# Alchemy vs Hardhat

| Attribute | Alchemy | Hardhat |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.6 (76% (high)) | 61.7 (59% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 36,669 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 8,514 |
| 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}]` | - |
| 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 development environment that enables engineers to write, test, deploy, and debug Ethereum smart contracts using Solidity and TypeScript, with support for fuzzing, code analysis, and multi-chain simulation. |
| features.capabilities | `{"tooling_type":"rpc-node-infra","maintenance_status":"active","evm_compatible_only":false}` | `{"open_source":true,"tooling_type":"framework","trace_debugger":true,"mainnet_forking":true,"local_dev_network":true,"maintenance_status":"active","evm_compatible_only":true,"native_fuzzing_invariant_testing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 2 |
| 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":"Optimism OP Stack"},{"name":"Base"},{"name":"Mocha"},{"name":"OP Stack","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":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","summary":"Open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://hardhat.org","retrievedAt":"2026-09-11T19:19:38.016Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat%403.19.0","date":"2026-10-08T16:49:44Z","type":"stable","version":"hardhat@3.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-zod-utils%403.0.7","date":"2026-10-08T16:17:34Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-zod-utils@3.0.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers-chai-matchers%403.0.12","date":"2026-10-08T16:17:37Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers-chai-matchers@3.0.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors%403.1.2","date":"2026-10-08T16:17:32Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors@3.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat%403.18.1","date":"2026-10-01T14:51:27Z","type":"stable","version":"hardhat@3.18.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/ignition-core%403.1.10","date":"2026-10-01T14:43:19Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/ignition-core@3.1.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify%403.1.2","date":"2026-10-01T14:43:17Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify@3.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils%404.4.0","date":"2026-10-01T14:43:11Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-keystore%403.1.1","date":"2026-10-01T14:43:15Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-keystore@3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors%403.1.1","date":"2026-10-01T14:43:13Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors@3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat%403.18.0","date":"2026-09-24T17:38:20Z","type":"stable","version":"hardhat@3.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify%403.1.1","date":"2026-09-24T17:17:57Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-verify@3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils%404.3.0","date":"2026-09-24T17:17:48Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-utils@4.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox-mocha-ethers%404.0.0","date":"2026-09-24T17:17:58Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox-mocha-ethers@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-slang-solx%403.0.4","date":"2026-09-24T17:17:56Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-slang-solx@3.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-mocha%404.0.0","date":"2026-09-24T17:17:54Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-mocha@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers%404.2.0","date":"2026-09-24T17:17:52Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers@4.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors%403.1.0","date":"2026-09-24T17:17:49Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/hardhat-errors@3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat%403.17.0","date":"2026-09-17T15:22:02Z","type":"stable","version":"hardhat@3.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/releases/tag/%40nomicfoundation/ignition-ui%403.2.0","date":"2026-09-17T14:36:50Z","type":"stable","version":"@nomicfoundation/ignition-ui@3.2.0"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=hardhat&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Blockchain Dev Tools)

| Capability | Alchemy | Hardhat |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-16T19:31:43.284Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*