Lava Network leads on the only live benchmark. Lava Network wins on Fastest free NEAR RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (288 ms vs 3.02 s).
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.
Official NEAR Foundation public mainnet RPC endpoint (rpc.mainnet.near.org). Provides JSON-RPC access to the NEAR Protocol without an API key.
Lava Network
Leads288 ms
NEAR Foundation
Trails3.02 s
Per region
| Region | Lava Network | NEAR Foundation |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 282 ms | 3.02 s |
| EU-West | 286 ms | 3.02 s |
| Singapore | 279 ms | 3.02 s |
Lava Network and NEAR Foundation are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Lava Network leads on Fastest free NEAR RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Fastest free NEAR RPC, live no-key endpoint latency benchmark, Lava Network leads at 288 ms versus NEAR Foundation at 3.02 s. 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.
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