The goal of our analysis is to determine the best public Avalanche RPC endpoint on mainnet for each continent as well as the best overall, globally. According to our infrastructure directory for Avalanche, there are at least 16 public endpoints for the mainnet C-chain on October 16, 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 16 providers and our inspector form accepts two at a time, we did 7 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
- GetBlock blocked our probes from multiple regions and had 22 errors for “Connection timeout” as well.
The Top 12 Public Avalanche RPC Endpoints on Mainnet C-chain
Overall / Global Ranking
(27 AWS regions on October 16, 2024)
| No | Provider | Avg (ms) | Failed | 429 | Success | Duration (ms) |
| 1 | dRPC | 82.31 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 66,672 |
| 2 | Ankr | 102.60 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 83,107 |
| 3 | Blast API | 131.02 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 106,126 |
| 4 | BlockPI Network | 134.31 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 108,789 |
| 5 | Nodies | 142.70 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 115,584 |
| 6 | Ava Labs | 159.76 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 129,403 |
| 7 | Kolibrio | 180.47 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 146,181 |
| 8 | Flare Network | 196.25 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 158,964 |
| 9 | Allnodes | 198.38 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 160,684 |
| 10 | 1RPC | 241.44 | 0 | 1 | 787 | 190,011 |
| 11 | thirdweb | 246.60 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 199,747 |
| 12 | OMNIA | 403.49 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 326,826 |
Best Public Avalanche RPC Endpoints on Mainnet C-chain for North America
(5 AWS regions on October 16, 2024)
| No | Provider | Avg (ms) | Failed | 429 | Success | Duration (ms) |
| 1 | Ankr | 14.49 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 2,173 |
| 2 | dRPC | 51.48 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 7,722 |
| 3 | Nodies | 55.75 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 8,363 |
| 4 | Blast API | 69.33 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 10,399 |
| 5 | Ava Labs | 71.75 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 10,762 |
| 6 | Allnodes | 72.64 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 10,896 |
| 7 | BlockPI Network | 76.21 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 11,431 |
| 8 | thirdweb | 117.11 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 17,566 |
| 9 | Flare Network | 155.51 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 23,327 |
| 10 | Kolibrio | 166.00 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 24,900 |
| 11 | 1RPC | 185.75 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 27,863 |
| 12 | OMNIA | 287.87 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 43,180 |
Best Public Avalanche RPC Endpoints on Mainnet C-chain for South America
(1 AWS region on October 16, 2024)
| No | Provider | Avg (ms) | Failed | 429 | Success | Duration (ms) |
| 1 | Ankr | 53.53 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1,606 |
| 2 | Nodies | 139.00 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4,170 |
| 3 | dRPC | 142.20 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4,266 |
| 4 | Blast API | 162.43 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4,873 |
| 5 | Allnodes | 186.50 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5,595 |
| 6 | BlockPI Network | 192.93 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5,788 |
| 7 | Ava Labs | 216.70 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6,501 |
| 8 | Flare Network | 245.50 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7,365 |
| 9 | Kolibrio | 251.37 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7,541 |
| 10 | thirdweb | 288.53 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8,656 |
| 11 | 1RPC | 297.50 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8,925 |
| 12 | OMNIA | 396.87 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11,906 |
Best Public Avalanche RPC Endpoints on Mainnet C-chain for Europe
(8 AWS regions on October 16, 2024)
| No | Provider | Avg (ms) | Failed | 429 | Success | Duration (ms) |
| 1 | Nodies | 40.26 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 9,663 |
| 2 | Allnodes | 51.50 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 12,361 |
| 3 | BlockPI Network | 54.91 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 13,179 |
| 4 | Flare Network | 56.92 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 13,660 |
| 5 | dRPC | 58.73 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 14,096 |
| 6 | Kolibrio | 63.53 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 15,248 |
| 7 | Blast API | 68.67 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 16,482 |
| 8 | Ava Labs | 78.58 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 18,859 |
| 9 | OMNIA | 118.53 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 28,448 |
| 10 | Ankr | 128.95 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 30,949 |
| 11 | thirdweb | 242.12 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 58,109 |
| 12 | 1RPC | 252.61 | 0 | 1 | 217 | 54,816 |
Best Public Avalanche RPC Endpoints on Mainnet C-chain for the Middle East and Africa
(3 AWS regions on October 16, 2024)
| No | Provider | Avg (ms) | Failed | 429 | Success | Duration (ms) |
| 1 | Nodies | 149.29 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 13,436 |
| 2 | Blast API | 151.97 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 13,677 |
| 3 | Allnodes | 171.83 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 15,465 |
| 4 | Flare Network | 173.19 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 15,587 |
| 5 | dRPC | 174.36 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 15,692 |
| 6 | Kolibrio | 177.48 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 15,973 |
| 7 | BlockPI Network | 179.26 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 16,133 |
| 8 | Ava Labs | 182.29 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 16,406 |
| 9 | Ankr | 246.96 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 22,226 |
| 10 | thirdweb | 260.71 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 23,464 |
| 11 | 1RPC | 414.26 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 37,283 |
| 12 | OMNIA | 432.29 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 38,906 |
Best Public Avalanche RPC Endpoints on Mainnet C-chain for Asia
(8 AWS regions on October 16, 2024)
| No | Provider | Avg (ms) | Failed | 429 | Success | Duration (ms) |
| 1 | dRPC | 61.62 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 14,789 |
| 2 | Ankr | 97.67 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 23,441 |
| 3 | Blast API | 188.49 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 45,237 |
| 4 | 1RPC | 193.28 | 0 | 1 | 230 | 44,455 |
| 5 | BlockPI Network | 202.96 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 48,711 |
| 6 | Kolibrio | 254.10 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 60,984 |
| 7 | Ava Labs | 262.23 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 62,935 |
| 8 | Nodies | 266.09 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 63,862 |
| 9 | thirdweb | 306.74 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 73,617 |
| 10 | Flare Network | 333.08 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 79,940 |
| 11 | Allnodes | 369.73 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 88,735 |
| 12 | OMNIA | 659.42 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 158,261 |
Best Public Avalanche RPC Endpoints on Mainnet C-chain for Australia
(2 AWS regions on October 16, 2024)
| No | Provider | Avg (ms) | Failed | 429 | Success | Duration (ms) |
| 1 | Ankr | 45.20 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2,712 |
| 2 | dRPC | 168.45 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10,107 |
| 3 | 1RPC | 190.65 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11,439 |
| 4 | BlockPI Network | 225.78 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13,547 |
| 5 | Ava Labs | 232.33 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13,940 |
| 6 | Blast API | 257.63 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 15,458 |
| 7 | Nodies | 268.17 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 16,090 |
| 8 | thirdweb | 305.58 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 18,335 |
| 9 | Flare Network | 318.08 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 19,085 |
| 10 | Kolibrio | 358.92 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 21,535 |
| 11 | Allnodes | 460.53 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 27,632 |
| 12 | OMNIA | 768.75 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 46,125 |
Overall Winner on October 16, 2024
Congratulations to dRPC as the best public Avalanche RPC endpoint on mainnet c-chain (all endpoints).
dRPC wins the best results for public Avalanche RPC in Asia.
Ankr achieves best scores for public Avalanche RPC in North America, South America and Australia.
Nodies is our top choice for public Avalanche RPC in Middle East and Africa and Europe.
Complete data and rankings for each of the 27 locations are in this sheet.
The IP addresses show the following clouds & CDNs:
- CLOUDFLARENET: Allnodes, Ava Labs, Blast API, BlockPI Network, dRPC, Flare Network, Kolibrio, Nodies, OMNIA, thirdweb.
- AMAZON-02: 1RPC, thirdweb.
- MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK: 1RPC.
- Ankr: AS-ASPHERE, LATITUDE-SH, SINGLEHOP-LLC.
Raw Results
- 1RPC, Allnodes https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/0473d210-36e1-4fcb-9e8c-713ccdc70420/
- Ankr, Ava Labs https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/bea9c4bb-3bb8-417d-b2aa-13d4f62e38cd/
- Blast API, BlockPI Network https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/e169122d-9ab4-4fe9-8819-63410afea627/
- dRPC, Flare Network https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/66cc6eda-511c-457b-b258-22060fa86b81/
- GetBlock, Kolibrio https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/42bc9f00-d754-4fa7-b162-ee3d9d714022/
- Nodies, OMNIA https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/bea748c8-2213-4cee-bc9b-329eeb9d0396/
- thirdweb, 1RPC https://www.comparenodes.com/global-node-comparison/c17682fe-a958-4f43-8a69-73a441f59624/
