Alchemy vs Reown (WalletConnect)
No leader: the top candidate Reown (WalletConnect) has only 0.26 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.
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 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.
Reown (WalletConnect)
Reown provides infrastructure for building blockchain applications, including user authentication across multiple chains, payment processing, and analytics. It enables developers to create web3 experiences with support for various wallet types and blockchain networks.
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
Reown (WalletConnect)
Free tier with usage caps. Pro from $89/month (annual $890). Enterprise via contact.
- StarterFree
- Social and email logins
- Smart accounts
- Multi-chain support
- Swaps and onramps
- Basic analytics (unified wallet address list, 7-day user data)
- Pro$89/month or $890/year (first month free)
- All Starter features
- Higher rate limits (5M RPC calls vs 2.5M)
- Increased MAUs (7,500 authenticated vs 500)
- Uncapped overage charges per extra MAU and per 100k RPC calls
- Team management up to 5 members
- +6 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
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.
- Ethereum
Alchemy
- Hypernative
- API3
- Privy
- Starknet
- Stellar
- Cronos
- Sei
- Mode
- Flare
Reown (WalletConnect)
- WalletConnect
- Solana
- Bitcoin
- EVM chains
- Sign in with Ethereum (SIWE)
- Multichain auth (SIWX)
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.