At a glance
Decision summary
- Best for
- Solana application data enrichment
- Watch out for
- Ethereum-only RPC comparisons
- Auth
- API key
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Agent actionability
- Not actionable
- PubFi gateway
- PubFi gateway not routeable yet
- Last verified
Helius
Helius is tracked as an on-chain state and NFT source for Solana coverage. Solana data and RPC platform for enhanced transactions, DAS, webhooks, NFTs, and account data
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Best fit and tradeoffs
Best for
- Solana application data enrichment
- NFT and account data workflows with webhook needs
- They need Solana-specific data APIs, RPC, enhanced transactions, DAS, webhooks, or NFT/account data.
- They want a primary Solana comparison point against Shyft and QuickNode.
- They need public plan and rate-limit evidence for Solana workload sizing.
Watchouts
- Ethereum-only RPC comparisons
- Broad exchange market data
- Solana-specific API features can create adapters that are not portable to Ethereum or generic RPC providers.
- The exact feature needed should be verified before treating Helius as one broad Solana answer.
- Gateway availability should not be inferred unless PubFi status explicitly supports it.
Why teams choose it
Helius is a Solana data and RPC platform for enhanced transactions, DAS, webhooks, NFTs, and account data. Discovery tracks it as Solana on-chain-state and NFT coverage and a primary Solana source detail.
Helius is useful when a team needs Solana-specific infrastructure and data APIs rather than a generic Ethereum-style provider. Its enhanced transaction, DAS, webhook, NFT, and account-data scope should be evaluated against Shyft and QuickNode based on the exact Solana workflow.
Capability summaries
Helius on-chain state coverage
- Category
- On-chain state
- Public status
- Requested
- Auth requirement
- API key
- Procurement state
- Free Requires Auth
- Coverage
- Solana
- Output contracts
- Chain State Record
Helius NFT coverage
- Category
- NFT
- Public status
- Requested
- Auth requirement
- API key
- Procurement state
- Free Requires Auth
- Coverage
- Solana
- Output contracts
- Nft Metadata Record
Quick-start entry
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Endpoint path not listed- Style
- REST
- Language
- HTTP
- Method
- GET
- 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
- Free plan includes 1M credits/month and 10 requests/sec.
- Starting price
- $49 / month
- Pricing URL
- Official pricing
- Free rate limit
- 10 RPC requests/sec
- Paid rate limit
- Developer 50, Business 200, Professional 500, Enterprise custom RPC requests/sec
Protocols and outputs
- Data types
- Enhanced Transactions, Digital Asset Standard, Webhooks, Nft Data, Account Data
- Protocols
- REST, Webhook
- REST support
- Yes
- GraphQL support
- Not listed
- WebSocket support
- Not listed
- Streaming support
- Not listed
- Webhook support
- Yes
- Feature flags
- Webhook
- SDKs
- Not listed
Provider and review status
- Documentation
- Provider docs
- Doc quality score
- Not listed
- Status page
- Not listed
- Public fixture status
- Current
- Raw claim-safe status
- Public source profile
- Page tier
- Tier 1
Implementation notes
Coverage
Identify whether the workload needs enhanced transactions, DAS, webhooks, NFTs, account data, or plain RPC before selecting Helius.
Rate limits
Use Free, Developer, Business, Professional, and Enterprise RPC request-per-second labels from the fixture for sizing.
Schema
Keep Helius-specific enhanced response shapes separate from generic Solana RPC adapters.
Use case candidates
- Add Solana NFT and account context to applications
- Evaluate webhook-capable Solana data infrastructure
Comparison snapshot
Helius is the Solana-specialized data and RPC source in the seed catalog. Shyft overlaps on Solana token, NFT, wallet, and marketplace workflows, while QuickNode is a broader managed-RPC comparison.
PubFi friction reduction
Solana Feature Scope
- Source friction
- The fixture maps Helius to Solana on-chain-state and NFT coverage with enhanced transaction, DAS, webhook, NFT, and account-data context.
- PubFi relief
- Discovery links Helius to Solana and NFT hubs while keeping source profile status separate from callable PubFi routes.
Official source links
Agent-readable resources
Alternatives and hubs
FAQ
What is Helius used for?
Helius is a candidate source for Solana data, RPC, enhanced transactions, DAS, webhooks, NFTs, and account data.