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 (195 ms vs 226 ms), Fastest free Ethereum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (100 ms vs 187 ms), Fastest free Arbitrum RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (90 ms vs 179 ms), Fastest free Base RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (142 ms vs 268 ms).

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h8 shared benchmarks
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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.

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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

Nodies

Trails

226 ms

p99
396 ms
rank
#5
samples
25,904

PublicNode

Leads

195 ms

p99
845 ms
rank
#3
samples
267,574

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderUS-EastEU-WestSingaporeAggregate
EthereumNodies184 ms187 ms189 ms187 ms
PublicNode99 ms101 ms101 ms100 ms
ArbitrumNodies178 ms178 ms180 ms179 ms
PublicNode92 ms86 ms91 ms90 ms
OptimismNodies272 ms272 ms271 ms271 ms
PublicNode84 ms91 ms90 ms88 ms
BaseNodies267 ms269 ms268 ms268 ms
PublicNode142 ms133 ms142 ms139 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

Nodies

Trails

162

p99
0.250
rank
#4
samples
496

PublicNode

Leads

46

p99
52.5K
rank
#2
samples
576

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

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 195 ms versus Nodies at 226 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.

Live data refreshes via ISR within 60 seconds of a new run. Sources are the same Prometheus queries surfaced on the parent benchmark pages.