Software · head to head
Bitget vs Alchemy
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Bitget the Internet Archive's capture of Bitget's fee schedule page on 4 December 2023 confirmed trading fees can be discounted by paying with the BGB token and that a tiered VIP program grants further discounts, but the underlying fee percentages are loaded client-side and were not present in the captured HTML.; Alchemy the free tier is capped at 30M compute units a month and 25 requests per second
- They diverge on capability: Bitget covers Spot Trading, Alchemy covers Node APIs.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Bitget and Alchemy actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Bitget
- Spot Trading
- Futures Trading
- Copy Trading
- Launchpad
- Earn
- BGB Token
- Bitget Wallet
- Ios support
Only in Alchemy
- Node APIs
- Enhanced APIs
- NFT API
- Webhooks
- Mempool
- 35+ chains
- SDKs
- Api support
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Bitget
- Exchangesnot Alchemy
- Tradingnot Alchemy
- Copy Tradingnot Alchemy
Alchemy
- Hosted blockchain node access across mainnets and testnetsnot Bitget
- Backing a production web3 application without running nodesnot Bitget
- Webhook-driven notifications for on-chain eventsnot Bitget
- Scaling read throughput beyond self-hosted node limitsnot Bitget
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Bitget
- The Internet Archive's capture of Bitget's fee schedule page on 4 December 2023 confirmed trading fees can be discounted by paying with the BGB token and that a tiered VIP program grants further discounts, but the underlying fee percentages are loaded client-side and were not present in the captured HTML.
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Bitget
Free- StandardFree
- Spot trading
- Copy trading
- Futures
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
Which should you pick?
Choose Bitget if
- You need spot trading.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want futures trading.
Choose Alchemy if
- You need node apis.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Api, Web.
- You also want enhanced apis.
Questions people ask
- Is Bitget or Alchemy better?
- Neither clearly leads. Bitget starts at Free and Alchemy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Bitget or Alchemy?
- Bitget starts at Free and Alchemy at Free.
- Does Bitget or Alchemy run on more platforms?
- Bitget runs on Web, Ios, Android. Alchemy runs on Api, Web.
- Can I use Bitget for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Bitget best used for?
- Bitget is most often used for exchanges, trading, copy trading. Of those, exchanges and trading are not what Alchemy is typically brought in for.
- What can Bitget do that Alchemy cannot?
- Bitget covers Spot Trading, Futures Trading, Copy Trading, Launchpad. Alchemy covers Node APIs, Enhanced APIs, NFT API, Webhooks. Both handle Web support.