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dRPC alternatives

Name: dRPC alternatives, benchmark snapshot
Creator: OpenChainBench
Published: 2026-05-20T18:43:56.000Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: dRPC alternatives, RPCs, RPC latency, PublicNode, dRPC, MeowRPC, Flashbots, Cloudflare, Base, Binance, Tenderly, Nodies, Lava, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche

Decentralized RPC mesh routing requests across third-party node providers

dRPC is a decentralized RPC mesh that routes each JSON-RPC request across third-party node providers with consensus checks, exposing a no-key public tier on every major EVM network. Picking a default endpoint for a dapp comes down to a per-chain question: which free public RPC is actually fast and reliable on the chain my product runs on, right now, not according to a marketing page. This benchmark answers it directly. The harness sends an identical `eth_blockNumber` POST every 15 seconds against 15 audited no-key public RPC providers across 10 EVM chains (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Avalanche, BNB, Polygon, Linea, Scroll, Mantle), from three Railway regions (us-east, eu-west, sgp). p50, p90 and p99 are computed via Prometheus `quantile_over_time` over the last 24 hours, and a five-class result label (`ok`, `http_err`, `jsonrpc_err`, `stale`, `timeout`) lets the success-rate column catch endpoints that return HTTP 200 with a JSON-RPC error body (the Cloudflare-eth trap). An archive-depth probe runs every 5 minutes against five depths so a fast endpoint that silently serves pruned state is not ranked as a viable archive source. The cohort competing with dRPC includes PublicNode, 1RPC, MeowRPC, Tenderly Gateway, Nodies, Lava, Merkle, Flashbots Protect and Cloudflare, plus the chain-official foundation endpoints on Base, BNB, Arbitrum, Optimism and Avalanche. The chain tab filters every query so the leader is reported per network rather than as a cross-chain aggregate that rewards whichever single-chain endpoint happens to be fastest on its one chain.

Positioning

dRPC is a routing layer, not a node operator. Every request lands on Dproxy, which scores third-party providers on health, capability, location, and recent compute-unit distribution; the request is then handed to Dshackle, an open-source fault-tolerant load balancer that picks the specific upstream node based on the method called, the current chain head, and the block context required. The routing is method-aware: a sendRawTransaction fans out to every capable node, a balance read routes only to lag-free upstreams, and a historical read filters to nodes that have synced to the requested block. This is architecturally distinct from single-operator RPCs, where a request runs against one homogeneous fleet, and distinct from public free RPCs, which have no cross-provider selection at all. For the rpc-capabilities axis, the routing model directly shapes the observed method coverage: a method that any upstream supports counts as covered network-wide, and uptime aggregates across upstreams rather than depending on any one operator's incident window. Chain coverage spans 120+ chains across 217 networks (Chainlist product) spanning EVM L1s and L2s, Solana, Bitcoin, Cosmos, and TON. The typical use case is teams that want one endpoint per chain with automatic failover; migration happens when a team needs a proprietary method only one upstream exposes.

About dRPC: drpc.org

Top 5 dRPC alternatives

Best: 75 ms
Median: 266 ms
Worst: 716 ms
Spread: 7.8×218 ms → 1.70 s
Samples · 24h: 470,84813 providers

RPC latency · last 24 hours

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Product ledger · sorted by p50

Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot) benchmark ledger. RPC latency per provider, live measured data.
Product			Latency aggregates					p50	Reliability
Color	№									24h

	01	BinanceBNB Chain dataseed RPC, Binance-operated	75 ms	278 ms	417 ms	135 ms	−72%	100.00%	0
	02	PublicNodeAllnodes-operated, 70+ chains, archive on most#1 · Ethereum#1 · Arbitrum#1 · Optimism#1 · Base#1 · Avalanche#1 · Linea#1 · Scroll	161 ms	294 ms	485 ms	183 ms	−41%	99.99%	10
	03	AvalancheAva Labs C-Chain public RPC, Avalanche C-Chain only	182 ms	195 ms	218 ms	185 ms	−33%	100.00%	0
	04	dRPCDecentralized RPC mesh, consensus-checked#1 · Polygon#1 · BNB Chain#1 · Mantle	195 ms	359 ms	594 ms	230 ms	−29%	74.51%	37,435
	05	NodiesPOKT Network's decentralized public RPC successor, 7+ chains	247 ms	264 ms	400 ms	247 ms	−10%	66.66%	8,642
	06	ArbitrumArbitrum Foundation public RPC, Arbitrum One only	254 ms	272 ms	362 ms	258 ms	−7%	100.00%	0
	07	BaseCoinbase-operated, Base mainnet RPC	266 ms	286 ms	450 ms	271 ms	−3%	100.00%	0
	08	MeowRPCFree public RPC, no registration	269 ms	347 ms	483 ms	268 ms	−2%	99.48%	45
	09	LavaDecentralized permissionless RPC mesh (ETH + Arbitrum no-key)	277 ms	689 ms	1.70 s	370 ms	+1%	98.86%	247
	10	TenderlyMulti-chain public gateway, 9 chains, no key	304 ms	317 ms	363 ms	307 ms	+11%	100.00%	1
	11	OptimismOptimism Foundation public RPC, Optimism mainnet only	333 ms	350 ms	462 ms	340 ms	+22%	99.95%	2
	12	FlashbotsPrivate-mempool RPC, anti-sandwich	716 ms	928 ms	1.00 s	741 ms	+162%	100.00%	0
	—	CloudflareUnresponsive	—	—	—	—	—	0.00%	4,321	—

Same data as /benchmarks/rpc-capabilities, refreshed every minute. OpenChainBench is community-run; methodology is open.