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Comparison8 min read

Best Solana RPC Providers in 2026: Pricing, Free Tiers and Rate Limits Compared

Compare the top 5 Solana RPC providers in 2026: free tiers, paid plan pricing, rate limits, billing units and uptime SLAs, plus what Alpenglow changed.

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Solana8 min read

Solana Alpenglow: What 150ms Finality Actually Breaks Downstream

Solana's Alpenglow upgrade cuts finality from 12.8 seconds to 150ms. Here's what changes for RPC caching, indexer re-org logic, and webhook debounce windows now that it is live on mainnet.

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AI Agents5 min read

How AI Agents Talk to Blockchains

How AI agents read blockchain state, call tools through MCP, and pay onchain with wallet-signed stablecoins, the data, development, and execution layers behind agent infrastructure.

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Buyer's Guide5 min read

RPC Pricing Explained: The 4 Billing Models and Where Hidden Costs Come From

Learn how request-based billing, compute units, pay-as-you-go, and dedicated infrastructure affect the cost, predictability, and performance of your blockchain applications.

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Comparison5 min read

Alchemy vs Instanodes: Which Blockchain Infrastructure Provider Should You Choose in 2026?

Compare Alchemy and Instanodes on pricing, uptime SLAs, network coverage, and infrastructure architecture to find the right fit for your workload.

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Pricing Comparison5 min read

Transparent vs Compute-Unit RPC Pricing: What It Actually Costs at Scale

Compute units and credits make RPC bills hard to predict. See how Alchemy, QuickNode, Infura, and Chainstack price usage, and how flat, tier-based pricing compares at scale.

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Asset Tokenization10 min read

Why Instanodes Is the Best Solana RPC Provider for Asset Tokenization Platforms

Power your asset tokenisation project with the best Solana RPC provider. Instanodes delivers speed, security, and 99.95% uptime for RWA, NFTs, and DeFi.

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Performance9 min read

Is Your Solana RPC Costing You Customers

Learn how poor Solana RPC performance leads to customer churn, failed transactions, and revenue loss. How well-built infra prevents hidden growth bottlenecks.

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Infrastructure9 min read

Why Leading Solana Wallets Are Moving Away from Public Endpoints in 2026

Still running on shared endpoints? See why top Solana wallets switched to dedicated Solana RPC infrastructure and what they gained in performance & user trust.