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Goldsky vs Infura

Last updated October 29, 2026

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

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Goldsky vs Infura: the verdict

Infura is a Consensys product, and its homepage banner reads “Now part of MetaMask Developer.”⁠^[1] It fits if you need RPC on non-EVM chains, WebSocket subscriptions, or ERC-4337 bundler methods.

Goldsky fits if you want flat per-request pricing for EVM RPC and wallet data with Edge RPC and Feeds. It also fits if you want to keep Infura and put Boost in front of it. It also fits if you run subgraphs or stream onchain data into your own database.

Compare products, pricing, and platform capabilities

Infura sells JSON-RPC node access, a Gas API, and ERC-4337 bundler methods. Edge RPC replaces raw RPC calls. Boost is an RPC CDN in front of Infura. Feeds returns wallet balances and transfers. Goldsky also runs Subgraphs and Turbo pipelines.

Quick comparison of Infura and Goldsky across key dimensions
Feature	Infura	Goldsky
RPC services
Core RPC	JSON-RPC over HTTPS across the 27 chains listed in Infura’s docs⁠^[2]	Edge RPC: JSON-RPC over HTTPS for EVM networks, 8+ regions⁠^[13]
Transport	Advantage: HTTPS plus WebSocket subscriptions on 14 networks⁠^[3]	HTTPS only. No WebSocket and no eth_subscribe⁠^[13]
RPC pricing model	A daily credit quota per plan, with per-method credit costs⁠^[5]	Advantage: $5 per million requests, every method priced the same⁠^[13]
Boost
RPC CDN	No equivalent product. Every request draws down the daily credit quota⁠^[5]	Advantage: Boost serves eligible reads from Goldsky and forwards the rest to Infura. Free for a limited time⁠^[16]
Wallet and token data
Wallet balances and transfers	A Gas API with its own REST reference, plus ERC-4337 bundler methods⁠^[8]⁠^[9]	Advantage: Feeds: balances, transfer history, token metadata and prices across 8 EVM chains⁠^[17]
Indexing and streaming
Subgraph / GraphQL indexing	The published reference covers JSON-RPC, the Gas API, and bundler methods⁠^[9]	Advantage: Managed Subgraphs service, backwards-compatible with graph-node⁠^[18]
Streaming data	WebSocket subscriptions push new heads, logs, and pending transactions to a consumer you run⁠^[3]	Turbo: 11 sink types with SQL and TypeScript transforms, and reorg handling⁠^[20]
Chain coverage
Supported chains	Advantage: 27 chains listed in Infura’s docs, including Bitcoin, Solana, Starknet, and Stellar⁠^[2]	Edge RPC covers EVM networks only. The subgraph coverage matrix lists 106 chains⁠^[13]⁠^[21]

RPC services: Edge RPC vs the Infura node API

Edge RPC serves JSON-RPC requests for EVM networks from 8+ regions with automatic failover. It prices every method the same, at a flat $5 per million requests.⁠^[13]

Infura plans: Core is free at 3,000,000 daily credits and 500 credits per second. Developer is $50/month for 15,000,000 daily credits and 4,000 credits per second. Team is $225/month for 75,000,000 daily credits.⁠^[5]
Credits per method: eth_call and eth_getBalance cost 80 credits. eth_getLogs costs 255. eth_estimateGas costs 300. debug_traceTransaction costs 1,000. eth_sendUserOperation costs 4,950.⁠^[6]
Where Infura goes further, transport: WebSocket is available on 14 networks, with subscriptions for new heads, logs, and pending transactions. Goldsky Edge RPC is HTTPS only.⁠^[3]
Where Infura goes further, chains: Bitcoin, Solana, Starknet, and Stellar have JSON-RPC endpoints with their own methods. Solana access is limited to select customers.⁠^[2]
Archive data: Infura enables it on the Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum, Celo, and Sei mainnets, plus the Sepolia and Amoy testnets. Infura describes this as a network limit, separate from the plan tier.⁠^[4]
Signing: Infura does not custody private keys. eth_sendTransaction and eth_sign are unsupported, so clients sign locally and submit eth_sendRawTransaction.⁠^[10]

Run Infura and Goldsky Boost together

Boost is an RPC CDN in front of your existing RPC provider. It works with Infura, and with any other provider you already use.⁠^[14] You can run both together, keeping Infura for what only Infura does while Boost answers the reads it can.

What Boost answers: eligible historical and tip-of-chain reads, from Goldsky’s indexed data.⁠^[14]
What stays on Infura: everything else. Your Infura API keys and dashboard stay in place.⁠^[14]
Setup: change one endpoint URL, with no other code changes and no provider switch. Boost is HTTPS only.⁠^[15]
Pricing: Boost is free for a limited time, with no charge for served or forwarded requests. You keep paying Infura only for the requests Boost cannot answer.⁠^[16]
Visibility: every response carries an x-cache header showing whether Boost served it or forwarded it.⁠^[14]

Wallet and token data: Feeds vs Infura

Feeds is a REST API that returns a wallet’s balances, transfer history, and token metadata and prices across 8 EVM chains. It costs $0.35 per 1,000 requests, with no extra charge for a different endpoint.⁠^[17]

Infura publishes a Gas API as a separate REST API, with baseFeeHistory, baseFeePercentile, busyThreshold, and suggestedGasFees.⁠^[8] Its JSON-RPC reference also documents ERC-4337 bundler methods, including eth_sendUserOperation and eth_estimateUserOperationGas.⁠^[9]

Goldsky also offers Compose for onchain automation. Compose runs customer-written TypeScript tasks in Goldsky-hosted sandboxes, on the Scale plan only.

Indexing and streaming

Subgraphs: Goldsky Subgraphs is a managed service that hosts graph-node-spec subgraphs and serves GraphQL.⁠^[18] Infura’s published reference covers JSON-RPC, the Gas API, and bundler methods.⁠^[9]
Infura streaming surface: WebSocket subscriptions push new heads, logs, and pending transactions to a consumer you write and run.⁠^[3] Ongoing events bill in credits, at 50 credits per block for new heads and up to 300 credits per block for logs.⁠^[6]
Goldsky Turbo pipelines: Turbo is a vendor-managed pipeline into 11 sink types, with SQL and TypeScript transforms.⁠^[20] Reorgs are detected at ingestion and walked back, and keyed sinks converge automatically.⁠^[19]

Chain support

Infura: the endpoint reference lists 27 chains. Bitcoin, Solana, Starknet, and Stellar sit next to the EVM networks, and none of the four support WebSocket.⁠^[2]⁠^[3] Archive data covers a shorter list of networks.⁠^[4]
Goldsky: Edge RPC covers EVM networks only.⁠^[13] The subgraph coverage matrix lists 106 chains. Turbo pipelines add Solana, Bitcoin, Stellar, NEAR, Movement, and Hypercore.⁠^[21]

Infura serves non-EVM chains where Edge RPC has no coverage. Goldsky’s current chain list is on the chains page.

Pricing

Pricing comparison between Infura and Goldsky
Feature	Infura	Goldsky
Free tier	Core plan: 3,000,000 daily credits, 500 credits per second, 1 API key⁠^[5]	Starter plan, $100 credit, no card required⁠^[22]
Paid plans	Developer: $50/month for 15,000,000 daily credits. Team: $225/month for 75,000,000 daily credits⁠^[5]	Scale is pay-as-you-go, with no monthly plan fee⁠^[22]
Metered RPC pricing	Credits per method: eth_call 80, eth_getLogs 255, debug_traceTransaction 1,000⁠^[6]	$5 per million requests, every method priced the same⁠^[13]
Extra capacity	$200/month add-on for 55,000,000 more daily credits⁠^[5]	No add-on. Usage bills per request⁠^[13]
At the limit	HTTP 402 stops service until the quota resets at 00:00 UTC. Throughput overflow returns HTTP 429⁠^[7]	Metered per request, with no daily credit cutoff⁠^[13]
Wallet data pricing	The Gas API is a separate REST API with its own reference docs⁠^[8]	$0.35 per 1,000 requests, same price for every endpoint⁠^[17]
Usage visibility	Request history for 24 hours on Core and 30 days on paid plans. Email alerts at 75%, 85%, and 100% of the daily limit⁠^[5]⁠^[10]	Every Boost response carries an x-cache header showing how it was served⁠^[14]
Support	Core: community. Developer: tickets. Team: prioritized tickets. Enterprise: 24/7 engineering support⁠^[5]	Scale targets 24 to 48 hours, best effort. Enterprise gets a named Customer Success Manager⁠^[23]
Uptime reporting	A public status page with per-component status and an incident history⁠^[12]	99.9%+ uptime, a general figure stated on the Subgraphs product page⁠^[18]

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

When to choose Goldsky, and when to choose Infura

Choose Infura if:

You need RPC on Bitcoin, Starknet, or Stellar next to your EVM chains
You need WebSocket subscriptions for new heads, logs, or pending transactions
You need ERC-4337 bundler methods for account abstraction
You prefer a plan with a bundled daily quota over per-request billing

Choose Goldsky if:

You want EVM RPC where every method costs the same, at $5 per million requests
You want to keep Infura and lower its billable calls with Boost
You want wallet balances, transfers, and token prices from one API with Feeds
You run subgraphs or stream onchain data into your own database

Frequently asked questions

Which chains does Infura support?

Infura’s endpoint reference lists 27 chains, including Bitcoin, Solana, Starknet, and Stellar next to EVM networks. Solana access is limited to select customers.⁠^[2] Goldsky Edge RPC covers EVM networks only.⁠^[13]

Does Infura support WebSocket and eth_subscribe?

Yes, on 14 networks. Subscriptions cover new heads, logs, and pending transactions, and the connection closes when the daily credit limit is reached.⁠^[3] Goldsky Edge RPC is HTTPS only, with no WebSocket and no eth_subscribe.⁠^[13]

Is Infura archive data available on every network?

No. Infura documents archive data on the Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum, Celo, and Sei mainnets, plus the Sepolia and Amoy testnets. Infura describes this as a network limit, separate from the plan tier.⁠^[4]

What happens when I hit the Infura credit quota?

Infura returns HTTP 402 and stops serving for the rest of the day. The quota resets at 00:00 UTC. Exceeding per-second throughput returns HTTP 429, and 429, 402, and 5xx responses are not charged.⁠^[7]

What does the free Infura plan include?

The Core plan includes 3,000,000 daily credits, 500 credits per second, and one API key. The Debug and Trace API appears as a plan feature from the Developer plan at $50 per month.⁠^[5]

Can Goldsky and Infura run together?

Yes. Boost is an RPC CDN in front of your existing RPC provider. It answers eligible historical and tip-of-chain reads from Goldsky’s indexed data and forwards everything else.⁠^[14] Infura works as its upstream, with one endpoint URL change and no other code change.⁠^[16]

What happened to Infura IPFS?

Infura IPFS is shut down. Uploads and pinning stopped on August 3, 2026, and all access ended on August 15, 2026.⁠^[11] Goldsky has no IPFS or pinning product, so Goldsky is not a replacement for that use case.