Public vs Paid RPC: How to Run a Fair Benchmark
A fair comparison of public and paid RPC endpoints must account for quotas, workload, freshness and support guarantees.
A fair comparison of public and paid RPC endpoints must account for quotas, workload, freshness and support guarantees.
Define purpose
Public endpoints are useful for development and fallback; paid plans target predictable capacity, history and support.
Equal workload
Use identical methods, concurrency, region and connection reuse. Do not compare a cached lightweight call with an archival scan.
Quota behavior
Measure 429s, burst limits and recovery. Publish plan names and test date because provider limits change.
Total value
Include history availability, WebSockets, data retention and operational support alongside latency.
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