GetBlock RPC competitor monitor — 2026-07-21

GetBlock RPC competitor monitor — 2026-07-21

Criterion of the day: Solana / trading latency claims and low-latency infrastructure proof (solana-trading-latency; query hint: "Solana trading latency low latency RPC").

Summary

What really changed / new signals

1. QuickNode changed many monitored pages (home, pricing, enterprise, blog, chains). The visible additions are mostly navigation/campaign modules, but they include latency/performance proof: homepage module says Core RPC benchmarked 2.5x faster and shows Quicknode 83ms vs Others 1200ms; a case-study module says Supermission: 2s to 50ms average latency across 4 chains, zero failed RPC calls. Source: QuickNode home, enterprise.
2. Alchemy added/rotated latency-focused content on the blog. Blog now lists How we fine tune our RPC for speed and reliability dated July 20, 2026 and already had How we built low-latency RPC infrastructure dated July 6, 2026. Source: Alchemy blog.
3. Alchemy has the strongest Solana-specific latency page found today. Alchemy Solana claims fastest data across RPC/heavy methods/gRPC/archival, 10x faster on heavy calls, 20x faster on archival data, ultra-fast gRPC, staked connections for max speed/landing rate, 2x higher throughput, and 99.99% reliability. Treat as vendor claim unless independently benchmarked.
4. Chainstack added/rotated fresh content: blog now lists Cut RPC costs with a hybrid self-hosted and cloud setup dated July 20, 2026 and Chainstack introduces Robinhood Chain support. For this criterion, its Trader Nodes page is the strongest proof asset: "for traders, snipers, HFTs", custom region/cloud, and explicit "Latency matters" positioning.
5. Ankr remains the most numeric broad-performance claimant in monitored pages: homepage says "Avg. response time 56 ms", 99.99% uptime and 70+ blockchains; enterprise claims geo-distribution across 24 metros and custom throughput over 25,000 RPS. Source: Ankr home, enterprise.
6. Moralis is lower-intensity on Solana/trading RPC latency in the monitored pages. Its competitive wedge is real-time/enriched data: Streams, Datashare, Data Feeds, Price API and enterprise SLAs, not explicit HFT/RPC latency proof.

Unchanged / no strong change

• Infura monitored pages were unchanged vs last run. It still uses broad "reliability, speed, throughput" language and claims "10x faster request response times" on networks page, but no Solana-specific or trading-latency asset surfaced in monitored fetches.
• Ankr and Moralis monitored page hashes were unchanged.
• Alchemy pricing/enterprise, Infura, Chainstack pricing/enterprise/docs, Ankr, Moralis had no pricing/package diff in the pre-run hash data.

Blocked / limited

• No generic web-search tool was available. Supplemental checks used direct HTTP fetches of known/likely pages.
• QuickNode /changelog returned 404.
• Alchemy docs_chains and /customer-stories returned 404 in pre-run.
• Moralis Solana-specific pages attempted via direct HTTP returned 403, so Solana details for Moralis are limited to monitored pages and docs overview.
• Chainstack guessed docs URLs for Solana/Trader Node returned 404, but public Trader Nodes resolved.

Competitor notes

QuickNode

Sources: home, pricing, enterprise, blog, chains, Solana docs, latency blog URL checked.

• Positioning delta: Multiple core pages changed. Current platform navigation prominently includes Solana gRPC (Blazing fast Solana data), Trading & DeFi, Swap API (Production trading workloads), Dedicated Clusters and Dedicated backends.
• Latency/performance proof: Enterprise page says Core RPC is benchmarked 2.5x faster than competing providers. Homepage module surfaced by diff says Quicknode 83ms vs Others 1200ms; another case module says Supermission case study — 2s to 50ms average latency across 4 chains, zero failed RPC calls.
• Solana/trading claims: Solana docs say QuickNode routes API requests to the nearest available location for low latency and fastest speeds. Solana docs navigation lists Lil JIT / Jito bundles, Priority Fee API, Metis Trading API and Solana gRPC.
• Pricing/packaging: No reliable price change found. Enterprise still sells contractual 99.99% uptime SLAs, high-throughput access, no rate limits on supported methods, named solutions architect and 24/7 on-call engineering.
• Release/content: /changelog still blocked by 404. Blog hash changed but visible sample mainly reflects navigation/campaign modules, not a confirmed new latency post.
• Assessment: QuickNode is making performance proof more concrete with case-study snippets and comparative latency numbers; GetBlock sales may hear 83ms vs 1200ms, 2.5x faster, Solana gRPC and Jito/priority-fee objections.

Alchemy

Sources: home, pricing, enterprise, blog, Solana page, low-latency RPC blog, RPC speed/reliability blog.

• Positioning delta: Home and blog changed. Blog now surfaces two latency-related posts: July 20 How we fine tune our RPC for speed and reliability and July 6 How we built low-latency RPC infrastructure.
• General latency proof: July 6 post claims Alchemy treats latency as a system problem, holds 99.99% uptime and sub-50ms average response times as baseline across 100+ chains; it names Edge Proxy, aggregate reads up to 2.5x faster, predictive scaling and AI-managed node fleets. These are vendor claims.
• Solana-specific proof: Alchemy Solana claims: fastest data across RPC/heavy methods/gRPC/archival; 10x faster on heavy calls such as getProgramAccounts; staked connections for max speed and landing rate; 20x faster archival data; ultra-fast gRPC; complete Solana RPC and Streaming API with 2x higher throughput and 99.99% reliability.
• Customer/social proof: Solana page includes Solflare testimonial text: complete historical access + low latency powering a fast Solana experience. Treat as vendor-page proof, not independent benchmark.
• Pricing/packaging: Pricing unchanged in monitored data: Free 25 RPS/30M CU monthly; PAYG from 300 RPS; Enterprise from 1000 RPS.
• Assessment: Alchemy is building a full performance narrative: concrete Solana page + infrastructure explainers + blog freshness. This is the strongest content/SEO threat for Solana RPC latency searches today.

Infura

Sources: home, pricing, networks, blog, docs, Solana network URL checked.

• Positioning: Broad Build, Scale, Disrupt message; emphasizes high availability, speed and throughput, Consensys/MetaMask/Linea distribution, and DIN decentralization.
• Latency/trading claims: Networks page says 10x faster request response times, but no detailed method/chain benchmark is visible in the monitored sample. Direct Solana network URL resolved but did not expose useful Solana/latency keywords in the quick extraction.
• Pricing/packaging: Unchanged: Core free 3M daily credits/500 credits per second; Developer $50/month 15M credits/4K cps; Team $225/month 75M credits/40K cps; Enterprise custom.
• Release/content: Blog unchanged and still appears stale in monitored sample (recent posts from 2024 shown in extraction). No new Solana/trading latency proof detected.
• Assessment: Infura is less aggressive than QuickNode/Alchemy/Chainstack on this criterion in current public pages.

Chainstack

Sources: home, pricing, protocols, enterprise, blog, docs, Trader Nodes.

• Positioning delta: Home/protocols/blog changed. Core nav now strongly exposes Trading & MEV, Ultra-fast Transactions, Global Nodes, Dedicated Nodes and Self-Hosted Nodes.
• Trading-latency proof: Trader Nodes is explicitly for traders, snipers, HFTs; says Latency matters; offers custom regional location and cloud provider selection. This is direct low-latency trading packaging even without a public numeric benchmark in the extracted snippet.
• Solana signal: Nav repeatedly lists Solana among major chains; docs overview includes Mastering Solana and Yellowstone/Geyser references in navigation. Public Trader Nodes page is cross-chain rather than Solana-only in the extracted text.
• Release/content: Blog changed with July 20 Cut RPC costs with a hybrid self-hosted and cloud setup and Robinhood Chain support. This reinforces infrastructure-control positioning rather than pure latency.
• Pricing/packaging: No price diff found. Self-Hosted remains a key differentiator: user-managed production-grade nodes with automated deployment/self-healing/lifecycle management.
• Assessment: Chainstack is targeting trading/HFT buyers through bespoke deployment control. GetBlock should expect objections around region choice, provider choice and dedicated trader nodes.

Ankr

Sources: home, RPC, enterprise, blog, docs, Solana RPC, Solana docs.

• Positioning: The Fastest Web3 Infrastructure; Build any Web3 project with leading performance.
• Latency/performance proof: Homepage claims 56 ms average response time, 99.99% uptime and 70+ blockchains. Enterprise page claims low latency via geo-distribution across 24 metros and custom throughput over 25,000 RPS.
• Solana signal: Direct Solana RPC and Solana docs URLs resolved; extraction confirmed Solana coverage but did not surface numeric Solana-specific latency claims.
• Pricing/packaging: No diff detected. Enterprise still offers dedicated Slack/Telegram support and bespoke infrastructure by request.
• Release/content: Blog unchanged in hash, latest sample includes Trust Wallet chain-support case and community letter.
• Assessment: Ankr has strong broad numeric claims (56 ms, 24 metros, 25,000 RPS) but weaker Solana-specific trading proof in extracted pages.

Moralis

Sources: home, pricing, chains, enterprise, blog, docs.

• Positioning: Enterprise-grade Web3 APIs and data platform: Wallet API, Token API, NFT API, Price API, DeFi API, Blockchain API, Streams, Datashare, Data Feeds and RPC Nodes.
• Latency/trading signal: Monitored pages emphasize real-time monitoring, 100% data delivery guarantee for Streams, real-time and historical coverage, and high-performing RPC nodes for major chains. They do not provide public Solana/trading latency numbers in the captured text.
• Solana coverage: General chains/docs pages mention 30+ supported chains and major-chain RPC nodes. Direct attempts to fetch likely Solana-specific Moralis URLs returned 403, so detail is limited.
• Pricing/packaging: No diff detected. Enterprise continues to emphasize SOC 2 Type II, enterprise SLAs, audit-grade data and data feeds.
• Assessment: Moralis is not primarily competing on HFT-style RPC latency in visible pages; its wedge is low-latency/enriched data APIs and streams for wallets, alerts, analytics and AI pipelines.

GetBlock implications

Sales

1. Prepare a Solana latency objection card against vendor claims: QuickNode 83ms vs 1200ms, 2.5x faster, Supermission 2s to 50ms; Alchemy sub-50ms, 10x heavy calls, 20x archival, 2x throughput; Ankr 56ms and 24 metros.
2. For trading/MEV prospects, ask discovery questions that expose requirements beyond raw RPC: region, dedicated vs shared endpoints, Jito bundles/priority fees, gRPC/Yellowstone, archival/heavy methods, landing rate, and support SLA.
3. Mark competitor numbers as vendor claims unless benchmarked; do not let reps repeat them as facts without context.

Product marketing

1. Create a GetBlock Solana performance page with verifiable methodology: regions tested, methods (getLatestBlockhash, getProgramAccounts, sendTransaction, archival calls), p50/p95, dedicated vs shared, and date of benchmark.
2. Package existing Solana features into trading language if supported: dedicated nodes, geo-routing, Yellowstone/gRPC, priority fees/Jito bundles, WebSocket stability, archive/heavy-call performance.
3. Add concise enterprise proof: uptime/SLA, support response, dedicated infra, monitoring/logging, security/compliance.

Content

1. Publish Best Solana RPC for trading latency: benchmark methodology instead of only vendor comparison copy.
2. Create comparison pages: GetBlock vs QuickNode Solana RPC latency, GetBlock vs Alchemy Solana RPC, Dedicated Solana RPC for trading bots.
3. Produce an engineering explainer: Why Solana RPC latency is hard: heavy methods, archival data, gRPC streams, transaction landing.

Opportunities

• High priority: Run or commission a reproducible Solana RPC latency benchmark and publish methodology + p50/p95 results.
• High priority: Build sales enablement around Solana trading latency claims and how to answer QuickNode/Alchemy/Ankr numeric claims.
• Medium priority: Productize a visible Solana trading infrastructure landing page if GetBlock supports dedicated Solana, low-latency routing, gRPC/Yellowstone or priority-fee/Jito workflows.

Tomorrow seed

state.json shows used criteria ai-agent-tooling and solana-trading-latency, but no upcoming criterion queue. Next criterion is not inferable from current state; tomorrow's pre-run JSON should supply it.