Ormi vs Goldsky

A trusted, performant
Goldsky alternative

Not all subgraphs are created equal. Here’s what actually makes the difference.

Balancer

“Previous providers created uncertainty we had to actively manage. We spend far less time validating and maintaining the pipeline, which lets us focus on the product instead.”

Ostium
Pendle

“The ability to deliver real-time smart contract transaction data via Ormi Subgraph without any lag has been transformative for our protocol. What Ormi Labs provides isn’t just hosting—it’s a competitive advantage that’s helping us build the future of on-chain yield markets.”

“At our scale, supporting over $1B+ in assets and $11B+ processed across chains, the data layer can’t require constant attention. With Ormi, we almost never log in to the dashboard. We deploy from GitHub and that’s it.”

Rami Husami | Product & Solution Engineer at Concrete

“For our traders, accuracy and uptime are everything. We learned the hard way that latency and uptime don’t tell the full story. Missing blocks and stale data caused trades to disappear, and those gaps have cost us real money. With Ormi, our data stays fresh, consistent, and at the tip of the chain, even when activity spikes.”

— Marco Antonio Ribeiro, Founder & CTO at Ostium Read more
Usual

“Data integrity and availability are critical for us. Our yield distribution runs on a daily schedule, and any data issues or downtime directly impact the system. We evaluated multiple providers, and Ormi stood out for integrity, indexing speed, and reliability.”

Why Ormi?

6x

faster indexing

71%

faster query latency

$200K

saved per year

3x

better support satisfaction

How Ormi is the most
trusted blockchain data provider

6x faster indexing

Ormi’s bare-metal foundation eliminates hypervisor overhead and noisy-neighbor issues. When other providers throttle during traffic spikes, Ormi keeps indexing at full speed without falling behind the chain head.

Sub-second query latency

Fine-tuned transactional databases optimized for blockchain read/write patterns deliver sub-30ms subgraph queries and sub-10ms API responses, even under sustained production load.

Highest throughput

Sustain up to 4,000 requests per second without throttling or degradation. Built for the moments that matter most: TGEs, token launches, market volatility, and high-traffic on-chain events.

Single-tenant hardware

Mission-critical apps get isolated CPU, bandwidth, and storage in a dedicated hardware environment. No shared resources, no performance variability. Your workload gets guaranteed SLAs.

Best-in-class support

Direct access to the engineering team that built the infrastructure. White-glove onboarding, proactive monitoring, and rapid response when it matters. 3x higher support satisfaction than alternatives.

Redundancy over redundancy

Multi-layer failover across bare-metal and cloud. Automatic reorg handling, tip-of-chain sync, and 99.9% uptime. Every component has a backup, and every backup has a backup.

Ormi compared with Goldsky
Capability Ormi Goldsky
Architecture
Hybrid bare-metal + cloud
Cloud-only infrastructure
Query latency
Sub-30ms
Not published
Max throughput
Up to 4,000 RPS
100+ RPS
Query latency performance
Up to 71% faster at sustained high throughput
Baseline
Subgraphs
Fully Graph-compatible, 6x faster indexing
Graph-compatible subgraphs
Data APIs
100+ prebuilt schemas - token, wallet, NFT, transaction & event data
No-code subgraph migration
No-code subgraph builder
Single-tenant isolated hardware
Reorg handling
SOC II certification
In progress

— Under the hood —

Architecture matters

The reason Ormi delivers faster queries under sustained load.

Ormi

Hybrid Bare-Metal + Cloud

Vertically integrated stack, purpose-built for real-world financial traffic

  • Custom indexing pipeline designed for high-ingestion and high-query workloads, with control over how data is processed, stored, and served.
  • Indexing, synchronization, and query serving are designed as a single system, reducing bottlenecks between ingestion and read performance.
  • Performance is optimized at the system level, with control over compute, storage, and data flow rather than relying on infrastructure-level optimizations alone.
  • Fine-tuned databases designed for blockchain access patterns, supporting high write throughput and low-latency queries under sustained load.
  • Workloads can be isolated at the infrastructure level depending on deployment configuration, reducing contention between high-traffic applications.
GOLDSKY

General-purpose cloud infrastructure

Hosted subgraphs built on the standard Graph Node execution model

  • Processes blockchain data through event-driven mappings where performance is influenced by subgraph design and execution patterns.
  • Performance improvements are primarily achieved through infrastructure optimizations such as RPC management, caching, and horizontal scaling.
  • Query performance depends heavily on schema design, entity structure, and data growth over time.
  • Shared infrastructure by default, with varying levels of isolation depending on deployment configuration.
  • Indexing and query performance are handled as separate layers, which can introduce bottlenecks under high-ingestion or high-query workloads.

Protocols that trust Ormi in production

Ostium

$300M+

Daily trading volume on Arbitrum. Switched to Ormi after outages on Goldsky & Alchemy.

Berachain

50M+ txns

In 48h mainnet launch. Subgraphs deployed in under 5 hours. Zero throttling.

Pendle Finance

$6B+ TVL

40+ live subgraphs. Sub-30ms latency. Zero throttling at institutional scale.

Dolomite

$1B+

TVL · Scaled 20x with 7M+ daily API calls during cross-chain expansion and token launch.

Somnia

1M+ TPS

The first blockchain to hit 1M TPS. Ormi was the only indexer that kept up.

Aura Finance

$123M+ TVL

Governance and automation across 7 chains with zero throttling.

FAQ

What makes Ormi different from other blockchain indexers?

Legacy indexers were designed for slower chains and lighter workloads, making them struggle under real-time, high-volume demand.

Ormi is built differently:

  • A next-generation indexing engine purpose-built for fast chains and high-throughput applications.
  • Optimized for real-time data at scale, even during mass adoption and traffic spikes.
  • Runs on a vertically integrated stack across bare-metal and cloud infrastructure, ensuring no single point of failure.
  • Scales elastically to handle any chain or application workload without throttling.
What is included in Ormi’s pricing plans?

Ormi’s pricing plans include access to real-time blockchain indexing through Subgraphs with unlimited requests, real-time webhooks, and support for 60+ networks. Higher tiers provide increased throughput, more support, and advanced infrastructure features.

What is the difference between Developer, Production, and High Performance plans?

The main differences are throughput, reliability guarantees, and infrastructure capabilities.

  • Developer: for building and testing, with the same indexing engine as production.
  • Production: 15 RPS, 99.9% uptime, suitable for live applications.
  • High Performance: 60 RPS, optimized for high-throughput systems.
  • Custom: white-label ready, and custom configuration on all fronts.
How do I choose the right blockchain indexing plan?

Choose based on:

  • required throughput (RPS)
  • sensitivity to real-time data
  • need for dedicated infrastructure
Does Ormi charge based on usage or requests?

No. Ormi charges only per subgraph deployed. Every subgraph includes unlimited queries and storage entities. Throughput depends on the plan you choose: pick High Performance for subgraphs that need high RPS, or Production for those that don't. You can mix and match across your subgraphs.

What does sustained RPS mean?

Sustained RPS is the guaranteed baseline throughput for your subgraph. This is the number of requests per second your subgraph can reliably handle at all times.

Does Ormi throttle queries?

No. Ormi never throttles queries.

The platform is designed for real-life applications with elastic scaling across both infrastructure and indexing layers. Whether you’re handling millions of DeFi trades or powering real-time gaming, queries are always served without artificial limits.

Can I upgrade or downgrade my plan?

Yes. Plans can be adjusted as your application scales, allowing you to increase throughput and infrastructure capabilities without rebuilding your data pipeline.

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