Update in February, 2025:

• Visit our list of 12 RPC Performance and RPC Benchmarking Resources for Ethereum.

The goal of our analysis is to determine the best public Ethereum RPC endpoint on mainnet for each continent as well as the best overall, globally. In our infrastructure directory for Ethereum, there are at least 28 public endpoints for the mainnet on February 17, 2024 (list).

We are using our own (rpc) Performance Inspector which is a public web application. RPC providers change/expand their infrastructure and locations all the time which is why it might be useful for you to repeat test steps at your convenience here.

Please note that this performance comparison is not benchmarking. It would not make sense to use flood, chainbench (by Chainstack), k6 or another stress test / benchmarking tool for at least these reasons:

• The endpoints are being used by the public and suffocating them with requests might degrade the experience for other unsuspecting users;
• In most cases, the providers limit inbound traffic to public endpoints based on IP address and we would probably hit http429 errors very quickly.

Our Methodology

• We believe in WAGMI to mean the entire world. Therefore, we send simultaneous RPC requests from 27 locations on 6 continents. Our “probes” are in AWS and not “in” your laptop browser.
• For this analysis we configured the inspector to use the eth_blockNumber method and you can choose to use eth_getBalance instead.
• Another setting for our runs was the limit to “not more than 1 request per region per second” whereas the alternative is to let each probe run as fast as it gets the previous response.
• You can create an account with other providers like Infura, Alchemy, QuickNode and use their private endpoints to perform a similar analysis. We omitted providers without public endpoints but you can include them. We don’t record endpoints and our results contain just the domain names of the URLs which were included in the runs.
• Since there were 28 providers and our inspector form accepts two at a time, we did 14 runs and combined their results for complete rankings. Although each run is for 2 providers, their computations are independent as each utilizes a separate instance of our RPC probe. See this Google Sheet or view “raw” individual results on the bottom of the page.
• Each pair of providers was run for 30 seconds and should have been measured for 30 requests from each region for a total of 810 measures. Requests are dispatched sequentially, one at a time. Latency duration is the sum of timings of milliseconds from the moment the request is sent until a success response gets back to us. Btw, we do a warmup request in each region which is omitted from the results.
• Additional info is in the FAQ on the bottom of the RPC Performance Inspector control form.

Eliminated Endpoints

• POKT Network blocked our probes from Singapore twice, and from different IP addresses.
• OnFinality’s endpoint “https://eth.api.onfinality.io/public” blocked our attempts to run eth_chainId, locally and remotely.
• OMNIA Protocol had 17 errors like {"error":{"message":"Connection timeout","code":504}}
• Node RPC blocked our probes from multiple regions.
• Gateway.fm also did a bunch of blocking our probes.
• BlockEden.xyz rejected us for too many requests as well.

The Top 22 Public Ethereum RPC Endpoints on Mainnet

Overall / Global Ranking

(27 AWS regions on February 17, 2024)

No	Provider	Avg (ms)	Failed	429	Success	Duration (ms)
1	bloXroute Labs	47.30	0	0	810	38,317
2	Blast API	70.74	0	0	810	57,300
3	Nodies	70.86	0	0	810	57,395
4	Ankr	79.22	0	0	810	64,171
5	Tenderly	90.24	0	0	810	73,097
6	BlockPI Network	100.72	0	0	810	81,580
7	thirdweb	120.60	0	0	810	97,684
8	All That Node	146.09	0	0	810	118,334
9	Allnodes	151.97	0	0	810	123,093
10	MEV Blocker	155.03	0	0	810	125,574
11	Kolibrio	157.26	0	0	810	127,377
12	Blink	161.95	0	0	810	131,179
13	Cloudflare	167.29	0	0	810	135,507
14	LlamaNodes	171.80	0	0	810	139,154
15	merkle	173.95	0	0	810	140,900
16	Flare Network	185.83	0	0	810	150,520
17	DRPC	197.90	0	0	810	160,295
18	PropellerHeads	222.58	0	0	810	180,291
19	Eden Network	241.45	0	0	810	195,577
20	Etherspot	252.03	0	0	810	204,141
21	Flashbots	455.08	0	0	810	368,613
22	1RPC	474.69	0	0	810	384,499

Best Public Ethereum RPC Endpoints on Mainnet for North America

(5 AWS regions on February 17, 2024)

No	Provider	Avg (ms)	Failed	429	Success	Duration (ms)
1	Tenderly	17.14	0	0	150	2,571
2	bloXroute Labs	38.71	0	0	150	5,807
3	thirdweb	42.76	0	0	150	6,414
4	Blast API	42.79	0	0	150	6,418
5	LlamaNodes	53.57	0	0	150	8,035
6	merkle	54.20	0	0	150	8,130
7	Ankr	58.06	0	0	150	8,709
8	Blink	58.68	0	0	150	8,802
9	Nodies	59.31	0	0	150	8,897
10	BlockPI Network	71.31	0	0	150	10,697
11	Allnodes	78.50	0	0	150	11,775
12	Cloudflare	92.91	0	0	150	13,937
13	Eden Network	131.50	0	0	150	19,725
14	MEV Blocker	134.17	0	0	150	20,126
15	Flare Network	138.04	0	0	150	20,706
16	Kolibrio	154.61	0	0	150	23,192
17	DRPC	212.68	0	0	150	31,902
18	PropellerHeads	216.13	0	0	150	32,419
19	Etherspot	235.01	0	0	150	35,251
20	All That Node	262.09	0	0	150	39,313
21	Flashbots	348.52	0	0	150	52,278
22	1RPC	566.01	0	0	150	84,901

Best Public Ethereum RPC Endpoints on Mainnet for South America

(1 AWS region on February 17, 2024)

No	Provider	Avg (ms)	Failed	429	Success	Duration (ms)
1	Ankr	84.50	0	0	30	2,535
2	bloXroute Labs	118.70	0	0	30	3,561
3	Tenderly	121.00	0	0	30	3,630
4	Nodies	125.80	0	0	30	3,774
5	Blink	141.53	0	0	30	4,246
6	thirdweb	147.10	0	0	30	4,413
7	LlamaNodes	151.37	0	0	30	4,541
8	Allnodes	152.43	0	0	30	4,573
9	merkle	156.07	0	0	30	4,682
10	Blast API	160.50	0	0	30	4,815
11	BlockPI Network	214.60	0	0	30	6,438
12	Kolibrio	215.47	0	0	30	6,464
13	MEV Blocker	216.47	0	0	30	6,494
14	Flare Network	218.70	0	0	30	6,561
15	Eden Network	236.67	0	0	30	7,100
16	All That Node	254.07	0	0	30	7,622
17	Cloudflare	273.40	0	0	30	8,202
18	PropellerHeads	306.40	0	0	30	9,192
19	Etherspot	331.60	0	0	30	9,948
20	DRPC	349.90	0	0	30	10,497
21	Flashbots	449.50	0	0	30	13,485
22	1RPC	628.37	0	0	30	18,851

Best Public Ethereum RPC Endpoints on Mainnet for Europe

(8 AWS regions on February 17, 2024)

No	Provider	Avg (ms)	Failed	429	Success	Duration (ms)
1	bloXroute Labs	21.35	0	0	240	5,124
2	Tenderly	27.65	0	0	240	6,637
3	Blast API	36.10	0	0	240	8,665
4	Nodies	37.83	0	0	240	9,079
5	Kolibrio	42.67	0	0	240	10,241
6	MEV Blocker	46.18	0	0	240	11,083
7	Flare Network	48.89	0	0	240	11,733
8	BlockPI Network	52.73	0	0	240	12,656
9	Allnodes	58.50	0	0	240	14,039
10	thirdweb	58.81	0	0	240	14,114
11	Ankr	72.43	0	0	240	17,384
12	DRPC	74.01	0	0	240	17,763
13	Cloudflare	87.85	0	0	240	21,084
14	All That Node	113.44	0	0	240	27,226
15	Blink	117.71	0	0	240	28,250
16	PropellerHeads	119.36	0	0	240	28,647
17	LlamaNodes	123.12	0	0	240	29,548
18	merkle	125.02	0	0	240	30,004
19	Etherspot	134.19	0	0	240	32,206
20	Eden Network	210.22	0	0	240	50,452
21	Flashbots	411.04	0	0	240	98,650
22	1RPC	485.71	0	0	240	116,570

Best Public Ethereum RPC Endpoints on Mainnet for the Middle East and Africa

(3 AWS regions on February 17, 2024)

No	Provider	Avg (ms)	Failed	429	Success	Duration (ms)
1	bloXroute Labs	113.01	0	0	90	10,171
2	Nodies	142.89	0	0	90	12,860
3	Kolibrio	146.47	0	0	90	13,182
4	Ankr	148.09	0	0	90	13,328
5	Tenderly	155.53	0	0	90	13,998
6	MEV Blocker	160.84	0	0	90	14,476
7	Flare Network	172.03	0	0	90	15,483
8	thirdweb	175.66	0	0	90	15,809
9	BlockPI Network	183.39	0	0	90	16,505
10	DRPC	192.66	0	0	90	17,339
11	All That Node	196.33	0	0	90	17,670
12	Allnodes	197.53	0	0	90	17,778
13	Blast API	205.36	0	0	90	18,482
14	Cloudflare	207.57	0	0	90	18,681
15	PropellerHeads	218.88	0	0	90	19,699
16	Blink	221.87	0	0	90	19,968
17	LlamaNodes	237.78	0	0	90	21,400
18	Etherspot	246.44	0	0	90	22,180
19	merkle	255.63	0	0	90	23,007
20	Eden Network	330.37	0	0	90	29,733
21	Flashbots	530.83	0	0	90	47,775
22	1RPC	699.49	0	0	90	62,954

Best Public Ethereum RPC Endpoints on Mainnet for Asia

(8 AWS regions on February 17, 2024)

No	Provider	Avg (ms)	Failed	429	Success	Duration (ms)
1	bloXroute Labs	31.23	0	0	240	7,496
2	Nodies	67.22	0	0	240	16,133
3	All That Node	72.60	0	0	240	17,424
4	Blast API	73.63	0	0	240	17,670
5	Ankr	75.01	0	0	240	18,002
6	BlockPI Network	100.65	0	0	240	24,157
7	Tenderly	155.51	0	0	240	37,322
8	thirdweb	192.92	0	0	240	46,300
9	MEV Blocker	231.30	0	0	240	55,512
10	Blink	234.61	0	0	240	56,307
11	Kolibrio	234.86	0	0	240	56,366
12	Allnodes	242.59	0	0	240	58,222
13	Cloudflare	246.34	0	0	240	59,122
14	merkle	255.12	0	0	240	61,228
15	LlamaNodes	257.79	0	0	240	61,869
16	DRPC	269.60	0	0	240	64,703
17	PropellerHeads	287.91	0	0	240	69,099
18	Eden Network	298.62	0	0	240	71,668
19	Flare Network	322.18	0	0	240	77,324
20	Etherspot	340.93	0	0	240	81,823
21	1RPC	369.75	0	0	240	88,740
22	Flashbots	525.65	0	0	240	126,155

Best Public Ethereum RPC Endpoints on Mainnet for Australia

(2 AWS regions on February 17, 2024)

No	Provider	Avg (ms)	Failed	429	Success	Duration (ms)
1	Blast API	20.83	0	0	60	1,250
2	Ankr	70.22	0	0	60	4,213
3	bloXroute Labs	102.63	0	0	60	6,158
4	Nodies	110.87	0	0	60	6,652
5	Tenderly	148.98	0	0	60	8,939
6	All That Node	151.32	0	0	60	9,079
7	thirdweb	177.23	0	0	60	10,634
8	BlockPI Network	185.45	0	0	60	11,127
9	1RPC	208.05	0	0	60	12,483
10	Blink	226.77	0	0	60	13,606
11	LlamaNodes	229.35	0	0	60	13,761
12	merkle	230.82	0	0	60	13,849
13	Cloudflare	241.35	0	0	60	14,481
14	Allnodes	278.43	0	0	60	16,706
15	Eden Network	281.65	0	0	60	16,899
16	MEV Blocker	298.05	0	0	60	17,883
17	Kolibrio	298.87	0	0	60	17,932
18	DRPC	301.52	0	0	60	18,091
19	Flare Network	311.88	0	0	60	18,713
20	PropellerHeads	353.92	0	0	60	21,235
21	Etherspot	378.88	0	0	60	22,733
22	Flashbots	504.50	0	0	60	30,270

Overall Winner on February 17, 2024

Congratulations to bloXroute as the best public Ethereum RPC endpoint on mainnet (all endpoints).

bloXroute wins the best results for public Ethereum RPC in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and Africa.

Tenderly achieves best scores for public Ethereum RPC in North America.

Ankr is our top choice for public Ethereum RPC in South America.

Blast API is the top public Ethereum RPC in Australia.

Complete data and rankings for each of the 27 locations are in this sheet.

The IP addresses show the following clouds & CDNs:

• CLOUDFLARENET: Allnodes, Ankr, Blast API, BlockPI, Cloudflare, DRPC, Etherspot, Flare Network, Flashbots, LlamaNodes, Kolibrio, merkle, thirdweb, Nodies.
• GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM: Eden Network, Tenderly.
• awsglobalaccelerator: bloXroute, MEV Blocker.
• AMAZON-02: All That Node (SG), PropellerHeads.
• AMAZON-AES: Blink.
• MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK: 1RPC.
• AS-CHOOPA (Vultr): All That Node.
• Korea Telecom: All That Node (Mumbai).
• Hetzner Online GmbH: All That Node.

Raw Results

• 1RPC, All That Node https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/daaf135e-ccb0-4f2d-b808-e32ea8b345ea/
• Allnodes, Ankr https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/9123a802-1c5c-4903-a4c9-50701f5a98af/
• Blast API, Blink https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/8b8373b1-4b75-4d0c-8732-d4f8397438b3/
• bloXroute, BlockPI https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/4f961d99-7043-49e3-b870-6a855718fd6c/
• Cloudflare, DRPC https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/88e455ea-6044-4cc6-bef3-f468fe10ad74/
• Eden Network, Etherspot https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/bd1bee9f-9689-44d7-a359-8aba679fd3b9/
• Flare Network, Flashbots https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/bc71a4e2-a159-43b2-babe-990c36800657/
• LlamaNodes, Kolibrio https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/7b1263d4-2733-4084-b99e-af2b6a9e0ddb/
• Merkle, MEV Blocker https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/3649f19f-8510-49c0-af45-ad0cc88045de/
• Tenderly, thirdweb https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/363de037-751a-475a-9326-b5770acd25b0/
• PropellerHeads, Nodies https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/54a6495e-3312-4a93-ae13-3a2843e3a8b5/