Alchemy

Low-cost blockchain infrastructure for web3 developers

Vendor
Alchemy
Also known as
alchemy

Available worldwide

What is 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

Alchemy pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
Usage-basedFree tier

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

Free

Free
Free

Provides 3x the compute capacity of competitor free tiers up to a usage limit

compute_units
30M/month
  • Node API
  • Data APIs
  • 60+ chain support

Pay As You Go

Pay-as-you-go with volume discounts

Usage-based pricing with volume discounts. No minimum fees, no commitment required.

  • Node API
  • Data APIs
  • Account Kit
  • 60+ chains
  • 99.99% reliability
  • Volume-based discounts

Enterprise

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Custom infrastructure and support for large-scale applications

  • Custom pricing
  • Custom throughput (no fixed caps)
  • Dedicated 1-hour response support
  • Direct engineering team access

What Alchemy does

The capabilities that matter for blockchain dev tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

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

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (11)

Independently observed
security
  • Hexagate•
  • Hypernative
  • API3
  • Privy
  • Ethereum
  • Starknet
  • Stellar
  • Cronos
  • Sei
  • Mode
  • Flare

Alchemy FAQ

Common questions about Alchemy, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is 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. It is indexed under Blockchain Dev Tools.

Source: https://www.alchemy.com/blog/pay-as-you-go-pricing

Is Alchemy free?

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

What platforms does Alchemy support?

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

Can Alchemy be self-hosted?

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

What does Alchemy integrate with?

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

Alchemy alternatives

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Balanced composite 58 / 100
high · 76%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Pricing transparency800.054.2✓
Price level800.043.2✓
Reliability500.052.6✓
Integrations140.040.5✓
Capabilities00.030.0-
Security posture00.090.0-

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Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq5 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesTooling type: rpc-node-infra · Maintenance status: active · Evm compatible only: Nomediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count2mediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct99.99mediumsource · 2026-09-24 · 60%
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