dRPC vs Lava Network

dRPC leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks, Lava Network on 1. dRPC wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (226 ms vs 275 ms), Fastest free Ethereum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (23 ms vs 373 ms), Fastest free Sonic RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (195 ms vs 498 ms), Fastest free NEAR RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (179 ms vs 282 ms). Lava Network wins on Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (263 ms vs 350 ms).

Read methodology Last measured Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:35:19 UTCWindow: rolling 24h7 shared benchmarks

dRPC

Decentralized RPC mesh routing requests across third-party node providers with consensus checks. Free public tier plus higher-tier authenticated access.

Lava Network

Lava Network is a decentralized RPC mesh with permissionless validators. Public no-key endpoints work for Ethereum (`eth1.lava.build`) and Arbitrum (`arb1.lava.build`); other chains require an account-issued key.

Side by side measurements

Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot)

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

226 ms

p99: 617 ms
rank: #3
samples: 311,096

Lava Network

Trails

275 ms

p99: 2.08 s
rank: #7
samples: 32,488

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US-East	EU-West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	dRPC	14 ms	17 ms	39 ms	23 ms
Ethereum	Lava Network	372 ms	367 ms	380 ms	373 ms
Arbitrum	dRPC	352 ms	348 ms	349 ms	350 ms
Arbitrum	Lava Network	274 ms	256 ms	258 ms	263 ms

Latency is conditional on success: the harness times only calls returning a valid fresh block, so a mostly-failing endpoint can post a fast p50. Rows below 50 percent success are degraded; unresponsive probes pin below the table. The All chains aggregate favours single-chain foundation endpoints (Base, Binance, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche officials) since they rank on one chain only; use a chain tab for honest comparison. Dead endpoints (cloudflare-eth POST returns -32603) are excluded.

Fastest free Ethereum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

23 ms

p99: 299 ms
rank: #1
samples: 4,641

Lava Network

Trails

373 ms

p99: 2.43 s
rank: #6
samples: 4,645

Per region

Region	dRPC	Lava Network
US-East	15 ms	391 ms
EU-West	20 ms	384 ms
Singapore	19 ms	390 ms

Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

350 ms

p99: 1.02 s
rank: #6
samples: 4,642

Lava Network

Leads

263 ms

p99: 2.80 s
rank: #3
samples: 4,639

Per region

Region	dRPC	Lava Network
US-East	350 ms	271 ms
EU-West	350 ms	268 ms
Singapore	350 ms	355 ms

Fastest free Sonic RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

195 ms

p99: 349 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,278

Lava Network

Trails

498 ms

p99: 2.87 s
rank: #5
samples: 4,287

Per region

Region	dRPC	Lava Network
US-East	195 ms	484 ms
EU-West	195 ms	505 ms
Singapore	196 ms	499 ms

Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

188

p99: 0.432
rank: #6
samples: 618

Lava Network

No data in window

A zero row means no incident was caught in the window, not a proof of correctness. Most providers post zero most days; this bench exists for the days they do not, and for the errors: a blocked eth_getLogs or a balance read gated behind a paid key at 40 blocks of depth counts as an incident because it is one from the caller's seat.

Fastest free Starknet RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

No data in window

Lava Network

Trails

255 ms

p99: 1.70 s
rank: #1
samples: 4,642

Fastest free NEAR RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

179 ms

p99: 522 ms
rank: #2
samples: 3,868

Lava Network

Trails

282 ms

p99: 1.49 s
rank: #3
samples: 3,851

Per region

Region	dRPC	Lava Network
US-East	178 ms	282 ms
EU-West	178 ms	286 ms
Singapore	181 ms	279 ms

Frequently asked questions

dRPC vs Lava Network: which one is better?

dRPC and Lava Network are compared on 7 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. dRPC leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains. Lava Network leads on Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, dRPC or Lava Network?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, dRPC leads at 226 ms versus Lava Network at 275 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, dRPC or Lava Network?

On the Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency benchmark, Lava Network leads at 263 ms versus dRPC at 350 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the dRPC vs Lava Network 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

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