Nodies vs PublicNode 2026: 6 live benchmarks compared

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

OpenChainBench

Nodies vs PublicNode

PublicNode leads on all 6 live benchmarks. PublicNode wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (108 ms vs 140 ms), Ethereum RPC endpoints (73 ms vs 141 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (70 ms vs 140 ms), Base RPC endpoints (73 ms vs 137 ms). Data as of 2026-10-02 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:45:20 UTCWindow: rolling 24h8 shared benchmarks, 6 measured on both sides

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.

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

Nodies

Trails

140 ms

p99: 256 ms
rank: #7
samples: 25,909

PublicNode

Leads

108 ms

p99: 556 ms
rank: #3
samples: 306,232

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US-East	EU-West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	Nodies	20 ms	117 ms	285 ms	141 ms
Ethereum	PublicNode	19 ms	23 ms	177 ms	73 ms
Arbitrum	Nodies	19 ms	118 ms	282 ms	140 ms
Arbitrum	PublicNode	15 ms	23 ms	174 ms	70 ms
Optimism	Nodies	20 ms	117 ms	285 ms	141 ms
Optimism	PublicNode	14 ms	23 ms	173 ms	70 ms
Base	Nodies	19 ms	111 ms	280 ms	137 ms
Base	PublicNode	17 ms	26 ms	177 ms	73 ms

RPC latency

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/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.

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

RPCs

Nodies

Trails

141 ms

p99: 286 ms
rank: #5
samples: 4,323

PublicNode

Leads

73 ms

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

Per region

Region	Nodies	PublicNode
US-East	20 ms	19 ms
EU-West	117 ms	23 ms
Singapore	285 ms	177 ms

RPC latency

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/a

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

RPCs

Nodies

Trails

140 ms

p99: 250 ms
rank: #5
samples: 4,324

PublicNode

Leads

70 ms

p99: 465 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,311

Per region

Region	Nodies	PublicNode
US-East	19 ms	15 ms
EU-West	118 ms	23 ms
Singapore	282 ms	174 ms

RPC latency

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/a

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

RPCs

Nodies

Trails

137 ms

p99: 249 ms
rank: #5
samples: 4,309

PublicNode

Leads

73 ms

p99: 2.07 s
rank: #1
samples: 4,308

Per region

Region	Nodies	PublicNode
US-East	19 ms	17 ms
EU-West	111 ms	26 ms
Singapore	280 ms	177 ms

RPC latency

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/a

Optimism RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Nodies

Trails

141 ms

p99: 239 ms
rank: #4
samples: 4,325

PublicNode

Leads

70 ms

p99: 676 ms
rank: #1
samples: 4,310

Per region

Region	Nodies	PublicNode
US-East	20 ms	14 ms
EU-West	117 ms	23 ms
Singapore	285 ms	173 ms

RPC latency

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/a

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

RPCs

Nodies

No data in window

PublicNode

Trails

72 ms

p99: 2.09 s
rank: #2
samples: 4,305

RPC latency

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/a

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

RPCs

Nodies

No data in window

PublicNode

Trails

1.84 s

p99: 6.04 s
rank: —
samples: 4,307

RPC latency

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/a

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

RPCs

Nodies

Trails

165

p99: 0
rank: #7
samples: 494

PublicNode

Leads

106

p99: 4
rank: #5
samples: 568

Per chain

Chain	Nodies	PublicNode
Ethereum	1	3

Reliability incidents

Nodiesn/aPublicNoden/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.

Frequently asked questions

Nodies vs PublicNode: which one is better?

Nodies and PublicNode are compared on 8 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. 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, Nodies or PublicNode?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, PublicNode leads at 108 ms versus Nodies at 140 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Nodies 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.