specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Ankr
providerId: ankr
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Web3
  - RPC
  - Multichain
  - Staking
description: |
  Reconciled plans for the Ankr Web3 API platform — Node API (RPC) and Advanced API. Ankr operates a free
  Public tier, a credit-based Premium tier, and dedicated Enterprise contracts. Liquid staking is a non-paid
  developer surface; revenue accrues from validator fees and exchange-ratio mechanics, not from API access.
sources:
  - https://www.ankr.com/rpc/pricing/
  - https://www.ankr.com/docs/rpc-service/service-plans/
  - https://www.ankr.com/docs/advanced-api/overview/
plans:
  - id: ankr-public
    name: Public Plan
    type: free
    description: |
      Free, anonymous access to Ankr's Node API across 80+ public RPC endpoints at rpc.ankr.com/{chain}.
      No project, no API key, no statistics dashboard. Subject to a global IP-level throttle and a limited
      set of methods (no archive, no debug_*, no eth_getLogs over large ranges).
    entries:
      - label: Public Node API calls
        name: public_node_api
        type: included
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: ankr-premium
    name: Premium Plan
    type: usage-based
    description: |
      Project-scoped API keys, x50 higher rate limits for Node API and x30 for Advanced API,
      three projects, multi-project statistics dashboard, WebSocket (WSS) connectivity, IP whitelisting,
      and access to all 80+ Premium RPC endpoints plus Advanced API methods.
    entries:
      - label: Premium Node API calls
        name: premium_node_api
        type: metered
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: monthly
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'pay-as-you-go'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Premium Advanced API calls
        name: premium_advanced_api
        type: metered
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: monthly
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'pay-as-you-go'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Projects
        name: projects
        type: included
        metric: count
        limit: 3
        timeFrame: account
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: ankr-enterprise
    name: Enterprise Plan
    type: contract
    description: |
      Dedicated SLA, archive nodes, unsupported-method access (debug_*, trace_*), private endpoints,
      higher concurrency, custom regional routing across Ankr's 30+ region DePIN. Pricing negotiated.
    entries:
      - label: Enterprise contract
        name: enterprise_contract
        type: contract
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: contract
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'contact-sales'
        userMultiplied: false
  - id: ankr-raas
    name: Rollup-as-a-Service
    type: contract
    description: |
      Ankr-managed rollups, sidechains, and appchains (OP Stack, Polygon CDK, Arbitrum Orbit variants).
      End-to-end engineering and DePIN-backed node operation. Pricing negotiated per chain.
    entries:
      - label: RaaS contract
        name: raas_contract
        type: contract
        metric: contract
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: contract
        geo: global
        unit: 1
        price: 'contact-sales'
        userMultiplied: false
notes:
  - Public Plan endpoints are appropriate for development and low-volume reads; production workloads should use Premium.
  - Premium plan pricing is credit-based and quoted in the project dashboard at the time of purchase.
  - Ankr does not publish a fixed dollar list price for Premium; the limit multiplier (x50 Node / x30 Advanced) is the reconciled commitment.