Tatum API alternative: Crypto APIs vs Tatum
Crypto APIs is a Tatum alternative for teams that sign their own transactions and screen wallets for AML risk. Tatum's free plan gives 100K lifetime credits; ours is a 14-day trial with mainnet and every feature, no card. Over your plan, Tatum moves you up a tier; we add a prepaid pack and calls keep working.
How does Crypto APIs compare to Tatum?
Built only from each vendor's own public pages, checked 3 Nov 2026. Where they are ahead, we say so.
What happens when you use more than your plan?
You are moved up a tier
- Auto-upgrade to the next tier when credits run out
- A 24-hour cooldown between upgrades
- With auto-upgrade off, keys stop until the next reset
- Unused credits do not roll over
You keep your subscription and keep running
- Turn on pay-as-you-go, and a prepaid pack is added when your credits run out
- Pack credits cost your subscription's own rate and are valid until the 1st
- Larger subscriptions have larger packs
- Calls keep working, with no forced move to a bigger subscription
When should you choose Tatum?
Tatum is a good product. It is the better pick if one of these matters most to you:
- You need RPC on a very long chain list (130+ claimed)
- You want MPC wallets with gas sponsorship from one SDK
- You want to route RPC across several vendors, including other vendors' endpoints
- You want dedicated keys with guaranteed throughput that use no plan credits
- You can prepay two years for a large discount
- You want a free plan with no time limit (100K lifetime credits)
When is Crypto APIs the better fit?
Pick Crypto APIs if you are building custody-free wallets, exchanges or payment flows:
- You want to test every feature on mainnet, free for 14 days
- Your bill grows in small prepaid packs, not tier jumps
- You sign every transaction yourself: xPub, prepare, sign, broadcast
- You screen wallets for AML risk with the same key
- You want published prices for every subscription and every endpoint
- You want a US company (Delaware) with ISO 27001, serving customers since 2018
How do I migrate from Tatum to Crypto APIs?
List your Tatum calls
Export the endpoints and notifications you use, then map each one to a Blockchain API endpoint.
Start a free trial
Sign up, no card. The 14-day trial includes mainnet, so you can compare real results.
Swap the base URL and header
Point requests at rest.cryptoapis.io with the X-API-Key header.
Move notifications to webhooks
Recreate address and confirmation subscriptions as Crypto APIs webhooks.
Shift traffic gradually
Send a share of mainnet traffic, compare the results, then switch fully.
What you get with one key
Blockchain API
Data, xPub, prepare, broadcast and webhooks.
ExploreAML API
Screen addresses and transactions for risk and sanctions.
ExploreNodeGrid RPC
One RPC endpoint per chain, with automatic failover. Coming soon.
Tatum vs Crypto APIs questions
What is the best Tatum alternative?
Crypto APIs is a strong Tatum alternative if you want small prepaid packs above your subscription instead of tier upgrades, non-custodial transaction building and built-in AML screening. If you need the longest chain list, MPC wallets or a free plan with no time limit, Tatum may fit better.
How does Tatum pricing work?
Tatum sells credit tiers, Starter, Pro and Scale, from $49 to $2,799 a month, with cheaper one- and two-year terms. When credits run out it moves you to the next tier; with auto-upgrade off, your keys stop until the next reset. Facts from tatum.io/pricing, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Does Crypto APIs have a free plan like Tatum?
Crypto APIs has a 14-day free trial instead: mainnet and every feature, no card. After the trial you pick a subscription. Tatum's free plan has no time limit and 100K lifetime credits.
What happens when I go over my Crypto APIs subscription?
With pay-as-you-go on, a prepaid pack is added at your subscription's own rate and your calls keep working. Pack credits are valid until the 1st. You are never moved to a bigger subscription automatically.
Does Crypto APIs have RPC like Tatum?
JSON-RPC calls are part of the Blockchain API today. NodeGrid RPC, one endpoint per chain with automatic failover between node providers, is coming soon; request access to hear when it is live.
Can I migrate from Tatum without downtime?
Yes. Keep Tatum running, start the free trial, move a share of your traffic, compare the results, then switch fully. We can help you map your Tatum calls.
Try Crypto APIs next to Tatum
14-day free trial with mainnet, no card. Keep Tatum while you test.