GoldRush vs Alchemy

GoldRush or Alchemy: which one fits

GoldRush is a decoded, multichain data API. One call returns wallet balances, transactions with parsed logs, NFTs with metadata, and prices. Alchemy is a node-infrastructure provider, with NFT and Enhanced APIs layered on top of its JSON-RPC product. If your app is wallets, portfolio trackers, tax tools, or agentic workflows that need ready-to-consume data across many chains, GoldRush is the shorter path. If you primarily need high-throughput JSON-RPC plus Alchemy-specific products like Account Kit, Alchemy is the safer pick.

Why choose GoldRush over Alchemy

The differences that matter when you ship multichain data, drawn from each product's public docs and pricing.

• One API for decoded data

  Balances, transactions, NFTs, and prices return from a single GoldRush endpoint. On Alchemy these live across separate Token, NFT, Prices, and Portfolio APIs.

• DEX pool prices built in

  Spot prices for DEX pools ship natively alongside spot and historical token prices, plus OHLCV candles for Hyperliquid markets.

• Transparent credit model

  One credit unit across every endpoint, instead of per-method compute-unit metering that varies by call.

• Decoded data across 100+ chains

  Consistent decoded wallet, NFT, and pricing primitives across 100+ chains from one product.

Feature comparison

What each API covers, row by row. Where a feature exists on both, the note says how they differ.

Sources: GoldRush docs and Alchemy.

Pricing

Plans as each provider lists them, reviewed 29 October 2026. Check Alchemy for current rates.

Same task on both APIs

Get all ERC-20 balances for a wallet on Ethereum mainnet. Compare the request shape and how much each call returns.

// Alchemy: getTokenBalances, then getTokenMetadata per token
import { Alchemy, Network } from "alchemy-sdk";
const alchemy = new Alchemy({
  apiKey: process.env.ALCHEMY_API_KEY,
  network: Network.ETH_MAINNET,
});
const balances = await alchemy.core.getTokenBalances(
  "0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045"
);
// Each balance still needs metadata to be useful.
// Resolve symbol, decimals, and price separately.
const enriched = await Promise.all(
  balances.tokenBalances.map(async (b) => {
    const meta = await alchemy.core.getTokenMetadata(b.contractAddress);
    return { ...b, ...meta };
  })
);

// GoldRush, wallet balances on any chain
const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.covalenthq.com/v1/eth-mainnet/" +
  "address/vitalik.eth/balances_v2/",
  { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer " + process.env.GOLDRUSH_API_KEY } }
);
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data.items);

Switching from Alchemy?

The migration guide maps Alchemy endpoints to GoldRush one by one, including the ones GoldRush doesn't replace, with code you can paste.