Solana RPC Providers Compared (2026)
Choosing a Solana RPC provider depends on your workload: trading bots need low latency and high rate limits, indexers need reliable historical data, and dApps need broad method support. This page compares the major providers on the dimensions that matter to developers.
Disclosure: This site is affiliated with Supanode. Supanode links on this page are marked. Data for all providers is sourced from their public pricing and documentation pages, verified as of 2026-10-21.
Provider overview
| Provider | Paid from | No credit caps | Mainnet gRPC | WebSocket | Dedicated nodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helius | $49/mo | No — 1M–200M credits/mo | From $499/mo (LaserStream) | Yes | Enterprise only |
| Supanode | $40/30 days | Yes — unlimited within RPS | From $99 (Yellowstone) | Yes | Yes |
| Triton | Custom | Custom | Yes (Yellowstone) | Yes | Yes |
| QuickNode | ~$49/mo | No — credits | No | Yes | Yes |
| Alchemy | ~$49/mo | No — compute units | No | Yes | No |
Data from provider documentation pages, verified as of 2026-10-21.
Pricing comparison
Helius (as of 2026-10-21)
| Plan | Price | Credits/mo | RPC RPS | gRPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1M | 10 | No |
| Developer | $49/mo | 10M | 50 | Devnet only |
| Business | $499/mo | 100M | 200 | Devnet + Mainnet |
| Professional | $999/mo | 200M | 500 | Devnet + Mainnet |
Uses a credit-based billing model. Credits are consumed by every request and can run out before the billing period ends. Mainnet gRPC requires the Business plan ($499/mo) or higher.
Supanode (as of 2026-10-21)
| Plan | Price (30 days) | RPS | TPS | Mainnet gRPC | WS connections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $40 | 15 | 5 | — | 10 |
| Focus | $99 | 25 | 10 | 1 sub, 100 accounts | 20 |
| Build | $159 | 200 | 30 | 10 subs, 5,000 accounts | 30 |
| Grow | $259 | 300 | 50 | 20 subs, 24,000 accounts | 40 |
| Professional | $459 | 500 | 100 | 50 subs, 100,000 accounts | 70 |
Key advantages over credit-based providers:
- No credits, no compute units — unlimited requests within your RPS limit. You never run out mid-month.
- Mainnet gRPC from $99 — Helius requires the $499/mo Business plan for Mainnet gRPC; their $49 Developer plan is Devnet only.
- Unmetered gRPC bandwidth — no per-MB or per-GB charges on any tier.
- Direct Telegram support on all plans — no ticket queues. Helius offers community Discord on Free, chat on paid, and Telegram only on the $999 Professional plan.
- 24+ hour free trial, no card required — test any tier instantly by signing in with a Solana wallet.
- Standard Yellowstone gRPC — open-source protocol, no proprietary wrapper. Compatible with any Yellowstone client library.
- Multi-chain — also supports Hyperliquid, Arbitrum, Monad, BNB Chain. Helius is Solana-only.
- Syncro Sender — transaction landing with SWQoS and parallel delivery, no monthly fee (tip-based).
Triton One
Custom pricing, no public tiers. Maintains the Yellowstone gRPC open-source project.
Key differentiators
Method support
Not all providers support the same RPC methods. Deprecated or resource-heavy methods like getTokenLargestAccounts or getProgramAccounts may be restricted or unavailable.
Historical data
Full archival data (from genesis) is expensive to serve. Many providers limit getTransaction and getBlock to recent slots only. If you need deep historical data, confirm the retention period.
Rate limits
Rate limits vary significantly between free and paid tiers. See the dedicated rate limits comparison for details.
Geographic regions
Latency-sensitive applications benefit from providers with nodes in multiple regions. Mainnet validators are concentrated in the US and Europe.
How to evaluate
- Test with your actual workload: Free tiers exist for benchmarking. Measure request latency, error rates, and throughput with your real traffic patterns.
- Check method support: Confirm the specific RPC methods you need are available and not deprecated on the provider.
- Monitor reliability: Track uptime and error rates over at least a week before committing to a paid plan.
- Consider growth: Rate limits that work today may not work at 10× scale. Understand the upgrade path.
FAQ
Which provider is best for trading bots?
Trading bots need low latency, high rate limits, and sendTransaction reliability. Dedicated nodes or staked connections provide the best performance. Evaluate based on transaction landing rates, not just RPC latency.
Do I need a paid provider? For production applications, yes. Public RPC endpoints have aggressive rate limits, no SLA, and may drop requests under load. Free tiers from paid providers offer better reliability but still have limits.
Can I use multiple providers? Yes. Many applications use a primary provider with one or more fallback providers. This improves reliability and lets you route different workloads to different providers. See the RPC failover guide.
Sources
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