MeowRPC vs PublicNode 2026: 4 live benchmarks compared

Name: MeowRPC vs PublicNode OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

OpenChainBench

MeowRPC vs PublicNode

MeowRPC leads on 1 of 4 shared benchmarks, PublicNode on 3. MeowRPC wins on Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains (91 vs 106). PublicNode wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (107 ms vs 186 ms), Ethereum RPC endpoints (73 ms vs 174 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (70 ms vs 198 ms). Data as of 2026-10-02 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:28:20 UTCWindow: rolling 24h4 shared benchmarks

MeowRPC

Free public RPC service covering Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism and other EVM chains. No registration required, modest rate limits per IP.

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

MeowRPC

Trails

186 ms

p99: 421 ms
rank: #10
samples: 8,635

PublicNode

Leads

107 ms

p99: 560 ms
rank: #3
samples: 306,235

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US-East	EU-West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	MeowRPC	180 ms	87 ms	255 ms	174 ms
Ethereum	PublicNode	19 ms	23 ms	177 ms	73 ms
Arbitrum	MeowRPC	206 ms	114 ms	274 ms	198 ms
Arbitrum	PublicNode	15 ms	23 ms	174 ms	70 ms

RPC latency

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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.

Ethereum RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency

RPCs

MeowRPC

Trails

174 ms

p99: 495 ms
rank: #6
samples: 4,314

PublicNode

Leads

73 ms

p99: 1.90 s
rank: #2
samples: 4,311

Per region

Region	MeowRPC	PublicNode
US-East	180 ms	19 ms
EU-West	87 ms	23 ms
Singapore	255 ms	177 ms

RPC latency

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Arbitrum RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency

RPCs

MeowRPC

Trails

198 ms

p99: 348 ms
rank: #6
samples: 4,322

PublicNode

Leads

70 ms

p99: 469 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,311

Per region

Region	MeowRPC	PublicNode
US-East	206 ms	15 ms
EU-West	113 ms	23 ms
Singapore	274 ms	174 ms

RPC latency

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

RPCs

MeowRPC

Leads

p99: 6
rank: —
samples: 176

PublicNode

Trails

106

p99: 4
rank: #5
samples: 568

Per chain

Chain	MeowRPC	PublicNode
Ethereum	47	3
Arbitrum	44	42

Reliability incidents

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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

MeowRPC vs PublicNode: which one is better?

MeowRPC and PublicNode are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. MeowRPC leads on Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains. 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 on reliability incidents, MeowRPC or PublicNode?

On the Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains benchmark, MeowRPC leads at 91 versus PublicNode at 106. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster on rpc latency, MeowRPC or PublicNode?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, PublicNode leads at 107 ms versus MeowRPC at 186 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the MeowRPC 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.