Developer and data platforms

These guides compare infrastructure products that developers pay for by usage: object storage, observability platforms and blockchain RPC providers. Unit prices come from official pricing docs.

We follow the method on how we score. Prices are taken from vendor pages and dated.

14 Nov 2026

Best Observability Platform for Engineering Teams in 2026

Grafana Cloud Pro from $19 a month, New Relic's first full platform user at $10, and Honeycomb from $150.

14 Nov 2026

Best Amazon S3 Alternatives for Object Storage in 2026

R2 at $0.015 per GB-month with free egress, Backblaze B2 at $6.95 per TB, and Spaces from $5 a month.

14 Nov 2026

Best RPC Providers for Blockchain Apps in 2026

QuickNode Build at $34 a month billed annually, Infura Developer at $50, and Alchemy's $0.52 per million CU rate.