Alchemy vs Infura
No clear leader: Alchemy (57.6) and Infura (55.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for blockchain dev tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Alchemy
A platform providing infrastructure APIs and tools for building blockchain applications, with flexible pay-as-you-go pricing and a generous free tier.
Infura
Provides scalable infrastructure and API endpoints for building applications on Ethereum and IPFS networks, along with related development tools and libraries.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Alchemy
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
Infura
Free tier. From $50/month for Developer plan. Credits-based usage model.
- FreeFree
- Access to 40+ supported networks
- Expansion APIs (Gas API)
- Full archive data
- Community Forums
- Developer$50/month
- Debug / Trace API
- Settings Override
- Ticketed Support
- Team$225/month
- Higher throughput
- Prioritized ticket support
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Auto-scaling
- Enhanced Support SLA
- 24/7 engineering support
- Dedicated account team
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Alchemy
- Hypernative
- API3
- Privy
- Ethereum
- Starknet
- Stellar
- Cronos
- Sei
- Mode
- Flare
- Hexagate
Infura
- MetaMask
- MetaMask SDK
- Linea
- Gas API
- OpenZeppelin
- Kleros
- Hemi Network
- Sei Network
Alchemy or Infura: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.