Demystifying Helius Pricing: A Complete Guide to Solana’s Premier Infrastructure Costs

If you are building on Solana, you have likely run into Helius. Founded by former Solana core engineers, Helius has established itself as the go-to infrastructure provider for the ecosystem, powering everything from high-frequency trading bots and mobile wallets to major decentralized applications with specialized RPC nodes, Digital Asset Standard (DAS) APIs, webhooks, and ultra-low-latency streaming (LaserStream).

However, understanding Helius pricing requires looking past a simple “cost per request” mindset. Because Helius relies on a credit-based model paired with specialized data tiers and hardware addons, optimizing your bill depends entirely on how your application consumes data.

Core Pricing Structure: The Standard Tiers

Helius organizes its offerings into tiered subscription models designed to scale from indie hackers to institutional trading desks.

| Feature | Free | Developer | Business | Professional |
| :— | :— | :— | :— | :— |
| Monthly Price | $0 / mo | $49 / mo | $499 / mo | $999 / mo |
| Monthly Credits | 1 Million | 10 Million | 100 Million | 200 Million |
| RPC Rate Limit | 10 req/s | 50 req/s | 200 req/s | 500 req/s |
| DAS API / Enhanced APIs | 2 req/s | 10 req/s | 50 req/s | 100 req/s |
| Support Level | Community | Chat | Priority Chat | Slack / Telegram |