How Much Does A Node Cost?

Blockdaemon has an ever-expanding list of protocols to choose from and a free trial period on most.

Here is our most current, up-to-date list of pricing

Public blockchain networks

Ethereum 

     A public dedicated node on AWS or GCS. $499 per month

    A private Parity node. $249 per month

    A shared node on the Blockdaemon cloud server.  $14.99 per month  (thirty-day free trial)

Bitcoin

     A dedicated node on AWS or GCS. $249 per month

     A shared node on the Blockdaemon cloud server. FREE

Bitcoin Lightning

     Layered on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.  Starting at $149

Bitcoin Cash

     $299

Algorand

     Mainnet: 

     $1,999 Relay, starting - when full matching specs are needed:  $2,999

     $999 Indexer

     $599   Participation, starting - when full matching specs are needed:  $2,999

     Mainet (public) $199 Participation

 

AON.   Full node. $499

 

GoChain

     A dedicated node on AWS or GCS. $399 per month

Dash

     $349

Hyperledger Fabric

     A dedicated node on AWS or GCS   $249 per month 

Litecoin

     A dedicated node on AWS or GCS. $249 per month

     A shared node on the Blockdaemon cloud server. $14.99 per month  (thirty-day free trial)

Stellar

     A dedicated node on AWS or GCS (watcher or validator) $699 per month

     A core-only watcher  $499 per month.

     A shared node on the Blockdaemon cloud server. $24.99 per month  (thirty-day free trial)

Private blockchain networks

Celo (full validator)

     $749

Ethereum (geth)

     $249  per month

Ethereum (parity)

      $249  per month

Tezos

     $699

XRP

     $999  Full Validator

     $499  non-validating

Zcash

     $299

Add-ons

Ubiquity /API

     Tiered pricing  

Why the price jump from Bitcoin and Ethereum public nodes to the other more expensive offerings? 

The price difference reflects what you can do with the nodes and whether or not it is a shared node on a blockdaemon cloud or is a dedicated node utilizing AWS or GCS. The more inexpensive ones are only for currency transactions on public networks and are shared. The price rises when you use a dedicated node to do more complex actions like developing and deploying smart contracts for your business, mining, and other operations above and beyond simple trading.