Alchemy API key

Optional EVM RPC for pipeline and tracker fallbacks (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon).

Advanced Optional. Whales, on-chain activity, and personal wallet trackers.

Settings field: ALCHEMY_API_KEY · Expected format: alchemy_... or key shown in Alchemy dashboard

Paste the key in Settings → BYOK, click Save keys, and wait for Connected (or Saved for keys that are not probed from the browser).

Used for

Optional EVM RPC for pipeline and tracker fallbacks (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon).

Pricing

Alchemy bills by compute units (CUs). Each API method consumes a different number of CUs; many simple RPC calls average about 27 CUs.

  • Free: $0/month (30M CUs/month, 25 requests/sec)
  • Pay as you go: $0.45/M CUs (First 300M CUs/month, then $0.40/M CUs)
  • Enterprise: Custom (Volume discounts and SLAs)

Official pricing: https://www.alchemy.com/pricing

Example: about 10M requests/month on Pay as you go is roughly $104/month at average CU usage.

Sign up

https://dashboard.alchemy.com

How to get the key

  1. Create an Alchemy account and app.
  2. Copy the API key from the app dashboard.
  3. Paste it into Settings → BYOK and save.

Third-party API terms, quotas, and pricing change over time; confirm current limits on each provider's site before production use.