Chainstack vs Infura — Optimism
The monthly cost is $499 with no quota and an overage rate of $2.5 per 1M, indicating that this billing model favors low-volume heavy queries due to the absence of a quota. Latency assessment: 30ms p50 — fast enough for MEV bots and HFT (meets sub-50ms), and the supported-chain list covers common deployment targets including Ethereum and Solana.
This tier fits a production DApp with a request pattern of eth_call and eth_getLogs, a team scale of 5-10 developers, and a daily request volume of <1M req/day.
The monthly cost of $225 provides a quota of 5,000,000 requests per day with an overage rate of $2.5 per 1M, favoring high-volume uniform calls over low-volume heavy queries, while archive data access saves on historical eth_getStorageAt / trace_block / debug_traceTransaction queries. Latency assessment: 38ms p50 — meets the sub-50ms bar for latency-sensitive bots, and the supported-chain list covers common deployment targets including Ethereum and Polygon.
This tier is ideal for a high-frequency bot requiring >1M req/day with a request pattern involving eth_call and eth_getLogs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is faster: Chainstack or Infura for Optimism requests?
Chainstack has 30ms p50 RPC latency vs Infura's 38ms. Chainstack is faster by 8ms — a meaningful difference for MEV bots and real-time DApps with sub-100ms requirements.
How much does Chainstack vs Infura cost per month?
Chainstack Business costs $499/month. Infura Team costs $225/month. Cost-effectiveness depends on your request volume — check each provider's overage rates for workloads exceeding the base quota.
Does Chainstack or Infura support archive data?
Chainstack includes archive data access. Infura includes archive data access. Archive access is required for historical state queries (eth_getStorageAt, trace_block) beyond the last 128 blocks.
Which chains do Chainstack and Infura both support?
Both providers support: Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Linea, Avalanche, BNB Smart Chain. Chainstack additionally supports Solana, Sui, Monad. Infura additionally supports Starknet.