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Comparison

Alchemy vs Hardhat

No leader: the top candidate Hardhat has only 0.17 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Alchemy full profile →Hardhat full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Alchemy44
Hardhat55
Score
Vioscale score
Alchemy44 / 100low · 42%
Hardhat55 / 100low · 17%
Pricing
Free tier
Alchemy✓
Hardhat–
Model
Alchemyfreemium
Hardhat–
Price level
Alchemylow
Hardhat–
Transparent
Alchemy✗
Hardhat–
Integrations
Count
Alchemy10
Hardhat3
Security
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Alchemy99.99
Hardhat–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Alchemy–
Hardhat36,669
Github stars
Alchemy–
Hardhat8,506
Activity
Commits last 30d
Alchemy–
Hardhat100
Release
History
Alchemy–
Hardhat20 items
Language
Primary
Alchemy–
HardhatTypeScript
Market
Availability
AlchemyAvailable worldwide
Hardhat–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for blockchain dev tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Tooling type
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Evm compatible only
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Local dev network
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Native fuzzing invariant testing
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Mainnet forking
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Contract verification integration
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Trace debugger
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Gas profiling
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Archive node access
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Graphql indexing
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Static analysis security tool
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Open source
Alchemy-
Hardhat-
Maintenance status
Alchemy-
Hardhat-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Alchemy

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.

Independently observed

Hardhat

A tooling platform that streamlines Ethereum development by providing testing frameworks for Solidity and TypeScript, multi-chain network simulation, and a plugin-based architecture for extending functionality and integrating external tools.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Alchemy

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier: 30M Compute Units/month. Pay-as-you-go pricing (rates not detailed). Enterprise custom plans available.

  • FreeFree
    • Node API
    • Data APIs
    • 60+ chain support
  • Pay As You GoPay-as-you-go with volume discounts
    • Node API
    • Data APIs
    • Account Kit
    • 60+ chains
    • 99.99% reliability
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom pricing
    • Custom throughput (no fixed caps)
    • Dedicated 1-hour response support
    • Direct engineering team access
as of verify ↗

Hardhat

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Alchemy✓
Hardhat–
CLI
Alchemy✓
Hardhat–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alchemy✓
Hardhat–

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Alchemy

10 total
  • Hypernative
  • API3
  • Privy
  • Ethereum
  • Starknet
  • Stellar
  • Cronos
  • Sei
  • Mode
  • Flare
Independently observed

Hardhat

3 total
  • Optimism OP Stack
  • Base
  • Mocha
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.