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Pick the right blockchain data API

Honest, head-to-head comparisons of SQD against the alternatives. Pricing, chain coverage, latency, validation, and self-hosting, measured the same way for both sides.

Apps & products

Wallets Tax Payments KYC RWA
Intelligence
Protocol analytics

Dune
Indexed data

The Graph Goldsky Envio Ponder Carbon Shyft Moralis Allium Bitquery SonarX
Our focus
Read-side infrastructure

SQD decentralized, validated, multi-chain at source
Node providers

Alchemy QuickNode Infura Helius Triton One Chainstack Blockdaemon Ankr

Tier 01

Indexed data & data APIs

Direct peers in the read-side data layer. Indexers, decoded-data vendors, multi-chain APIs.

SQD vs The Graph

Decentralized indexer networks compared. Subgraphs vs Squid SDK, AssemblyScript vs TypeScript, GRT-metered vs network-tiered.

SQD vs Goldsky

Indexed-data alternatives compared. Chain coverage, real-time ingestion, pipeline architecture, and pricing.

SQD vs Envio

TypeScript indexer built on HyperSync, EVM and Fuel. Compare framework model, chain coverage beyond EVM, and decentralization.

SQD vs Ponder

Open-source TypeScript framework for EVM indexing, RPC-sourced. Compare data sourcing, multi-chain coverage, and non-EVM support.

SQD vs Carbon

Open-source Rust indexing framework for Solana, built on Yellowstone gRPC. Compare framework model and multi-chain coverage vs a Solana-only toolkit.

SQD vs Shyft

Solana-native data APIs with pre-indexed token, NFT, and DeFi tables over gRPC and REST. Compare chain scope and data model vs a multi-chain network.

SQD vs Moralis

Hosted Web3 data APIs (token, NFT, wallet, price) vs decoded, self-hostable data across 225+ chains. EVM-focused SaaS vs multi-VM network.

SQD vs Allium

Two enterprise blockchain data platforms head-to-head. Decentralized network vs hosted dataset, open-source vs schema-locked.

SQD vs SonarX

Institutional read-side infrastructure compared. AWS-partnered SaaS vs decentralized network, SOC 2 path, multi-chain coverage.

SQD vs Bitquery

Two blockchain data API providers compared on latency, schema flexibility, decentralization, and cost.

Tier 02

Node providers

RPC and node infrastructure.

SQD vs Alchemy

Indexing vs RPC. Alchemy Subgraphs was sunset Dec 2025; SQD is the purpose-built alternative for custom chain indexing.

SQD vs QuickNode

RPC infrastructure vs decentralized read-side data network. Where each fits in a modern blockchain stack.

SQD vs Infura

Hosted RPC and node APIs from Consensys vs a decentralized read-side data network. Where RPC ends and indexed data begins.

SQD vs Helius

Solana-only RPC, DAS API, and transaction landing vs a multi-chain read-side network that also indexes Solana.

SQD vs Triton One

Solana RPC and Project Yellowstone streaming (Dragon's Mouth gRPC, Old Faithful history). Compare Solana-only infra vs a multi-chain read-side network.

SQD vs Chainstack

Enterprise node provider vs decentralized data lake. Compare RPC vs streaming HTTP, single-chain vs multi-chain pricing.

SQD vs Blockdaemon

Institutional node infrastructure vs read-side data infrastructure. Where regulated buyers land in the stack.

SQD vs Ankr

Multi-chain RPC and node infrastructure vs a read-side data network. Raw node access vs decoded, queryable data.

Tier 03

Intelligence & analytics

Downstream consumers of read-side data. Compare on raw data access vs higher-level dashboards and signals.

SQD vs Chainalysis

Coming soon

Compliance-focused blockchain analytics vs raw decoded data. Compare on data access, investigation tooling, and source-data control.

SQD vs Arkham

Coming soon

Onchain intelligence with entity labels vs decoded raw data. Compare on data freshness, coverage, and licensing.

SQD vs Nansen

Coming soon

Wallet intelligence and dashboards vs raw indexed data. Compare on underlying data sourcing and customization.

SQD vs Amberdata

Coming soon

Institutional crypto market and onchain data vs read-side infrastructure. Compare on data delivery model and chain coverage.

SQD vs Kaiko

Coming soon

Institutional market data and indices vs decoded onchain data. Compare on what each platform actually serves.

SQD vs Dune

SQL queries on indexed blockchain data vs read-side infrastructure that feeds them. Compare on the layer each owns.

SQD vs DefiLlama

Coming soon

Open-source DeFi protocol analytics vs raw chain data. Compare on aggregated TVL feeds vs ground-truth indexed data.

The SQD edge

What stays true across every comparison

The head-to-head pages cover each competitor in detail. These hold regardless of which one you are weighing SQD against.

Every major VM, one provider

EVM, Solana, Substrate, Bitcoin, and Hyperliquid through one endpoint. You can index a chain’s EVM and its Substrate runtime from the same provider, for example Bittensor’s EVM (chain 964) and Bittensor’s Substrate chain. Ponder and Envio are EVM-first; neither indexes Substrate or Bitcoin.

Hyperliquid beyond HyperEVM

Most providers stop at the HyperEVM chain. SQD also indexes Hyperliquid’s native HyperCore fills, with direction, PnL, and fees. More HyperCore data can be added on demand, both as new Portal datasets and via the SDK.

Solana, fully decoded

Instructions, accounts, and token balances with Anchor / IDL decoding, from slot 0 (genesis) to the head. Ponder has no Solana; Envio’s is early and not IDL-decoded.

No API key to start

The public Portal serves decoded data across every chain with no key, no card, and no token. Competitors typically need a paid RPC plan or an API token to fetch data.