BNB Smart Chain public RPC endpoints, tested

Every keyless BNB Smart Chain (chain ID 56) endpoint listed on Chainlist and chainid.network, tested the same way on 2026-10-11: does it answer on the right chain, how fast, how far behind the best head, how large an eth_getLogs range it accepts, whether it keeps archive state, and whether its WebSocket actually streams. 35 of 50 HTTP endpoints were working.

Working HTTP endpoints

Endpoint	Latency	Behind best	eth_getLogs	State
https://rpc-bsc.blockmachine.io	46 ms	0 blocks	1,000	archive (1M+)
https://bsc.rpc.blxrbdn.com	9 ms	46 blocks	1,000	none
https://bsc.blockrazor.xyz	14 ms	13 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc.blockrazor.xyz/fullprivacy	15 ms	13 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc.blockrazor.xyz/maxbackrun	17 ms	11 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://rpc-bsc.48.club	23 ms	62 blocks	1,000	none
https://api.zan.top/bsc-mainnet	23 ms	27 blocks	under 1,000	recent only
https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/bsc (SwiftNodes, keyless: 2 req/s)	24 ms	14 blocks	1,000	recent only
https://bsc-dataseed2.defibit.io	27 ms	76 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed1.bnbchain.org	28 ms	85 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed4.bnbchain.org	28 ms	79 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed4.ninicoin.io	28 ms	71 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://public-bsc.nownodes.io	28 ms	16 blocks	10,000+	none
https://bsc-dataseed3.bnbchain.org	29 ms	79 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed1.defibit.io	29 ms	78 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed1.ninicoin.io	29 ms	75 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed2.ninicoin.io	29 ms	74 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-rpc.publicnode.com	30 ms	71 blocks	1,000	none
https://bsc-mainnet.nodereal.io/v1/64a9df0874fb4a93b9d0a3849de012d3	30 ms	55 blocks	10,000+	archive (1M+)
https://bsc-dataseed2.bnbchain.org	31 ms	80 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed4.defibit.io	31 ms	75 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed3.ninicoin.io	31 ms	73 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed.bnbchain.org	32 ms	62 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://0.48.club	32 ms	57 blocks	1,000	none
https://binance.nodereal.io	32 ms	50 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-dataseed3.defibit.io	33 ms	76 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc.drpc.org	41 ms	26 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-rpc.blockreq.com/v1/rpc/public	61 ms	68 blocks	1,000	recent only
https://bsc.api.pocket.network	63 ms	8 blocks	1,000	archive (1M+)
https://bnb.api.onfinality.io/public	104 ms	23 blocks	under 1,000	none
https://bsc-mainnet.public.blastapi.io	110 ms	43 blocks	under 1,000	archive (1M+)
https://bsc.meowrpc.com	132 ms	27 blocks	under 1,000	archive (1M+)
https://bsc.rpc.sentio.xyz	169 ms	6 blocks	10,000+	archive (1M+)
https://rpc.nodeflare.app/bnb/public	367 ms	44 blocks	1,000	none
https://xrpc.cl/bsc	537 ms	60 blocks	1,000	none

Order: endpoints within 3 blocks of the best head first, then by median latency. Latency is measured from one server, so yours will differ by region; lag and limits do not.

WebSocket endpoints

streams bsc.api.pocket.network: first head after 186 ms
streams bsc-rpc.publicnode.com: first head after 312 ms
does not stream rpc-bsc.48.club/ws: connection failed (connect)
does not stream bsc-ws-node.nariox.org: connection failed (connect)
does not stream bsc-mainnet.4everland.org/ws/v1/37fa9972c1b1cd5fab542c7bdd4cde2f: connection failed (connect)
does not stream bsc.drpc.org: chainId: You reached Public endpoint rate limit, please upgrade to paid plan
does not stream rpc.swiftnodes.io/ws/bsc (SwiftNodes): subscribe rejected: WebSocket subscriptions require an API key. Get a free key at https://swiftnodes

Listed but not working

bsc-rpc-public.chainpulse.cc: no answer (HTTP 521)
binance-smart-chain-public.nodies.app: no answer (HTTP 403)
go.getblock.io/cc778cdbdf5c4b028ec9456e0e6c0cf3: no answer (HTTP 401)
bscrpc.com: chainId: message: API key disabled, json-rpc code: -32051, rest code: 403
lb.routeme.sh/rpc/evm/56: chainId: rate limited
rpc.hostdefi.com/api/rpc/bsc: chainId: rate limited
bsc.blockpi.network/v1/rpc/private: no answer (HTTP 521)
public.1rpc.io/bnb: chainId: timeout
rpc.polysplit.cloud/v1/chain/56: no answer (HTTP 200)
bsc-mainnet.4everland.org/v1/37fa9972c1b1cd5fab542c7bdd4cde2f: chainId: Invalid API Key.
endpoints.omniatech.io/v1/bsc/mainnet/public: no answer (HTTP 521)
rpc.owlracle.info/bsc/70d38ce1826c4a60bb2a8e05a6c8b20f: no answer (HTTP 401)
public-bsc-mainnet.fastnode.io: no answer (HTTP 404)
bsc-mainnet.gateway.tatum.io: chainId: rate limited
api-bsc-mainnet-full.n.dwellir.com/2ccf18bf-2916-4198-8856-42172854353c: chainId: rate limited

Test any endpoint yourself with the RPC tester. Our BNB Smart Chain endpoint, limits and status: BNB Smart Chain RPC, uptime history.