GoldRush vs Bitquery

GoldRush or Bitquery: which one fits

Bitquery is a GraphQL-first onchain query platform with deep DEX, mempool, and historical-analytics coverage across many chains. GoldRush is a foundational, decoded-data REST API with native x402. Use Bitquery for ad-hoc analytical queries. Use GoldRush for production app primitives plus an agent-ready payment flow.

Why choose GoldRush over Bitquery

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

• Production-ready REST

  Predictable REST endpoints that are simple to consume from serverless and agentic runtimes, with no GraphQL query authoring per call.

• JSON-RPC included

  30+ EVM RPC endpoints ship in the same product, so node access isn't a separate integration.

• Wider chain coverage

  Decoded data across 100+ chains versus about 40 for Bitquery.

• x402 for agents

  Agents pay per request with no signup or key. Bitquery lets you query x402 transaction data, but does not accept x402 as a payment method for its own API.

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 Bitquery.

Pricing

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

Same task on both APIs

Get a wallet's balances on Ethereum. Compare the request shape and how much each call returns.

// Bitquery: GraphQL query
const query = `{
  ethereum {
    address(address: {is: "0xd8da..."}) {
      balances {
        currency { symbol }
        value
      }
    }
  }
}`;
const res = await fetch("https://graphql.bitquery.io", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-API-KEY": process.env.BITQUERY_API_KEY,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ query }),
});

// 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);

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