RPC & Node Providers

This reference guide lists different RPC and node providers to help you connect to an Optimism node.

Ankr

Description and Pricing

Ankr (opens in a new tab) provides a geo-distributed and decentralized (free) public and premium (Pay-as-you-go) Optimism RPC (opens in a new tab) comprised of many independent blockchain nodes running worldwide for low-latency and incredibly reliable connections.

Moreover, Ankr offers access to developer tooling on OP Mainnet (and testnets) like SDKs and Advanced APIs (opens in a new tab) such as NFT, Token and Query API.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

Alchemy

Alchemy's Description & Pricing

Alchemy (opens in a new tab) is a popular API provider and developer platform. Its robust, free tier offers access to enhanced features like SDKs and enhanced APIs and hosted OP Mainnet and testnet nodes.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

Blast

Description and Pricing

Blast (opens in a new tab) offers access to dedicated OP Mainnet (and testnet) nodes with free data access up to 12M API calls per month and 25 req/s. Paid subscription tiers are available for all development needs. On the platform, there are also Public APIs (opens in a new tab) available that can be added easily in Metamask.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

Blockpi

Description and Pricing

Blockpi (opens in a new tab) Network ships scalable, high performance and globally distributed infrastructure with the most flexible and developer-first pricing in the industry. Build from scratch all the way to enterprise without monthly subscription. Register at dashboard (opens in a new tab) and get Free 100M RU every month!

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

BlockSpaces

BlockSpaces (opens in a new tab) is a multiweb integration platform that is currently offering Web3 infrastructure for free, up to 10 million transactions supported DAILY. To get started, click here (opens in a new tab) and leave an email address. If being able to integrate your OP Mainnet dApp to other web2 business platforms (like Quickbooks) interestes you, make sure to sign up for our Multiweb integration waitlist.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet

BlockVision

BlockVision (opens in a new tab) is a one-stop development platform and onchain data retrieval portal for developers that boasts impressively low-latencies and high availability.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet

Chainnodes

Description and Pricing

Chainnodes (opens in a new tab) offers low-latency archival nodes for OP Mainnet (and testnets) with a free tier and transparent pricing for all needs. Websocket support is included for all networks. Debug and trace APIs and archival requests are available and free.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

GetBlock

GetBlock developer (opens in a new tab) tools and valuable insights guarantee a simple and reliable API access to multiple blockchains.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

Infura

Description and Pricing

Infura (opens in a new tab) is a Web3 infrastructure provider that offers free access to hosted OP Mainnet and testnet nodes (opens in a new tab), with the option to upgrade to paid plans (opens in a new tab) for more features. With Infura's highly performant Optimism node infrastructure, developers can eliminate the need for syncing or complex setups and get reliable and consistent access to the Optimism blockchain.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

NodeReal

Description and pricing

NodeReal (opens in a new tab) is a one-stop blockchain infrastructure and services provider, we provide scalable, reliable, and efficient blockchain solutions for everyone, aiming to support the massive adoption, growth, and long-term success of the Web3 ecosystem. You can connect to the OP Mainnet MegaNode for free every month. Details are here (opens in a new tab)

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet

NOWNodes

Description and pricing

NOWNodes (opens in a new tab) provide access to an OP Mainnet node. Shared and Dedicated nodes are Available. You can connect to the shared OP Mainnet node for free for one month with 5,000 requests/per day or for €20 with 1,000,000 requests/per month.

The URL format is https://optimism.nownodes.io/?API_key=<API key from NOWNodes.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet

OnFinality

Description and pricing

OnFinality (opens in a new tab) is a blockchain infrastructure platform that saves Web3 builders time and makes their lives easier. OnFinality delivers scalable API endpoints for the biggest blockchain networks and empowers developers to automatically test, deploy, scale and monitor their own blockchain nodes in minutes. OnFinality offers free and premium (Pay-as-you-go or subsription-based) API services for OP Mainnet (opens in a new tab).

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet

Pocket Network

Description and pricing

Pocket (opens in a new tab) offers access to a highly-available dedicated pool of OP Mainnet nodes coordinated autonomously by the Pocket Network protocol. Through the Pocket Portal, developers may mint OP Mainnet RPC endpoints with a generous free tier of 1M requests per day (per endpoint, max 2 per account).

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet

QuickNode

Description and Pricing

QuickNode (opens in a new tab) offers access to hosted OP Mainnet (and testnet) nodes for free. With the option to upgrade to a premium plan for additional features, we allow you to focus solely on optimizing your application while we manage the complex infrastructure.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

Stackup

Description and Pricing

Stackup (opens in a new tab) provides ERC-4337 account abstraction infrastructure, including nodes, on EVM-compatible blockchains.

Supported Networks

OP Mainnet
OP Goerli

Don't see your company here?

We try to keep this list up to date as we find out about more infrastructure providers who maintain OP Mainnet (and testnet) nodes. If you're a node provider and you'd like to be included in this list, please message us in our developer support forum (opens in a new tab) or make a PR (opens in a new tab).

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