Ankr
RPC provider with free public endpoints and pay-as-you-go premium access to 80+ chains.
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Ankr key facts
| Category | Developer infrastructure |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Security audits | SOC 2 Type II for infrastructure operator Asphere (W3 Technologies), audited by A-LIGN; ISO 27001 in progress |
| US availability | Available in the US |
| Fees | Per request in API credits: EVM 200 ($0.00002), Solana 500 ($0.00005), Beacon chains 700 ($0.00007) |
ANKR token
- Price
- $0.0038 -2.3% 24h
- Market cap
- $37.8M
- Fully diluted value
- $37.8M
- 30-day change
- -21.9%
Market data: CoinGecko, updated Nov 10, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
What is Ankr?
Ankr is an RPC provider with free public endpoints and a paid Premium tier. Its service plans page lists 200M free API credits per month on Freemium, pay-as-you-go Premium at $0.10 per 1M API credits with a $10 minimum deposit, and 80+ chains on Premium.
How Ankr works
Ankr serves JSON-RPC from nodes in five regions: New York, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Singapore, on bare-metal servers with automatic failover.
Public endpoints need no account. Signed-in users get personal API tokens, and Premium adds trace and debug methods, WebSockets, IP, domain and smart contract whitelists, and priority routing during high traffic. Its Advanced API is an indexed layer covering 19 mainnets and 7 testnets for multi-chain queries through JavaScript and Python SDKs and React Hooks.
Premium billing counts API credits per request. Every EVM and other non-EVM method costs 200 credits, Solana methods 500, Beacon chain and Advanced API calls 700, and WebSocket notifications 100 on non-Solana chains. You are charged for any correctly formed request with a supported method, whether or not the node returns a successful answer. Batch limits grow by plan: 10 calls per batch on Public, 100 on Freemium and 1,000 on Premium, with block ranges of 1,000, 3,000 and 10,000.
How to start with Ankr
- You can call a Public endpoint right away at about 1,800 requests per minute.
- Signing in to the Ankr RPC dashboard gives Freemium: 200M API credits a month and one project token, still under Public rate limits.
- To go Premium, top up at least $10, in USD or ANKR tokens; you get three project tokens and rate limits up to about 1,500 requests per second per EVM endpoint.
- There is no automatic top-up, so set balance alerts in the dashboard.
Ankr fees and limits
- Premium pay-as-you-go costs $0.10 per 1M API credits, so a standard EVM call works out to $0.00002.
- Deal subscriptions run from $500 to $3,000 a month and add 20% extra credits.
- If your prepaid balance runs out, service continues until it reaches minus $5; below that the account is suspended and keys return 401 or 403 errors until you top up.
Paying in ANKR converts at the current ANKR to USD rate.
Risks to know before using Ankr
- Public and Premium plans carry no contractual uptime guarantee; only Enterprise gets a 99.9% SLA with a 10% service credit.
- Freemium ends at HTTP 429 rate limits, and Premium stops once the balance passes minus $5, so an unwatched balance can take your app offline.
- Ankr says its infrastructure operator, Asphere (W3 Technologies), holds a SOC 2 Type II attestation audited by A-LIGN, available under NDA, and that ISO 27001 is still in progress.
- Request metadata is kept 30 days hot and 90 days cold.
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Ankr pros and cons
- 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
- Trace and debug APIs and WebSockets are Premium only
- Free Public tier supports HTTPS only and 30+ chains, fewer than Premium's 80+
Ankr FAQ
What is Ankr?
Ankr is an RPC provider with free public endpoints and a paid Premium tier. Its service plans page lists 200M free API credits per month on Freemium, pay-as-you-go Premium at $0.10 per 1M API credits with a $10 minimum deposit, and 80+ chains on Premium.
Which chains does Ankr support?
EVM networks, Solana and other chains.
How much does Ankr cost?
Per request in API credits: EVM 200 ($0.00002), Solana 500 ($0.00005), Beacon chains 700 ($0.00007), according to Ankr’s own page (checked Oct 1, 2026). Free plan: Freemium: 200M API credits per month, about 1,800 requests per minute.
Does Ankr have a token?
Yes, ANKR. Its market cap was $37.8M on CoinGecko on Nov 10, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
Is Ankr available in the US?
Available in the US, according to Ankr’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
Sources
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Sources: Ankr: official site, Ankr: RPC service plans, Ankr Docs: Trust and compliance. Data as of Oct 1, 2026.
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