Alchemy
4 placements on ChainChoice under Alchemy, each scored against its own category's pool and criteria — none currently #1. The placements are not averaged and not ranked against each other: a #1 exchange and a #6 crypto card are two different products in two different markets.
Rollup-as-a-Service
Alchemy RollupsRank#3 OverallScore61
#1 in this category: Karnot
View verdictAccount Abstraction Infra
Alchemy Smart Wallets (Gas Manager and Bundler APIs)Rank#4 OverallScore76
#1 in this category: Candide
View verdictSmart Accounts & Multisig
Alchemy Smart Wallets (Account Kit)Rank#4 OverallScore66
#1 in this category: Squads Protocol
View verdictRPC & Node Services
AlchemyRank#5 OverallScore65
#1 in this category: BlockPI
View verdictRollup-as-a-Service
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Control failure (Alchemy Rollups 3/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by Who can change your chain · 35%
- Exit failure (Alchemy Rollups 3/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by The documented way out · 20%
- Information failure (Alchemy Rollups 6/10): the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by Independently counted live chains · 20%
Not assessed by this ranking: Liveness failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: A price you can act on before you talk to sales (25%).
Account Abstraction Infra
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Exit failure (Alchemy Smart Wallets (Gas Manager and Bundler APIs) 7/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Exit path without the vendor · 30%
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Liveness failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Published price per user operation (30%), Markup on sponsored gas (20%), Verified mainnet chain coverage (20%).
Smart Accounts & Multisig
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Contract failure (Alchemy Smart Wallets (Account Kit) 7/10): the code holding the funds is exploited.Scored by Audit depth of the deployed version + real exploit history · 35%
- Control failure (Alchemy Smart Wallets (Account Kit) 3/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by Upgrade control and key holders · 25%
- Key failure (Alchemy Smart Wallets (Account Kit) 2/10): your own keys are made, shown or recovered unsafely.Scored by Recovery paths and their documented failure modes · 20%
Not assessed by this ranking: Exit failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Published cost and chains you can actually reach (20%).
RPC & Node Services
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Liveness failure (Alchemy 7/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.Scored by Documented incident record and chain coverage · 25%
Not assessed by this ranking: Exit failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Real cost per 1M identical calls (35%), Archive debug and trace access (20%), Published throughput and self-serve ceiling (20%).