How to Order Dedicated Nodes
Step-by-step guide to ordering a dedicated Solana RPC node
Dedicated Nodes can be ordered directly from the developer portal on the Dedicated Nodes tab.
Order a dedicated node from your Helius dashboard
Node Type
The type of node you choose depends on your specific project requirements. Reviewing each node’s CPU cores and RAM is important to determine which will best support your workload. Since we don’t impose any rate limits, your node’s performance will rely entirely on its specifications.
If you plan to make resource-intensive calls (e.g., getProgramAccounts, getTokenLargestAccounts, getTokenAccountsByDelegate, getTokenAccountsByOwner, getLargestAccounts), the AMD EPYC 7543p and AMD EPYC 9254 offer similar performance, but the EPYC 9254 is newer and more efficient.
The AMD EPYC 7443p is better if your workload does not require resource-intensive calls.
Choose your dedicated node's type and location
Node Location
We offer nodes across multiple regions: in North America (Pittsburgh, Newark, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Vancouver); in Europe (Dublin, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt); and in Asia (Tokyo, Singapore) to ensure the best geographic coverage with the global Solana infrastructure.
For optimal latency, choose a node closest to your server. Your node will be deployed within three hours of payment.
Node Client
You can customize your node by selecting the client type — either Agave or Jito Labs (fork of Agave with an additional method simulateBundle)
Select your dedicated node's client type
Dedicated nodes cannot send Jito Bundles on their own. To send Jito Bundles, you must use the Jito API, which handles packaging and sending the bundles through Jito’s system.
To simplify this process, our SDK provides an easy method called Send Jito Bundle.
Geyser Plugin (Optional)
Add optional features like the Yellowstone Geyser Plugin, which supports streaming of slots, blocks, transactions, and account updates.
Select the Yellowstone gRPC Geyser Plugin (Optional)
We recommend running Geyser and RPC operations on separate nodes for optimal performance.
Payment Options
You can pay via fiat or crypto (USDC). Once your payment goes through, your node will be deployed within 3 hours.
For billing, fiat payments will receive a discount on the next month’s bill for the number of days it took to provision the node. For crypto payments, the billing cycle starts once the node is delivered.