OpenChainBench

dRPC vs Nodies

dRPC leads on 5 of 6 shared benchmarks, Nodies on 1. dRPC wins on Ethereum RPC endpoints (29 ms vs 140 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (66 ms vs 139 ms), Base RPC endpoints (82 ms vs 136 ms), Optimism RPC endpoints (81 ms vs 140 ms). Nodies wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (139 ms vs 198 ms). Data as of 2026-10-02 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h8 shared benchmarks, 6 measured on both sides
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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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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

Trails

198 ms

p99
524 ms
rank
#11
samples
305,943

Nodies

Leads

139 ms

p99
255 ms
rank
#7
samples
25,912

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderUS-EastEU-WestSingaporeAggregate
EthereumdRPC31 ms26 ms30 ms29 ms
Nodies21 ms117 ms284 ms140 ms
ArbitrumdRPC128 ms55 ms15 ms66 ms
Nodies19 ms117 ms281 ms139 ms
OptimismdRPC40 ms30 ms175 ms81 ms
Nodies21 ms117 ms282 ms140 ms
BasedRPC43 ms31 ms174 ms82 ms
Nodies19 ms111 ms279 ms136 ms
RPC latency
dRPCn/aNodiesn/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

Leads

147

p99
0.902
rank
#6
samples
568

Nodies

Trails

165

p99
0
rank
#7
samples
494

Per chain

ChaindRPCNodies
Ethereum21
Reliability incidents
dRPCn/aNodiesn/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 Nodies: which one is better?

dRPC and Nodies are compared on 8 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. dRPC leads on Ethereum RPC endpoints. Nodies 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 Nodies?

On the Ethereum RPC endpoints benchmark, dRPC leads at 29 ms versus Nodies at 140 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.

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