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
- 1RPC
- Cloudflare
Side by side
7d window · 2.9 days observed · generated 2026-08-27 18:18:08 UTC
| Metric | PublicNode | Tenderly | NodeReal | Merkle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Score | 99.4 | 96.8 | 87.6 | 78.4 |
| Status | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Good |
| Availability | 99.98% | 99.96% | 99.84% | 99.98% |
| p50 latency | 19.2 ms | 19.8 ms | 87.4 ms | 106.9 ms |
| p95 latency | 35.5 ms | 50.2 ms | 100.0 ms | 195.6 ms |
| p99 latency | 75.9 ms | 737.3 ms | 126.0 ms | 242.7 ms |
| Correctness | 99.99% | 99.99% | 99.99% | 100.00% |
| Head lag | 0.49 blocks | 0.50 blocks | 0.35 blocks | 0.48 blocks |
| Rate limited | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,110 |
| Unsupported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 |
| Samples | 113,711 | 112,836 | 110,934 | 26,131 |
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 PublicNode, the highest scorer of those selected.
PublicNodevsTenderly
+2.6points
- Latency+2.6
- Head freshness+0.0
- Availability+0.0
- Correctness−0.0
The parts add to +2.6, exactly — the score is a weighted sum, so it comes apart.
PublicNodevsNodeReal
+11.8points
- Latency+11.9
- Head freshness−0.2
- Availability+0.1
- Correctness−0.0
The parts add to +11.8, exactly — the score is a weighted sum, so it comes apart.
PublicNodevsMerkle
+21.0points
- Latency+21.0
- Head freshness−0.0
- Availability−0.0
- Correctness−0.0
The parts add to +21.0, exactly — the score is a weighted sum, so it comes apart.