We compared five Solscan alternatives on features, fees and supported chains, and noted where each one falls short of Solscan.
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The closest Solscan alternative is Solana Explorer, the free MIT-licensed explorer in the Solana Foundation GitHub organization. Below are five Solscan alternatives and competitors: three general Solana explorers, a validator-focused explorer and a token data tool, compared on API pricing, free limits and features.
Solscan is a block explorer and data API for Solana, owned by Etherscan since January 2024. Browsing is free; its Pro API is billed in compute units, from $49 a month (Lite, 20 million CU) to $1,099 a month (Level 4, 1.5 billion CU). See the full Solscan profile →
Solscan's Pro API starts at $49 a month for the Lite plan, and Lite excludes account metadata, funded_by and bulk endpoints. SolanaFM lists a free API tier at 10 requests per second.
Solscan API plans are non-refundable and top-up compute units do not roll over, so unused capacity is lost at the end of the period.
Solscan has been owned by Etherscan since January 2024. If you want code you can read and self-host, Solana Explorer is MIT-licensed on GitHub.
| Name | Best for | Chains | Chains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solscan ORIGINAL | Baseline | Solana | Solana |
| Solana Explorer | Free, open-source lookups | Solana | Solana clusters |
| Orb | Filtering transaction history | Solana | Solana (mainnet and devnet) |
| SolanaFM | Free API access | Solana | Solana |
| Solana Beach | Validators and staking | Solana | Solana |
| Birdeye | Token prices and charts | Solana, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base and other EVM and non-EVM networks | Solana, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Base, Sui, Aptos, Arbitrum, Polygon and more (17 listed) |
The explorer in the Solana Foundation GitHub organization. Its code is public under the MIT license and it covers all Solana clusters, not only mainnet. Limitation: no paid data API like Solscan's Pro API.
A Solana explorer from Helius, launched on October 29, 2025. It adds slot and time filters, transaction heatmaps and program IDL lookup. Limitation: about one year of track record, against Solscan's longer history.
A Solana explorer with a free API tier at 10 requests per second and 1 GB of bandwidth, webhooks included, where Solscan's API starts at $49 a month. Limitation: its rate limit page was last updated in April 2025.
A Solana explorer centered on validators: stake, skip rate, client versions and the superminority. Run by Staking Facilities GmbH in Germany. Limitation: it lists no pricing or API plans on the pages we could read.
Not a block explorer: an on-chain market data tool for token prices, charts and wallets across 17 networks. Its API has a free tier with 30,000 compute units and paid plans from $39 a month. Limitation: the free API runs at 1 request per second.
Solana Explorer for free open-source lookups, SolanaFM for a free API, Orb for history filters, Birdeye for token data across 17 networks.
For looking up a transaction or account, Solana Explorer does the job for free and its code is public. If you need an API without paying Solscan's $49 a month entry price, SolanaFM lists a free tier at 10 requests per second.
Orb is worth trying for filtering long transaction histories by slot or time, Solana Beach for validator data, and Birdeye if you care about token prices more than raw transactions.
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For free lookups, Solana Explorer: MIT-licensed, maintained in the Solana Foundation GitHub organization and covering all clusters. For a free API, SolanaFM at 10 requests per second.
Yes. SolanaFM lists a free tier with 10 requests per second and 1 GB of bandwidth. Birdeye has a free Standard tier with 30,000 compute units at 1 request per second.
Etherscan, which acquired Solscan in January 2024, according to Etherscan's About page.
No. Solscan's docs state that API plans are non-refundable, and top-up compute units do not roll over.
Solana Beach: it shows stake, skip rate and client versions per validator and highlights the superminority.
Sources: Solscan: Pro API docs, Etherscan: About us, Solana Explorer: GitHub repository. Data as of Sep 26, 2026.
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