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Goldsky vs Quicknode

Last updated October 27, 2026

A practical comparison of RPC access, cost control, and wallet data, plus subgraph indexing and streaming pipelines, for blockchain infrastructure.

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Goldsky vs Quicknode: the verdict

Quicknode is a JSON-RPC node provider with Core RPC, a Streams data pipeline product, and a Token and NFT API add-on. It supports 76 chains across 132 networks.⁠^[1]

Goldsky answers with Edge RPC for JSON-RPC access and Boost to automatically optimize your existing RPC endpoint.⁠^[9]⁠^[13] Feeds prices wallet balances and transfers in USD.⁠^[15] Goldsky also offers Subgraphs for managed GraphQL indexing.⁠^[17]

Teams that keep Quicknode Marketplace add-ons, like IPFS pinning or Solana gRPC streaming, or that need Core RPC’s WebSocket subscriptions, find no direct Goldsky equivalent. Teams that want flat per-method RPC pricing or an RPC CDN in front of Quicknode find no direct Quicknode equivalent. Teams that want wallet data priced in USD get it from Feeds, since Quicknode’s Token and NFT API returns balances without USD pricing.⁠^[5]

Compare products, pricing, and platform capabilities

Quicknode is a JSON-RPC node provider with a Streams product and a Token and NFT API add-on. Goldsky answers with Edge RPC for RPC, Boost to automatically optimize your existing RPC endpoint, and Feeds for wallet data. We also offer Subgraphs for managed GraphQL indexing and Turbo for streaming.

Quick comparison of Quicknode and Goldsky across key dimensions
Feature	Quicknode	Goldsky
RPC and cost control
Core RPC API	Core RPC API: global traffic routing with automatic regional failover⁠^[3]	Edge RPC: JSON-RPC over HTTPS, 8+ regions, automatic failover across providers⁠^[9]
RPC pricing model	Build plan $49/month for 80M API credits, then $0.62 per million additional credits, with per-method multipliers⁠^[2]	$5 per million requests, every method priced the same⁠^[9]
RPC CDN	No equivalent product	Advantage: Boost: an RPC CDN in front of your Quicknode endpoint that automatically optimizes your RPC calls. Free for a limited time⁠^[14]
WebSocket subscriptions	Advantage: Core RPC exposes WebSocket endpoints for real-time subscriptions like `eth_subscribe`⁠^[4]	Edge RPC and Boost serve HTTPS only, with no WebSocket endpoint⁠^[9]
Wallet data
Wallet balances and transfers	Token and NFT API add-on: wallet ERC-20 balances and transfers, without USD pricing⁠^[5]	Advantage: Feeds: Balances and Transfers REST endpoints across 8 chains, with USD values⁠^[15]
Wallet data pricing	Token API methods bill at 2x the chain’s base credit rate, on top of a separate add-on⁠^[6]	Advantage: $0.35 per 1,000 requests, same rate for every endpoint and chain count⁠^[15]
Indexing and streaming
Subgraph / GraphQL indexing	No subgraph or GraphQL indexing product	Advantage: Managed Subgraphs service, backwards-compatible with graph-node⁠^[17]
Streaming data pipelines	Streams: webhook, S3, Postgres, Azure Blob, and Kafka destinations with Go or JavaScript filters⁠^[7]	Turbo: sinks include PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MySQL, Kafka, S3, SQS, EventBridge, Pub/Sub, S2, and webhook sinks;⁠^[19] pipelines start in under 5 seconds⁠^[18]
Chains & free tier
Supported chains	76 chains, 132 networks⁠^[1]	Advantage: 150+ chains, 270+ networks⁠^[16]
Free tier	10M API credits for one month only, 15 requests/second, 1 endpoint⁠^[2]	$100 one-time credit, no monthly reset or expiry date⁠^[21]
		Migrate in 3 steps

RPC access: Edge RPC vs Quicknode Core RPC

Quicknode’s Core RPC API offers global traffic routing with automatic regional failover across every supported chain.⁠^[3] Edge RPC matches that with JSON-RPC access across 8+ regions, automatic failover across providers, and cross-validation that blocks stale or incorrect data.⁠^[9]

Edge RPC pricing: $5 per million requests, at the same rate for every method.⁠^[9]
Quicknode pricing: usage is measured in API credits, with per-method multipliers.⁠^[2]

Optimize your Quicknode RPC with Boost

Boost is an RPC CDN in front of your existing RPC provider. It works with Quicknode, and with any other provider you already use.⁠^[11] You can run both together, keeping Quicknode for what only Quicknode 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 Quicknode: everything else, including WebSocket subscriptions, traces, and state reads like eth_call and eth_getBalance.⁠^[11]⁠^[12] Your Quicknode account and Marketplace add-ons 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. Quicknode only bills the calls Boost can’t serve.⁠^[14]
Visibility: every response carries an x-cache header showing whether Boost served it or forwarded it.⁠^[12]

If your team needs onchain automation beyond reads and RPC, Goldsky also offers Compose.

Wallet balances and transfers

Quicknode’s Token and NFT API add-on returns ERC-20 balances and transfers for one wallet through qn_getWalletTokenBalance and qn_getWalletTokenTransactions, with no USD pricing in the response.⁠^[5] The bundle is a separate add-on, and its methods bill at 2x the chain’s base API-credit rate.⁠^[6]

Feeds returns a wallet’s balances and transfers with USD values:

GET /balances: native and ERC-20 balances, with USD values and a wallet total.⁠^[15]
GET /transfers: native and ERC-20 transfers newest first, with token metadata and the USD value at transfer time.⁠^[15]

Both endpoints cover 8 chains and cost $0.35 per 1,000 requests, with no per-endpoint or per-chain surcharge.⁠^[15]

Indexing and streaming

Quicknode Streams: delivers raw or filtered blockchain data to webhooks, S3, PostgreSQL, Azure Blob, and Kafka, with server-side Go or JavaScript filters.⁠^[7] Quicknode doesn’t publish a managed GraphQL subgraph product.
Goldsky Subgraphs: managed, backwards-compatible subgraph indexing built on graph-node.⁠^[17]
Goldsky Turbo pipelines: write to PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MySQL, Kafka, S3, SQS, EventBridge, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, S2, or a webhook.⁠^[19] Pipeline startups take under 5 seconds.⁠^[18]

Chain support

Goldsky: 150+ chains across 270+ networks for indexing and streaming.⁠^[16]
Quicknode: 76 chains across 132 networks.⁠^[1] Some Quicknode chains carry an extra “Select Access” monthly fee.⁠^[1]

Our current chain list is on the chains page.

Pricing

Pricing comparison between Quicknode and Goldsky
Feature	Quicknode	Goldsky
RPC	$49/month for 80M API credits on the Build plan, then $0.62 per million additional credits, with per-method multipliers⁠^[2]	$5 per million requests, every method priced the same⁠^[9]
RPC CDN	No equivalent product	Boost is free for a limited time, with no charge for served or forwarded requests⁠^[14]
Wallet data API	Token and NFT API is an add-on, billed at 2x the chain’s base API-credit rate⁠^[5]⁠^[6]	$0.35 per 1,000 requests, same rate for every endpoint and chain count⁠^[15]
Subgraph / GraphQL indexing	No subgraph or GraphQL indexing product	$0.05 per running hour, about $36.50 a month, plus entity storage billed separately⁠^[21]
Streaming pipelines	Streams bills from the same API-credit plan, based on the network and data processed⁠^[8]	$0.10 per worker-hour, pipeline size sets the worker count⁠^[21]
Free tier	10M API credits for one month only, capped at 15 requests/second and 1 endpoint⁠^[2]	$100 one-time credit, no monthly reset or expiry date⁠^[21]
Billing model	Tiered monthly plans with included API credits, then per-million overage and per-method multipliers⁠^[2]	Usage-based on the Scale plan, or a free Starter plan funded by a one-time credit⁠^[21]

Current Goldsky rates are on the pricing page.

When to choose Goldsky, and when to choose Quicknode

Choose Quicknode if:

You want to keep Quicknode Marketplace add-ons like IPFS pinning or Solana gRPC streaming
You already pay for a Quicknode plan and only need more request-per-second headroom
You don’t need wallet balance or transfer data priced in USD

Choose Goldsky if:

You want flat RPC pricing, the same for every method, instead of Quicknode credit multipliers
You want to keep Quicknode and add Boost, an RPC CDN in front of it that is free for a limited time
You need wallet balances and transfers with USD values, not just raw token data
You also want GraphQL subgraph indexing, since Quicknode has no subgraph product

Migrate from Quicknode in three steps

When you’re ready to switch RPC providers, get an Edge RPC endpoint and point your existing JSON-RPC client at it with no code changes.⁠^[10] Then recreate a Quicknode Stream as a Turbo pipeline.⁠^[20]

1. Get your Edge RPC endpoint
https://edge.goldsky.com/standard/evm/{chainId}?key={your-key}
2. Send a test request to your endpoint
$ curl https://edge.goldsky.com/standard/evm/1?key=demo -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'
3. Recreate a Quicknode Stream as a Turbo pipeline
$ goldsky turbo apply my-pipeline.yaml

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Frequently asked questions

What is the main difference between Goldsky and Quicknode?

Quicknode is a JSON-RPC node provider with a Streams product and a Token and NFT API add-on. Goldsky offers Edge RPC for JSON-RPC access,⁠^[9] Boost to automatically optimize your existing RPC endpoint,⁠^[13] and Feeds for wallet balances and transfers with USD values.⁠^[15]

Can Goldsky Boost work in front of an existing Quicknode endpoint?

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.⁠^[13] Quicknode works as its upstream, and so do other RPC providers. Boost is free for a limited time.⁠^[14]

How does Goldsky Feeds compare to Quicknode’s Token and NFT API?

Goldsky Feeds returns wallet balances and transfers with USD values at $0.35 per 1,000 requests.⁠^[15] Quicknode’s Token and NFT API is a separate add-on, bills at twice the chain’s base API-credit rate, and doesn’t price tokens in USD.⁠^[5]⁠^[6]

How does RPC pricing compare between Goldsky and Quicknode?

Goldsky prices Edge RPC at a flat $5 per million requests, with every JSON-RPC method costing the same.⁠^[9] Quicknode’s Build plan is $49 a month for 80 million API credits, with method-specific credit multipliers, plus a free tier of 10 million credits for one month.⁠^[2]

Does Quicknode offer subgraph or GraphQL indexing?

No. Quicknode’s documentation covers Core RPC, Streams, and the Token and NFT API add-on. Goldsky offers managed GraphQL subgraph indexing through Subgraphs for teams that also need it.⁠^[17]

Does Quicknode support WebSocket subscriptions?

Yes. Quicknode’s Core RPC exposes WebSocket endpoints for real-time subscriptions like eth_subscribe.⁠^[4] Goldsky’s Edge RPC and Boost serve HTTPS only, with no WebSocket endpoint.⁠^[9]

How many chains does each platform support?

Quicknode supports 76 chains across 132 networks.⁠^[1] Goldsky supports 150+ chains across 270+ networks for indexing and streaming.⁠^[16] Goldsky’s current chain list is on the chains page.