Which BNB Smart Chain RPC providers have a free tier?

Chainstack, Ankr and Alchemy list a permanent free plan for BNB Smart Chain. QuickNode offers a trial. Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial, not a permanent free tier.

What does 100 requests per second of BNB Smart Chain traffic cost per month?

Run all month, 100 rps is 259.2M requests. Triport Pro is a flat $249/mo at that rate. The cheapest computable alternative in this table is $990/mo (Chainstack Enterprise), from its published per-call price.

Does Triport charge credits or compute units on BNB Smart Chain?

No. Plans are flat monthly prices with no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage; the only limit is requests per second: Basic $20 at 20 rps, Pro $249 at 100 rps, Business $499 at 250 rps, with bursts up to 2x. On BNB Smart Chain these are configured limits, not measured capacity.

How were these providers picked?

We list every provider in our dataset whose pricing and chain pages we re-read this month and that lists BNB Smart Chain. Each cell links to its source with the date it was read.

Best BNB Smart Chain RPC providers in 2026

Last updated: September 22, 2026

Providers compared

BNB Smart Chain RPC providers: published pricing and limits
Provider	Pricing model	Cheapest paid plan	BNB Smart Chain RPS on that plan	Free tier	Archive	WebSocket / streams
Triport	Flat monthly price: no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage^[1]	$20/mo (Basic)^[1]	20 rps*^[1]	No — 7-day trial^[1]	Archive history; Archive state (2 nodes)^[1]	No (WebSocket: not supported)^[1]
Chainstack	Request units (RU)^[2] Request units (RU): 1 RU per full-node request, 2 RU per archive-node request, the same on every chain.	$49/mo (Growth)^[2]	250 rps^[2]	Permanent free plan^[2] Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access.	Archive from Growth (2 request units per archive request); none on Developer.^[2]	WebSocket on all plans.^[2]
Ankr	Credits^[3] 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^[3]	1,500 rps^[3] Up to about 1,500 requests/s on EVM chains and 4,000 on Solana; $10 minimum deposit.	Permanent free plan^[3] Freemium: $0, 200M API credits a month, about 1,800 requests/min, HTTPS only. Public endpoints need no key.	Archive data on all plans.^[3]	WebSocket on Premium (pay-as-you-go) only; Freemium is HTTPS only.^[3]
QuickNode	Credits^[4] API credits: a standard Ethereum/EVM call is 20 credits, a Solana call 30; trace/debug 2x, trace_replay 4x.	$49/mo (Build)^[5]	50 rps^[5]	Trial only^[5] Free trial for one month: 10M API credits, 15 requests/s. Not a permanent free plan.	Archive supported across all paid plans.^[5]	Not stated on the pricing page.^[5]
Alchemy	Compute units (CU)^[6] 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^[6]	300 rps^[6] 10,000 CU/s, which Alchemy describes as starting from 300 requests/s.	Permanent free plan^[6] Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 500 CU/s (about 25 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap.	Archive data included, billed in compute units.^[6]	WebSockets included ("Smart websockets").^[6]

* Configured limit: the rate limit set in Triport's tier matrix for this network. It is a per-category RPS limit, not measured capacity.

What sustained traffic costs per month

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.

Monthly cost of sustained BNB Smart Chain traffic at Triport's plan limits
Provider	20 rps* sustained (51.84M req/mo)	100 rps* sustained (259.2M req/mo)	250 rps* sustained (648M req/mo)
Triport	$20/mo (Basic)^[1] Flat price at the plan's rate limit	$249/mo (Pro)^[1] Flat price at the plan's rate limit	$499/mo (Business)^[1] Flat price at the plan's rate limit
Chainstack	$199/mo (Pro)^[2] 51.84M requests × 1 request unit = 51.84M; $199 (80M request units included)	$990/mo (Enterprise)^[2] 259.2M requests × 1 request unit = 259.2M; $990 (400M request units included)	$2,230/mo (Enterprise)^[2] 648M requests × 1 request unit = 648M; $990 + (648M − 400M) request units × $5 per 1M
Ankr	$1,037/mo (Pay-as-you-go)^[3] 51.84M requests × 200 API credits = 10,368M; 10,368M API credits × $0.1 per 1M	$5,184/mo (Pay-as-you-go)^[3] 259.2M requests × 200 API credits = 51,840M; 51,840M API credits × $0.1 per 1M	$12,960/mo (Pay-as-you-go)^[3] 648M requests × 200 API credits = 129,600M; 129,600M API credits × $0.1 per 1M
QuickNode	$545/mo (Scale)^[5] 51.84M requests × 20 API credits = 1,036.8M; $499 + (1,036.8M − 950M) API credits × $0.53 per 1M	$2,341/mo (Business+ Tier 2)^[5] 259.2M requests × 20 API credits = 5,184M; $1,999 + (5,184M − 4,500M) API credits × $0.5 per 1M	$5,979/mo (Business+ Tier 3)^[5] 648M requests × 20 API credits = 12,960M; $2,999 + (12,960M − 7,000M) API credits × $0.5 per 1M
Alchemy	$735/mo (Pay As You Go)^[6] 51.84M requests × 27 compute units = 1,399.68M; 1,399.68M compute units × $0.525 per 1M (Alchemy's own average estimate of 27 compute units per request; real method weights vary.)	$3,674/mo (Pay As You Go)^[6] 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.)	$9,185/mo (Pay As You Go)^[6] 648M requests × 27 compute units = 17,496M; 17,496M compute units × $0.525 per 1M (Alchemy's own average estimate of 27 compute units per request; real method weights vary.)

* Configured limit: the rate limit set in Triport's tier matrix for this network. It is a per-category RPS limit, not measured capacity.

Same price, listed request rate

Same monthly price: listed BNB Smart Chain request rate
Price	Plan	BNB Smart Chain RPS
$249/mo	Triport Pro	100 rps*^[1]
$249/mo	QuickNode Accelerate	125 rps^[5] API credits still apply
$499/mo	Triport Business	250 rps*^[1]
$499/mo	Chainstack Business	600 rps^[2] request units still apply
$499/mo	QuickNode Scale	250 rps^[5] API credits still apply

* Configured limit: the rate limit set in Triport's tier matrix for this network. It is a per-category RPS limit, not measured capacity.

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 (BNB Smart Chain reads: Basic 20 rps*, Pro 100 rps*, Business 250 rps*).
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 BNB Smart Chain limit is 20 rps*.
At 20 rps* sustained on BNB Smart Chain (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 BNB Smart Chain (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 BNB Smart Chain (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, 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 Alchemy (Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 500 CU/s (about 25 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap) 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* for $20.
Same or lower price, same or higher listed limit than Triport Pro ($249/mo, 100 rps* on BNB Smart Chain): Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units 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* on BNB Smart Chain): Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units 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 QuickNode Business 500 rps. Triport's highest published limit below Enterprise on BNB Smart Chain is 250 rps* (Business).
Fewer networks: Triport serves 9 mainnets and no testnets or devnets (Chainstack: 70+ blockchain protocols; Ankr: 75+ networks; QuickNode: 79 blockchains across 137 networks; Alchemy: All mainnets and testnets on its chain list (no total stated)).
Not sold on BNB Smart Chain today: txpool (routed node view) (limited), Debug and trace (best-effort) (limited), WebSocket (not supported).
Read-only on BNB Smart Chain: Triport does not offer transaction submission on this network.
The BNB Smart Chain rate limits are configured limits (per-category RPS limits), not measured capacity.
Regions: EU and US only (custom PoPs on Enterprise), and Enterprise needs a 365-day term.

What Triport sells on this network today

Available: JSON-RPC reads (BNB Smart Chain), eth_getLogs.

Published but not sold yet: txpool (routed node view) (limited), Debug and trace (best-effort) (limited), WebSocket (not supported).

29 documented JSON-RPC methods for BNB Smart Chain in the Triport docs (count as of 2026-09-22). See the method index.

How we picked

Included: every provider in our comparison dataset whose own pricing and chain pages we read on 2026-09-22 and that lists BNB Smart Chain (4 of 6). A provider missing here was not re-read this month, or does not list BNB Smart Chain.
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

Which BNB Smart Chain RPC providers have a free tier?: Chainstack, Ankr and Alchemy list a permanent free plan for BNB Smart Chain. QuickNode offers a trial. Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial, not a permanent free tier.
What does 100 requests per second of BNB Smart Chain traffic cost per month?: Run all month, 100 rps is 259.2M requests. Triport Pro is a flat $249/mo at that rate. The cheapest computable alternative in this table is $990/mo (Chainstack Enterprise), from its published per-call price.
Does Triport charge credits or compute units on BNB Smart Chain?: No. Plans are flat monthly prices with no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage; the only limit is requests per second: Basic $20 at 20 rps, Pro $249 at 100 rps, Business $499 at 250 rps, with bursts up to 2x. On BNB Smart Chain these are configured limits, not measured capacity.
How were these providers picked?: We list every provider in our dataset whose pricing and chain pages we re-read this month and that lists BNB Smart Chain. Each cell links to its source with the date it was read.

Sources

Triport pricing (tier matrix) — Triport's own published limits
Chainstack billing (https://chainstack.com/pricing/), read September 22, 2026
Ankr billing (https://www.ankr.com/docs/rpc-service/service-plans/), read September 22, 2026
QuickNode billing (https://www.quicknode.com/api-credits), read September 22, 2026
QuickNode pricing (https://www.quicknode.com/pricing), read September 22, 2026
Alchemy billing (https://www.alchemy.com/pricing), read September 22, 2026