OpenChainBench

dRPC vs MeowRPC

Split decision: dRPC leads on Ethereum RPC endpoints (27 ms vs 155 ms) and Arbitrum RPC endpoints (63 ms vs 195 ms); MeowRPC leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (175 ms vs 200 ms) and Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains (90 vs 165). Data as of 2026-10-05 UTC.

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dRPC

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

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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

Trails

200 ms

p99
499 ms
rank
#10
samples
297,145

MeowRPC

Leads

175 ms

p99
379 ms
rank
#9
samples
8,632

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderUS-EastEU-WestSingaporeAggregate
EthereumdRPC31 ms27 ms21 ms27 ms
MeowRPC158 ms75 ms232 ms155 ms
ArbitrumdRPC122 ms52 ms15 ms63 ms
MeowRPC204 ms111 ms269 ms195 ms
RPC latency
dRPCn/aMeowRPCn/a

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.

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

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

165

p99
0.585
rank
#10
samples
576

MeowRPC

Leads

90

p99
6
rank
#8
samples
180

Per chain

ChaindRPCMeowRPC
Ethereum147
Arbitrum1844
Reliability incidents
dRPCn/aMeowRPCn/a

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.

Rolling 24h · Reliability incidentsRaw JSON

Frequently asked questions

dRPC vs MeowRPC: which one is better?

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

Which is faster on rpc latency, dRPC or MeowRPC?

On the Ethereum RPC endpoints benchmark, dRPC leads at 27 ms versus MeowRPC at 155 ms. 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

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.

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