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Chainstack alternatives for Ethereum and Solana RPC

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Stay on Chainstack if…

  • You need a permanent free plan: Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access. Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial.[1]
  • You need networks or testnets Triport does not serve: Chainstack lists 70+ blockchain protocols; Triport serves 9 mainnets and no testnets.[5]
  • You need up to 7 Yellowstone gRPC streams: Growth ($49) plus the 7-stream add-on ($149) is $198/mo, less than Triport Pro ($249/mo with 8 streams).[6][3]
  • You want flat pricing without leaving Chainstack: its Unlimited Node add-on, from the $49 Growth plan, costs $149 for 25 rps, $649 for 100 rps, $1,649 for 250 rps and $3,199 for 500 rps a month with unlimited requests in the tier; Chainstack says the add-on "works across all supported chains and protocols" without naming them.[1][2]
  • You want the most listed requests per second for the entry price and can live with metering: Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply); Triport Basic is 60 RPS sustained · up to 120 burst for $20.[1][3]

Leave Chainstack if…

  • You run 200 rps or more steadily on Solana: 518.4M requests a month cost $1,582/mo (Enterprise; Growth plus the 250-rps Unlimited Node would be $1,698/mo) on Chainstack, against $249/mo flat on Triport Pro.[1][2][3]
  • You run 100 rps or more steadily on Ethereum: 259.2M requests a month cost $990/mo (Enterprise) on request units, or $698/mo with Growth ($49) plus the 100-rps Unlimited Node ($649) on Chainstack, against $249/mo flat on Triport Pro.[1][2][3]
  • You need 8 or more Yellowstone gRPC streams: 8 are included in Triport Pro ($249/mo); on Chainstack 8 streams take the 25-stream add-on, $498/mo with Growth.[3][6]
  • You need a bill that does not move with traffic: Triport plans have no request 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". Chainstack (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.

Chainstack and its alternatives for 200 rps of Solana traffic
ProviderPricing modelPlan near $199/moSolana RPS on itIncluded volumeCost of 200 rps on Solana all monthChains (provider-wide)Streaming / gRPC
Chainstack (current)Request units (RU)[1]
Request units (RU): 1 RU per full-node request, 2 RU per archive-node request, the same on every chain.		$199/mo (Pro)[1]400 rps[1]80M request units[1]$1,582/mo (Enterprise)[1]
518.4M requests × 1 request unit = 518.4M; $990 + (518.4M − 400M) request units × $5 per 1M		70+ blockchain protocols[5]Yellowstone gRPC add-on: 2, 7 or 25 streams for $49, $149 or $449/month, plus an eligible Global Nodes plan.[6]
Triport (ours)Flat monthly price: no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage[3]$249/mo (Pro)[3]200 RPS sustained · up to 400 burst[3]No request allowance: the rate limit is the only limit[3]$249/mo (Pro)[3]
Flat price; Pro allows 200 rps		9 mainnets[3]Yellowstone gRPC included: 8 streams on Pro, 20 on Business[3]
HeliusCredits[7]
Credits: 1 per standard RPC call; getProgramAccounts and each DAS call 10; LaserStream 2 credits per 0.1 MB.		$49/mo (Developer)[4]50 rps[4]10M credits[4]$2,591/mo (Business)[4]
518.4M requests × 1 credit = 518.4M; $499 + (518.4M − 100M) credits × $5 per 1M		Solana only[8]LaserStream mainnet: Business $499/month includes 10 concurrent gRPC connections; Professional $999 includes 100.[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]$7,275/mo (Business+ Tier 3)[11]
518.4M requests × 30 API credits = 15,552M; $2,999 + (15,552M − 7,000M) 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]250 rps[15]2,250M credits[15]Not computable[14]
no published per-call price or plan covers 200 rps on Solana		40+ supported networks[14]"Streaming Access" is ticked on every plan, Core included; no streaming price or limit is published.[15]
AlchemyCompute units (CU)[16]
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[16]300 rps[16]Usage-priced[16]$7,348/mo (Pay As You Go)[16]
518.4M requests × 27 compute units = 13,996.8M; 13,996.8M 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)[17]Solana gRPC costs $75/TB prorated by bytes; concurrent-stream allowance is not published.[18]
AnkrCredits[19]
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[19]4,000 rps[19]Usage-priced[19]$25,920/mo (Pay-as-you-go)[19]
518.4M requests × 500 API credits = 259,200M; 259,200M API credits × $0.1 per 1M		70+ networks[20]Premium gRPC: $0.000001 per method call plus $0.5/GB of data transferred in both directions.[21]
Triton OnePrepaid, per call[22]
Prepaid pay-as-you-go: $10 per 1M standard calls plus $0.08/GB, DAS $50 per 1M; $125 minimum deposit, valid 12 months.		No subscription: prepaid per call[22]Not published[22]Usage-priced[22]$5,184/mo (pay as you go)[22]
518.4M calls × $10 per 1M		Solana, Sui and Monad[22]Streaming is pay as you go at $0.08/GB, with a $125 minimum prepaid deposit; concurrent connection counts are not published.[23]

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.

Second workload: 100 RPS on Ethereum

Chainstack is multi-chain, so the same comparison is priced a second time: 100 requests per second on Ethereum for a 30-day month is 259.2M requests. Each cell shows its arithmetic.

100 rps on Ethereum all month (259.2M requests): Chainstack and its alternatives
ProviderPricing modelCost of 100 rps on Ethereum all month
Chainstack (current)Request units (RU)[1]$990/mo (Enterprise)[1]
259.2M requests × 1 request unit = 259.2M; $990 (400M request units included)
Triport (ours)Flat monthly price: no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage[3]$249/mo (Pro)[3]
Flat price; Pro allows 100 rps
QuickNodeCredits[10]$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
InfuraCredits[14]Not computable[14]
no published per-call price or plan covers 100 rps on Ethereum
AlchemyCompute units (CU)[16]$3,674/mo (Pay As You Go)[16]
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.)
AnkrCredits[19]$5,184/mo (Pay-as-you-go)[19]
259.2M requests × 200 API credits = 51,840M; 51,840M API credits × $0.1 per 1M
  • Chainstack's flat option for this load: Growth ($49) plus the 100-rps Unlimited Node ($649) is $698/mo, with no per-request charge up to 100 rps; Chainstack says the add-on "works across all supported chains and protocols" without naming them.[1][2]

Same price, listed request rate

Same monthly price: listed Solana request rate
PricePlanSolana RPS
$249/moTriport Pro200 RPS sustained · up to 400 burst[3]
$249/moQuickNode Accelerate125 rps[11]
API credits still apply
$499/moTriport Business600 RPS sustained · up to 1,200 burst[3]
$499/moChainstack Business600 rps[1]
request units still apply
$499/moHelius Business200 rps[4]
credits 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 (Solana reads: Basic 60 RPS sustained · up to 120 burst, Pro 200 RPS sustained · up to 400 burst, Business 600 RPS sustained · up to 1,200 burst).
  • Triport Basic at $20/mo is the lowest fixed monthly subscription in this table; the next is $49/mo (Chainstack Growth, Helius Developer and QuickNode Build). Its Solana limit is 60 RPS sustained · up to 120 burst.
  • At 60 rps sustained on Solana (155.52M requests a month), Triport Basic costs $20/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $499/mo (Chainstack Business).
  • At 200 rps sustained on Solana (518.4M requests a month), Triport Pro costs $249/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $1,582/mo (Chainstack Enterprise).
  • At 600 rps sustained on Solana (1,555.2M requests a month), Triport Business costs $499/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $6,766/mo (Chainstack Enterprise).
  • At $249/mo, Triport Pro allows 200 RPS sustained · up to 400 burst on Solana; QuickNode Accelerate lists 125 rps.
  • At $499/mo, Triport Business allows 600 RPS sustained · up to 1,200 burst on Solana; Helius Business lists 200 rps and QuickNode Scale lists 250 rps.
  • Solana DAS API on the same flat plans: 4 methods on Basic, all methods from Pro, with no per-call weight.
  • 8 Yellowstone gRPC streams are included in the $249 Pro plan. Among providers here that price gRPC by stream count, the lowest listed price for 8 streams is $498/mo: Chainstack Growth ($49) plus its 25-stream add-on ($449). Bandwidth-billed gRPC (Alchemy, Triton, Ankr) is not compared.

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), Helius (Free plan: $0, 1M credits a month, 10 RPC requests/s, 1 sendTransaction/s, 2 DAS requests/s), Alchemy (Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap) 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), against Triport Basic at 60 RPS sustained · up to 120 burst for $20.
  • Same or lower price, same or higher listed limit than Triport Pro ($249/mo, 200 RPS sustained · up to 400 burst on Solana): Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply) and Infura Team lists 250 rps at $225/mo (credits still apply).
  • Same or lower price, same or higher listed limit than Triport Business ($499/mo, 600 RPS sustained · up to 1,200 burst on Solana): Chainstack Business lists 600 rps at $499/mo (request units still apply).
  • Higher published rate limits: Ankr Pay-as-you-go 4,000 rps. Triport's highest published limit below Enterprise on Solana is 600 RPS sustained · up to 1,200 burst (Business).
  • Fewer networks: Triport serves 9 mainnets and no testnets or devnets (Chainstack: 70+ blockchain protocols; Ankr: 70+ networks; QuickNode: 79 blockchains across 137 networks; Alchemy: All mainnets and testnets on its chain list (no total stated); Infura: 40+ supported networks).
  • Up to 7 Yellowstone streams cost less on Chainstack: Growth ($49) plus its 7-stream add-on ($149) is $198/mo.
  • Regions: EU and US only (custom PoPs on Enterprise), and Enterprise needs a 365-day term.

71 documented JSON-RPC methods for Solana 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 Solana (7 of 7). A provider missing here was not re-read this month, or does not list Solana.
  • 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.
  • The Ethereum workload is priced by the same rules in its own table; Chainstack's flat Unlimited Node is shown beside its request-unit figure.

FAQ

What is the cheapest alternative to Chainstack for 200 rps on Solana?
Run all month, 200 rps is 518.4M requests. On Chainstack that is $1,582/mo (Enterprise; Growth plus the 250-rps Unlimited Node would be $1,698/mo) 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.
What does 100 rps on Ethereum cost on Chainstack?
Run all month, 100 rps is 259.2M requests: $990/mo (Enterprise) on request units, or $698/mo with Growth ($49) plus the 100-rps Unlimited Node ($649) on Chainstack. Triport Pro is a flat $249/mo at that rate.
Does Chainstack have a free tier?
Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access. Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial.
How does Chainstack bill usage?
Request units (RU): 1 RU per full-node request, 2 RU per archive-node request, the same on every chain. Triport plans are flat monthly prices limited only by requests per second.
What do I give up by leaving Chainstack?
A permanent free plan (Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access). Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial.

Sources

  1. Chainstack per-method prices (https://chainstack.com/pricing/), read
  2. Chainstack Unlimited Node (https://chainstack.com/unlimited-node), read
  3. Triport pricing (tier matrix) — Triport's own published limits
  4. Helius pricing (https://www.helius.dev/pricing), read
  5. Chainstack chain list (https://chainstack.com/protocols/), read
  6. Chainstack streaming (https://chainstack.com/yellowstone-grpc-geyser-plugin/), read
  7. Helius billing (https://www.helius.dev/docs/billing/credits), read
  8. Helius chain list (https://www.helius.dev/), read
  9. Helius streaming (https://www.helius.dev/docs/faqs/laserstream), 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. Alchemy billing (https://www.alchemy.com/pricing), read
  17. Alchemy chain list (https://www.alchemy.com/docs/reference/node-supported-chains), read
  18. Alchemy streaming (https://www.alchemy.com/solana-grpc), read
  19. Ankr billing (https://www.ankr.com/docs/rpc-service/service-plans/), read
  20. Ankr chain list (https://www.ankr.com/rpc/), read
  21. Ankr streaming (https://www.ankr.com/docs/rpc-service/service-plans/), read
  22. Triton One billing (https://triton.one/pricing), read
  23. Triton One streaming (https://triton.one/pricing), read