--- title: "Helius: Solana's Leading RPC and API Platform" description: "Solana RPCs, APIs, gRPC, webhooks, and dedicated infrastructure to build and ship crypto apps, fast. Get started for free in 1 click." canonical: "https://www.helius.dev" last-updated: "2026-03-20T15:12:12.296Z" --- # Helius: Solana's Leading RPC and API Platform > Solana RPCs, APIs, gRPC, webhooks, and dedicated infrastructure to build and ship crypto apps, fast. Get started for free in 1 click. ## The engine behind Solana's best teams, traders, and tinkerers. Solana’s most reliable and low latency RPCs, transaction landing services, and data streaming tools. [Start for free](https://dashboard.helius.dev/signup) | [Documentation](https://www.helius.dev/docs) **THE COMPLETE STACK** ## The API for Internet Markets Run your apps and trading strategies on a unified platform that combines low latency reads with optimized transaction delivery pipelines to detect onchain signals faster, fill more trades, and reduce engineering time. ## LaserStream The fastest, most reliable way of streaming Solana blocks, transactions, and account data via gRPC. - Extreme Redundancy — redundant node clusters with historical replay and persistence so you never miss data - Optimized ShredStream — receive data before anyone else without running your own dedicated nodes - Global Coverage — regional endpoints for FRA, AMS, TYO, SG, LAX, LON, EWR, PITT, and SLC [Get started](https://www.helius.dev/laserstream) **See also:** - [LaserStream WebSockets](https://www.helius.dev/solana-webhooks-websockets): Listen to onchain events and stream updates ## Sender Reliably land transactions even during the toughest market conditions with our ultra-low latency transaction sending service. 0 API credits. 7 global endpoints. 50 TPS (default). Optimized for traders. - Route txns across every available high-speed pathway - Submit transactions through 7 regional endpoints - Access staked bandwidth from [Solana's #1 validator](https://www.helius.dev/validator) [Get started](https://www.helius.dev/sender) **See also:** - [Preconfirmations (Preconfs)](https://www.helius.dev/preconfirmations): The earliest trading signal on Solana ## Solana RPCs The fastest path to Solana via globally distributed RPCs and our Gatekeeper edge gateway. - Sub-millisecond responses via [Gatekeeper](https://www.helius.dev/blog/introducing-gatekeeper), our Rust-based edge gateway - Helius-exclusive [archival methods](https://www.helius.dev/historical-data) with cursor-based pagination like getTransactionsForAddress - Send transactions via [staked connections](https://www.helius.dev/staked-connections) by default [Get started](https://www.helius.dev/solana-rpc-nodes) **See also:** - [Benchmark Solana RPC Providers](https://www.helius.dev/benchmarks): Test RPC latency across methods, regions, and infra ## Enterprise-grade infrastructure and reliability We detect your problems before you do. The biggest apps in crypto rely on our SOC 2 certified infrastructure and Solana-native experience to meet their every scaling challenge. When you choose us, everything just works. - **RPC success rate**: 99.99% - **Transaction confirmations**: 5x faster - **Continents covered**: 3 - **Support available**: 24/7 ### Tailored solutions just for you No two companies are the same. Book a meeting with our team, and we'll create a custom plan for your business. [Schedule a call](https://www.helius.dev/contact) | [Chat with us](https://t.me/dtalw) ### SOC Compliant SOC 2 certified infrastructure ## Solutions for any business - **Traders & Market Makers**: Combine the lowest latency shreds with the fastest transaction delivery service to find signals faster and win more trades. - **Crypto Exchanges**: Run your exchange on the most scalable and reliable Solana tech stack so you can handle even the most active trading days onchain. - **Searchers**: Discover opportunities and land bids faster than your competitors with a unified trading stack engineered for speed and simplicity. - **Wallets**: Create a wallet experience users love with the freshest account balances, real-time notifications, and industry-leading reliability. - **DeFi**: Build performant apps for internet capital markets on purpose-built infrastructure for low latency reads and writes. - **Fintech**: Launch new payments, banking, and stablecoin apps on a platform with unmatched availability and scale. ## Trusted by Solana's best teams > "Helius is super fast, reliable, and I'd recommend them to anyone looking for the best developer experience on Solana. They power a great portion of our infrastructure at Backpack." — **Armani Ferrante**, CO-FOUNDER & CEO, BACKPACK > "The Helius team makes building on Solana smoother and easier. They've done an amazing job at streamlining and removing complexity from app development on the network." — **Anatoly Yakovenko**, CO-FOUNDER & CEO, SOLANA > "The Helius team's deep technical expertise in Solana and node management was absolutely critical during one of our most challenging and busiest days. Thanks to their support, we handled extreme congestion and enabled our users to complete more than 10 million transactions in just one day." — **Jorge Valdeiglesias**, STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER, PHANTOM > "The Helius team is the GOAT. They ship fast, intake product feedback overnight, and power a great deal of Crossmint infrastructure. A big percentage of Crossmint products couldn't exist without Helius." — **Alfonso Gomez Manas**, CO-FOUNDER, CROSSMINT > "Having personally built our own in-house indexing and data pipelines at Zeta, I know how much of a headache it is for new teams. Being able to save countless hours of data engineering work and costly AWS bills is a big advantage for us." — **Tristan Frizza**, FOUNDER & CEO, ZETA MARKETS > "Helius has been instrumental in kickstarting our Pythnet operations. Their seamless infrastructure management ensures everything runs smoothly, allowing us to focus on building and scaling our trading operations without worrying about the details of running Solana nodes." — **Jeremy De Groodt**, CO-FOUNDER & CTO, KEYROCK > "As Solana activity continues to grow, Helius stands out as one of the leading Solana infrastructure providers, enabling our team to access reliable data that meets the demands of an enterprise-grade platform." — **Jonathan Levin**, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, CHAINALYSIS > "We tried every strategy to land transactions on Solana, but nothing was working. The moment we switched our RPCs to Helius and started sending transactions through staked connections, all of our problems disappeared. Now we can confidently scale our business on Solana without worrying about our customer's transactions getting dropped." — **Cody Lambert**, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, BRALE > "When it comes to SOL staking, Helius is truly differentiated. Helius is the industry leader when it comes to running secure, reliable, and performant validators. Since launching in 2022, they have championed Solana's success, built world-class infrastructure, and stewarded the network to become what it is today - the foundation on which the new financial system will be built." — **Cosmo Jiang**, GENERAL PARTNER AT PANTERA CAPITAL AND BOARD OBSERVER AT HSDT > "We're thrilled to partner with Helius in building our own Solana validator for the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF. Not only is Helius the standard bearer for Solana validators when it comes to areas like performance, reliability, and security, but their native understanding of Solana and its ecosystem is unmatched. They've helped us build the perfect high performance validator—one that meets our stringent needs around security and reporting as an ETF issuer." — **Hong Kim**, CTO, BITWISE ASSET MANAGEMENT > "The number one thing we care about is safety for users. To give traders the best price and tightest spreads, we depend on LaserStream to feed our price engine with the freshest, fastest onchain data." — **Nitesh Nath**, CEO, DFLOW ## Ready to build? Get started in less than 10 seconds. No credit cards or email required. [Start building](https://dashboard.helius.dev/) | [Learn more](https://www.helius.dev/docs)