Helius's free plan gives 1M credits a month at 10 requests per second on Solana, and Triton One bills standard Solana RPC at $10 per million calls plus $0.08 per GB. Your RPC bill is separate from Solana's own network fee of 5,000 lamports per signature. Units differ across providers, so this list compares what each pricing page publishes.
Quick answer
Helius is the best default for Solana apps: Solana-only RPC, webhooks and gRPC streaming, with a free plan and paid plans from $49 a month. Use Triton One for latency-sensitive trading with pay-per-call billing, and Quicknode or Alchemy if you also need EVM chains.
Helius builds only for Solana, with RPC, LaserStream gRPC, webhooks and token APIs. The free plan gives 1M credits a month at 10 requests per second; Developer costs $49 a month for 10M credits.
Chains
Solana
Platforms
Web, API, SDK
Pricing
Developer $49/mo (10M credits), Business $499/mo (100M), Professional $999/mo (200M); extra credits $5 per million
Free plan
1M credits per month, 10 requests per second, 1 sendTransaction per second
Chains
Solana
Pros
Free plan includes 1M credits per month at 10 requests per second
Extra credits cost $5 per million on paid plans
Runs its own validator with 0% fees, per its site
Cons
Solana only, no EVM chain support
LaserStream gRPC on mainnet starts with the $499 Business plan
Free plan allows only 1 sendTransaction per second
Skip it if you need gRPC on mainnet on a small budget: LaserStream starts with the $499 Business plan.
Triton One includes every product on every plan and bills standard RPC at $10 per million calls plus $0.08 per GB. It runs the Yellowstone gRPC stack and covers Solana, Sui and Monad.
Chains
Solana, Sui, Monad
Platforms
API, Dedicated nodes
Pricing
PAYG: $125 minimum prepaid deposit; $10 per million calls + $0.08/GB bandwidth for standard RPC
Chains
Solana, Sui, Monad
Open source
Partly: Old Faithful archive and Yellowstone gRPC are open source (github.com/rpcpool)
Pros
All products included on every plan, no tier gating
Standard RPC billed at $10 per million calls plus $0.08 per GB
Yellowstone gRPC streaming and Old Faithful historical archive
Cons
$125 minimum deposit is prepaid, non-refundable and expires after 12 months
No free plan listed on the pricing page
Covers 3 chains: Solana, Sui and Monad
Skip it if you want a free tier: it needs a $125 prepaid deposit that expires after 12 months.
Quicknode's Solana page lists Solana gRPC and the Metaplex Digital Asset API, and it covers 79+ chains. The Build plan is $49 a month for 80M API credits.
Platforms
API, Web, SDK
Pricing
Build $49/mo (80M credits), Accelerate $249, Scale $499, Business from $999; billed annually $34, $212, $424 and from $849
Free plan
1-month free trial: 10M API credits, 15 requests per second
Launched
2017
Chains
80+ blockchains
Pros
Covers 79+ chains
SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified
Streams and Webhooks for real-time data
Cons
Free trial lasts 1 month, then a paid plan is needed
Free trial capped at 15 requests per second
Entry Build plan is $49/month billed monthly
Skip it if you want a lasting free plan: the free trial lasts 1 month at 15 requests per second.
Alchemy supports Solana among 100+ blockchains. Its free tier includes 30M compute units a month at 25 requests per second, and pay as you go costs $0.525 per 1M compute units.
Chains
Ethereum, EVM networks and Solana
Platforms
Web, API
Pricing
Pay as You Go: $0.525 per 1M compute units
Free plan
30M compute units per month, 25 requests per second, 5 apps
Chains
100+ blockchains
Pros
Free tier includes 30M compute units per month at 25 requests per second
Pay as You Go starts at 300 requests per second with 30 apps
Covers 100+ blockchains, with all mainnets and testnets on the free plan
Cons
Usage is billed in compute units and each method has a different cost, so bills are harder to predict
Free tier is limited to 5 apps and 5 webhooks
Signed SLAs are only on the Enterprise plan
Skip it if you want predictable bills: each method costs a different number of compute units.
Chainstack sells Solana Yellowstone gRPC from $49 a month for 2 streams, and its Unlimited Node add-on costs $149 a month for 25 requests per second with no per-request metering.
Chains
Ethereum, Solana, EVM networks, TRON, Sui and others
Platforms
Web, API
Pricing
Growth $49/mo (20M requests), Pro $199/mo, Business $499/mo, Enterprise from $990/mo; Unlimited Node from $149/mo; Warp $0.15 per transaction
Chains
70+ chains
Company
Chainstack, Singapore
Pros
Unlimited Node add-on: flat $149/mo for 25 requests per second, no per-request metering
Dedicated nodes on isolated infrastructure for production workloads
Solana Yellowstone gRPC streaming from $49/mo for 2 streams
Cons
Unlimited Node is priced per RPS tier, so higher throughput means a higher fixed bill
Warp transactions cost a fixed $0.15 each on top of the plan
Skip it if your traffic is low and spiky: a fixed RPS tier costs more than pay as you go.
Ankr's Premium tier is pay as you go at $0.10 per 1M API credits from a $10 deposit, with rate limits up to about 4,000 requests per second on Solana. Freemium includes 200M API credits a month.
Chains
EVM networks, Solana and other chains
Platforms
Web, API
Pricing
Premium pay as you go: $0.10 per 1M API credits, $10 minimum deposit; Deal subscriptions $500 to $3,000/mo
Free plan
Freemium: 200M API credits per month, about 1,800 requests per minute
Chains
80+ chains on Premium; 45+ on Freemium
Pros
Pay as you go from a $10 deposit at $0.10 per 1M API credits
Freemium includes 200M API credits per month
Premium rate limits up to about 1,500 requests per second on EVM and 4,000 on Solana
Cons
Trace and debug APIs and WebSockets are Premium only
Free Public tier supports HTTPS only and 30+ chains, fewer than Premium's 80+
Skip it if you need WebSockets for free: they are Premium only.
dRPC lists Solana mainnet and devnet endpoints among 130+ chains. Its free plan gives 210M compute units a month at 100 requests per second, and Growth costs $6 per 1M requests.
Chains
130+ chains, EVM and non-EVM
Platforms
Web, API
Free plan
210M compute units per month, public nodes only, 100 requests per second
Pricing
Growth: $6 per 1M requests, pay as you go; Enterprise custom from 300M requests/month
Chains
130+ chains
Pros
Free plan: 210M compute units per month at 100 requests per second
Growth is pay as you go at $6 per 1M requests, with no monthly limits or expiry
Open-source RPC load balancer (NodeCore) for self-hosting
Cons
Free plan uses public nodes only
Debug and trace APIs require the paid Growth plan
Skip it if you need private nodes on the free plan: it uses public nodes only.
“Not verified” means we could not confirm the value on the project’s own pages.
How we rank Solana RPC providers
01Solana features: gRPC streaming, webhooks, digital asset APIs and transaction landing tools.
02Free tier: published allowance and rate limit on the free plan.
03Paid pricing: entry price or pay-as-you-go rate from the pricing page; units differ, so we do not rank on unit price alone.
04Chain scope: Solana-only depth versus multichain coverage.
05Lock-in: deposits, trial clocks and contracts.
No project paid to be listed or ranked. Full rules: methodology.
What we did not test
We did not open accounts, deposit money or place trades with these services.
We did not audit smart contracts, reserves or security claims ourselves; we report what the project and its auditors publish.
Fees, limits and availability change; the list date shows when we last checked them.
Rubric last updated Oct 1, 2026. Crypto assets are not insured by the FDIC or SIPC, and you can lose all the money you put in. This page is educational content, not financial advice.
How to choose
01
Separate the RPC bill from network fees
Solana charges 5,000 lamports per signature plus optional priority fees, paid in SOL. Your RPC provider bills separately in credits, compute units, calls or bandwidth.
02
Decide if you need gRPC
Helius includes LaserStream gRPC on mainnet from its $499 Business plan, Chainstack sells Yellowstone gRPC from $49 a month for 2 streams, and Triton includes it on every plan.
03
Watch sendTransaction limits
Helius's free plan allows 1 sendTransaction per second. Test transaction landing on a paid tier before launch.
04
Keep a fallback endpoint
Configure a second provider so one outage does not stop your app. A free tier from another provider covers this.
Who should skip all of these
Validators and teams that must self-host: run your own node instead of a shared endpoint.
Occasional reads from a script: the public Solana endpoint may be enough.
By published numbers, dRPC gives 210M compute units a month, Ankr Freemium 200M API credits, Alchemy 30M compute units and Helius 1M credits. Units differ, so compare with your own call mix.
Does Triton One have a free plan?
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Its pricing page lists pay as you go with a $125 minimum prepaid deposit, valid for 12 months, and no free plan.
Which providers offer Solana gRPC streaming?
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Helius (LaserStream from the $499 Business plan), Triton One (Yellowstone on every plan), Chainstack (from $49 a month) and Quicknode (Solana gRPC).
Is the RPC fee the same as the Solana transaction fee?
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No. The network fee is 5,000 lamports per signature plus optional priority fees in SOL. The RPC provider charges separately for API access.
Helius or Quicknode for Solana?
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Both start paid plans at $49 a month: Helius Developer includes 10M credits and Quicknode Build 80M API credits, but the two count credits differently. Helius builds only for Solana and keeps a free plan of 1M credits a month; Quicknode covers 80+ chains and offers a 1-month free trial instead.
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