W3api Basics

Service Plans

Web3 API Platform provides the top performing globally distributed infrastructure of nodes to empower your Web3 projects with blockchain interaction capabilities.

Service plans

Our Node API and Advanced API solutions work under the following Service Plans:

  • Public — free endpoints for small-scale blockchain interaction. No premium capabilities available.
  • Freemium — capped endpoints to try out the capabilities before going fully Premium.
  • Premium — private endpoints for high-performing blockchain interaction and premium capabilities.
  • Enterprise — customer-tailored solutions for the most demanding blockchain interaction cases.

Service Plans Comparison

The Node API and Advanced API solutions come with Public, Freemium, and Premium service plans but differ significantly by the rate limits and other performance features depending on the plan selected.

Network Coverage and Data

FeaturePublicFreemiumPremium
Chains40+65+80+
Full and Archive data✓✓✓
Global node coverage✓✓✓
Support Polkadot, Kusama, & HECO✗✓✓

API Capabilities

FeaturePublicFreemiumPremium
Node API: Standard✓✓✓
Node API: Trace✗✗✓
Node API: Debug✗✗✓
Node API: EVM WSS✗✗✓
Node API: Solana WSS✗✗✓
Advanced API✗✓✓
Batch requests✓✓✓

Projects, Teams, and Security

FeaturePublicFreemiumPremium
Projects (API tokens)✗✓ (1)✓ (3)
Multi-project statistics✗✗✓
Team accounts✗✓✓
Whitelists (IP, domain, smart contract)✗✗✓

Traffic Priority and Connection

FeaturePublicFreemiumPremium
Priority orderLimited during high trafficLimited during high trafficPrioritized during high traffic
ConnectionHTTPSHTTPS and WebSocketHTTPS and WebSocket

Support, Terms, and Cost

FeaturePublicFreemiumPremium
SupportCommunity Support (Discord)Community Support (Discord)Priority Portal Support
TermsNo ContractNo ContractBoth Contract and No Contract
CostFreeFree 200M API Credits / monthlyPricing

Rate Limits

ServicePublicFreemiumPremium
Node API
(EVM chains)		Requests across all endpoints:
≈1800 reqs/min — guaranteed;
>1800 reqs/min — possible
(depends on the load)		Requests across all endpoints:
≈1800 reqs/min — guaranteed;
>1800 reqs/min — possible
(depends on the load)		Requests per endpoint:
Up to ≈1.5k reqs/sec
Node API
(Solana)		Requests across all endpoints:
≈1800 reqs/min — guaranteed;
>1800 reqs/min — possible
(depends on the load)		Requests across all endpoints:
≈1800 reqs/min — guaranteed;
>1800 reqs/min — possible
(depends on the load)		Requests per endpoint:
Up to ≈4k reqs/sec
Advanced API✗50 reqs/min (max 500 reqs / 10 min)1k+ reqs/min