Helius is more performant, has a wider offering of products, and is exclusive to Solana.
Quicknode supports EVM and non-EVM chains with limited Solana product coverage and depth compared to Helius, which is solely dedicated to the Solana ecosystem.
Evaluate Helius products and features vs. Quicknode
Helius has a more comprehensive suite of Solana products and more advanced features than Quicknode, and offers them natively compared to Quicknode's third-party add-on marketplace.
  | Quicknode | |
|---|---|---|
| Core Solana RPCs | ||
| Custom RPC Methods | gTFA, gTBA, etc. | - |
| DAS API Support | Native | via Marketplace |
| Core Solana WebSockets | LaserStream WSS (up to 200ms faster) | Standard WSS |
| Solana Webhooks | ||
| Wallet API | - | |
| Historical Solana Data | Custom RocksDB index | Default BigTable |
| gRPC Data Streaming | LaserStream gRPC | via Marketplace |
| Parsed Streams And Events API | - | |
| Priority Fee API | via Marketplace | |
| Transaction Landing Service | Sender | via Marketplace |
| MEV Protection | via Marketplace | |
| Transaction Rebates | - | |
| Preconfirmations (Preconfs) | - | |
| Raw Shred Delivery | - | |
| Decoded Shreds | - | |
| Dedicated RPC Nodes | ||
| Solana Validator Rank* | #2 (15.9M SOL) | #126 (637k SOL) |
| Validator as a Service | ||
| Starting Paid Plan | $49/month, 10M Credits, 50 RPS | $42/month, 80M Credits, 50 RPS** |
| Enterprise plans and SLAs | ||
| Customer Support | 24/7 Slack and Telegram support | Ticket-based and chat support |
*As of July 2026. See staking rewards for the latest data.
**Confirm current Quicknode pricing on their website; plans change frequently.
Helius vs. Quicknode p95 Solana RPC latency
Open-source, non-gameable RPC benchmarking tool comparing top Solana RPC providers across methods, regions, and infrastructure.
- Helius's score vs. Quicknode (85.9)
- 91.9/100Helius's score vs. Quicknode (85.9)
- p95 getTransaction latency vs. Quicknode
- 2.0xfasterp95 getTransaction latency vs. Quicknode
- Head-to-head win rate vs. Quicknode
- 95.6%Head-to-head win rate vs. Quicknode
Solana infrastructure built for speed and scale
Experience unmatched performance, unlimited scale, and a seamless developer experience when you build on our enterprise-grade platform.
Solana-only RPC extensions
Ship faster with Helius-exclusive methods such as getTransactionsForAddress
Optimized RocksDB archive
Get data from a custom RocksDB archival layer tuned for ultra-low latency reads
Edge Gateway and fiber backbone
Get data and land trades faster with our edge gateway and global fiber network
Trading-grade services
Optimized landing services and ULL data feeds built for HFTs, prop desks, and CEXs
Redundant by design
Globally available, maximally redundant, and elastically scalable to support your traffic
SDKs for humans and agents
Official Rust and TypeScript SDKs, CLI, MCP, and an official Claude Code plugin
Which RPC provider should you pick?
Choose Helius if...
- Latency, reliability, and global scale are non-negotiable
- Solana is your primary chain and key to your product's success
- You're a prop trading firm, HFT, searcher, propAMM, bot, or CEX
- You need the strongest guarantees for landing transactions
- You want to work with a team of dedicated Solana experts
Choose Quicknode if...
- You need one vendor across many L1s and L2s
- Solana is a small share of your multichain traffic
- You do not need exclusive Solana RPC methods or tools
- Your use case is not complex and scale is not a concern
- Your switching cost is prohibitively expensive
How to Switch from Quicknode
Get your Helius API key
Sign up for free and create your API key
Update your RPC URL
Replace Quicknode's RPC URL with your Helius endpoint
Deploy and test
Deploy, test in staging, then cutover traffic on mainnet
// Before (Quicknode)
const connection = new Connection(
"https://YOUR_ENDPOINT.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/YOUR_KEY"
);
// After (Helius)
const connection = new Connection(
"https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=YOUR_KEY"
);
Get your Helius API key
Sign up for free and create your API key
Update your RPC URL
Replace Quicknode's RPC URL with your Helius endpoint
Deploy and test
Deploy, test in staging, then cutover traffic on mainnet
// Before (Quicknode)
const connection = new Connection(
"https://YOUR_ENDPOINT.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/YOUR_KEY"
);
// After (Helius)
const connection = new Connection(
"https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=YOUR_KEY"
);
Trusted by Solana's best teams
Helius 团队让 Solana 上的构建工作更加顺畅、简单。他们出色地简化了开发流程，消除了在网络上开发应用的复杂性。
Helius 速度极快、稳定可靠。我会向所有追求最佳 Solana 开发者体验的人推荐他们。Backpack 的大部分基础设施都由他们提供支持。
随着 Solana 活跃度持续增长，Helius 已成为领先的 Solana 基础设施提供商之一，让我们的团队能够获取满足企业级平台需求的可靠数据。
Pick Helius
Choose a partner dedicated to scaling Solana and helping the ecosystem grow.