Etherscan API alternatives: explorer and onchain data APIs
Updated Nov 9, 2026. Listed A to Z, not ranked. Prices change often: confirm with each provider.
The Etherscan API sells explorer data on monthly plans with daily call limits, and lists the free plan for personal use. If you need commercial use without a subscription, a different chain set or richer wallet data, these are the alternatives, A to Z.
Published plan prices are first for reference; the tools table lists onchain data APIs in our directory that agents can pay per call in USDC. Full breakdown: Etherscan API pricing.
Published API plans (for reference)
| Provider | Published pricing | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | Free 30M CUs/mo; Pay As You Go $0.52 per 1M CUs | RPC and data APIs |
| Etherscan | Free (3 calls/s, 100k/day); Lite $49; Standard $199; Advanced $299; Professional $399; Pro Plus $899 per month | Commercial use from Advanced |
| Moralis | Starter $149/mo (2M CUs); Pro $249; Business $749 | Web3 data APIs |
Quoted from each provider’s official pricing page on Nov 9, 2026.
Onchain data APIs in our directory (5)
| Tool | What it does | How you pay | Published price | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402rpc | Ethereum mainnet JSON-RPC paid per request in USDC on Base over x402, plus simple price, balance and gas endpoints. Current state only (not an archive node). No account or key. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.001 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-26) | Listing |
| Allium | Onchain data platform for institutions, covering 10,000+ protocols with block-level traceability. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.01–$0.02 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-22) | Listing |
| Blockchain.com Explorer API | Blockchain.com explorer data with an x402 paid endpoint. The site showed no readable description on 2026-10-22. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.002 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-22) | Listing |
| Blockscout API | Open-source multichain block explorer. Its PRO API (addresses, transactions, tokens, blocks and more across many chains) can be paid per call over x402. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.002 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-22) | Listing |
| Zerion API | Interpreted wallet data for 40+ EVM chains and Solana: portfolios, DeFi positions, PnL, transactions and NFTs. REST with an API key for apps, or x402 pay-per-call for agents. | USDC per call (x402) | $0.01 per call (listing) (checked 2026-10-30) | Listing |
Choosing an alternative
- Explorer data per call: Blockscout API and Blockchain.com Explorer API accept per-call USDC over x402.
- Wallet portfolios: Zerion API covers 40+ EVM chains and Solana.
- Raw RPC: 402rpc sells Ethereum JSON-RPC per request; plan-based RPC is compared in Alchemy vs Infura.
FAQ
- What is a good Etherscan API alternative?
- Blockscout and Blockchain.com Explorer offer explorer data per call; Alchemy and Moralis sell data APIs on plans; Zerion covers wallet data. We list them A to Z, not ranked.
- How much does the Etherscan API cost?
- Free for personal use (3 calls a second, 100,000 a day); paid plans from $49 to $899 a month (etherscan.io/apis, Nov 9, 2026).
Sources (read Nov 9, 2026): etherscan.io/apis · www.alchemy.com/pricing · moralis.com/pricing/
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