Cryptocurrency & Blockchain · head to head
Alchemy vs Moralis
Moralis
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
The easiest way to build Web3 apps
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Alchemy the free tier is capped at 30M compute units a month and 25 requests per second; Moralis the free plan is metered daily at 40,000 compute units rather than monthly, so a quiet week cannot offset a busy day
- They diverge on capability: Alchemy covers Node APIs, Moralis covers Token API.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Alchemy and Moralis actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), platforms (Api, Web), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Alchemy
- Node APIs
- Enhanced APIs
- Webhooks
- Mempool
- 35+ chains
- SDKs
Only in Moralis
- Token API
- Wallet API
- Streams
- Auth API
- EVM chains
- Solana
- Aptos
Both cover
- NFT API
- Api support
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Alchemy
- Hosted blockchain node access across mainnets and testnetsnot Moralis
- Backing a production web3 application without running nodesnot Moralis
- Webhook-driven notifications for on-chain eventsnot Moralis
- Scaling read throughput beyond self-hosted node limitsnot Moralis
Moralis
- Querying blockchain data across chains through a unified APInot Alchemy
- Building Web3 applications without running node infrastructurenot Alchemy
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Alchemy
- The free tier is capped at 30M compute units a month and 25 requests per second
- Free accounts are limited to 5 apps and 5 webhooks
- Beyond the free allowance it is $0.45 per 1M compute units for the first 300M a month
- Request cost varies by call complexity, from around 10 compute units to over 100, so spend is hard to predict from request counts alone
- Signed SLAs and priority support require an Enterprise contract
Moralis
- The free plan is metered daily at 40,000 compute units rather than monthly, so a quiet week cannot offset a busy day
- API throughput is 40 requests per second on both the free and the $49 Starter plan, so paying does not raise the rate limit at the first tier
- Doubling throughput to 80 requests per second requires the $199 Pro plan
- Every published price assumes annual billing
Pricing, plan by plan
Alchemy
Free- FreeFree
- 300M compute units
- 5 apps
- Core APIs
- Growth$49/month
- 400M compute units
- 15 apps
- Enhanced APIs
- Scale$199/month
- 1B compute units
- Unlimited apps
- Premium support
Moralis
Free- FreeFree
- 40K compute units/day
- NFT API
- Token API
- Pro$49/month
- 100K compute units/day
- All APIs
- Streams
- Business$249/month
- 500K compute units/day
- Priority support
- SLA
Which should you pick?
Choose Alchemy if
- You need node apis.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Api, Web.
- You also want enhanced apis.
Choose Moralis if
- You need token api.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Api, Web.
- You also want wallet api.
Questions people ask
- Is Alchemy or Moralis better?
- Neither clearly leads. Alchemy starts at Free and Moralis at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Alchemy or Moralis?
- Alchemy starts at Free and Moralis at Free.
- Does Alchemy or Moralis run on more platforms?
- Both run on Api, Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Alchemy for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Alchemy best used for?
- Alchemy is most often used for hosted blockchain node access across mainnets and testnets, backing a production web3 application without running nodes, webhook-driven notifications for on-chain events, scaling read throughput beyond self-hosted node limits. Of those, hosted blockchain node access across mainnets and testnets and backing a production web3 application without running nodes are not what Moralis is typically brought in for.
- What can Alchemy do that Moralis cannot?
- Alchemy covers Node APIs, Enhanced APIs, Webhooks, Mempool. Moralis covers Token API, Wallet API, Streams, Auth API. Both handle NFT API, Api support, Web support.