Helius vs. Triton Solana RPC Provider Comparison

Compare Solana RPC performance, product coverage, and cost.

VERDICT

Helius is up to 5.0x faster with a 82.1% win rate vs. Triton across Solana RPC methods.

Helius is faster, more performant, and has a broader suite of products compared to Triton. Both teams are Solana-native and have made meaningful open-source contributions.

Explore Helius product support vs. Triton

Evaluate Helius and Triton's product coverage and pricing to see which provider is the better choice for your use case.

*As of July 2026. See staking rewards for the latest data.

**See Triton's pricing page for full plan details.

SPEED

Faster on the Solana RPC methods you call most

Helius outperforms Triton on p95 latency across archival RPC calls (e.g., 7.3x faster getBlock calls) and heavy account-based calls (e.g., 1.8x faster getProgramAccounts calls).

Helius's score vs. Triton (79.6)

87.5/100

Helius's score vs. Triton (79.6)

p95 getTransaction latency vs. Triton

5.0x faster

p95 getTransaction latency vs. Triton

Head-to-head win rate vs. Triton

82.1%

Head-to-head win rate vs. Triton

Solana RPC Benchmark

Latency Table

#1 Solana infra provider for apps and traders

Performance is won at the edges. We engineered a custom Solana stack, from our dedicated fiber backbone to our edge gateway and custom archival layer, to deliver the performance and reliability you deserve.

Exclusive RPC methods

Ergonomic calls like getTransfersByAddress for simpler queries and faster responses

Industry-leading archival

Custom RocksDB archival layer and exclusive RPC methods built for speed and scale

Edge-first routing

Custom edge gateway, global fiber backbone, and smart routing to return data faster

Optimized for traders

Preconfs, raw shreds, and optimized landing services to serve quants and serious firms

Globally available

Globally available, maximally redundant, and elastically scalable to support your traffic

Build with agents

Use our SDKs, MCP, CLI, and Claude Code plugin to ship Solana apps faster

Which provider should you pick

Choose Helius if...

• You need free or entry-level plans with no minimum deposit
• You are a quant, HFT, propAMM, searcher, or trading firm
• You want the fastest RPCs, archival data, and streaming
• You are an institution with bespoke reporting needs
• You are an enterprise with strict compliance requirements

Choose Triton if...

• You need Sui and Monad support
• You prefer Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) billing
• You are OK with monthly minimum deposits
• You need Metis API and Titan API support
• You want dedicated nodes and custom clusters

MIGRATION

How to migrate from Triton

Get your Helius API key

Create a project in your dashboard and get an API key

Update your endpoints

Replace your RPC, WSS, and other endpoints with Helius

Test and deploy

Validate performance on staging then cutover to prod

// Before (Triton)
const connection = new Connection(
  "https://YOUR_TRITON_ENDPOINT"
);

// 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

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