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Alchemy alternatives: compute units vs flat pricing

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Stay on Alchemy if…

  • You need a permanent free plan: Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap. Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial.[2]
  • You need networks or testnets Triport does not serve: Alchemy lists all mainnets and testnets on its chain list (no total stated); Triport serves 9 mainnets and no testnets.[6]
  • You rely on Alchemy's own streaming product: Solana gRPC costs $75/TB prorated by bytes; concurrent-stream allowance is not published.[7]
  • You need more than 250 rps on Ethereum without an Enterprise contract: Alchemy Pay As You Go lists 300 rps; Triport Business is 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst.[2][3]

Leave Alchemy if…

  • You run 100 rps or more steadily on Ethereum: 259.2M requests a month cost $3,674/mo (Pay As You Go) on Alchemy, against $249/mo flat on Triport Pro.[2][3]
  • Your traffic is heavy on eth_getLogs: Alchemy charges 60 compute units per call, $31.50 per 1M, about 2.3× a standard call. Triport weights no method; each capability has its own RPS limit.[1][2][3]
  • You need a bill that does not move with traffic: Triport plans have no compute units, request allowance or overage; the only limit is requests per second.[3]

Alternatives compared

Triport publishes this comparison and is one of the providers in it. Our row is marked "ours". Alchemy (current) comes first; the alternatives follow by the price of their cheapest paid plan, and every competitor cell links to the provider's own page with the date we read it.

2× burst buffer, included. Finite request-rate limits show sustained RPS and short burst capacity. A full buffer at 20 RPS can absorb up to 40 requests at once and refills at 20 requests per second. There is no quota on the number of bursts and no extra charge for them. Size ongoing traffic to sustained RPS. Categories with no per-category cap have no numeric burst ceiling. How burst capacity works.

Alchemy and its alternatives for 100 rps of Ethereum traffic
ProviderPricing modelPlan near $249/moEthereum RPS on itIncluded volumeCost of 100 rps on Ethereum all monthChains (provider-wide)Streaming / gRPC
Alchemy (current)Compute units (CU)[2]
Compute units (CU) at $0.525 per 1M on Pay As You Go; Alchemy's average estimate is 27 CU per request, and method weights vary.		Pay As You Go: usage-priced, no subscription[2]300 rps[2]Usage-priced[2]$3,674/mo (Pay As You Go)[2]
259.2M requests × 27 compute units = 6,998.4M; 6,998.4M compute units × $0.525 per 1M (Alchemy's own average estimate of 27 compute units per request; real method weights vary.)		All mainnets and testnets on its chain list (no total stated)[6]Solana gRPC costs $75/TB prorated by bytes; concurrent-stream allowance is not published.[7]
Triport (ours)Flat monthly price: no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage[3]$249/mo (Pro)[3]100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst[3]No request allowance: the rate limit is the only limit[3]$249/mo (Pro)[3]
Flat price; Pro allows 100 rps		9 mainnets[3]Yellowstone gRPC included: 8 streams on Pro, 20 on Business[3]
ChainstackRequest units (RU)[4]
Request units (RU): 1 RU per full-node request, 2 RU per archive-node request, the same on every chain.		$199/mo (Pro)[4]400 rps[4]80M request units[4]$990/mo (Enterprise)[4]
259.2M requests × 1 request unit = 259.2M; $990 (400M request units included)		70+ blockchain protocols[8]Yellowstone gRPC add-on: 2, 7 or 25 streams for $49, $149 or $449/month, plus an eligible Global Nodes plan.[9]
QuickNodeCredits[10]
API credits: a standard Ethereum/EVM call is 20 credits, a Solana call 30; trace/debug 2x, trace_replay 4x.		$249/mo (Accelerate)[11]125 rps[11]450M API credits[11]$2,341/mo (Business+ Tier 2)[11]
259.2M requests × 20 API credits = 5,184M; $1,999 + (5,184M − 4,500M) API credits × $0.5 per 1M		79 blockchains across 137 networks[12]Scale $499/month includes 10 gRPC streams; Business $999 includes 25. Traffic consumes credits.[13]
InfuraCredits[14]
Credits against a daily quota: a basic Ethereum call is 80 credits, every Solana request 160.		$225/mo (Team)[15]500 rps[15]2,250M credits[15]Not computable[14]
no published per-call price or plan covers 100 rps on Ethereum		40+ supported networks[14]"Streaming Access" is ticked on every plan, Core included; no streaming price or limit is published.[15]
AnkrCredits[16]
API credits at $0.10 per 1M: an EVM HTTPS request is 200 credits ($0.00002), a Solana request 500 ($0.00005).		Pay-as-you-go: usage-priced, no subscription[16]1,500 rps[16]Usage-priced[16]$5,184/mo (Pay-as-you-go)[16]
259.2M requests × 200 API credits = 51,840M; 51,840M API credits × $0.1 per 1M		70+ networks[17]Premium gRPC: $0.000001 per method call plus $0.5/GB of data transferred in both directions.[18]

Each column runs one plan's rate limit for a whole 30-day month (2,592,000 seconds). That is the worst case for metered plans and the best case for flat ones. Figures use standard read calls, monthly list prices and each provider's own published per-call weight, and exclude bandwidth, add-ons and taxes. A provider with no published per-call price for this network is shown as not computable.

Same price, listed request rate

Same monthly price: listed Ethereum request rate
PricePlanEthereum RPS
$249/moTriport Pro100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst[3]
$249/moQuickNode Accelerate125 rps[11]
API credits still apply
$499/moTriport Business250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst[3]
$499/moChainstack Business600 rps[4]
request units still apply
$499/moQuickNode Scale250 rps[11]
API credits still apply

Where Triport is ahead

  • No credits, compute units or request allowance, and no overage: every Triport plan is a flat monthly price, limited only by requests per second per capability (Ethereum reads: Basic 20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst, Pro 100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst, Business 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst).
  • Triport Basic at $20/mo is the lowest fixed monthly subscription in this table; the next is $49/mo (Chainstack Growth and QuickNode Build). Its Ethereum limit is 20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst.
  • At 20 rps sustained on Ethereum (51.84M requests a month), Triport Basic costs $20/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $199/mo (Chainstack Pro).
  • At 100 rps sustained on Ethereum (259.2M requests a month), Triport Pro costs $249/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $990/mo (Chainstack Enterprise).
  • At 250 rps sustained on Ethereum (648M requests a month), Triport Business costs $499/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $2,230/mo (Chainstack Enterprise).

When another provider fits better

  • No permanent free plan: Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial. If your traffic fits a free plan, Alchemy (Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap), Chainstack (Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access), Ankr (Freemium: $0, 200M API credits a month, about 1,800 requests/min, HTTPS only. Public endpoints need no key) and Infura (Core: free; the plan table says 3M credits a day at 500 credits/s, the FAQ on the same page 6M a day at 2,000 credits/s) cost less.
  • More listed requests per second per dollar: Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply) and QuickNode Build lists 50 rps at $49/mo (API credits still apply), against Triport Basic at 20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst for $20.
  • Same or lower price, same or higher listed limit than Triport Pro ($249/mo, 100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst on Ethereum): Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply), Infura Team lists 500 rps at $225/mo (credits still apply) and QuickNode Accelerate lists 125 rps at $249/mo (API credits still apply).
  • Same or lower price, same or higher listed limit than Triport Business ($499/mo, 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst on Ethereum): Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply), Infura Team lists 500 rps at $225/mo (credits still apply) and QuickNode Scale lists 250 rps at $499/mo (API credits still apply).
  • Higher published rate limits: Ankr Pay-as-you-go 1,500 rps, Chainstack Business 600 rps and Infura Team 500 rps. Triport's highest published limit below Enterprise on Ethereum is 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst (Business).
  • Fewer networks: Triport serves 9 mainnets and no testnets or devnets (Alchemy: All mainnets and testnets on its chain list (no total stated); Chainstack: 70+ blockchain protocols; Ankr: 70+ networks; QuickNode: 79 blockchains across 137 networks; Infura: 40+ supported networks).
  • Regions: EU and US only (custom PoPs on Enterprise), and Enterprise needs a 365-day term.

49 documented JSON-RPC methods for Ethereum in the Triport docs (count as of 2026-10-13). See the method index.

How we picked

  • Included: every provider in our comparison dataset whose own pricing and chain pages we read on 2026-10-13 and that lists Ethereum (5 of 7). A provider missing here was not re-read this month, or does not list Ethereum.
  • Each competitor cell links to the page it came from, with the date we read it. Our build fails when a fact is more than 45 days old, so the table is re-read monthly.
  • Prices are monthly list prices. Per-call costs use each provider's own published weight for a standard read call; where only an average is published, we say so next to the figure.
  • Triport's numbers come from its tier matrix, the same file its rate limiter enforces. Only capabilities marked available in the network registry count as sold.
  • We compare published prices, limits and features only. There are no speed rankings on this page.

FAQ

How does Alchemy's pricing compare to QuickNode at scale?
At 100 rps on Ethereum all month, Alchemy is $3,674/mo (Pay As You Go) at its own average of 27 compute units per request, and QuickNode $2,341/mo (Business+ Tier 2); Triport Pro is $249/mo flat.
What is the cheapest alternative to Alchemy for 100 rps on Ethereum?
Run all month, 100 rps is 259.2M requests. On Alchemy that is $3,674/mo (Pay As You Go) from its published prices. Triport Pro is a flat $249/mo at that rate, with no credits or overage. The table shows every provider's figure with its arithmetic and source.
Does Alchemy have a free tier?
Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap. Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial.
How does Alchemy bill usage?
Compute units (CU) at $0.525 per 1M on Pay As You Go; Alchemy's average estimate is 27 CU per request, and method weights vary. Triport plans are flat monthly prices limited only by requests per second.
What do I give up by leaving Alchemy?
A permanent free plan (Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap). Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial.

Sources

  1. Alchemy per-method prices (https://www.alchemy.com/docs/reference/compute-unit-costs), read
  2. Alchemy pricing (https://www.alchemy.com/pricing), read
  3. Triport pricing (tier matrix) — Triport's own published limits
  4. Chainstack pricing (https://chainstack.com/pricing/), read
  5. Chainstack Unlimited Node (https://chainstack.com/unlimited-node), read
  6. Alchemy chain list (https://www.alchemy.com/docs/reference/node-supported-chains), read
  7. Alchemy streaming (https://www.alchemy.com/solana-grpc), read
  8. Chainstack chain list (https://chainstack.com/protocols/), read
  9. Chainstack streaming (https://chainstack.com/yellowstone-grpc-geyser-plugin/), read
  10. QuickNode billing (https://www.quicknode.com/api-credits), read
  11. QuickNode pricing (https://www.quicknode.com/pricing), read
  12. QuickNode chain list (https://www.quicknode.com/chains), read
  13. QuickNode streaming (https://www.quicknode.com/blog/solana-grpc-is-now-included-with-scale-and-business-plans), read
  14. Infura billing (https://docs.infura.io/get-started/pricing/credit-cost/), read
  15. Infura pricing (https://www.infura.io/pricing), read
  16. Ankr billing (https://www.ankr.com/docs/rpc-service/service-plans/), read
  17. Ankr chain list (https://www.ankr.com/rpc/), read
  18. Ankr streaming (https://www.ankr.com/docs/rpc-service/service-plans/), read