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Comparison

Alchemy vs QuickNode

On the evidence we track, QuickNode leads this comparison with a composite score of 73/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Alchemy full profile →QuickNode full profile →
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Alchemy58
★QuickNode73
Score
vioscaleAI score
Alchemy58 / 100high · 76%
QuickNode73 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Alchemy✓
QuickNode✓
Model
Alchemyfreemium
QuickNodefreemium
Price level
Alchemylow
QuickNodemid
Starting price
Alchemy–
QuickNode$34
Transparent
Alchemy✓
QuickNode✓
Integrations
Count
Alchemy2
QuickNode18
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Alchemy–
QuickNode✓
Iso27001
Alchemy–
QuickNode✓
Soc2
Alchemy–
QuickNode✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Alchemy99.99
QuickNode99.99
Status page
Alchemy–
QuickNode✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Alchemy5 items
QuickNode7 items

Capabilities

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

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

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.

Independently observed

QuickNode

Leader

A multi-chain development platform providing reliable RPC endpoints, real-time blockchain event streaming, and queryable on-chain data. Supports execution, monitoring, and data access across major blockchain networks with enterprise-grade security and uptime guarantees.

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 ↗

QuickNode

Leader
from $34/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

From $34/month when billed annually. Free trial for 1 month.

  • Free trialFree
    • 10M API credits
    • 15 requests per second
    • Community support
  • Build$34/month (annual) or $49/month (monthly)
    • 80M API credits
    • 50 requests per second
    • 24 hr support SLA
  • Accelerate$212/month (annual) or $249/month (monthly)
    • 450M API credits
    • 125 requests per second
    • 12 hr support SLA
  • Scale$424/month (annual) or $499/month (monthly)
    • 950M API credits
    • 250 requests per second
    • 8 hr support SLA
    • Dedicated infrastructure
    • Contractual uptime SLAs
  • BusinessContact sales
    • 2B+ API credits
    • Dedicated solutions architect
    • 24/7 on-call engineering
    • SOC 1 & SOC 2 Type 2 reports
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Alchemy✓
QuickNode✓
CLI
Alchemy✗
QuickNode✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alchemy✓
QuickNode✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Ethereum
  • Starknet
  • Flare

Alchemy

11 total - 8 not shared
  • Hypernative
  • API3
  • Privy
  • Stellar
  • Cronos
  • Sei
  • Mode
  • Hexagate
Independently observed

QuickNode

Leader
27 total - 24 not shared
  • Solana
  • Bitcoin
  • Arbitrum
  • Avalanche
  • Base
  • BNB Smart Chain
  • Optimism
  • Polygon
  • Fantom
  • Flow
  • Hyperliquid
  • Aptos
  • Abstract
  • Aleo
  • Story
  • PostgreSQL
  • S3
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery
  • Amazon S3
  • Google BigQuery
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • IPFS
  • Apache Kafka
Independently observed
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