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Best Base RPC providers in 2026

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Triport's own plans, limits and endpoints on Base: Base RPC endpoint.

Pick by workload

  • If your traffic fits a free plan → Chainstack, Ankr and Alchemy: permanent free plans; Triport has only a 7-day trial.[2][4][5]
  • If you want a predictable bill at 100+ steady rps on Base → Triport Pro: $249/mo flat; the cheapest per-request alternative here is $990/mo (Chainstack Enterprise); Chainstack's flat Unlimited Node is $698/mo for 100 rps.[1][2][6]
  • If you need the most listed requests per second for the money and can live with metering → Chainstack Growth: 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply).[2]
  • If you need many chains or testnets on one bill → QuickNode (79 blockchains across 137 networks), Ankr (70+ networks) and Chainstack (70+ blockchain protocols); Triport serves 9 mainnets and no testnets.[7][8][9]

Providers compared

Triport publishes this comparison and is one of the providers in it. Our row is marked "ours". Rows are sorted by the price of each provider's cheapest paid plan, not by who wrote the page, and every competitor cell links to the provider's own page with the date we read it.

Triport limits are sustained requests per second with a 2× burst buffer included. How burst capacity works.

Base RPC providers: published pricing and limits
ProviderPricing modelCheapest paid planBase RPS on that planFree tierArchiveWebSocket / streams
Triport (ours)Flat monthly price: no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage[1]$20/mo (Basic)[1]20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst[1]No — 7-day trial[1]Not declared[1]WebSocket subscriptions from Basic (newHeads, logs, 1 connection on Basic; newHeads, logs, newPendingTransactions, 2 connections from Pro; newHeads, logs, newPendingTransactions, 4 connections from Business); Flashblocks feed[1]
ChainstackRequest units (RU)[2]
Request units (RU): 1 RU per full-node request, 2 RU per archive-node request, the same on every chain.		$49/mo (Growth)[2]250 rps[2]Permanent free plan[2]
Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access.		Archive from Growth (2 request units per archive request); none on Developer.[2]WebSocket on all plans.[2]
QuickNodeCredits[10]
API credits: a standard Ethereum/EVM call is 20 credits, a Solana call 30; trace/debug 2x, trace_replay 4x.		$49/mo (Build)[3]50 rps[3]Trial only[3]
Free trial for one month: 10M API credits, 15 requests/s. Not a permanent free plan.		Archive supported across all paid plans.[3]Not stated on the pricing page.[3]
AlchemyCompute units (CU)[5]
Compute units (CU) at $0.525 per 1M on Pay As You Go; Alchemy's average estimate is 27 CU per request, and method weights vary.		Pay As You Go: usage-priced, no subscription[5]300 rps[5]
10,000 CU/s, which Alchemy describes as starting from 300 requests/s.		Permanent free plan[5]
Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap.		Archive data included, billed in compute units.[5]WebSockets included ("Smart websockets").[5]
AnkrCredits[4]
API credits at $0.10 per 1M: an EVM HTTPS request is 200 credits ($0.00002), a Solana request 500 ($0.00005).		Pay-as-you-go: usage-priced, no subscription[4]1,500 rps[4]
Up to about 1,500 requests/s on EVM chains and 4,000 on Solana; $10 minimum deposit.		Permanent free plan[4]
Freemium: $0, 200M API credits a month, about 1,800 requests/min, HTTPS only. Public endpoints need no key.		Archive data on all plans.[4]WebSocket on Premium (pay-as-you-go) only; Freemium is HTTPS only.[4]

Base RPC pricing: what sustained traffic costs

Each column runs one plan's rate limit for a whole 30-day month (2,592,000 seconds). That is the worst case for metered plans and the best case for flat ones. Figures use standard read calls, monthly list prices and each provider's own published per-call weight, and exclude bandwidth, add-ons and taxes. A provider with no published per-call price for this network is shown as not computable.

Monthly cost of sustained Base traffic at Triport's plan limits
Provider20 rps sustained (51.84M req/mo)100 rps sustained (259.2M req/mo)250 rps sustained (648M req/mo)
Triport (ours)$20/mo (Basic)[1]
Flat price at the plan's rate limit		$249/mo (Pro)[1]
Flat price at the plan's rate limit		$499/mo (Business)[1]
Flat price at the plan's rate limit
Chainstack$199/mo (Pro)[2]
51.84M requests × 1 request unit = 51.84M; $199 (80M request units included)		$990/mo (Enterprise)[2]
259.2M requests × 1 request unit = 259.2M; $990 (400M request units included)		$2,230/mo (Enterprise)[2]
648M requests × 1 request unit = 648M; $990 + (648M − 400M) request units × $5 per 1M
QuickNode$545/mo (Scale)[3]
51.84M requests × 20 API credits = 1,036.8M; $499 + (1,036.8M − 950M) API credits × $0.53 per 1M		$2,341/mo (Business+ Tier 2)[3]
259.2M requests × 20 API credits = 5,184M; $1,999 + (5,184M − 4,500M) API credits × $0.5 per 1M		$5,979/mo (Business+ Tier 3)[3]
648M requests × 20 API credits = 12,960M; $2,999 + (12,960M − 7,000M) API credits × $0.5 per 1M
Alchemy$735/mo (Pay As You Go)[5]
51.84M requests × 27 compute units = 1,399.68M; 1,399.68M compute units × $0.525 per 1M (Alchemy's own average estimate of 27 compute units per request; real method weights vary.)		$3,674/mo (Pay As You Go)[5]
259.2M requests × 27 compute units = 6,998.4M; 6,998.4M compute units × $0.525 per 1M (Alchemy's own average estimate of 27 compute units per request; real method weights vary.)		$9,185/mo (Pay As You Go)[5]
648M requests × 27 compute units = 17,496M; 17,496M compute units × $0.525 per 1M (Alchemy's own average estimate of 27 compute units per request; real method weights vary.)
Ankr$1,037/mo (Pay-as-you-go)[4]
51.84M requests × 200 API credits = 10,368M; 10,368M API credits × $0.1 per 1M		$5,184/mo (Pay-as-you-go)[4]
259.2M requests × 200 API credits = 51,840M; 51,840M API credits × $0.1 per 1M		$12,960/mo (Pay-as-you-go)[4]
648M requests × 200 API credits = 129,600M; 129,600M API credits × $0.1 per 1M
  • Flat request-rate pricing is not unique to Triport. Chainstack sells an Unlimited Node add-on from its $49 Growth plan, with no per-request charge within a rate: 25 rps $149 ($7.92 per rps-month with Growth), 100 rps $649 ($6.98 per rps-month with Growth), 250 rps $1,649 ($6.79 per rps-month with Growth) and 500 rps $3,199 ($6.50 per rps-month with Growth); Chainstack says the add-on "works across all supported chains and protocols" without naming them. Triport on Base, per rps-month: Pro $249 / 100 rps = $2.49, Business $499 / 250 rps = $2.00.[2][6][1]
  • So at 100 rps the cheapest Chainstack option is not the per-request figure in the table: the 100-rps Unlimited Node plus Growth is $698/mo, against $249/mo for Triport Pro.[2][1]

Flashblocks and sending are the Base-specific questions

Two questions separate Base providers from Ethereum ones. The first is preconfirmation data: whether a provider relays Flashblocks, and on what terms. The second is where a transaction goes: Base's public setup separates reads from a dedicated sequencer URL for sending.

  • Triport relays Flashblocks from Pro with the base:feed scope; an address filter is mandatory, and a connection without one is refused.[11]
  • On Base's own public endpoints, mainnet.base.org serves reads and mainnet-sequencer.base.org is for sending only. On a keyed provider both usually sit on one URL, as they do here.[12]

Connection values and plans: Base RPC endpoint.

When Triport is the wrong pick on Base

  • Heavy calls on Base are budgeted separately: 2 requests per second on Pro and 5 on Business, and txpool methods are not served. If your workload is mostly traces or pending-pool reads, compare those limits before the headline read rate.[13]

Free Base RPC: permanent plans, trials and none

Free access to Base RPC: permanent plan, trial or none
ProviderFree accessWhat the free option includes
Triport (ours)Trial only[1]7-day trial, not a permanent plan; 10 rps on Base during the trial.[1]
ChainstackPermanent free plan[2]Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access.[2]
QuickNodeTrial only[3]Free trial for one month: 10M API credits, 15 requests/s. Not a permanent free plan.[3]
AlchemyPermanent free plan[5]Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap.[5]
AnkrPermanent free plan[4]Freemium: $0, 200M API credits a month, about 1,800 requests/min, HTTPS only. Public endpoints need no key.[4]

Triport serves Base mainnet only, with no testnets.

Same price, listed request rate

Same monthly price: listed Base request rate
PricePlanBase RPS
$249/moTriport Pro100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst[1]
$249/moQuickNode Accelerate125 rps[3]
API credits still apply
$499/moTriport Business250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst[1]
$499/moChainstack Business600 rps[2]
request units still apply
$499/moQuickNode Scale250 rps[3]
API credits still apply

Where Triport is ahead

  • No credits, compute units or request allowance, and no overage: every Triport plan is a flat monthly price, limited only by requests per second per capability (Base reads: Basic 20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst, Pro 100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst, Business 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst).
  • Triport Basic at $20/mo is the lowest fixed monthly subscription in this table; the next is $49/mo (Chainstack Growth and QuickNode Build). Its Base limit is 20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst.
  • At 20 rps sustained on Base (51.84M requests a month), Triport Basic costs $20/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $199/mo (Chainstack Pro).
  • At 100 rps sustained on Base (259.2M requests a month), Triport Pro costs $249/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $990/mo (Chainstack Enterprise).
  • At 250 rps sustained on Base (648M requests a month), Triport Business costs $499/mo; the cheapest computable alternative in this table is $2,230/mo (Chainstack Enterprise).

When another provider fits better

  • No permanent free plan: Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial. If your traffic fits a free plan, Chainstack (Developer plan: $0, 3M request units a month, 25 requests/s, no archive access), Ankr (Freemium: $0, 200M API credits a month, about 1,800 requests/min, HTTPS only. Public endpoints need no key) and Alchemy (Free plan: 30M compute units a month, 300 CU/s (15 requests/s by Alchemy's own conversion), hard cap) cost less.
  • More listed requests per second per dollar: Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply) and QuickNode Build lists 50 rps at $49/mo (API credits still apply), against Triport Basic at 20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst for $20.
  • Same or lower price, same or higher listed limit than Triport Pro ($249/mo, 100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst on Base): Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply) and QuickNode Accelerate lists 125 rps at $249/mo (API credits still apply).
  • Same or lower price, same or higher listed limit than Triport Business ($499/mo, 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst on Base): Chainstack Growth lists 250 rps at $49/mo (request units still apply) and QuickNode Scale lists 250 rps at $499/mo (API credits still apply).
  • Higher published rate limits: Ankr Pay-as-you-go 1,500 rps, Chainstack Business 600 rps and QuickNode Business 500 rps. Triport's highest published limit below Enterprise on Base is 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst (Business).
  • Fewer networks: Triport serves 9 mainnets and no testnets or devnets (Chainstack: 70+ blockchain protocols; Ankr: 70+ networks; QuickNode: 79 blockchains across 137 networks; Alchemy: All mainnets and testnets on its chain list (no total stated)).
  • Archive access is not declared for Base in Triport's network registry.
  • On Base, Enterprise keeps the Business limit of 250 rps.
  • Regions: EU and US only (custom PoPs on Enterprise), and Enterprise needs a 365-day term.

What Triport sells on this network today

Available: JSON-RPC reads, Block with receipts (recipe), Debug traces, Transaction submission, WebSocket subscriptions from Basic (newHeads, logs, 1 connection on Basic; newHeads, logs, newPendingTransactions, 2 connections from Pro; newHeads, logs, newPendingTransactions, 4 connections from Business), Flashblocks feed.

27 documented JSON-RPC methods for Base in the Triport docs (count as of 2026-10-13). See the method index.

How we picked

How we verify every price cell and the effective price per 1M requests across providers.

  • Included: every provider in our comparison dataset whose own pricing and chain pages we read on 2026-10-13 and that lists Base (4 of 7). A provider missing here was not re-read this month, or does not list Base.
  • Each competitor cell links to the page it came from, with the date we read it. Our build fails when a fact is more than 45 days old, so the table is re-read monthly.
  • Prices are monthly list prices. Per-call costs use each provider's own published weight for a standard read call; where only an average is published, we say so next to the figure.
  • Triport's numbers come from its tier matrix, the same file its rate limiter enforces. Only capabilities marked available in the network registry count as sold.
  • We compare published prices, limits and features only. There are no speed rankings on this page.
  • Rows are sorted by the monthly list price of each provider's cheapest paid plan, ties by name; providers without a fixed monthly plan come last. Triport's position follows the same rule.

FAQ

Which Base RPC providers have a free tier?
Chainstack, Ankr and Alchemy list a permanent free plan for Base. QuickNode offers a trial. Triport's Free plan is a 7-day trial, not a permanent free tier.
What does 100 requests per second of Base traffic cost per month?
Run all month, 100 rps is 259.2M requests. Triport Pro is a flat $249/mo at that rate. The cheapest computable alternative in this table is $990/mo (Chainstack Enterprise), from its published per-call price.
Does Triport charge credits or compute units on Base?
No. Plans are flat monthly prices with no credits, compute units, request allowance or overage; the only limit is requests per second: Basic $20 at 20 RPS sustained · up to 40 burst, Pro $249 at 100 RPS sustained · up to 200 burst, Business $499 at 250 RPS sustained · up to 500 burst, with a 2× burst buffer included. The buffer refills at sustained RPS; there is no quota on the number of bursts.
How were these providers picked?
We list every provider in our dataset whose pricing and chain pages we re-read this month and that lists Base. Each cell links to its source with the date it was read.

Sources

  1. Triport pricing (tier matrix) — Triport's own published limits
  2. Chainstack pricing (https://chainstack.com/pricing/), read
  3. QuickNode pricing (https://www.quicknode.com/pricing), read
  4. Ankr pricing (https://www.ankr.com/docs/rpc-service/service-plans/), read
  5. Alchemy pricing (https://www.alchemy.com/pricing), read
  6. Chainstack Unlimited Node (https://chainstack.com/unlimited-node), read
  7. QuickNode chain list (https://www.quicknode.com/chains), read
  8. Ankr chain list (https://www.ankr.com/rpc/), read
  9. Chainstack chain list (https://chainstack.com/protocols/), read
  10. QuickNode billing (https://www.quicknode.com/api-credits), read
  11. Triport Flashblocks reference (https://triport.io/docs/base/flashblocks), read
  12. Base docs: connecting to Base (https://docs.base.org/base-chain/quickstart/connecting-to-base), read
  13. Triport Base limits (https://triport.io/docs/base/limits), read