Providers
Compare RPC providers on measured data
The top 4 on the chosen chain are compared by default. Pick your own — up to 4 — and the selection moves into the URL, so a comparison can be sent to someone else and they will see exactly what you saw.
Providers on Ethereum
- PublicNode
- Tenderly
- dRPC
- NodeReal
- Blast API
- Merkle
- MEV Blocker
- Cloudflare
- 1RPC
Side by side
6h window · 6.0 hours observed · generated 2026-08-27 07:27:01 UTC
| Metric | NodeReal | Blast API | Merkle | MEV Blocker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Score | 79.9 | 78.0 | 70.0 | 69.5 |
| Status | Good | Good | Degraded | Degraded |
| Availability | 100.00% | 99.99% | 100.00% | 99.92% |
| p50 latency | 87.4 ms | 103.6 ms | 105.1 ms | 118.7 ms |
| p95 latency | 105.2 ms | 117.6 ms | 193.2 ms | 207.0 ms |
| p99 latency | 142.0 ms | 144.9 ms | 268.8 ms | 224.4 ms |
| Correctness | 100.00% | 99.99% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Head lag | 0.35 blocks | 0.42 blocks | 0.59 blocks | 0.40 blocks |
| Rate limited | 0 | 80 | 1,394 | 0 |
| Unsupported | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Samples | 8,696 | 8,810 | 1,969 | 8,802 |
9 providers scored against each other.
Where the gap comes from
Two scores side by side say one is higher. This says why: the score is a weighted sum, so it comes apart, and each component’s share of the difference adds back to the difference exactly. Compared against NodeReal, the highest scorer of those selected.
NodeRealvsBlast API
+1.8points
- Latency+1.8
- Head freshness+0.1
- Availability+0.0
- Correctness+0.0
The parts add to +1.8, exactly — the score is a weighted sum, so it comes apart.
NodeRealvsMerkle
+9.9points
- Latency+9.6
- Head freshness+0.3
- Availability+0.0
- Correctness+0.0
The parts add to +9.9, exactly — the score is a weighted sum, so it comes apart.
NodeRealvsMEV Blocker
+10.4points
- Latency+10.3
- Head freshness+0.1
- Availability+0.0
- Correctness+0.0
The parts add to +10.4, exactly — the score is a weighted sum, so it comes apart.