At a glance
Decision summary
- Best for
- EVM RPC endpoint access
- Watch out for
- Wallet portfolio enrichment
- Auth
- API key
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Agent actionability
- Not actionable
- PubFi gateway
- PubFi gateway not routeable yet
- Last verified
Ankr
Ankr is tracked as an RPC infrastructure source for Ethereum coverage. RPC and blockchain infrastructure network for developers needing multichain endpoint access
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Best fit and tradeoffs
Best for
- EVM RPC endpoint access
- Infrastructure routing comparisons
- They need a multichain RPC provider with public-node and premium endpoint options.
- They want an infrastructure alternative to Alchemy, QuickNode, or Chainstack.
- They need to evaluate freemium access before moving to a higher-throughput RPC plan.
Watchouts
- Wallet portfolio enrichment
- Exchange order book datasets
- Public and premium limits are not interchangeable, so raw rate-limit comparisons can mislead if plan context is omitted.
- The fixture centers Ethereum coverage; broader chain claims need separate evidence before publication.
- Teams should confirm whether they need node API access or advanced API endpoints before sizing usage.
Why teams choose it
Ankr is an RPC and blockchain infrastructure network for developers needing multichain endpoint access. Discovery tracks it as Ethereum RPC infrastructure and an alternative to QuickNode, Alchemy, and Chainstack.
Ankr is useful when a team wants to compare provider network shape, public-node access, and premium endpoint plans. The page should keep quota language precise because the fixture distinguishes public or freemium limits from premium node and advanced API limits.
Capability summaries
Ankr RPC infrastructure coverage
- Category
- RPC infrastructure
- Public status
- Requested
- Auth requirement
- API key
- Procurement state
- Free Requires Auth
- Coverage
- Ethereum
- Output contracts
- Rpc Endpoint Status
Quick-start entry
POST
Endpoint path not listed- Style
- curl
- Language
- curl
- Method
- POST
- Path
- Not listed
- Requires auth
- Yes
- Provider docs
- Documentation
PubFi gateway status
PubFi gateway not routeable yet
This Discovery source is available for source evaluation and comparison, but PubFi does not publish a production-callable gateway route for it yet. Use this page to compare the provider, signal demand, or start a procurement/integration review instead of attempting a PubFi gateway call.
- PubFi gateway call
- Not published for this source
- Direct gateway examples
- Not available
- Next step
- Request integration or start supplier procurement review
- Do not infer a PubFi gateway path from this Discovery page.
- Use the official provider docs for direct provider integration until a PubFi readiness entry marks this source gateway_available.
- Use the Discovery request or demand-signal CTA to register integration interest with PubFi.
- Supplier procurement, paid-plan approval, and upstream credential setup require explicit review before PubFi can route the source.
Access, pricing, and protocol metadata
Access and pricing
- Auth methods
- API key
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free tier
- Freemium provides 200M API credits/month under Public Node API rate limits after sign-in.
- Starting price
- 0.10 USD per 1M API credits
- Pricing URL
- Official pricing, Ankr service plans
- Free rate limit
- Public/Freemium Node API: approx. 1800 requests/min across all endpoints; Freemium Advanced API: 50 requests/min
- Paid rate limit
- Premium Node API: up to approx. 1.5k EVM/non-EVM requests/sec per endpoint and approx. 4k Solana requests/sec per endpoint; Advanced API: 1k+ requests/min
Protocols and outputs
- Data types
- Rpc Endpoints, Multichain Endpoints
- Protocols
- REST
- REST support
- Yes
- GraphQL support
- Not listed
- WebSocket support
- Not listed
- Streaming support
- Not listed
- Webhook support
- Not listed
- Feature flags
- Not listed
- SDKs
- Not listed
Provider and review status
- Documentation
- Provider docs
- Doc quality score
- Not listed
- Status page
- Provider status
- Public fixture status
- Current
- Raw claim-safe status
- Public source profile
- Page tier
- Tier 2
Implementation notes
Rate limits
Keep Ankr public-node, freemium, premium node, and advanced API limits separate because the fixture exposes different units and scopes.
Coverage
Verify target-chain coverage before using Ankr as a general multichain fallback in a production adapter.
Pricing
Use official commercial metadata labels for freemium and premium planning instead of compressing Ankr plans into one number.
Use case candidates
- Compare RPC providers for Ethereum application reads
- Prototype endpoint routing before provider account setup
Comparison snapshot
Ankr is a practical RPC alternative when public-node access and premium endpoint scaling are part of the evaluation. It differs from Alchemy mainly by infrastructure model and from Chainstack by plan and endpoint positioning.
PubFi friction reduction
Quota Interpretation
- Source friction
- The fixture lists separate public/freemium and premium request-limit labels for Ankr.
- PubFi relief
- Discovery keeps plan-specific limit labels visible in exports so agents do not collapse them into a single quota.
Official source links
Agent-readable resources
Alternatives and hubs
FAQ
What is Ankr used for?
Ankr is a candidate source for RPC endpoint access and blockchain infrastructure reads.