Iteradian

Comparisons

Same traffic. Different bill.Pick the one you can predict.

Iteradian is a managed RPC gateway with native Bittensor support, request-based billing and a hard ceiling on overage. Here is how that stacks up against Alchemy, Infura, QuickNode, Ankr and dRPC — every competitor figure read from its own pages and linked, including the places where they are ahead.

Start the 7-day trialSee live pricing
request, whatever the method
1 call = 1
most overage can add on Developer RPC
$150
nodes tried before a read fails
3
01Metering

What one call actually costs you

Most providers price calls in weighted units, so the same traffic costs more when it leans on heavy methods. Iteradian counts requests.

  • Iteradianrequests

    Every call counts as one request

  • Alchemycompute units

    Weighted by method: cost follows a multiplier table

  • Infuracredits per day

    Weighted by method: cost follows a multiplier table

  • QuickNodeAPI credits

    Weighted by method: cost follows a multiplier table

  • AnkrAPI credits

    Flat per call, priced by chain family

  • dRPCrequests (flat CU)

    Flat per call, priced per request

Bars show the shape of each pricing model, not measured prices. The weighting is stated on each provider’s own pricing page; the exact multipliers are theirs to publish.
02Why Iteradian

Four things you get on the entry plan

None of these are enterprise add-ons. They are how the gateway works for every organization.

  1. Subtensor

    native Bittensor JSON-RPC

    Bittensor next to your EVM chains

    Subtensor mainnet over the Substrate JSON-RPC the Bittensor SDK, miners and validators speak — on the same key, dashboard and bill as Ethereum or Base. None of the five providers here list native Subtensor RPC.

    How it works

  2. 1 = 1

    call to request

    A bill that follows your traffic

    A block number and a log range cost the same. Past the allowance, overage is billed per 1,000 requests up to a cap printed on the pricing page; past the cap the gateway answers 429 instead of invoicing more.

    How it works

  3. 50

    IP ranges per key

    Controls on every key

    Each API key carries its own IP allowlist, allowed networks, rate limit and expiry. Create as many keys as you have services — no plan caps the count.

    How it works

  4. 3

    nodes tried per read

    Failover you don’t configure

    Nodes are health-checked, and a failed read moves to the next healthy node automatically. Transaction submissions go to one node and are never replayed, so a retry can never double-send.

    How it works
03Fit finder

Tick what you need. See who fits.

Scored from each provider’s own documentation. If someone else fits your list better, it says so — we would rather lose a deal than a customer.

What you need

Yes scores 2, partly 1, anything else 0. “Not listed” and “not stated” mean the provider’s own pages don’t say — not that it can’t.

Who fits

  1. 01Iteradian6 / 6
  2. 02dRPC4 / 6
  3. 03Ankr2 / 6
  4. 04Alchemy1 / 6
  5. 05Infura1 / 6
  6. 06QuickNode1 / 6
04Head to head

Pick your matchup

Each page puts both price lists side by side, with the sources and the date they were read.

AlchemyIteradian vs Alchemy
Bills in
compute units (CU)
Entry
Pay as You Go — $0.525 per 1M CU, no monthly fee
Bittensor
Not listed on its supported-chains page
Where Iteradian winsBittensor is on the menuSee the matchupInfuraIteradian vs Infura
Bills in
credits, with daily and per-second caps
Entry
Developer — $50/month, 15M credits per day
Bittensor
Not listed on its pricing page
Where Iteradian winsA month, not a daySee the matchupQuickNodeIteradian vs QuickNode
Bills in
API credits
Entry
Build — $49/month, 80M API credits
Bittensor
Not listed on its chains page
Where Iteradian winsNo credit multipliersSee the matchupAnkrIteradian vs Ankr
Bills in
API credits, priced per request by chain family
Entry
Pay-as-you-go — prepaid, from a $10 deposit
Bittensor
Not listed on its chain list
Where Iteradian winsNo balance to babysitSee the matchupdRPCIteradian vs dRPC
Bills in
compute units, sold per million requests
Entry
Growth — pay-as-you-go, $6 per 1M requests
Bittensor
Bittensor EVM (chain 964) on the paid tier; native Subtensor RPC not documented
Where Iteradian winsSubtensor, not just the EVMSee the matchupRunning something else?Self-hosted nodes, a public endpoint or another provider: the comparison that counts is your own traffic. Point one service at the gateway for 7 days and read the bill.Start the trial
05Straight answers

Where the others are ahead

Better you hear it here than after a migration. If one of these is a must-have today, one of the providers above is the better call.

  • A focused catalogue

    12 networks in the catalogue, against 100+ at the largest providers. We add chains when we can run them properly.

  • SLA on Dedicated only

    No uptime percentage is published for shared plans. Dedicated contracts carry agreed SLA terms.

Move one workload this week.

Start the 7-day trial with no card, point one service at the gateway, and read the bill line by line. If it doesn’t beat what you pay now, you have lost an afternoon.

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Competitor figures are read from each provider’s own pricing pages and documentation; every matchup page links its sources and the date they were read. Product names and trademarks belong to their owners. Iteradian is not affiliated with any provider listed.