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Chains are what each maker's own docs name. Prices change often, so confirm on the maker's page.
Written comparisons
- QuickNode vs Chainstack: free tiers and chain support
QuickNode and Chainstack are managed RPC providers whose own network lists name the major EVM chains, Solana, the XRP Ledger and Stellar. The main differences are how you start for free, and QuickNode's Hedera support through the EVM JSON-RPC relay.
- GetBlock vs NOWNodes: free plans and chain support
GetBlock and NOWNodes are multichain RPC providers whose own network lists name the major EVM chains, Solana, the XRP Ledger, Stellar, Algorand, TON, NEAR and Stacks. The main differences are how the free plan is metered and whether paid prices are published.
- Chainstack vs GetBlock: free plans and XRPL support
Chainstack and GetBlock are multichain RPC providers whose own network lists name the major EVM chains, Solana, the XRP Ledger, Stellar, TON, Sui and Aptos. Both start paid plans at $49 a month; the main differences are how the free plan is metered and which networks each names, including XRPL Testnet.
- QuickNode vs Validation Cloud: free tiers and history
QuickNode and Validation Cloud are hosted RPC providers whose own docs name Stellar Mainnet and Testnet with both Horizon REST and Stellar RPC, plus the XRP Ledger and Hedera. The main differences are how you start for free and how much Stellar history each keeps.
- TON Center API vs Chainstack: TON RPC and free limits
TON Center API and Chainstack both serve TON Mainnet and Testnet over HTTP APIs. TON Center is the provider the TON docs call official, with v2, v3, streaming and emulation APIs; Chainstack serves TON API v2, v3 and v4 next to many other chains. The main differences are how you get a key, how you pay and which API versions you get.
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