IoTeX public RPC endpoints, tested

Every keyless IoTeX (chain ID 4689) endpoint listed on Chainlist and chainid.network, tested the same way on 2026-09-24: 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. 5 of 11 HTTP endpoints were working.

Working HTTP endpoints

EndpointLatencyBehind besteth_getLogsState
https://iotex.api.onfinality.io/public117 ms0 blocksunder 1,000archive (1M+)
https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/iotex (SwiftNodes, keyless: 2 req/s)128 ms3 blocks1,000recent only
https://babel-api.mainnet.iotex.one20 ms5 blocks1,000recent only
https://babel-api.fastblocks.io58 ms4 blocks1,000recent only
https://babel-api.mainnet.iotex.io61 ms6 blocks1,000recent only

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

  • does not stream rpc.swiftnodes.io/ws/iotex (SwiftNodes): gateway: WebSocket not available for chain: iotex

Listed but not working

  • rpc.depinscan.io/iotex: chainId: fetch failed
  • rpc.chainanalytics.org/iotex: chainId: fetch failed
  • iotexrpc.com: chainId: fetch failed
  • iotex-network.rpc.thirdweb.com: chainId: rate limited
  • api-iotex-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/2ccf18bf-2916-4198-8856-42172854353c: chainId: rate limited
  • lb.routeme.sh/rpc/evm/4689: eth_blockNumber failed

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