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NEAR Protocol exposes a JSON-RPC API for interacting with the network. You can use any of the providers below or run your own node.

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RPC Providers

FastNear maintains a comprehensive dashboard with response times for most of the available endpoints.

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Mainnet

ProviderEndpointPublic EndpointArchival NodeFree TierFree Tier LimitPaid Plan
FASTNEARhttps://free.rpc.fastnear.com✅Paid Only✅Not published✅
NEARhttps://archival-rpc.mainnet.near.org✅✅Severely rate limitedNot published❌
1RPChttps://1rpc.io/near✅❌✅200 req/day✅
All That NodeN/A❌✅✅500K CU/day✅
Ankrhttps://rpc.ankr.com/near❌❌✅~30 req/s✅
BlockPI Networkhttps://near.blockpi.network/v1/rpc/public✅❌✅20 req/s✅
dRPChttps://near.drpc.org✅❌✅~2,100 CU/s✅
GetBlockhttps://go.getblock.io/{api-key}❌❌✅50K CU/day✅
Intear RPChttps://rpc.intea.rs✅❌✅Not published❌
Lava NetworkN/A❌✅❌—✅
Lavender.Five NodesN/A❌❌✅Not published✅
NodeRealhttps://near-mainnet.nodereal.io/v1/{api-key}❌❌✅100M CU/month✅
NOWNodeshttps://near.nownodes.io/{api-key}❌❌✅100K req/month✅
QuickNodeN/A❌✅✅15 req/s✅
Shitzuhttps://rpc.shitzuapes.xyz✅❌✅Not published❌
TatumN/A❌❌✅3 req/s✅
ZANhttps://api.zan.top/node/v1/near/mainnet/✅❌✅~20 req/s✅
ZeeveN/A❌✅❌—✅

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Testnet

ProviderEndpointPublic EndpointArchival NodeFree TierFree Tier LimitPaid Plan
FASTNEARhttps://test.rpc.fastnear.com✅Paid Only✅Not published✅
NEARhttps://archival-rpc.testnet.near.org✅✅Severely rate limitedNot published❌
All That NodeN/A❌✅✅500K CU/day✅
dRPChttps://near-testnet.drpc.org✅❌✅~2,100 CU/s✅
Intear RPChttps://testnet-rpc.intea.rs✅❌✅Not published❌
Lava NetworkN/A❌✅❌—✅
QuickNodeN/A❌✅✅15 req/s✅
TatumN/A❌❌✅3 req/s✅
ZANhttps://api.zan.top/node/ws/v1/near/testnet❌❌✅~20 req/s✅
ZeeveN/A❌❌❌—✅
Free Tier Limit values link to each provider’s own pricing/docs page as the source. Limits are reported in the units each provider publishes (req = requests, CU = compute units), so they are not directly comparable across providers and may change at any time — always confirm on the linked page. “Not published” means the endpoint is free but has no documented numeric limit.

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Making requests

All endpoints accept JSON-RPC 2.0 POST requests. The NEAR RPC uses a non-standard format where the method name is encoded in the URL path rather than the request body. 
curl -X POST https://rpc.mainnet.near.org/status \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

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Run your own node

To run a local RPC node, follow the NEAR node documentation.
Testnet tokens have no real value and can be obtained from the NEAR Faucet.