Crypto APIs - The Most Affordable, Flexible, Scalable Web3 Infrastructure Provider

Crypto and blockchain projects demand reliability, transparency, and - most importantly - cost-efficiency. Crypto APIs delivers on all fronts by combining ultra-competitive pricing with flexible billing and low‑cost annual plans. Here’s why swapping your current infrastructure provider for Crypto APIs could unlock significant savings and ease your scaling strategy.

Credit-Based, Pay-As-You-Go Simplicity

Crypto APIs embraces a credit-based billing model, where each API request, whether fetching blockchain data, syncing with events, broadcasting transactions, or managing webhooks, consumes a defined number of credits.

• You start with generous monthly credits included in your plan.
   
• If your usage exceeds that limit, PAYG mode seamlessly kicks in.
   
• Instead of service interruptions, any extra credits are automatically billed at a modestly higher per-credit rate.

This means your app stays online - without over-commitment, and without unnecessary monthly costs.

Throughput Control - Soft vs Hard Limits

Crypto APIs distinguishes between two critical throughput thresholds, charged by credits per second:

• Soft limit: Your plan allows a baseline rate. Exceeding it incurs higher rates, but requests are still served.
   
• Hard limit: A maximum cap. Going beyond this triggers brief 429 throttles, resetting each second.

So - you always stay online. You only pay more if you spike usage, and any interruptions are momentary safeguards, not billing blocks.

Plan Tiers: Free to Enterprise

On Crypto APIs’ public pricing page, three core tiers support builders at every stage:

• Free plan: Perfect for early prototyping - includes 1 million credits/month, modest throughput, and essential features.
   
• Starter ($49/month, $40/mo billed annually): Scalable for dApps, wallets, and analytics tools—includes 300M credits, strong throughput, and unlimited blockchain event tracking. One of the most affordable plans on the market with unmatchable value tied to it.
   
• Scale ($299/month, $249 when annual): Designed for exchanges, DeFi, and enterprise-grade apps—includes 2.1B credits and top-tier throughput for high-demand use cases. The higher the subscription plan, the better the value our customers get. Scale provides the ideal balance of a large number of credits in exchange for a small fee. 

There’s also a Pro tier ($799/mo, $665 annual), offering even larger quotas and full commitment-free flexibility than previous subscription tiers. For clients with more specific requirements, we offer an enterprise-ready plan - developed in collaboration with our experts to help you maximize value and performance

Annual Plans - Unlock Real Savings

Crypto APIs sweetens affordability with annual billing:

• Starting with the Starter plan, saving is significant—from $49 to $40/mo, a direct 18% discount.
   
• Go bigger with Scale, and you drop from $299 to $249/mo - saving over $600/year.
   
• At even larger scales, like Pro, expect even deeper cuts ($799 → $665) — over $1,500 saved annually.

These predictable savings are perfect for startups, agencies, and white-label platforms.

Always-On PAYG: Cost Predictability + Unlimited Headroom

Crypto APIs’ PAYG system is designed for spikes and scale:

• Monthly usage exceeding your credit cap transitions you automatically to PAYG - with slightly higher per‑credit pricing.
   
• There’s no service disruption, no wasted prepaid credits.
   
• As you grow, consider upgrading tiers to reduce both per‑credit costs and annual price tags.

By locking in an annual plan and complementing it with PAYG cushion, you achieve affordable base usage and unlimited surge coverage.

Enterprise-Grade Customisation & Support

For the highest scale use cases - exchanges, financial platforms, large-scale dApps - Crypto APIs offers:

• Custom enterprise plans: tailored rates and credit buckets matching your unique usage.
   
• Dedicated SLA levels: no fixed throughput caps; capacity expands as needed, fully-customizable to match your operational demand. 
   
• Dedicated support: guaranteed 1‑hour response, often under 5 minutes, with direct engineering access

Compare this to competitors: many impose strict hard caps, higher base rates, or charge surprise overage fees.

Competitor Comparison

Crypto APIs not only matches or undercuts pricing of the majority of providers on the market, but also covers a wider range of features - blockchain syncs, event subscriptions, data streaming, Node-as-a-Service - within the same rate structure.

Why Crypto APIs Wins

Final Take

Crypto APIs delivers the most affordable and transparent web3 infrastructure:

• Generous free and paid tiers - with credit volumes that scale to major dApps.
   
• Seamless PAYG ensures no downtime or over‑provisioning.
   
• Annual plans slash costs by up to 20%, allowing predictable budgeting.
   
• Enterprise packages offer mission-critical reliability, no throughput caps, and personalized engineering support.

We recently published a detailed breakdown highlighting just how much businesses can save by switching to Crypto APIs as their blockchain infrastructure provider. The numbers speak for themselves - real-world data shows dramatic reductions in infrastructure costs across various use cases.

Whether you're a solo developer experimenting on testnet, an early-stage DeFi project, or a fast-growing exchange, Crypto APIs offers pricing that scales with you—not against you.

Start lean, stay powerful, and grow without limits. Explore our pricing and make the switch to smarter, more affordable web3 infrastructure today.