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Similarities
- Subgraph compatibility: Both Goldsky and Alchemy are fully compatible with the open source
graph-node specificiation
Differences
Goldsky provides additional value-add functionality on top of the standard subgraph experience:
- Tags: Hotswap subgraphs versions seamlessly, allowing for zero-downtime updates on your frontend
- Webhooks: Send real-time notifications from subgraph updates to a webhook, enabling advanced, push-based use cases
- Mirror connectivity: Stream your subgraph data into a database of your own for custom analytics and processing. This enables significant additional power and flexibility (eg. cross-chain subgraphs)
- Load-balanced RPC network: We use multiple RPC vendors with a variety of underlying node clients, leading to improved reliability and performance
Pricing
Similarities
- Free Plan: Both Goldsky and Alchemy offer a fully free plan, with no credit card needed. The free plan includes ~5 requests per second and 100K entities stored.
Differences
Goldsky offers more predictable and cost-effective pricing compared to Alchemy:
- No per-query fees: We don’t charge based on query volume, allowing for significantly more predictable costs.
- At-scale pricing: $10/M entities, vs. Alchemy’s $25/M entities; meaning that >90% of Alchemy users pay less on Goldsky.
