PublicNode leads on all 3 live benchmarks. PublicNode wins on Fastest free Kava RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency (47 ms vs 526 ms), Fastest free Metis RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency (42 ms vs 514 ms), Fastest free Arbitrum Nova RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency (48 ms vs 518 ms).
Public no-key RPC service operated by Allnodes covering 70+ chains. JSON-RPC and WebSocket endpoints with archive support on most networks.
ThirdWeb operates a keyless public RPC gateway at `<chainid>.rpc.thirdweb.com` covering 2000+ EVM chains via chain-id routing. Free tier is rate-limited per IP with no signup; paid tiers unlock higher throughput and dedicated endpoints. Used keyless across 13 chains on the RPC latency cluster (arbitrum, ethereum, polygon, optimism, base, bnb, avalanche, linea, worldchain, kaia, ink, opbnb + more).
PublicNode
Leads47 ms
thirdweb
Trails526 ms
Per region
| Region | PublicNode | thirdweb |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 17 ms | 330 ms |
| EU-West | 23 ms | 602 ms |
| Singapore | 99 ms | 644 ms |
PublicNode
Leads42 ms
thirdweb
Trails514 ms
Per region
| Region | PublicNode | thirdweb |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 17 ms | 307 ms |
| EU-West | 21 ms | 571 ms |
| Singapore | 86 ms | 665 ms |
PublicNode
Leads48 ms
thirdweb
Trails518 ms
Per region
| Region | PublicNode | thirdweb |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 18 ms | 299 ms |
| EU-West | 19 ms | 604 ms |
| Singapore | 105 ms | 650 ms |
PublicNode and thirdweb are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. PublicNode leads on Fastest free Kava RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Fastest free Kava RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency benchmark, PublicNode leads at 47 ms versus thirdweb at 526 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
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.
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