Ethereum RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsChainstack
Leads62 ms
- rank
- #4
Validation Cloud
Trails111 ms
- rank
- #5
Chainstack leads on all 6 live benchmarks. Chainstack wins on Ethereum RPC endpoints (62 ms vs 111 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (65 ms vs 294 ms), Base RPC endpoints (27 ms vs 136 ms), Polygon RPC endpoints (98 ms vs 314 ms). Data as of 2026-10-14 UTC.
Managed blockchain node platform. Deploys dedicated Global Nodes per chain with keyed HTTPS/WSS endpoints; free plan includes one node and 3M requests per month.
Chainstack
Leads62 ms
Validation Cloud
Trails111 ms
Chainstack
Leads65 ms
Validation Cloud
Trails294 ms
Chainstack
Leads27 ms
Validation Cloud
Trails136 ms
Chainstack
Leads98 ms
Validation Cloud
Trails314 ms
Chainstack
Leads28 ms
Validation Cloud
Trails227 ms
Chainstack
Leads42 ms
Validation Cloud
Trails241 ms
Chainstack and Validation Cloud are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Chainstack leads on Ethereum RPC endpoints. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Ethereum RPC endpoints benchmark, Chainstack leads at 62 ms versus Validation Cloud at 111 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.