# Helius vs. Alchemy Solana RPC Provider Comparison

Compare Solana RPC performance, product coverage, and cost.

## Verdict
Helius is [up to 3.6x faster](/content/compare/alchemy#latency-table/index.html) with a 73.1% win rate vs. Alchemy across Solana RPC methods.

Helius is a Solana-native RPC provider with deep domain-level expertise, exclusive products, and the most performant Solana infrastructure stack in the ecosystem. Alchemy is an EVM-focused, multichain RPC provider that supports core Solana functionality.

## Compare Helius product support vs. Alchemy
Evaluate Helius and Alchemy on the feature support and products Solana developers and professional traders actually use.

|  |  | Alchemy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Core Solana RPCs |  |  |
| Custom RPC Methods | gTFA, gTBA, etc. | gTFA support |
| Core Solana WebSockets | LaserStream WSS (up to 200ms faster) | Standard WSS |
| Solana Webhooks |  |  |
| Wallet API |  | - |
| Embedded Wallets |  |  |
| Historical Solana Data | Custom RocksDB index (up to 3.7x faster) |  |
| gRPC Data Streaming | LaserStream gRPC |  |
| Parsed Streams And Events API |  | - |
| Transaction Landing Service | Sender | - |
| MEV Protection |  |  |
| Transaction Rebates |  |  |
| Preconfirmations (Preconfs) |  | - |
| Raw Shred Delivery |  | - |
| Decoded Shreds |  | - |
| Dedicated RPC Nodes |  | - |
| Solana Validator Rank* | #2 (15.9M SOL) | #50 (2.2M SOL) |
| Validator as a Service |  |  |
| Starting Paid Plan | $49/month, 10M Credits, 50 RPS | $104/month, 10M Requests, 300 RPS** |
| Enterprise plans and SLAs |  |  |
| Customer Support | 24/7 Slack and Telegram support | 24/7 Slack and Telegram support |

*As of July 2026. See [staking rewards](/content/staking/rewards/index.html) for the latest data.

**Data for starting plan taken from Alchemy's suggested PAYG plan.

## Speed
### Faster on the Solana RPC methods you call most
Helius outperforms Alchemy on p95 latency across archival RPC calls (e.g., 3.7x faster getBlock calls) and heavy account-based calls (e.g.,1.5x faster getProgramAccounts calls).

Helius's score vs. Alchemy (75.1)

87.5/100

Helius's score vs. Alchemy (75.1)

p95 getTransaction latency vs. Alchemy

3.6xfaster

p95 getTransaction latency vs. Alchemy

Head-to-head win rate vs. Alchemy

73.1%

Head-to-head win rate vs. Alchemy

## Solana RPC Benchmark
### Latency Table

| RPC method | Helius | Alchemy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `getAccountInfo` | 79.0ms | 101.0ms |
| `getBalance` | 81.0ms | 100.0ms |
| `getBlock` | 139.0ms | 515.0ms |
| `getBlockCommitment` | 87.0ms | 99.0ms |
| `getBlockHeight` | 83.0ms | 98.0ms |
| `getBlockProduction` | 85.0ms | 101.0ms |
| `getBlocks` | 84.0ms | 232.0ms |
| `getBlocksWithLimit` | 85.0ms | 182.0ms |
| `getBlockTime` | 87.0ms | 184.0ms |
| `getEpochInfo` | 86.0ms | 100.0ms |
| `getEpochSchedule` | 90.0ms | 101.0ms |
| `getFeeForMessage` | 84.0ms | 97.0ms |
| `getGenesisHash` | 76.0ms | 98.0ms |
| `getHealth` | 75.0ms | 96.0ms |
| `getIdentity` | 76.0ms | 99.0ms |
| `getInflationGovernor` | 83.0ms | 99.0ms |
| `getInflationRate` | 86.0ms | 102.0ms |
| `getInflationReward` | 83.0ms | 363.0ms |
| `getLatestBlockhash` | 76.0ms | 98.0ms |
| `getLeaderSchedule` | 210.0ms | 341.0ms |
| `getMaxRetransmitSlot` | 85.0ms | 96.0ms |
| `getMaxShredInsertSlot` | 83.0ms | 96.0ms |
| `getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption` | 85.0ms | 97.0ms |
| `getMultipleAccounts` | 82.0ms | 104.0ms |
| `getProgramAccounts` | 122.0ms | 187.0ms |
| `getRecentPerformanceSamples` | 85.0ms | 100.0ms |
| `getRecentPrioritizationFees` | 86.0ms | 100.0ms |
| `getSignaturesForAddress` | 98.0ms | 194.0ms |
| `getSignatureStatuses` | 87.0ms | 194.0ms |
| `getSlot` | 77.0ms | 100.0ms |
| `getSlotLeader` | 83.0ms | 97.0ms |
| `getSlotLeaders` | 84.0ms | 99.0ms |
| `getStakeMinimumDelegation` | 84.0ms | — |
| `getTokenAccountBalance` | 86.0ms | 100.0ms |
| `getTokenAccountsByOwner` | 118.0ms | 122.0ms |
| `getTokenLargestAccounts` | 527.0ms | 933.0ms |
| `getTokenSupply` | 144.0ms | 97.0ms |
| `getTransaction` | 89.0ms | 321.0ms |
| `getTransactionCount` | 84.0ms | 100.0ms |
| `getTransactionsForAddress` | 100.0ms | 190.0ms |
| `getVersion` | 87.0ms | 102.0ms |
| `getVoteAccounts` | 153.0ms | 216.0ms |
| `isBlockhashValid` | 87.0ms | 103.0ms |
| `simulateBundle` | 81.0ms | 97.0ms |
| `simulateTransaction` | 82.0ms | 96.0ms |

## Pioneering Solana infrastructure
Since 2022 Helius has been the leader in reliable, scalable, and ultra-low latency Solana infrastructure, consistently developing new products, publishing governance proposals, and backing founders to accelerate Solana.

### Custom RPC methods
Exclusive archival RPC methods like getTransactionsForAddress (gTFA)

### Custom archival layer
Ultra-low latency archival reads on a purpose-built RocksDB index

### Custom edge network
Gatekeeper edge routing plus a global fiber backbone for the fastest path to Solana

### Custom trading services
ULL stack, from signal to execution, for HFTs, prop trading firms, and CEXs

### Multi-region reliability
Multi-region support, redundant architecture, and automatic failover under load

### Agentic developer tooling
SDKs, MCP, CLI, and an official Claude Code plugin for building with agents on Solana

## Which RPC provider should you pick?
### Choose Helius if...
- You are a trading firm, propAMM, bot, or exchange
- You need low-latency onchain signals and landing services
- You need fast, reliable, and scalable archival data and RPCs
- You care about Solana-specific SDKs, MCPs, and CLI support
- You want to work with Solana experts, exclusive to the network

### Choose Alchemy if...
- You are a multichain team starting to test Solana
- Latency and scale are not critical factors for you
- Solana is a secondary focus in a multichain product
- You prioritize a single multichain vendor relationship
- You do not need Solana-native engineers or expertise

## Migration
### Switching from Alchemy to Helius
### Get your Helius API key
Create a free account in under a minute

### Update your RPC URL
Replace your Alchemy endpoint with your Helius RPC URL

### Propagate and verify
Redeploy, test, and monitor performance

```javascript
// Before (Alchemy)
const connection = new Connection(
  "https://solana-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/YOUR_KEY"
);

// After (Helius)
const connection = new Connection(
  "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=YOUR_KEY"
);
```

## Trusted by Solana's best teams

> The Helius team makes building on Solana smoother and easier. They've done an amazing job at streamlining and removing complexity from app development on the network.

Anatoly Yakovenko
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, SOLANA

> Helius is super fast, reliable, and I'd recommend them to anyone looking for the best developer experience on Solana. They power a great portion of our infrastructure at Backpack.

Armani Ferrante
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, BACKPACK

> As Solana activity continues to grow, Helius stands out as one of the leading Solana infrastructure providers, enabling our team to access reliable data that meets the demands of an enterprise-grade platform.

Jonathan Levin
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, CHAINALYSIS

experience the difference

## Choose Helius
Work with a partner who deeply understands Solana infrastructure and is committed to the ecosystem.