vs Tenderly

Helius3.8/5

VS

Tenderly4.3/5

Feature	HeliusVisit	TenderlyVisit
Ratings
Our score	3.8/5	4.3/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Reliability	4.5	4.5
Chain coverage	1.5	4.5
Pricing	4.0	3.5
Developer experience	4.5	5.0
Support	4.0	4.0
Specs
Services	RPC / nodes, Data APIs	Developer tooling
Chains supported	1	50
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Pricing from	$49/month	Not disclosed
Enterprise SLA	Yes	Not disclosed
Open source	Yes	Not disclosed
Uptime SLA	99.99%	Not disclosed
Free tier limits	1M monthly credits, 10 RPC req/s	Not disclosed
Server regions	Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Singapore, Los Angeles, London, Newark, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2022	2018
Headquarters	United States	United States
Investors	Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Chapter One +2	Spark Capital
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Free plan includes 1 million monthly credits and 10 requests per second All outbound transactions route over staked validator connections by default SOC 2 compliance verified by Sensiba LLP Global coverage across nine regions including Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Los Angeles	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	Supports only the Solana blockchain with no EVM or cross-chain coverage LaserStream gRPC data add-ons require the $999 per month Professional plan Proprietary API methods create vendor lock-in when migrating away WaaS charges developers for signatures even when onchain transactions fail	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	Solana DeFi protocols and wallets, High-frequency Solana trading desks, Developers seeking staked transaction landing	Smart contract protocol developers, DeFi risk engineering teams, Institutions managing multisig governance

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