Alchemy competitor profile
Complete blockchain infrastructure and developer platform with one of the strongest education funnels in Web3.
Positioning
Developer-first platform for teams that want tooling, APIs, dashboards, analytics, and education around core blockchain infrastructure.
Pricing
Free: 30M compute units/month, 25 RPS. Pay-as-you-go: roughly $0.45/1M CU up to 300M and $0.40/1M CU after; starts around 300 RPS. Enterprise: custom with advanced security, signed SLAs, higher throughput, product roadmap priority.
Chain coverage
Supports major L1/L2 networks including Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Starknet, ZKsync, Blast, and more.
Enterprise proof
Enterprise messaging emphasizes latency/uptime, SLAs, compliance/security controls, dedicated Slack/Telegram support, account management, usage analytics, and customer stories.
SEO/content strengths
Probably the strongest content engine: Alchemy University, chain directory, docs, app store, developer guides, reports, glossaries, calculators.
Strengths
- Developer brand trust
- Free tier is generous and easy to start
- Content/SEO moat is deep
- Strong education-to-product funnel
Weaknesses / openings
- CU pricing can be hard to forecast for production buyers
- Alchemy brand is broad, not dedicated-node-specialist
- Enterprise buyers may want more direct infrastructure customization
GetBlock opportunities
Publish “Alchemy CU to RPC request cost” explainersCreate migration guides for apps outgrowing Alchemy free/PAYGPosition dedicated nodes as predictable production infrastructure