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# Product Overview

> Understand the W3API product capabilities and blockchain interaction solutions.

> **[Web3 API Platform](https://www.ankr.com/rpc/) — a single entry point to blockchain interaction APIs.**

**Web3 API Platform** provides access to globally distributed blockchain infrastructure, enabling production-grade interaction with blockchains while providing full visibility into usage, performance, operational health, and payments history.

The platform includes two product solutions:

* [**Node API**](#node-api) — direct blockchain access through standard RPC, REST, and gRPC interfaces over HTTPS and WebSockets.
* [**Advanced API**](#advanced-api) — indexed and optimized data retrieval through simplified API requests for common multi-chain Web3 scenarios.

![Web3 API Platform](/_fern-img/64034f3cbd099ce20079366402ef3d366409ed586d0e97b851ce9c8a41a1ec19.webp)

Explore the following platform pages for service details:

#### [Chains list](./chains-list)

Supported chains and their access options.

#### [Service plans](./service-plans)

Platform tiers and service capabilities.

#### [Pricing](./pricing)

API usage, requests, and platform costs.

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## Node API

![Node API](/_fern-img/607a6dc88a8b909d6a4d78bad5d6e4f976b58c62b90ffd10c359467c03d3e7c8.webp)

[**Node API**](/node-api/basics/overview) is an implementation of standard RPC, REST, and gRPC interfaces to query endpoints across supported blockchains, enabling interaction with raw blockchain data over HTTPS and WebSockets. It supports project-level API keys, request monitoring, and detailed usage statistics for development and production workloads.

#### [Standard API](/node-api/standard-api/overview)

Common blockchain operations.

#### [Trace API](/node-api/trace-api/overview)

Detailed transaction execution data.

#### [Debug API](/node-api/debug-api/overview)

Diagnostics, state inspection, and troubleshooting.

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## Advanced API

![Advanced API](/_fern-img/cf23b2903bcff7e09c635c9d391115f97c540e0beed9317183f93e267df47d70.webp)

[**Advanced API**](/advanced-api/basics/overview) provides indexed and structured JSON-RPC endpoints for common Web3 data scenarios across multiple chains. It enables applications, dashboards, wallets, and analytics tools to retrieve aggregated blockchain data through simplified API requests. Available via JavaScript and Python SDKs, and React Hooks.

#### [NFT API](/advanced-api/nft-api/overview)

Detailed NFT metadata across multiple chains.

#### [Query API](/advanced-api/query-api/overview)

Transaction data across specified block ranges.

#### [Token API](/advanced-api/token-api/overview)

Detailed Token metadata across multiple chains.

> Understand the W3API product capabilities and blockchain interaction solutions.