Infrastructure & RPC: Web3 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 Shared and dedicated nodes with a free developer plan

Chains

Ethereum Solana Base BNB Chain Avalanche Arbitrum Polygon XRP Ledger Stellar

Price

Free Developer plan (3M RU/mo); paid from $49/mo (Growth)

License

Proprietary

Shared and dedicated nodes with archive data and a free Developer plan. Its protocol list names the major EVM chains, Solana, the XRP Ledger and Stellar. Hedera is dedicated-node-by-request only, so we don't count it; no Algorand or Xahau.

Best for Node APIs plus enhanced token, NFT and webhook APIs

Chains

Ethereum Solana Base BNB Chain Avalanche Arbitrum Polygon Stellar

Price

Free tier (30M CU/mo); Pay as You Go $0.525 per 1M CU; Enterprise custom

License

Proprietary

Node APIs with extra data, NFT and token APIs, webhooks and wallet infrastructure on top, and a generous free tier. Its chain list covers the major EVM chains, Solana and Stellar, but not the XRP Ledger, Algorand, Hedera or Xahau.

Best for RPC nodes for 50+ chains, including XRPL, Stellar and Algorand

Chains

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

Price

Free tier (50K CU); Pro shared plans e.g. $399/mo billed yearly for 600M-1B CU; dedicated from $1,000

License

Proprietary

Shared and dedicated RPC nodes priced in compute units, with a free tier. One of the few providers that names the XRP Ledger (mainnet only), Stellar and Algorand alongside the major chains. No Hedera or Xahau.

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 Algorand algod and indexer APIs with a free public tier

Chains

Algorand

Price

Free public API (no key); paid low-latency plans on its pricing page

Algorand node and indexer API provider (formerly AlgoNode) with free public endpoints for MainNet and TestNet and paid low-latency plans. The free tier adds latency. AlgoKit's default endpoints point at its network.

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 Build and deploy dApps on Evernode's decentralized hosting on Xahau

Chains

Xahau

Price

SDK free on npm; hosting fees not published in the docs we checked

Evernode's developer kit (evdevkit) and HotPocket SDK let you build dApps locally and deploy them across Evernode's decentralized hosting network on Xahau, in most languages that run on a POSIX system. The kit is actively released. Hosting is paid to hosts; the docs we read don't state fees.