Solscan vs Streams vs Data API

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Comparison Summary

Solscan, Streams and Data API each address unique challenges in the web3 ecosystem, offering complementary strengths for builders. Solscan is a real-time blockchain explorer and analytics platform for the Solana ecosystem. Quicknode provides fast, reliable, and scalable blockchain infrastructure and developer tools to build and scale onchain applications. DataAPI provides unified access to blockchain data through a single API endpoint. Together, these tools serve different but overlapping user needs, making them valuable components in a modern web3 development stack.

	Solscan // Block Explorers // Analytics Tools // Web3 Data Tools	Streams // Web3 Developer Tools // Infrastructure Tools // RPC Node Providers // Web3 Data Tools	Data API // Web3 Data Tools
At a Glance
Composability
Cross-Chain
Customizability
Developer Support
Ease of Integration
Performance
Key Features
Core Capabilities	Real-Time Blockchain Data, Token and DeFi Dashboards, Program Interaction and Account Management	Core RPC API, Streams - Real-Time and Historical Data, Dedicated Clusters, Yellowstone gRPC for Solana, Webhooks and IPFS Gateways	Multi-Chain Data Aggregation, RESTful API Access, Real-Time and Historical Data Queries
Chain Support		+30	+6
Best For	Infrastructure Developers, Analytics/Data Developers	Infrastructure Developers, DeFi Developers	Analytics/Data Developers, DeFi Developers
Pricing
Free Tier	Free	Free	Free
Paid Features	1 paid tiers	2 paid tiers	1 paid tiers
Custom Plans	—	Enterprise plans	—