Polkachu vs PublicNode

PublicNode leads on all 12 live benchmarks. PublicNode wins on Osmosis RPC endpoints (81 ms vs 166 ms), Cosmos Hub RPC endpoints (90 ms vs 138 ms), Injective RPC endpoints (84 ms vs 170 ms), dYdX Chain RPC endpoints (95 ms vs 136 ms). Data as of 2026-10-22 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h12 shared benchmarks
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Polkachu

Community-run Cosmos validator and public RPC network. Operates no-key Tendermint RPC endpoints across 40+ Cosmos SDK chains (osmosis-rpc.polkachu.com, cosmos-rpc.polkachu.com, etc.) with archive support on a paid tier.

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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

Osmosis RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

166 ms

p99
579 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,321

PublicNode

Leads

81 ms

p99
524 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,321

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East275 ms38 ms
EU-West28 ms27 ms
Singapore193 ms178 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Cosmos Hub RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

138 ms

p99
709 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,337

PublicNode

Leads

90 ms

p99
596 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,342

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East164 ms62 ms
EU-West44 ms31 ms
Singapore209 ms179 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Injective RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

170 ms

p99
501 ms
rank
—
samples
4,326

PublicNode

Leads

84 ms

p99
603 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,337

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East246 ms33 ms
EU-West49 ms36 ms
Singapore216 ms184 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

dYdX Chain RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

136 ms

p99
655 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,342

PublicNode

Leads

95 ms

p99
565 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,329

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East144 ms64 ms
EU-West48 ms35 ms
Singapore217 ms184 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Celestia RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

175 ms

p99
609 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,329

PublicNode

Leads

94 ms

p99
358 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,335

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East267 ms51 ms
EU-West45 ms43 ms
Singapore212 ms188 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Akash Network RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

129 ms

p99
639 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,329

PublicNode

Leads

95 ms

p99
686 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,327

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East135 ms65 ms
EU-West43 ms37 ms
Singapore210 ms179 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Juno RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

150 ms

p99
615 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,322

PublicNode

Leads

92 ms

p99
635 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,328

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East189 ms51 ms
EU-West46 ms39 ms
Singapore212 ms187 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Axelar RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

116 ms

p99
578 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,319

PublicNode

Leads

108 ms

p99
680 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,325

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East127 ms80 ms
EU-West26 ms49 ms
Singapore194 ms194 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Terra RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

153 ms

p99
660 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,334

PublicNode

Leads

91 ms

p99
634 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,331

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East200 ms39 ms
EU-West49 ms39 ms
Singapore212 ms194 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Babylon RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

113 ms

p99
572 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,325

PublicNode

Leads

95 ms

p99
660 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,327

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East120 ms61 ms
EU-West23 ms36 ms
Singapore197 ms189 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Sentinel DVPN RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

130 ms

p99
681 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,327

PublicNode

Leads

87 ms

p99
359 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,329

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East135 ms47 ms
EU-West44 ms33 ms
Singapore212 ms181 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

CONX (ex-XPLA) RPC endpoints: free public URLs

RPCs

Polkachu

Trails

150 ms

p99
501 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,328

PublicNode

Leads

90 ms

p99
391 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,343

Per region

RegionPolkachuPublicNode
US-East187 ms38 ms
EU-West49 ms40 ms
Singapore210 ms193 ms
RPC latency
Polkachun/aPublicNoden/a

Frequently asked questions

Polkachu vs PublicNode: which one is better?

Polkachu and PublicNode are compared on 12 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. PublicNode leads on Osmosis RPC endpoints. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, Polkachu or PublicNode?

On the Osmosis RPC endpoints benchmark, PublicNode leads at 81 ms versus Polkachu at 166 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Polkachu 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.