QuickNode - Web3 Benchmark: QuickNode vs Alchemy

Endpoint	Avg response time	200s	304s	400s	404s	408s	429s	500s	502s	503s	504s
Baseline QuickNode API	20.2ms	307	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
eth-mainnet.g.alchemy.com	587.3ms	301	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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304s

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504s

Baseline QuickNode API

20.2ms

307

eth-mainnet.g.alchemy.com

587.3ms

301

const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3(
  'https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/'
);

web3.eth.getBlock('latest').then(
  answer => console.log(answer)
);

web3.eth.getBlockNumber().then(
  blockNum => console.log(blockNum)
);

const HDWalletProvider = require('@truffle/hdwallet-provider');
const mnemonic = "orange apple banana ...";

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    mainnet: {
      provider: function() {
        return new HDWalletProvider(mnemonic, "https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/")
      },
      gas: 5000000,
      gasPrice: 5e9,
      network_id: 1
    }
  }
};

from web3 import Web3
w3 = Web3(
  Web3.HTTPProvider(
    "https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/"
  )
)

# get latest block details
w3.eth.getBlock('latest')
# get latest block number
w3.eth.blockNumber

import { Drizzle } from 'drizzle';
const options = {
  web3: {
    fallback: {
      url: 'wss://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/'
    }
  }
};

const drizzle = new Drizzle(options);

require 'eth'

client = Eth::Client.create 'https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/'
balance = client.get_balance('0x8D97689C9818892B700e27F316cc3E41e17fBeb9')
puts balance

const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3(
  'https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/'
);

web3.eth.getBlock('latest').then(
  answer => console.log(answer)
);

web3.eth.getBlockNumber().then(
  blockNum => console.log(blockNum)
);

const HDWalletProvider = require('@truffle/hdwallet-provider');
const mnemonic = "orange apple banana ...";

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    mainnet: {
      provider: function() {
        return new HDWalletProvider(mnemonic, "https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/")
      },
      gas: 5000000,
      gasPrice: 5e9,
      network_id: 1
    }
  }
};

from web3 import Web3
w3 = Web3(
  Web3.HTTPProvider(
    "https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/"
  )
)

# get latest block details
w3.eth.getBlock('latest')
# get latest block number
w3.eth.blockNumber

import { Drizzle } from 'drizzle';
const options = {
  web3: {
    fallback: {
      url: 'wss://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/'
    }
  }
};

const drizzle = new Drizzle(options);

require 'eth'

client = Eth::Client.create 'https://{your-node-name}.quiknode.pro/{your-token}/'
balance = client.get_balance('0x8D97689C9818892B700e27F316cc3E41e17fBeb9')
puts balance

QuickNode vs.
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QuickNode vs. Alchemy

Results for eth_getBalance

QuickNode vs.
Alchemy