# Alchemy vs Foundry

| Attribute | Alchemy | Foundry |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.6 (76% (high)) | 59.7 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 10,662 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A platform providing developers with blockchain infrastructure APIs, node access, transaction data, and wallet tools to build and scale applications across 60+ blockchain networks. Supports millions of users with 99.99% uptime. It is indexed under Blockchain Dev Tools.","source":"https://www.alchemy.com/blog/pay-as-you-go-pricing","question":"What is Alchemy?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Alchemy offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Free, Pay As You Go and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.alchemy.com/blog/pay-as-you-go-pricing","question":"Is Alchemy free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Alchemy supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.alchemy.com/blog/pay-as-you-go-pricing","question":"What platforms does Alchemy support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Alchemy, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.alchemy.com/blog/pay-as-you-go-pricing","question":"Can Alchemy be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Alchemy, including Hypernative, API3, Privy, Ethereum, Starknet, Stellar, Cronos and Sei, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.alchemy.com/blog/pay-as-you-go-pricing","question":"What does Alchemy integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"A toolkit for building, testing, and interacting with Ethereum smart contracts. It provides command-line tools for rapid development, testing, and deployment, including automatic documentation generation from Solidity source code. It is indexed under Blockchain Dev Tools.","source":"https://getfoundry.sh","question":"What is Foundry?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Foundry offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://getfoundry.sh","question":"Is Foundry free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Foundry supports macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://getfoundry.sh","question":"What platforms does Foundry support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Foundry is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry","question":"Is Foundry open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A platform providing infrastructure APIs and tools for building blockchain applications, with flexible pay-as-you-go pricing and a generous free tier. | A Rust-based toolkit for building, testing, debugging, and deploying smart contracts on Ethereum networks |
| features.capabilities | `{"tooling_type":"rpc-node-infra","maintenance_status":"active","evm_compatible_only":false}` | `{"open_source":true,"tooling_type":"framework","gas_profiling":true,"trace_debugger":true,"mainnet_forking":true,"local_dev_network":true,"maintenance_status":"active","evm_compatible_only":true,"static_analysis_security_tool":true,"native_fuzzing_invariant_testing":true,"contract_verification_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Hypernative"},{"name":"API3"},{"name":"Privy"},{"name":"Ethereum"},{"name":"Starknet"},{"name":"Stellar"},{"name":"Cronos"},{"name":"Sei"},{"name":"Mode"},{"name":"Flare"},{"name":"Hexagate","native":true,"category":"security"}]` | `[{"name":"Slither","category":"security-analysis"},{"name":"Aderyn","category":"security-analysis"},{"name":"Solar","category":"tooling"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Rust |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free: 30M Compute Units/month","features":["Node API","Data APIs","60+ chain support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Provides 3x the compute capacity of competitor free tiers up to a usage limit","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"compute_units":"30M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pay As You Go","summary":"Pay-as-you-go with volume discounts","features":["Node API","Data APIs","Account Kit","60+ chains","99.99% reliability","Volume-based discounts"],"description":"Usage-based pricing with volume discounts. No minimum fees, no commitment required.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing and dedicated support","features":["Custom pricing","Custom throughput (no fixed caps)","Dedicated 1-hour response support","Direct engineering team access"],"description":"Custom infrastructure and support for large-scale applications","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier: 30M Compute Units/month. Pay-as-you-go pricing (rates not detailed). Enterprise custom plans available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.alchemy.com/blog/pay-as-you-go-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:06:29.187Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://getfoundry.sh","retrievedAt":"2026-09-11T19:15:17.702Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-6ebc163511bc820a62e25b6a48dec6dea7ffb3eb","date":"2026-10-13T07:56:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-6ebc163511bc820a62e25b6a48dec6dea7ffb3eb"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-a7d6afa747860a071e702c0b637254d47892da4f","date":"2026-10-12T10:12:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-a7d6afa747860a071e702c0b637254d47892da4f"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-32624734aaf99e89a5046a3017a374a911000da8","date":"2026-10-10T07:45:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-32624734aaf99e89a5046a3017a374a911000da8"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-e2c787bf14300dbd848c7dbef98004a96c3dd43f","date":"2026-10-09T07:48:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-e2c787bf14300dbd848c7dbef98004a96c3dd43f"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-845d99cd2be68732404c358b63aa9ce05324f22c","date":"2026-10-08T08:01:27Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-845d99cd2be68732404c358b63aa9ce05324f22c"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-315801aff34385b4b59fefa96efaa2daddc81337","date":"2026-10-07T07:46:20Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-315801aff34385b4b59fefa96efaa2daddc81337"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-4f54572b158821c695c75396243aa4fccc7c2465","date":"2026-10-06T07:46:04Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-4f54572b158821c695c75396243aa4fccc7c2465"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/v1.8.5","date":"2026-10-05T18:46:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-e15c2f1caf7d8e792295bbfb898280e9cbb8e101","date":"2026-10-05T07:47:18Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-e15c2f1caf7d8e792295bbfb898280e9cbb8e101"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-8311e2e57095ecc32d057c6a9ca9a3e2a664a869","date":"2026-10-03T07:59:58Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-8311e2e57095ecc32d057c6a9ca9a3e2a664a869"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-60255eee79332caef99f0c885f55589769f8f0c0","date":"2026-10-04T09:33:56Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-60255eee79332caef99f0c885f55589769f8f0c0"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-328811cbb4a9b9b7115d234a097053474601296a","date":"2026-10-02T07:42:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-328811cbb4a9b9b7115d234a097053474601296a"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/v1.8.4","date":"2026-10-01T15:41:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-df92604bdfb0c99d847ad63523ad841713a7a10c","date":"2026-10-01T07:58:51Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-df92604bdfb0c99d847ad63523ad841713a7a10c"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-e342985382163368156b4ea29987e87679a8e2b2","date":"2026-09-30T07:53:04Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-e342985382163368156b4ea29987e87679a8e2b2"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-009896955c0e5a49fbf76a1976ce522795f41183","date":"2026-09-29T07:46:24Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-009896955c0e5a49fbf76a1976ce522795f41183"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-dd3721265167da6f8ea4d6bb16383f083310f68b","date":"2026-09-28T07:49:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-dd3721265167da6f8ea4d6bb16383f083310f68b"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-07915e328e3295103c3c0d5c0883696f4ec53d6f","date":"2026-09-27T07:46:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-07915e328e3295103c3c0d5c0883696f4ec53d6f"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-5a99f1a851488fe26863505088e80183ad73cf07","date":"2026-09-25T07:38:05Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-5a99f1a851488fe26863505088e80183ad73cf07"},{"url":"https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases/tag/nightly-5800ccaacbeaba467c3449ef8c3af386ad5b1454","date":"2026-09-24T07:39:12Z","type":"prerelease","version":"nightly-5800ccaacbeaba467c3449ef8c3af386ad5b1454"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=forge-fmt&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Blockchain Dev Tools)

| Capability | Alchemy | Foundry |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Tooling type | Rpc node infra | Framework |
| Evm compatible only | ✗ | ✓ |
| Local dev network | - | ✓ |
| Native fuzzing invariant testing | - | ✓ |
| Mainnet forking | - | ✓ |
| Contract verification integration | - | ✓ |
| Trace debugger | - | ✓ |
| Gas profiling | - | ✓ |
| Archive node access | - | - |
| Graphql indexing | - | - |
| Static analysis security tool | - | ✓ |
| Open source | - | ✓ |
| Maintenance status | Active | Active |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:07:55.074Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*