Alchemy vs Helius

Every verified difference between Alchemy and Helius, with a source for each value. Updated 12 Oct 2026.

Side by side

Alchemy and Helius side by side
Feature	Alchemy	Helius
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium●
FeesDiffers	Free plan with 30M compute units per month; pay as you go from $0.45 per million CU, falling to $0.40 after 300M CU (pricing page and FAQ list different rates)	Free $0 (1M credits, 10 requests per second); Developer $49/month (10M credits, 50 RPS); Business $499/month (100M credits, 200 RPS); Professional $999/month (200M credits, 500 RPS); extra credits $5 per million; Enterprise custom●
Free plan	Yes	Yes●
API	Yes	Yes●