Spectrum Nodes Ranked Top RPC Provider for Base

Spectrum Nodes ranked first of five Base RPC providers in its own comparison, with Spectrum's Boosted Nodes tracing Base blocks 3.2× faster than Alchemy.

As Base nears 200 ms blocks, Spectrum's Boosted Nodes trace Base blocks 3.2× faster than Alchemy, and Spectrum ranks above Chainstack, Infura, and QuickNode.

ST. JULIAN'S, MALTA, October 26, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Base is getting faster, and the infrastructure underneath it has to keep up. The chain produces a
block every 2 seconds today, and its Denim upgrade, already live on the Base Sepolia testnet, brings
200 ms blocks to mainnet. At the same time, teams running production apps are moving off Base's
free public endpoint, which is rate limited and, by Base's own description, not built for production
traffic.

Spectrum Nodes, the developer platform from Simply Labs, ranked first of five providers in its own
comparison of Base RPC providers. Over 14 days of head to head testing, Spectrum's Boosted
Nodes returned full Base block traces in a median of 126 ms against 409 ms on Alchemy, and
answered first on 94% of about 50,000 same instant requests. In the slowest 5% of requests the gap
widened to 5.3×: 399 ms against 2,120 ms.

What Base Workloads Need From an RPC Provider

Traces that keep pace with the chain. Indexers, explorers and analytics platforms trace every
block. A 2,120 ms trace already runs longer than a 2 second block. At 200 ms blocks it spans
about ten new blocks, while a 399 ms trace spans about two.

Production capacity. Shared public endpoints throttle traffic during surges and offer no
WebSocket connection on Base, so apps time out exactly when users show up.
Full data access. Debug and trace calls plus archive data for historical state.
Proven security. Independent attestation such as SOC 2 Type II.

How Spectrum Compares

Alchemy: the only other provider in the speed test. Spectrum's Boosted Nodes were faster at the
median and in the slowest 5%, and kept the lead from a second test location in Canada (285 ms
vs 620 ms). Spectrum is SOC 2 Type II attested, while Alchemy's security page shows a SOC 2
badge without stating the type.

Chainstack: Spectrum includes direct access to its engineers around the clock. Chainstack's
standard support runs 24/5, with 24/7 support as a paid add on from $1,000 a year.
Infura: no Infura specific SOC 2 report is public, and Infura does not confirm trace access on
Base. Its plans run on a daily credit quota that stops traffic once it is reached.

QuickNode: both providers hold SOC 2 Type 2. Spectrum offers a free plan against QuickNode's
one month trial, and its first paid plan costs $1.99 a month against $49 for QuickNode's Build
plan.

What Spectrum Runs on Base

Spectrum's Boosted Nodes are a caching and routing layer in front of Spectrum's own nodes.
Boosted Nodes are live on Base and not priced separately.

Spectrum serves Base mainnet and Base Sepolia with tracing and archive data over HTTPS and
WebSocket. Spectrum Webhooks push signed notifications when watched addresses move funds.
The platform runs on hardware Spectrum owns, handles over a billion requests a day at 99.999%
uptime, and is SOC 2 Type II attested.

Which Setup Fits Which Team

Indexers, explorers and data platforms: Spectrum's Boosted Nodes for block traces at volume.
Wallets and consumer apps: Spectrum Webhooks for address activity, instead of polling every
block.

Teams leaving the public endpoint: moving to a Spectrum endpoint is a one line change, with
Base Sepolia for testing first.

Pricing starts with a free plan of 10 million credits at 25 requests per second.

Final Thoughts

Faster blocks raise the bar for every app on Base. Teams need an RPC provider that keeps pace
with the chain, and in head to head testing Spectrum's Boosted Nodes did. Base endpoints are live
now on Spectrum, including on the free plan, at spectrumnodes.com.

Daniel Chayra
Spectrum Nodes
+1 503-754-6326