Top Solana RPC Providers in 2026 - A Comprehensive Guide

For a long time, picking a Solana RPC provider was a one-line decision: pick the cheapest endpoint that didn't fall over. The interesting question was whether you could afford a dedicated node or had to live on shared infrastructure. That world is mostly gone. In 2026, "Solana RPC" usually means a stack of five things that used to be distinct products. Plain JSON-RPC is the floor. On top of it sit WebSocket subscriptions, Yellowstone-style gRPC streams, shred-level feeds tapped before validators