Ethereum RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsBlockMachine
Trails305 ms
- p99
- 2.13 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 2,214
RouteMesh
Leads120 ms
- p99
- 297 ms
- rank
- —
- samples
- 1,117
RPC latency
BlockMachinen/aRouteMeshn/a
BlockMachine vs RouteMesh
BlockMachine leads on 1 of 6 shared benchmarks, RouteMesh on 5. BlockMachine wins on Robinhood Chain RPC endpoints (229 ms vs 276 ms). RouteMesh wins on Ethereum RPC endpoints (120 ms vs 305 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (196 ms vs 361 ms), Base RPC endpoints (189 ms vs 351 ms), BNB Chain RPC endpoints (126 ms vs 264 ms). Data as of 2026-10-29 UTC.
BlockMachine
RPC gateway built on Bittensor Subnet 19: independent node operators compete to serve each request and a validator layer checks responses against reference nodes. Eleven chains (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Optimism, Polygon, Scroll, Mantle, Arc, Robinhood Chain, Bittensor), one Request Unit budget shared across them, and only successful responses are billed.
Side by side measurements
Arbitrum RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsBlockMachine
Trails361 ms
- p99
- 2.95 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 2,219
RouteMesh
Leads196 ms
- p99
- 512 ms
- rank
- —
- samples
- 1,117
RPC latency
BlockMachinen/aRouteMeshn/a
Base RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsBlockMachine
Trails351 ms
- p99
- 2.95 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 2,216
RouteMesh
Leads189 ms
- p99
- 647 ms
- rank
- —
- samples
- 1,120
RPC latency
BlockMachinen/aRouteMeshn/a
BNB Chain RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsBlockMachine
Trails264 ms
- p99
- 3.00 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 2,218
RouteMesh
Leads126 ms
- p99
- 387 ms
- rank
- —
- samples
- 1,120
RPC latency
BlockMachinen/aRouteMeshn/a
Polygon RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsBlockMachine
Trails331 ms
- p99
- 1.68 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 2,221
RouteMesh
Leads127 ms
- p99
- 349 ms
- rank
- —
- samples
- 1,119
RPC latency
BlockMachinen/aRouteMeshn/a
Robinhood Chain RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsBlockMachine
Leads229 ms
- p99
- 2.32 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 2,213
RouteMesh
Trails276 ms
- p99
- 668 ms
- rank
- —
- samples
- 1,119
RPC latency
BlockMachinen/aRouteMeshn/a
Frequently asked questions
BlockMachine vs RouteMesh: which one is better?
BlockMachine and RouteMesh are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. BlockMachine leads on Robinhood Chain RPC endpoints. RouteMesh leads on Ethereum RPC endpoints. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on rpc latency, BlockMachine or RouteMesh?
On the Robinhood Chain RPC endpoints benchmark, BlockMachine leads at 229 ms versus RouteMesh at 276 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the BlockMachine vs RouteMesh comparison measured?
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.
How this pair was selected
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.