Lava Network leads on 2 of 4 shared benchmarks, MeowRPC on 2. Lava Network wins on Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (218 ms vs 275 ms), Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains (2 vs 84). MeowRPC wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot) (269 ms vs 276 ms), Fastest free Ethereum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (263 ms vs 373 ms).
Lava Network is a decentralized RPC mesh with permissionless validators. Public no-key endpoints work for Ethereum (`eth1.lava.build`) and Arbitrum (`arb1.lava.build`); other chains require an account-issued key.
Free public RPC service covering Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism and other EVM chains. No registration required, modest rate limits per IP.
Lava Network
Trails276 ms
MeowRPC
Leads269 ms
Per chain · per region
| Chain | Provider | US-East | EU-West | Singapore | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | Lava Network | 383 ms | 391 ms | 364 ms | 379 ms |
| MeowRPC | 269 ms | 256 ms | 262 ms | 262 ms | |
| Arbitrum | Lava Network | 217 ms | 224 ms | 215 ms | 219 ms |
| MeowRPC | 274 ms | 272 ms | 279 ms | 275 ms |
Lava Network
Trails373 ms
MeowRPC
Leads263 ms
Per region
| Region | Lava Network | MeowRPC |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 383 ms | 269 ms |
| EU-West | 392 ms | 256 ms |
| Singapore | 365 ms | 263 ms |
Lava Network
Leads218 ms
MeowRPC
Trails275 ms
Per region
| Region | Lava Network | MeowRPC |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 216 ms | 274 ms |
| EU-West | 226 ms | 272 ms |
| Singapore | 215 ms | 279 ms |
Lava Network
Leads2
MeowRPC
Trails84
Per chain
| Chain | Lava Network | MeowRPC |
|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | 1 | 43 |
| Arbitrum | 1 | 41 |
Lava Network and MeowRPC are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Lava Network leads on Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. MeowRPC leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot). See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency benchmark, Lava Network leads at 218 ms versus MeowRPC at 275 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot) benchmark, MeowRPC leads at 269 ms versus Lava Network at 276 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
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.
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.