NOWNodes vs PublicNode 2026: 4 live benchmarks compared

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

OpenChainBench

NOWNodes vs PublicNode

PublicNode leads on all 4 live benchmarks. PublicNode wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (91 ms vs 216 ms), Ethereum RPC endpoints (74 ms vs 130 ms), BNB Chain RPC endpoints (75 ms vs 146 ms), Bitcoin RPC endpoints (76 ms vs 290 ms). Data as of 2026-10-25 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:55:50 UTCWindow: rolling 24h4 shared benchmarks

NOWNodes

Multi-chain node provider covering 110+ blockchains. Key-based REST and WebSocket RPC plus block explorers, with keyless public endpoints on a handful of chains (Ethereum, BNB, Bitcoin) rate-limited to 5 requests per second.

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

Headline: All chains

NOWNodes

Trails

216 ms

p99: 549 ms
rank: #11
samples: 17,270

PublicNode

Leads

91 ms

p99: 399 ms
rank: #3
samples: 241,895

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US-East	EU-West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	NOWNodes	132 ms	46 ms	211 ms	130 ms
Ethereum	PublicNode	18 ms	24 ms	180 ms	74 ms
BNB Chain	NOWNodes	167 ms	54 ms	217 ms	146 ms
BNB Chain	PublicNode	20 ms	27 ms	178 ms	75 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

NOWNodes

Trails

130 ms

p99: 422 ms
rank: #4
samples: 4,314

PublicNode

Leads

74 ms

p99: 236 ms
rank: #2
samples: 4,320

Per region

Region	NOWNodes	PublicNode
US-East	132 ms	18 ms
EU-West	46 ms	24 ms
Singapore	211 ms	180 ms

RPC latency

NOWNodesn/aPublicNoden/a

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

RPCs

NOWNodes

Trails

146 ms

p99: 561 ms
rank: #4
samples: 4,324

PublicNode

Leads

75 ms

p99: 231 ms
rank: #3
samples: 4,318

Per region

Region	NOWNodes	PublicNode
US-East	167 ms	20 ms
EU-West	54 ms	27 ms
Singapore	217 ms	178 ms

RPC latency

NOWNodesn/aPublicNoden/a

Bitcoin RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

NOWNodes

Trails

290 ms

p99: 572 ms
rank: #3
samples: 4,321

PublicNode

Leads

76 ms

p99: 260 ms
rank: #1
samples: 4,320

Per region

Region	NOWNodes	PublicNode
US-East	166 ms	24 ms
EU-West	110 ms	27 ms
Singapore	594 ms	177 ms

RPC latency

NOWNodesn/aPublicNoden/a

Frequently asked questions

NOWNodes vs PublicNode: which one is better?

NOWNodes and PublicNode are compared on 4 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, NOWNodes or PublicNode?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, PublicNode leads at 91 ms versus NOWNodes at 216 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the NOWNodes 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.