Ethereum RPC endpoints: free public URLs and private API-key providers by latency
RPCsQuickNode
Leads32 ms
- p99
- 232 ms
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 2,216
RouteMesh
Trails120 ms
- p99
- 297 ms
- rank
- —
- samples
- 1,117
QuickNode leads on all 7 live benchmarks. QuickNode wins on Ethereum RPC endpoints (32 ms vs 120 ms), Arbitrum RPC endpoints (32 ms vs 196 ms), Base RPC endpoints (32 ms vs 189 ms), BNB Chain RPC endpoints (31 ms vs 126 ms). Data as of 2026-10-29 UTC.
Keyed RPC infrastructure across 30+ chains. Endpoint-scoped API tokens; free and paid plans are served from the same shared fleet, dedicated clusters on higher tiers.
QuickNode
Leads32 ms
RouteMesh
Trails120 ms
QuickNode
Leads32 ms
RouteMesh
Trails196 ms
QuickNode
Leads32 ms
RouteMesh
Trails189 ms
QuickNode
Leads31 ms
RouteMesh
Trails126 ms
QuickNode
Leads30 ms
RouteMesh
Trails127 ms
QuickNode
Leads30 ms
RouteMesh
Trails271 ms
QuickNode
Leads35 ms
RouteMesh
Trails276 ms
QuickNode and RouteMesh are compared on 7 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. QuickNode leads on Ethereum RPC endpoints. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Ethereum RPC endpoints benchmark, QuickNode leads at 32 ms versus RouteMesh at 120 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.
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.