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A practical comparison of RPC access, wallet data, indexing, and streaming, including how to use Goldsky and Alchemy together.

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Goldsky vs Alchemy: the verdict

Alchemy is a JSON-RPC node provider with add-on Data and Wallet APIs. It fits if you need WebSocket subscriptions. It also fits if you already run Alchemy-specific tooling like Account Kit or the Gas Manager and don’t want to change your RPC setup.

Goldsky fits if you want flat per-request pricing for RPC and wallet data with Edge RPC and Feeds. It also fits if you want to keep Alchemy and automatically optimize your RPC calls with Boost, or if you run subgraphs or stream onchain data into your own database.

Alchemy discontinued its own subgraph product in December 2025 and named Goldsky as its migration partner.⁠[2]

Compare products, pricing, and platform capabilities

Alchemy is a JSON-RPC node provider with add-on Data and Wallet APIs. Goldsky answers with three products: Edge RPC replaces raw RPC calls, Boost is an RPC CDN in front of Alchemy, and Feeds returns wallet balances and transfers. Goldsky also runs Subgraphs and Turbo pipelines.

Quick comparison of Alchemy and Goldsky across key dimensions
FeatureAlchemyGoldsky
RPC and cost control
Core RPC APIAdvantage: Node API: JSON-RPC plus WebSockets⁠[3]Edge RPC: JSON-RPC over HTTPS, 8+ regions, automatic failover⁠[9]
RPC pricing model10 to 60 compute units per call, $0.525 per million⁠[3]⁠[4]Advantage: $5 per million requests, every method priced the same⁠[9]
RPC CDNNo equivalent product. Every request bills under your planAdvantage: Boost serves eligible reads from Goldsky and forwards the rest to Alchemy. Free for a limited time⁠[14]
Wallet data
Wallet balances and transfersToken API, Transfers API, and Portfolio API, each with its own compute unit cost⁠[6]Feeds: Balances and Transfers endpoints across 8 chains⁠[15]
Wallet data pricingCompute units per call, higher for Portfolio transfers across chains⁠[4]Advantage: $0.35 per 1,000 requests, same price for every endpoint and chain count⁠[16]
Indexing and streaming
Subgraph / GraphQL indexingAlchemy Subgraphs was sunset on December 8, 2025. Goldsky was its migration partner⁠[2]Advantage: Managed Subgraphs service, backwards-compatible with graph-node⁠[18]
Streaming data pipelinesWebhooks: real-time notifications for address activity, NFT activity, and custom onchain events⁠[8]Turbo: sinks include PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MySQL, Kafka, S3, SQS, EventBridge, Pub/Sub, S2, and webhook sinks;⁠[20] pipelines start in under 5 seconds⁠[19]
Chain coverage
Supported chains100+ chains (Node API)⁠[5]Advantage: 150+ chains, 270+ networks⁠[17]

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RPC access: Edge RPC vs Alchemy Node API

Edge RPC serves JSON-RPC requests for EVM networks from 8+ regions with sub-100ms latency.⁠[9] Automatic failover and cross-validation across multiple providers keep results accurate during an outage.⁠[10]

  • Edge RPC pricing: $5 per million requests, at the same rate for every method, with no multiplier to calculate.⁠[9]
  • Alchemy Node API pricing: each method costs its own number of compute units, from 10 for eth_blockNumber to 60 for eth_getLogs.⁠[4] After the free tier, Pay As You Go costs $0.525 per million compute units.⁠[3]
  • Where Alchemy goes further: WebSocket subscriptions, which Edge RPC doesn’t serve.⁠[3]⁠[9]
  • Trace and Debug methods: both providers offer them.⁠[3]⁠[9]

Optimize your Alchemy RPC with Boost

Boost is an RPC CDN in front of your existing RPC provider. It works with Alchemy, and with any other provider you already use.⁠[11] You can run both together, keeping Alchemy for what only Alchemy does while Boost answers the reads it can.

  • What Boost answers: eligible historical and tip-of-chain reads, from Goldsky’s indexed data.⁠[11]
  • What stays on Alchemy: everything else, including WebSocket subscriptions, traces, and state reads like eth_call and eth_getBalance.⁠[11]⁠[12] Your Alchemy account and tooling stay in place.
  • Setup: change one endpoint URL, with no other code changes and no provider switch.⁠[13]
  • Pricing: Boost is free for a limited time, with no charge for served or forwarded requests. You keep paying Alchemy only for the requests Boost can’t answer.⁠[14]⁠[16]
  • Visibility: every response carries an x-cache header showing whether Boost served it or forwarded it.⁠[12]

Wallet data: Feeds vs Alchemy’s Data APIs

Feeds is a REST API that returns a wallet’s balances and transfers across 8 chains, at $0.35 per 1,000 requests with no extra charge for more chains or a different endpoint.⁠[15]⁠[16]

Alchemy covers the same ground with three separate products:

  • Token API: returns balances.
  • Transfers API: returns transfer history.
  • Portfolio API: returns multi-chain wallet views.⁠[6]

Each product bills in compute units, and the Portfolio API’s wallet transfers endpoint charges more compute units for every chain you add.⁠[4] Its token endpoint also caps each request at 2 wallet addresses and 5 networks.⁠[7]

If you need onchain automation instead of only reads, we also offer Compose.

Indexing and streaming

  • Subgraphs: Alchemy discontinued its subgraph product on December 8, 2025.⁠[1] Goldsky was its migration partner, and Goldsky Subgraphs is the active, backwards-compatible managed service.⁠[2]⁠[18]
  • Alchemy Webhooks: real-time notifications for address activity, NFT activity, and custom onchain events.⁠[8]
  • Goldsky Turbo pipelines: Turbo pipelines write to PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MySQL, Kafka, S3, SQS, EventBridge, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, S2, or a webhook.⁠[20] Pipeline startups take under 5 seconds.⁠[19]

Chain support

  • Goldsky: 150+ chains across 270+ networks for indexing and streaming.⁠[17]
  • Alchemy: lists access to 100+ chains for its Node API.⁠[5]

Goldsky’s current chain list is on the chains page.

Pricing

Pricing comparison between Alchemy and Goldsky
FeatureAlchemyGoldsky
Free tier30 million compute units a month, 300 compute units per second of throughput⁠[3]Starter plan, $100 credit, no card required⁠[16]
Billing modelPay As You Go on compute units, or an enterprise plan⁠[3]Usage-based on the Scale plan, or an enterprise contract⁠[16]
RPC pricing10 to 60 compute units per call, $0.525 per million⁠[3]⁠[4]$5 per million requests, every method priced the same⁠[9]
RPC CDNNo equivalent product. Every request bills under your planBoost is free for a limited time, with no charge for served or forwarded requests⁠[14]
Wallet data pricingCompute units per call. Portfolio transfers cost more for each added chain⁠[4]$0.35 per 1,000 requests, same price for every endpoint and chain count⁠[15]

Goldsky publishes full pricing details, including volume discounts, on its pricing page.

When to choose Goldsky, and when to choose Alchemy

Choose Alchemy if:

  • You rely on Alchemy-specific wallet or account-abstraction tooling, like Account Kit or the Gas Manager, already in production
  • You need WebSocket subscriptions on every request
  • You don’t want to change your current RPC setup

Choose Goldsky if:

  • You want flat per-request RPC pricing instead of compute units with method multipliers
  • You want to keep Alchemy and automatically optimize your RPC calls with Boost
  • You want wallet balances and transfers at one flat price instead of per-endpoint compute units
  • You run subgraphs and need a provider that still operates one
  • You want to stream onchain data into your own database with Turbo pipelines

Migrate a subgraph from Alchemy in three steps

If you have an existing subgraph deployed on Alchemy, install and authenticate the CLI. Then deploy it to Goldsky using its IPFS deployment hash.⁠[21]

  1. 1. Install the CLI

    $ curl https://goldsky.com | sh

  2. 2. Authenticate

    $ goldsky login

  3. 3. Migrate your subgraph from Alchemy

    $ goldsky subgraph deploy my-subgraph/v1 --from-ipfs-hash <ALCHEMY_IPFS_HASH> --ipfs-gateway https://ipfs.satsuma.xyz

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Frequently asked questions

Edge RPC is Goldsky’s JSON-RPC replacement for Alchemy’s Node API. Edge RPC prices every method the same, at $5 per million requests, instead of Alchemy’s compute units.
Yes. Boost is an RPC CDN in front of your existing RPC provider: it answers historical and tip-of-chain reads from Goldsky’s indexed data and forwards everything else, so it automatically optimizes your existing RPC endpoints and lowers billable RPC calls without changing providers. Alchemy works as its upstream, and so do other RPC providers. Boost is free for a limited time, with no charge for served or forwarded requests.
Goldsky’s Feeds returns wallet balances and transfers across 8 chains for $0.35 per 1,000 requests, with no per-endpoint or per-chain surcharge. Alchemy meters each Data API call in compute units, and its Portfolio transfers endpoint charges more compute units for each additional chain.
Alchemy Webhooks send real-time notifications for address activity, NFT activity, and custom onchain events. Goldsky Turbo pipelines write to PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MySQL, Kafka, S3, SQS, EventBridge, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, S2, or a webhook, and pipeline startups take under 5 seconds.
No. Alchemy Subgraphs, built on the acquired Satsuma platform, was sunset on December 8, 2025. Alchemy discontinued all subgraph and query endpoints. In its original sunset notice (archived December 12, 2025), Alchemy named Goldsky as its migration partner.
Goldsky answers Alchemy’s RPC and wallet data products with Edge RPC, Boost, and Feeds. Goldsky also runs a managed subgraph and streaming platform. Alchemy is a JSON-RPC node provider with add-on Data APIs and no active subgraph product.
Yes. Goldsky publishes a step-by-step migration guide that deploys your existing subgraph from its Alchemy IPFS deployment hash. The migration needs no changes to your subgraph manifest, schema, or mappings.
Goldsky supports 150+ chains across 270+ networks for indexing and streaming. Alchemy supports 100+ chains for its Node API. Goldsky’s current chain list is on its chains page.
Goldsky prices Edge RPC at a flat $5 per million requests. Feeds costs $0.35 per 1,000 requests, with every method and chain priced the same. Boost is free for a limited time. Alchemy meters Node API calls in compute units, with a different compute-unit cost for each method. The free tier includes 30 million compute units a month, then Pay As You Go is $0.525 per million.

Sources

All sources were checked on October 27, 2026.

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