# Aurelia vs Bitquery

> Bitquery sells monthly plans of API points with streams on its paid tiers. Aurelia charges per credit from $5, with no plan to pick.

|   | Aurelia | Bitquery |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 10,000 credits once, no card | A 7-day trial of 1,000 API points, no card |
| Paid entry | $5, once, in USDC on Solana | $29 a month billed yearly on Personal, for about 20,000 calls, non-commercial and with no streams |
| For a commercial product | The same prices | $69 a month billed yearly on Pro, for about 200,000 calls; $199 on Scale, for about 1,000,000 |
| 1,000 calls, using the whole plan | $0.28, or $0.224 from a $280 deposit | About $0.35 on Pro, about $0.20 on Scale, billed yearly |
| Rate limit | Free 5 a second, paid 30 a second | 30 a minute on Personal, 90 on Pro, 240 on Scale |
| Live data | One WebSocket, 0.01 credits a message | 100 streams on Pro, 1,000 on Scale, with stream-minute and data limits |

Sources: [Bitquery pricing](https://bitquery.io/pricing), which gives calls as an estimate of API points.

## When Bitquery is the better fit

- You will use all of a Scale plan each month: about $0.20 per 1,000 calls, against Aurelia's $0.224.
- You need a chain Aurelia has not listed yet.
- You want delivery beyond an API. Bitquery lists Kafka and data replicas for larger customers.

## When Aurelia is the better fit

- You want to start small: $5 and no yearly bill, for commercial use from the first call.
- Your use goes up and down, and you would rather not pay for an allowance you do not use.
- You want more than 240 requests a minute without a custom plan. Aurelia's paid limit is 30 a second, which is 1,800 a minute.

## Switching

1. Create a free account: 10,000 credits, no card and no subscription.
2. Point one read at Aurelia and compare the answer with what you have now.
3. Move the rest when you are happy. Prepay from $5 in USDC on Solana.

> **Note:** Aurelia is an independent API and is not affiliated with Bitquery. Other APIs' figures are from their public pages, read on 5 November 2026. They change, so check the sources before you decide.