Software · head to head
DeBank vs Alchemy
DeBank
Software
The real Web3-native messenger & best Web3 portfolio tracker
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: DeBank developer API access is metered on a units-based quota system rather than flat unlimited access; each API key has a units balance drawn down per call, tracked via /v1/account/units with 30 days of daily usage history; Alchemy the free tier is capped at 30M compute units a month and 25 requests per second
- They diverge on capability: DeBank covers Portfolio Tracking, Alchemy covers Node APIs.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which DeBank 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 DeBank
- Portfolio Tracking
- Protocol Analytics
- Transaction History
- Social Features
- Web3 ID
- 20+ chains
- 1000+ protocols
- Chrome 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.
DeBank
- Portfolionot Alchemy
- Analyticsnot Alchemy
- Socialnot Alchemy
Alchemy
- Hosted blockchain node access across mainnets and testnetsnot DeBank
- Backing a production web3 application without running nodesnot DeBank
- Webhook-driven notifications for on-chain eventsnot DeBank
- Scaling read throughput beyond self-hosted node limitsnot DeBank
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
DeBank
- Developer API access is metered on a units-based quota system rather than flat unlimited access; each API key has a units balance drawn down per call, tracked via /v1/account/units with 30 days of daily usage history
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
DeBank
Free- FreeFree
- Portfolio tracking
- Protocol analytics
- Social feed
- DeBank L2$96/year
- Web3 ID
- Priority features
- Exclusive access
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 DeBank if
- You need portfolio tracking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Chrome, Ios, Android.
- You also want protocol analytics.
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 DeBank or Alchemy better?
- Neither clearly leads. DeBank 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, DeBank or Alchemy?
- DeBank starts at Free and Alchemy at Free.
- Does DeBank or Alchemy run on more platforms?
- DeBank runs on Web, Chrome, Ios, Android. Alchemy runs on Api, Web.
- Can I use DeBank for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is DeBank best used for?
- DeBank is most often used for portfolio, analytics, social. Of those, portfolio and analytics are not what Alchemy is typically brought in for.
- What can DeBank do that Alchemy cannot?
- DeBank covers Portfolio Tracking, Protocol Analytics, Transaction History, Social Features. Alchemy covers Node APIs, Enhanced APIs, NFT API, Webhooks. Both handle Web support.