dRPC vs Nodies

dRPC leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks, Nodies on 2. dRPC wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (214 ms vs 226 ms), Fastest free Ethereum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (123 ms vs 187 ms), Fastest free Base RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (167 ms vs 268 ms), Fastest free Optimism RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (165 ms vs 271 ms). Nodies wins on Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (179 ms vs 356 ms), Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains (164 vs 193).

Read methodology Last measured Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:29:39 UTCWindow: rolling 24h8 shared benchmarks

dRPC

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

Nodies

Nodies is the surviving public-RPC frontend for POKT Network's decentralized infrastructure. Per-chain subdomains like `eth-pokt.nodies.app`, `polygon-pokt.nodies.app`, `arb-pokt.nodies.app`. Covers most major EVM chains no-key.

Side by side measurements

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

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

214 ms

p99: 580 ms
rank: #4
samples: 263,087

Nodies

Trails

226 ms

p99: 395 ms
rank: #5
samples: 25,904

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US-East	EU-West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	dRPC	53 ms	163 ms	162 ms	126 ms
Ethereum	Nodies	185 ms	186 ms	189 ms	187 ms
Arbitrum	dRPC	359 ms	357 ms	353 ms	356 ms
Arbitrum	Nodies	178 ms	178 ms	179 ms	178 ms
Optimism	dRPC	164 ms	166 ms	164 ms	165 ms
Optimism	Nodies	271 ms	272 ms	270 ms	271 ms
Base	dRPC	168 ms	168 ms	167 ms	167 ms
Base	Nodies	267 ms	269 ms	268 ms	268 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

123 ms

p99: 352 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,308

Nodies

Trails

187 ms

p99: 399 ms
rank: #3
samples: 4,318

Per region

Region	dRPC	Nodies
US-East	56 ms	185 ms
EU-West	163 ms	186 ms
Singapore	162 ms	189 ms

Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

356 ms

p99: 1.62 s
rank: #7
samples: 4,313

Nodies

Leads

179 ms

p99: 337 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,317

Per region

Region	dRPC	Nodies
US-East	359 ms	178 ms
EU-West	357 ms	178 ms
Singapore	353 ms	179 ms

Fastest free Base RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

167 ms

p99: 329 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,315

Nodies

Trails

268 ms

p99: 416 ms
rank: #5
samples: 4,316

Per region

Region	dRPC	Nodies
US-East	168 ms	267 ms
EU-West	168 ms	269 ms
Singapore	167 ms	268 ms

Fastest free Optimism RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Leads

165 ms

p99: 267 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,319

Nodies

Trails

271 ms

p99: 432 ms
rank: #4
samples: 4,318

Per region

Region	dRPC	Nodies
US-East	164 ms	271 ms
EU-West	166 ms	272 ms
Singapore	164 ms	270 ms

Fastest free BNB Chain RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

14 ms

p99: 165 ms
rank: —
samples: 4,312

Nodies

No data in window

Fastest free Polygon RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

14 ms

p99: 829 ms
rank: #1
samples: 4,307

Nodies

No data in window

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

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

193

p99: 26
rank: #5
samples: 576

Nodies

Leads

164

p99: 0.250
rank: #4
samples: 496

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 Nodies: which one is better?

dRPC and Nodies are compared on 8 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. dRPC leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains. Nodies 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 Nodies?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, dRPC leads at 214 ms versus Nodies at 226 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, dRPC or Nodies?

On the Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency benchmark, Nodies leads at 179 ms versus dRPC at 356 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the dRPC vs Nodies 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.