QuickNode
QuickNode sells blockchain node and RPC infrastructure to crypto apps and companies.
On the record
Checkpoint: Next funding round or absence of one signals whether growth story holds
The call
QuickNode has real customers and scale but sits in a business anyone with cloud infrastructure can copy, and its main rival is already winning on performance.
QuickNode rents out servers that let apps quickly talk to blockchain networks. It has real customers and handles hundreds of billions of requests per month, but the service is hard to defend because blockchain data is public and server hosting is something big cloud companies like AWS already do better and cheaper. The company hasn't raised money in over two years, its team isn't growing, and a direct competitor named Alchemy is already winning customers on performance, so the thing that could change the picture is either a new funding round at a higher price or a breakthrough product (like AI-powered tools for apps) that makes QuickNode different from plain server rental.
Why
01
AI pressure: None apparent. AI models cannot host blockchain nodes, but QuickNode is betting on AI agents as paying customers via autonomous subscription tools like its MCP server. Could AI do the core job? Only partly.
02
Bigger players: AWS and Alchemy. Alchemy beats QuickNode on latency and uptime in 2025 benchmarks, and AWS could turn RPC hosting into a commodity cloud service anytime. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.
03
What protects it. Existing integrations with named customers like PayPal, Chainlink, Nansen, and Dune create switching friction, but nothing stops those customers from leaving.
What would change this call
QuickNode raises a new priced round within 12 months and the valuation vs the $800M 2023 mark. Shows whether investors still back the growth story or see stagnation.
Published third-party RPC benchmarks in 2026 comparing QuickNode vs Alchemy on latency and uptime. Confirms whether Alchemy is extending or losing its performance edge.
AWS announces a first-party managed blockchain RPC service. Would show hyperscalers commoditizing QuickNode's core business.
Published third-party RPC benchmarks in 2026 comparing QuickNode vs Alchemy on latency and uptime. Confirms whether Alchemy is extending or losing its performance edge.
AWS announces a first-party managed blockchain RPC service. Would show hyperscalers commoditizing QuickNode's core business.
Key numbers
- Last priced round: $60M Series B at $800M, Jan 2023
- No new priced round in 30+ months
- Estimated revenue: $17.6M to $25.3M ARR
Named risks
- No priced funding round since January 2023, over 30 months as of mid-2026.
- Flat to slightly declining headcount and 11/100 growth score signal stalled momentum.
- Revenue undisclosed by company; only inconsistent third-party estimates exist.
- Alchemy publicly winning latency and uptime comparisons as of Sep 2025.
- Blockchain RPC hosting lacks proprietary data moat, exposed to hyperscaler entry.
Rivals, as read in July 2026
| Rival | Direction | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemy | losing to | Alchemy's Cortex engine claims sub-50ms latency, 99.995% uptime vs QuickNode's 99.99%, Sep 2025 |
| AWS | contesting | Hyperscalers face no structural barrier to managed RPC hosting, remain a latent threat as of 2026 |
| Ankr | contesting | Compared head-to-head on RPC pricing and network coverage in July 2026 industry roundups |
| Chainstack | contesting | Featured in direct end-to-end comparison articles against QuickNode as of 2026 |
Questions people ask
- Is QuickNode profitable in 2026?
- QuickNode does not publicly disclose audited revenue or profitability. Third-party estimates of its revenue vary widely and are unverified. As of June 2026 it has raised no new funding in over 30 months since its January 2023 Series B, suggesting no fresh external validation of its financial position.
- Who is QuickNode's biggest competitor?
- Alchemy is QuickNode's closest direct rival in blockchain RPC infrastructure. Alchemy's Cortex routing engine, per a September 2025 comparison, claims sub-50ms latency and 99.995% uptime versus QuickNode's stated 99.99% uptime, giving Alchemy an edge in head-to-head performance marketing.
- Could AI replace QuickNode's business?
- AI cannot run blockchain nodes itself, but QuickNode's own May 2026 launch of an autonomous agent-subscription flow (agents signing up and paying via crypto wallets using x402/HTTP 402) shows AI agents lowering switching costs across RPC providers, intensifying commoditization rather than direct replacement.
- Who owns QuickNode?
- QuickNode is privately held and venture-backed, founded in 2017 by Alexander Nabutovsky (CEO) and Dmitry Shklovsky among others. It last raised a priced round in January 2023, a $60M Series B at an $800M valuation led by 10T Fund, with no new priced round reported since.
- Has QuickNode raised new funding recently?
- No priced round has been reported since QuickNode's $60M Series B in January 2023 at an $800M valuation. A strategic investment from LG Technology Ventures followed in November 2023 with undisclosed amount. As of June 2026, one tracker noted it had been 30-plus months since its last raise.
- What major clients does QuickNode have?
- QuickNode's cited client roster includes PayPal, Chainlink, CoinGecko, Rarible, Nansen, Dune, and Nexo, according to its own product page. These names support its positioning as enterprise-grade infrastructure, though QuickNode does not publicly disclose revenue tied to any specific customer.
Timeline
- 2026-07-10Updated llms.txt and Agents.md documentation for LLM and AI agent consumption
- 2026-05-27Launched enterprise-grade RPC and Validator-as-a-Service support for Aleo
- 2026-05-25Shipped MCP server for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenAI Codex
- 2026-05-06Launched autonomous agent subscription flow using x402/HTTP 402 crypto payments
- 2026-04-07Q1 2026 product roundup: Blockchain Skills, HyperCore, SQL Explorer beta, ChainKit
- 2026-03-24Joined Solana Developer Platform as infrastructure partner
- 2025-07Sunset legacy QuickAlerts product in favor of Webhooks
- 2023-11Strategic investment round with LG Technology Ventures, amount undisclosed
- 2023-01-24Closed $60M Series B at $800M valuation led by 10T Fund
- 2021-10Closed ~$35M Series A at ~$250M valuation
Revision history
21 July 2026
First assessed. Losing its protection. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.
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Sources
- Quicknode: Tools & infra to build and scale high-quality blockchain applications.
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- Management and Employees List
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