Algorand RPC endpoints: free public URLs by 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 has the lowest median latency of the 3 free public Algorand RPC endpoints measured, 24 ms (p50, 24h, 3 regions). Source: OpenChainBench, https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/algorand-rpc. 3 public endpoints, no key: algorand-mainnet-algod.gateway.tatum.io, mainnet-api.algonode.cloud, mainnet-api.4160.nodely.dev. Full URLs with their 24h median are listed below.
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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
Algorand: 3 free public RPC endpoints answering HTTP GET /v2/status every 60 seconds from us-east, eu-west and Singapore, ranked by 24h median. Tatum leads at 24 ms. 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 live today, 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.
Results: 3 free public Algorand RPC endpoints ranked by p50 latency (24h, 3 regions)
Public Algorand RPC endpoints measured
The 3 no-key endpoints answering our probes today, with their current 24h median. Paste one into a wallet or a client as is: no signup, no key. Private providers (API key) are never listed with a URL.
Tatumhttps://algorand-mainnet-algod.gateway.tatum.io24 ms75.8%
AlgoNodehttps://mainnet-api.algonode.cloud65 ms100.0%
Nodelyhttps://mainnet-api.4160.nodely.dev67 ms100.0%
Median round-trip and success rate over the last 24 hours across the probe regions; the ranked table above carries p90, p99 and the per-region split.
Frequently asked
Which Algorand nodes work without an API key?
3 endpoints are probed on this chain: 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.
Source code github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/rpc-capabilities