Ethereum RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsAlchemy
Trails31 ms
- rank
- #4
QuickNode
Leads28 ms
- rank
- #2
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 20 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 52 ms | 38 ms |
| Singapore | 23 ms | 16 ms |
Alchemy leads on 1 of 9 shared benchmarks, QuickNode on 8. Alchemy wins on Robinhood Chain RPC endpoints (31 ms vs 33 ms). QuickNode wins on Ethereum RPC endpoints (28 ms vs 31 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (28 ms vs 35 ms), Base RPC endpoints (27 ms vs 34 ms), BNB Chain RPC endpoints (26 ms vs 34 ms). Data as of 2026-10-08 UTC.
Alchemy
Trails31 ms
QuickNode
Leads28 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 20 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 52 ms | 38 ms |
| Singapore | 23 ms | 16 ms |
Alchemy
Trails35 ms
QuickNode
Leads28 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 22 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 59 ms | 39 ms |
| Singapore | 21 ms | 15 ms |
Alchemy
Trails34 ms
QuickNode
Leads27 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 24 ms | 29 ms |
| EU-West | 51 ms | 36 ms |
| Singapore | 24 ms | 16 ms |
Alchemy
Trails34 ms
QuickNode
Leads26 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 24 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 51 ms | 37 ms |
| Singapore | 25 ms | 13 ms |
Alchemy
Trails31 ms
QuickNode
Leads27 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 21 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 48 ms | 37 ms |
| Singapore | 23 ms | 13 ms |
Alchemy
Trails32 ms
QuickNode
Leads21 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 23 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 50 ms | 19 ms |
| Singapore | 23 ms | 13 ms |
Alchemy
Trails32 ms
QuickNode
Leads27 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 22 ms | 29 ms |
| EU-West | 53 ms | 37 ms |
| Singapore | 22 ms | 15 ms |
Alchemy
Leads31 ms
QuickNode
Trails33 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 15 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 45 ms | 36 ms |
Alchemy
Trails44 ms
QuickNode
Leads33 ms
Per region
| Region | Alchemy | QuickNode |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 27 ms | 30 ms |
| EU-West | 61 ms | 36 ms |
Alchemy and QuickNode are compared on 9 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Alchemy leads on Robinhood Chain RPC endpoints. QuickNode leads on Ethereum RPC endpoints. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Robinhood Chain RPC endpoints benchmark, Alchemy leads at 31 ms versus QuickNode at 33 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.