dRPC vs MeowRPC

dRPC leads on 3 of 4 shared benchmarks, MeowRPC on 1. dRPC wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (230 ms vs 380 ms), Fastest free Ethereum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (16 ms vs 364 ms), Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (351 ms vs 396 ms). MeowRPC wins on Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains (90 vs 173).

Read methodology Last measured Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:14:47 UTCWindow: rolling 24h4 shared benchmarks

dRPC

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

MeowRPC

Free public RPC service covering Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism and other EVM chains. No registration required, modest rate limits per IP.

Side by side measurements

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

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

230 ms

p99: 637 ms
rank: #3
samples: 289,172

MeowRPC

Trails

380 ms

p99: 2.54 s
rank: #11
samples: 8,624

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US-East	EU-West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	dRPC	18 ms	16 ms	15 ms	16 ms
Ethereum	MeowRPC	357 ms	379 ms	362 ms	364 ms
Arbitrum	dRPC	351 ms	349 ms	352 ms	351 ms
Arbitrum	MeowRPC	405 ms	398 ms	387 ms	396 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

16 ms

p99: 382 ms
rank: #1
samples: 4,314

MeowRPC

Trails

364 ms

p99: 2.35 s
rank: #5
samples: 4,312

Per region

Region	dRPC	MeowRPC
US-East	17 ms	356 ms
EU-West	15 ms	375 ms
Singapore	15 ms	359 ms

Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

351 ms

p99: 1.00 s
rank: #6
samples: 4,313

MeowRPC

Trails

396 ms

p99: 2.72 s
rank: #7
samples: 4,312

Per region

Region	dRPC	MeowRPC
US-East	352 ms	405 ms
EU-West	349 ms	398 ms
Singapore	352 ms	387 ms

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

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

173

p99: 0.578
rank: #5
samples: 576

MeowRPC

Leads

p99: 14
rank: —
samples: 166

Per chain

Chain	dRPC	MeowRPC
Ethereum	16	46
Arbitrum	38	43

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.

Frequently asked questions

dRPC vs MeowRPC: which one is better?

dRPC and MeowRPC are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. dRPC leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains. MeowRPC leads on Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, dRPC or MeowRPC?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, dRPC leads at 230 ms versus MeowRPC at 380 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, dRPC or MeowRPC?

On the Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains benchmark, MeowRPC leads at 90 versus dRPC at 173. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the dRPC vs MeowRPC 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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