Fastest free Algorand RPC, live no-key endpoint latency
HTTP round-trip latency for the Algorand algod status endpoint (last-round) against every free, no-key public Algorand node, audited every 60 seconds from 3 regions.
TL;DR. As of , Tatum leads rpc latency at 20 ms (p50, 24h) on Fastest free Algorand RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. Source: OpenChainBench, https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/algorand-rpc.
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Algorand is an L1 blockchain using a Pure Proof-of-Stake consensus (BA* Byzantine Agreement) that commits one round every roughly 3.5 seconds with immediate finality and no forks. Algorand nodes expose a REST algod API rather than JSON-RPC: GET /v2/status returns the current last-round (equivalent to block height). Free public API endpoints are available without a key from AlgoNode, Nodely and Tatum. Every provider was live-verified with consecutive keyless GET /v2/status probes at launch.
Methodology
Per-chain member of the RPC latency cluster, extended to Algorand. We measure the round-trip latency of a single REST GET to /v2/status against every no-key public Algorand algod node that sustains continuous probing: 3 providers at launch, every 60 seconds, from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. The harness classifies every response (ok / http_err / stale / timeout) with an Algorand-scaled staleness gap (90 rounds, around 5 min). The cross-chain view lives on the parent rpc-capabilities benchmark; this page is the Algorand-scoped answer with per-region breakdowns as a first-class dimension.
Frequently asked
What is the fastest free Algorand RPC right now?
Tatum currently leads at 20 ms (Algorand algod /v2/status last-round p50 over the last 24h), measured against 3 no-key providers probed every 60 seconds from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. The leaderboard re-sorts continuously against fresh Prometheus samples.
Which Algorand nodes work without an API key?
3 endpoints sustain continuous keyless probing at launch: AlgoNode community node, Nodely (mainnet-api.4160.nodely.dev) and Tatum gateway. Every listed endpoint was live-verified with a GET /v2/status returning a parsable last-round before inclusion.
Does the fastest Algorand RPC change by region?
Often. Public infra concentrates in specific regions; a gateway that wins from Amsterdam can lose from Singapore by multiples. The region tabs at the top of the page re-scope every number to a single origin.
How is Algorand RPC latency measured here, technically?
One identical REST GET to /v2/status every 60 seconds against each provider from each of 3 regions. Wall-clock round-trip is recorded at millisecond precision; p50/p90/p99 are computed via Prometheus quantile_over_time over 24 hours. Best-effort measurements; p50 is the median, p90 the 90th percentile and p99 the 99th percentile of latency samples collected over the last 24 hours.
Source code github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/rpc-capabilities