Provider evaluation
Choose an RPC provider for the workload you run
A million compute units can buy very different amounts of work. Compare the methods your app calls, its peak traffic, the history it needs and the APIs it depends on before choosing a provider. These guides explain where NodeFlare fits and what still needs testing.
Compare the cost of 10 million requests →The pricing model covers six providers and three Ethereum workloads. It includes source links, overage assumptions and cases where another provider costs less.
NodeFlare vs Alchemy
Compare CU weights, recurring free allowances and the scope of a standard JSON-RPC migration.
Read comparison →NodeFlare vs Infura
Understand daily credit budgets versus monthly allowances, throughput and Ethereum request costs.
Read comparison →NodeFlare vs QuickNode
Compare monthly plans, request credits and overage, then check a staged migration workflow.
Read comparison →Four checks before switching providers
- Replay a representative read workload. List your methods and their frequency. Calculate method-weighted cost and peak requests per second separately. Cached reads, log scans and traces are different workloads.
- Check the exact chain and method. Verify historical-state depth, log-range limits, trace namespaces and WebSocket subscriptions in the chain documentation. A chain listing alone does not prove method support.
- Measure from your application region. Check latency, errors and block freshness using the same methods and block references. Our measurement notes explain the scope of published results; they are not a promise about every application.
- Inventory provider-specific APIs. Indexed NFT APIs, webhooks, streams and custom SDK calls need separate integration work. Keep the existing provider for dependencies the replacement does not cover.
From evaluation to production
NodeFlare runs its primary EVM nodes and offers shared API-key plans with published limits. Selected chains can fall back to public providers. For reserved capacity or special method requirements, scope the workload with an operator first.