OpenChainBench

dRPC vs PublicNode

dRPC leads on 7 of 30 shared benchmarks, PublicNode on 23. dRPC wins on Fastest free BNB Chain RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (14 ms vs 97 ms), Fastest free Polygon RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (14 ms vs 93 ms), Fastest free Mantle RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (21 ms vs 83 ms), Fastest free Berachain RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (238 ms vs 244 ms). PublicNode wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (196 ms vs 216 ms), Fastest free Ethereum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (101 ms vs 125 ms), Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (90 ms vs 356 ms), Fastest free Base RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (142 ms vs 168 ms).

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h31 shared benchmarks
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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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PublicNode

Public no-key RPC service operated by Allnodes covering 70+ chains. JSON-RPC and WebSocket endpoints with archive support on most networks.

Side by side measurements

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

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

216 ms

p99
582 ms
rank
#4
samples
263,099

PublicNode

Leads

196 ms

p99
846 ms
rank
#3
samples
267,574

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderUS-EastEU-WestSingaporeAggregate
EthereumdRPC55 ms163 ms162 ms127 ms
PublicNode99 ms102 ms101 ms101 ms
PolygondRPC12 ms16 ms13 ms14 ms
PublicNode96 ms92 ms92 ms93 ms
ArbitrumdRPC359 ms357 ms353 ms356 ms
PublicNode91 ms86 ms92 ms90 ms
OptimismdRPC164 ms166 ms164 ms165 ms
PublicNode84 ms91 ms90 ms88 ms
BasedRPC167 ms169 ms168 ms168 ms
PublicNode142 ms142 ms142 ms142 ms
BNB ChaindRPC14 ms14 ms15 ms14 ms
PublicNode94 ms99 ms97 ms97 ms
AvalanchedRPC203 ms202 ms201 ms202 ms
PublicNode91 ms97 ms87 ms92 ms
LineadRPC110 ms107 ms107 ms108 ms
PublicNode81 ms83 ms90 ms85 ms
ScrolldRPC201 ms199 ms213 ms204 ms
PublicNode94 ms89 ms97 ms93 ms
MantledRPC23 ms20 ms19 ms21 ms
PublicNode84 ms81 ms83 ms83 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.

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

RPCs

dRPC

Trails

184

p99
25
rank
#5
samples
576

PublicNode

Leads

46

p99
52.5K
rank
#2
samples
576

Per chain

ChaindRPCPublicNode
Base251
BNB Chain613
Avalanche940

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 PublicNode: which one is better?

dRPC and PublicNode are compared on 31 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. dRPC leads on Fastest free BNB Chain RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. PublicNode 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, dRPC or PublicNode?

On the Fastest free BNB Chain RPC, live no-key endpoint latency benchmark, dRPC leads at 14 ms versus PublicNode at 97 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, dRPC or PublicNode?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, PublicNode leads at 196 ms versus dRPC at 216 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the dRPC vs PublicNode 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.