OpenChainBench

PublicNode vs Tenderly Gateway

PublicNode leads on 20 of 21 shared benchmarks, Tenderly Gateway on 1. PublicNode wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (108 ms vs 119 ms), Ethereum RPC endpoints (73 ms vs 119 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (70 ms vs 102 ms), Base RPC endpoints (73 ms vs 113 ms). Tenderly Gateway wins on Polygon RPC endpoints (105 ms vs 1.85 s). Data as of 2026-10-02 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h23 shared benchmarks, 21 measured on both sides
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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.

Tenderly Gateway logo
Tenderly Gateway

Tenderly's public gateway exposes a no-key JSON-RPC endpoint per chain at `gateway.tenderly.co/public/<slug>`. Covers Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Avalanche, Linea, Scroll and Mantle. The same Tenderly platform behind the keyed Web3 dev suite.

Side by side measurements

Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot)

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

108 ms

p99
556 ms
rank
#3
samples
306,230

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

119 ms

p99
151 ms
rank
#4
samples
129,467

Per chain · per region

ChainProviderUS-EastEU-WestSingaporeAggregate
EthereumPublicNode19 ms23 ms177 ms73 ms
Tenderly Gateway51 ms28 ms277 ms119 ms
PolygonPublicNode20 ms4.74 s775 ms1.85 s
Tenderly Gateway30 ms29 ms257 ms105 ms
ArbitrumPublicNode15 ms23 ms174 ms70 ms
Tenderly Gateway28 ms25 ms255 ms102 ms
OptimismPublicNode14 ms23 ms173 ms70 ms
Tenderly Gateway28 ms25 ms255 ms103 ms
BasePublicNode17 ms26 ms177 ms73 ms
Tenderly Gateway45 ms26 ms266 ms113 ms
AvalanchePublicNode14 ms21 ms171 ms69 ms
Tenderly Gateway30 ms27 ms257 ms104 ms
LineaPublicNode15 ms22 ms171 ms69 ms
Tenderly Gateway98 ms22 ms326 ms149 ms
ScrollPublicNode16 ms22 ms171 ms70 ms
Tenderly Gateway98 ms23 ms325 ms149 ms
MantlePublicNode17 ms20 ms173 ms70 ms
Tenderly Gateway27 ms24 ms254 ms102 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/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.

Optimism RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

70 ms

p99
655 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,310

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

103 ms

p99
118 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,319

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East14 ms28 ms
EU-West23 ms25 ms
Singapore173 ms255 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Avalanche RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

69 ms

p99
624 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,312

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

104 ms

p99
121 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,332

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East14 ms30 ms
EU-West21 ms27 ms
Singapore171 ms257 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Linea RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

69 ms

p99
340 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,303

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

149 ms

p99
194 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,332

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East15 ms98 ms
EU-West22 ms22 ms
Singapore171 ms326 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Scroll RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

70 ms

p99
200 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,316

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

149 ms

p99
215 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,331

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East16 ms98 ms
EU-West22 ms23 ms
Singapore171 ms325 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Mantle RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

70 ms

p99
244 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,329

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

102 ms

p99
116 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,308

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East17 ms27 ms
EU-West20 ms24 ms
Singapore173 ms254 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Sonic RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

69 ms

p99
240 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,297

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

104 ms

p99
128 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,299

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East14 ms28 ms
EU-West21 ms26 ms
Singapore172 ms256 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Gnosis RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

75 ms

p99
705 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,313

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

103 ms

p99
117 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,313

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East19 ms28 ms
EU-West28 ms25 ms
Singapore177 ms255 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Celo RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

72 ms

p99
323 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,314

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

151 ms

p99
172 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,310

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East18 ms100 ms
EU-West23 ms25 ms
Singapore174 ms327 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Unichain RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

70 ms

p99
243 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,316

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

102 ms

p99
123 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,311

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East15 ms28 ms
EU-West22 ms25 ms
Singapore172 ms255 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Blast RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

71 ms

p99
370 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,302

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

151 ms

p99
171 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,335

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East17 ms100 ms
EU-West24 ms25 ms
Singapore172 ms327 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

The chain-official rpc.blast.io figure on this page reflects GCP co-location with our three probes, not a typical client path. Compare the gateways on the per-region tabs before choosing a primary.

Taiko RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

71 ms

p99
250 ms
rank
#1
samples
4,314

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

151 ms

p99
169 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,314

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East18 ms100 ms
EU-West21 ms26 ms
Singapore174 ms327 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Berachain RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

73 ms

p99
203 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,315

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

148 ms

p99
270 ms
rank
#4
samples
4,314

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East19 ms98 ms
EU-West26 ms23 ms
Singapore173 ms325 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Fraxtal RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

71 ms

p99
227 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,322

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

103 ms

p99
126 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,325

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East19 ms28 ms
EU-West21 ms27 ms
Singapore174 ms254 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

Soneium RPC endpoints: free public URLs by latency

RPCs

PublicNode

Leads

71 ms

p99
268 ms
rank
#2
samples
4,320

Tenderly Gateway

Trails

102 ms

p99
124 ms
rank
#3
samples
4,315

Per region

RegionPublicNodeTenderly Gateway
US-East17 ms27 ms
EU-West22 ms25 ms
Singapore173 ms255 ms
RPC latency
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/a

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

RPCs

PublicNode

Trails

104

p99
4
rank
#5
samples
568

Tenderly Gateway

No data in window

Reliability incidents
PublicNoden/aTenderly Gatewayn/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.

Rolling 24h · Reliability incidentsRaw JSON

Frequently asked questions

PublicNode vs Tenderly Gateway: which one is better?

PublicNode and Tenderly Gateway are compared on 23 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. PublicNode leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains. Tenderly Gateway leads on Polygon RPC endpoints. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster on rpc latency, PublicNode or Tenderly Gateway?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, PublicNode leads at 108 ms versus Tenderly Gateway at 119 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the PublicNode vs Tenderly Gateway 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.