Hedera developer tools

Best for Managed RPC across the major chains plus XRPL, Stellar and Hedera

Chains

Ethereum Solana Base BNB Chain Avalanche Arbitrum Polygon XRP Ledger Stellar Hedera

Price

Free trial (1 month, 10M credits); paid from $49/mo (Build)

License

Proprietary

A managed RPC and streams provider whose network list names all seven major chains we track plus the XRP Ledger and Stellar. Hedera support is through the EVM JSON-RPC relay, not Hedera's native API. No Algorand or Xahau. A one-month trial, then paid plans.

Best for Node and explorer APIs with the widest payments-chain coverage

Chains

Ethereum Solana Base BNB Chain Avalanche Arbitrum Polygon XRP Ledger Stellar Algorand Hedera

Price

Free Start plan (100K requests/mo); paid plan prices not shown on its pricing page

License

Proprietary

Node-as-a-service RPC and block-explorer APIs for 100+ chains. In our checks it named the most payments chains of any provider: XRP Ledger, Stellar (including Soroban), Algorand and Hedera. Free Start plan; paid plan prices weren't shown on its pricing page when we checked. No Xahau.

Best for Use ethers, viem, Hardhat or Foundry against Hedera

Chains

Hedera

Price

Free (open source, self-host)

License

Apache-2.0

Open-source relay that translates Ethereum JSON-RPC calls into Hedera, so standard EVM tools can talk to Hedera. Config documents mainnet, testnet and previewnet. Self-host it for free; it is actively maintained under the Hiero project.

Best for Official SDK for Hedera accounts, tokens, consensus and contracts

Chains

Hedera

Price

Free (open source)

License

Apache-2.0

The official JavaScript and TypeScript SDK for Hedera's native services: accounts, HTS tokens, the consensus service and smart contracts. Free, Apache-2.0 and released frequently. Java, Go, Python and Rust SDKs also exist.

Best for Hosted subgraphs and streaming data pipelines

Chains

Ethereum Solana Base BNB Chain Avalanche Arbitrum Polygon Stellar Hedera

Price

Free Starter ($100 one-time credits); Scale pay-as-you-go (subgraphs $0.05/hr); Enterprise custom

License

Proprietary

Managed subgraph hosting and Turbo streaming pipelines. Notable for naming Hedera (subgraphs) and Stellar (Turbo) as well as the major chains. Starts with one-time free credits, then pay as you go.

Best for Historical REST and gRPC API for Hedera

Chains

Hedera

Price

Free public endpoints (mainnet throttled 50 rps/IP); self-host free

License

Apache-2.0

Hedera's historical and indexed REST and gRPC API for transactions, accounts, tokens and contract logs. Free public endpoints are rate-limited and described by Hedera as not for production; self-host or use a commercial provider for that.

Best for Wallets, contracts and NFTs in Unity and Unreal

Chains

Ethereum Base BNB Chain Avalanche Arbitrum Polygon XRP Ledger testnet Hedera Any EVM chain (no specific chain named)

Price

SDKs free/open source; platform plans Growth $99/mo, Scale $499/mo, Pro from $1,499/mo with free usage allowances (first 1,000 wallets, 1M RPC requests)

License

Apache-2.0

Game-engine SDKs for in-app and smart wallets, contract calls, tokens, NFTs and marketplaces. Free and open source; thirdweb's platform plans apply for heavier use. The Unity SDK is active; the Unreal plugin moves more slowly. Its chain pages cover thirdweb as a whole, not the game SDKs specifically. No Solana.