Infura
Infrastructure APIs for Ethereum and IPFS blockchains and distributed storage networks
- Also known as
- infura
Available worldwide
What is Infura?
Provides scalable infrastructure and API endpoints for building applications on Ethereum and IPFS networks, along with related development tools and libraries.
Infura 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.
Free tier. From $50/month for Developer plan. Credits-based usage model.
Free
Free- credits
- 6M/day
- throughput
- 2K credits/second
- Access to 40+ supported networks
- Expansion APIs (Gas API)
- Full archive data
- Community Forums
Developer
- credits
- 15M/day
- throughput
- 5K credits/second
- Debug / Trace API
- Settings Override
- Ticketed Support
Team
- credits
- 75M/day
- throughput
- 40K credits/second
- Higher throughput
- Prioritized ticket support
Enterprise
Contact sales- Auto-scaling
- Enhanced Support SLA
- 24/7 engineering support
- Dedicated account team
Add-ons
- Additional Credits$200/mo
What Infura 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.
- Tooling type
- Rpc node infra
- 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
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- MetaMask
- MetaMask SDK
- Linea
- Gas API
- OpenZeppelin
- Kleros
- Hemi Network
- Sei Network
Infura FAQ
Common questions about Infura, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Infura?
Provides scalable infrastructure and API endpoints for building applications on Ethereum and IPFS networks, along with related development tools and libraries. It is indexed under Blockchain Dev Tools.
Source: https://www.infura.io
Is Infura free?
Infura offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $50 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.infura.io/pricing
What platforms does Infura support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Infura. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.infura.io/pricing
Can Infura be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Infura, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.infura.io
What does Infura integrate with?
We have confirmed 7 integrations for Infura, including MetaMask, Linea, Gas API, OpenZeppelin, Kleros, Hemi Network and Sei Network. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.infura.io/pricing
Infura alternatives
Other blockchain dev tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- QuickNodeBlockchain infrastructure platform supporting 75+ chains with RPC, real-time event streaming, and data indexingmedium · 73%
- HardhatA professional-grade toolkit for building, testing, and deploying Ethereum smart contractsmedium · 59%
- FoundryA rapid Ethereum smart contract development toolkithigh · 75%
- AlchemyLow-cost blockchain infrastructure for web3 developershigh · 76%
- BlockscoutA multichain blockchain explorer for searching and analyzing transaction data across EVM and non-EVM networksmedium · 65%
- Reown (WalletConnect)Developer tools for integrating blockchain capabilities into applicationslow · 46%
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Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Infura, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.04 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 0.04 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.03 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Open source: Yes · Tooling type: rpc-node-infra | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-08-20 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-20 · 75% |
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