OpenChainBench

Ankr vs Infura

Ankr leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks, Infura on 0. Ankr wins on Fastest free-tier keyed RPC. Alchemy, Infura, Chainstack, Ankr, Helius (51 ms vs 163 ms).

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h1 shared benchmark
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Ankr

Multi-chain RPC service covering 65+ chains on the freemium tier. One API key across chains; some networks are premium-gated.

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Infura

RPC infrastructure by Consensys, now part of the MetaMask Developer platform. Keyed endpoints across 40+ networks; free tier meters 3M credits per day.

Side by side measurements

Fastest free-tier keyed RPC. Alchemy, Infura, Chainstack, Ankr, Helius

RPCs

Ankr

Leads

51 ms

p99
304 ms
rank
#4
samples
18,759

Infura

Trails

163 ms

p99
408 ms
rank
#6
samples
22,522

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderUS-EastEU-WestSingaporeAggregate
EthereumAnkr68 ms7 ms37 ms37 ms
Infura15 ms235 ms234 ms161 ms
BaseAnkr13 ms8 ms8 ms10 ms
Infura16 ms235 ms235 ms162 ms
ArbitrumAnkr88 ms165 ms166 ms140 ms
Infura20 ms236 ms238 ms165 ms
BNB ChainAnkr10 ms6 ms171 ms62 ms
Infura18 ms236 ms238 ms164 ms
PolygonAnkr11 ms6 ms6 ms8 ms
Infura16 ms234 ms235 ms162 ms

How this pair was selected

A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.

Live data refreshes via ISR within 60 seconds of a new run. Sources are the same Prometheus queries surfaced on the parent benchmark pages.