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Should I Use CompareNodes.com?

comparenodes.com·Analyzed 4 days ago··Based on 10 sources

Measure and compare RPC endpoint performance benchmarks from 30 global locations, browse Web3 infrastructure providers, explore protocols, and find public RPC endpoints.

Verdict

Depends

If you're a Web3 team choosing between RPC providers, the free benchmarks and 3,576-endpoint library are worth using today.

Confidence: Medium

Skip it if you're outside Web3 or need continuous SLA-grade monitoring — point-in-time latency charts aren't that.

Free, independent RPC speed tests for 576 chains. Perfect for provider shopping; irrelevant outside Web3.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Core benchmarking free; paid tiers opaque
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reddit calls it a free speed-test-style web app
  • Feature depth: 4/5. 30 locations, 576 chains, custom benchmarking service
  • Support quality. No public support reviews found
  • Security posture: 2/5. No security page found on site
  • 30 Benchmark locations Global probe locations
  • 3,576 Public RPC endpoints Across 442 protocols
  • 17 Providers benchmarked 206 listed in directory
  • Yes Free tier Inspector covers 576 chains

Pricing

Performance Inspector

$0

  • RPC latency benchmarks, 576 chains
  • Public endpoint library access

RPC Inspector Pro

Not published

  • Extended endpoint testing
  • Auth/security options for endpoints

Benchmarking-as-a-Service

Not disclosed

  • Custom benchmark runs
  • Regions: N. Virginia, Frankfurt, Singapore
  • Results private or published
Best for and not for

Best for

  • Web3 devs picking an RPC provider
  • dApp teams comparing provider latency
  • Infra leads needing third-party benchmarks
  • Multi-chain builders hunting free endpoints

Not for

  • Non-crypto products — zero relevance
  • Anyone needing an actual RPC endpoint, not a comparison
  • Teams wanting continuous SLA-grade monitoring
  • Buyers needing published pricing and support SLAs

Biggest gotcha

  • mediumPro and Benchmarking-as-a-Service prices unpublished; expect a sales call³
  • mediumProvider directory data scraped from LinkedIn; entries may be stale or thin
  • mediumListed public endpoints are congested; fine for testing, not production traffic
  • lowBenchmarks use 30 fixed probe locations; your users' geography may differ

Pros

  • Independent latency benchmarks from 30 global locations¹
  • 3,576 free public RPC endpoints across 442 protocols⁴
  • Live per-provider performance charts; 17 providers benchmarked¹
  • Normalized EVM RPC pricing table for 35 providers⁹
  • Independently cited by a Gnosis Chain case study and an arXiv paper⁷

Cons

  • No public pricing for Pro or benchmarking service³
  • No security page found on the site⁸
  • Chart coverage uneven — 3 to 15 charts per provider
  • Small team; few named staff across LinkedIn and RocketReach

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

Notably, no security page exists on the site.

What users say

r/ethdev users share CompareNodes as a free helper when choosing RPC providers; substantial independent reviews are scarce.

“If you are wondering if OnFinality is faster than BlockPI you can find o…”
Reddit, r/ethdev

Alternatives

Compare CompareNodes.com with each alternative.

  • Chainlist

    Free public RPC directory; endpoints only, no benchmarks

    CompareNodes.com vs Chainlist

  • Provider dashboards (Alchemy, QuickNode)

    Latency stats for your own provider, inside its dashboard

  • Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

    Guess: continuous SLA-grade monitoring for production endpoints

Companies that use it

  • (for Gnosis Chain RPC benchmark)⁷

Methodology

Based on 21 public sources; mostly self-published with limited independent review coverage.

Sources

  1. CompareNodes.com homepagecomparenodes.com
    official
  2. Free Global RPC Performance Inspector for Web3comparenodes.com
    official
  3. RPC Inspector Pro for Global Performance in Web3comparenodes.com
    official
  4. Library: 3,576 Public RPC Endpoints for 442 protocolscomparenodes.com
    official
  5. Global Node Comparison is free web app — Reddit r/ethdevreddit.com
    review
  6. What do you look for in an RPC? — Reddit r/ethdevreddit.com
    review
  7. Gateway.fm Gnosis Chain case studygateway.fm
    news
  8. Security page check (none found)comparenodes.com
    security
  9. CompareNodes on X — normalized EVM RPC pricing tablex.com
    official
  10. Crunchbase company profilecrunchbase.com
    news

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