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Google AI ModeCitrea Dedicated RPC Node & Private Citrea RPC Endpoint
- Unlimited RPS
- Private endpoint
- Fixed price from $199/mo
- Premium add-ons free
- 24/7 engineer support
- 99.99% SLA
- Crypto accepted, no KYC
Citrea is an EVM-compatible zero-knowledge rollup (Type II zkEVM) that uses Bitcoin as its settlement and data-availability layer, with cBTC as its gas token. Argusnodes gives you a private Citrea RPC endpoint on a dedicated bare-metal node that is only yours: unlimited RPS, every method on, premium add-ons included free, one fixed monthly price you can pay in crypto, and engineers on call 24/7. Configure it below and a firm quote lands within the hour.
Every premium add-on, free on your Citrea node.
What other providers sell as extras (custom domain, IP allowlisting, debug and trace, unlimited connections, latency monitoring, priority support) is part of the price here.
- No rate limits: the hardware is the only ceiling
- Every RPC method on, debug and trace included
- Unlimited WebSocket connections
- Your own domain and an IP allowlist you control
- 18 Tier-3 datacentre cities, you pick
- 99.99% SLA in writing, with service credits
- 24/7 support answered by engineers
- Live p50 and p99 for your node in the dashboard
- Card, bank transfer or crypto; monthly, cancel any month
Configure your Citrea node. Firm price within the hour.
Pick the node type, tuning and region. The figure shown is the band's starting price; your quote is a firm, flat monthly number for exactly this configuration, around the clock.
Prefer to talk first? Chat with an engineer or use any support channel: same one-hour promise. Band pricing is explained on the pricing page.
What your Citrea dedicated node is built from.
Every chain fact below is taken from Citrea's official documentation (docs.citrea.xyz), last reviewed against it on 22 Aug 2026, not from what is convenient to sell. Where the documentation is silent, the row says so.
| Node software | citrea |
| Interfaces | JSON-RPC, WebSocket |
| Full node | Yes, from $199/mo (standard band) |
| Archive node | Confirmed at quote time |
| Validator | The sequencer orders transactions; a decentralized sequencer network is future research per official docs. |
| Chain ID | 4114 |
| Gas token | cBTC |
| Official hardware guidance | Official docs state that a system with 8 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD (NVMe recommended), 4 core CPU and a 25+ Mbps network connection satisfies the minimum requirements to run a Citrea full node, which additionally requires a synced Bitcoin Core node with -txindex=1. source ↗ |
| Argusnodes build | Meets the official guidance above with headroom on top, never at the minimum. Your quote names the exact CPU, RAM and NVMe. |
| Locations | 18 Tier-3 cities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific |
| SLA | 99.99% uptime, written, with credits |
What changed on Citrea recently (reviewed 22 Aug 2026)
- Citrea mainnet went live on 27 Jan 2026 (chain ID 4114, gas token cBTC) with the Clementine BitVM bridge and 30+ launch applications. source ↗
- Tangelo, the final testnet upgrade before mainnet, shipped 4 Nov 2025 with audit fixes and fee-mechanism changes, following completion of the audit phase on 29 Oct 2025. source ↗
- Citrea still runs a single sequencer; decentralizing it is a post-mainnet roadmap item, and full nodes carry no protocol incentive. source ↗
- The CTR governance token went live for trading and staking on 26 May 2026, and Citrea marked six months of the Clementine bridge on 4 Aug 2026. source ↗
What to order for your Citrea workload.
Each card is a configuration you can pick above, with the reason it fits.
Trading bots and MEV
Order: Full node · WebSocket on · bot/MEV tuning · city nearest Citrea's block producers
Burst as hard as the strategy needs. No rate limits and no noisy neighbours on the hot path; we pick the city from latency measurement, not a map.
BUILT FOR BOTS →Indexing and analytics
Order: Full node · indexing tuning · history scope confirmed in your quote
Heavy reads on Citrea without credit budgets; how far back you can query is confirmed in the quote.
BUILT FOR INDEXERS →dApps and wallets
Order: Full node · your domain · IP allowlist · city near your users
Serve your users from your own Citrea endpoint with unlimited connections and a 99.99% SLA in writing.
WHY DEDICATED →Exchanges and payments
Order: Full node · IP allowlist · transaction-heavy tuning · per-node monitoring
Deposit and withdrawal scanning on Citrea from an endpoint only your systems can reach.
BUILT FOR EXCHANGES →The Citrea RPC node provider comparison: Argusnodes vs QuickNode vs GetBlock vs Chainstack vs Helius vs Allnodes vs Zeeve vs RPC Fast.
How the providers in this market are built, from their own public pages. Per-chain availability varies by provider, so check their chain lists for Citrea; we build Citrea on order either way, from $199/mo flat.
| Provider | Dedicated offering | Pricing model | Rate limits | Support | Chain coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusnodes | Dedicated only: bare metal, single tenant, every node | One flat monthly price, nothing metered | None. The hardware is the only ceiling | 24/7 engineers on ticket, chat, Telegram, Slack. No paid tier | Any chain with a running network, built on order |
| QuickNode | Dedicated Clusters, an Enterprise add-on: two or more nodes of one chain, isolated, at a fixed monthly rate | API credits per method call, monthly allotments plus overage | 15 to 500 requests/sec by plan (Free through Business+); "Custom RPS" on Enterprise | Ticket support with 24h to 8h SLAs by plan; priority support is a paid add-on on Business+; dedicated support on Enterprise | 79 chains, 137 networks (their figure) |
| GetBlock | Dedicated nodes from $1,000/mo in three regions (Frankfurt, New York, Singapore); IP allowlist and a custom endpoint URL are $199/mo add-ons each | Compute units on shared plans, fixed-RPS "Limitless" nodes from $150/mo, dedicated priced per node plus paid add-ons | 20 to 800 requests/sec by shared plan; Limitless capped at a fixed RPS tier; unlimited on dedicated nodes | 24/7; a 5-minute response advertised from the $499/mo plan and on dedicated; the legal SLA commits to acknowledgement in under 20 minutes | 130+ chains (their figure); 128 listed on their nodes page |
| Chainstack | Managed dedicated nodes, single tenant, from the Pro plan up | Request Units per API call, monthly quotas plus overage | 25 to 600 requests/sec by plan; unlimited on Enterprise | Priority support is paid: $100/mo Professional, $1,000/mo Premium | 70+ protocols (their figure) |
| Helius | Dedicated Solana nodes from $2,900/mo; Solana only | Credits, monthly allotments per plan | 10 to 500 requests/sec by plan, plus sendTransaction/sec caps; no rate limits on dedicated nodes | Chat on paid plans; Telegram and Slack from the $999/mo plan up | Solana only |
| Allnodes | Per-node plans; a dedicated server on the Enterprise tier of its EVM chains and on every Solana tier | Per-node monthly plans, tiered by server type (shared, VPS or dedicated) | Advertises unlimited requests on its Base, BSC, Arbitrum and OP Mainnet node plans; not stated for other chains | Basic, priority or high-priority support by tier | 93 blockchains (their figure) |
| Zeeve | Dedicated RPC plans: $149, $299, $599 per month billed monthly (25% less on annual) | Monthly plans with request allowances: 250M/mo Basic, 2B/mo Advance; unmetered only on Enterprise | Monthly request caps on dedicated plans below Enterprise; no requests/sec figure published | Premium on Basic; priority support and Telegram/Slack from the $299/mo plan up; account manager on Enterprise | Over 30 public blockchain RPCs (their figure); 15 named on the dedicated page |
| RPC Fast | Dedicated Solana in three tiers from $2,200/mo (their dedicated-nodes page says from $2,500); other chains as node clusters from $2,000/mo plus infrastructure costs | Shared plans on compute units with overage at $5 per 1M CU; dedicated priced per node or cluster | 15 to 500 requests/sec plus WebSocket caps on shared plans; the Pro dedicated Solana tier says no rate limits | Community on free; email with 24h and 12h SLAs; priority chat with 8h SLA from the $499/mo plan | Up to 85 blockchains (their figure); Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and Solana named on the pricing page |
Competitor facts read from each provider's own public pricing and documentation pages, August 2026: QuickNode · GetBlock (September 2026) · Chainstack · Helius · Allnodes · Zeeve · RPC Fast. Their terms can change; check their pages for current figures. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it the same day. Provider names link to the full comparison.
The Citrea RPC node endpoint provider that hands you the keys.
Your Citrea endpoint lives on your own domain, locked to the IPs you allowlist, served from the city you choose across 18 Tier-3 datacentre locations. The node exposes JSON-RPC, WebSocket as documented by Citrea. Live p50 and p99 latency for your node streams to your dashboard, and the 99.99% SLA applies in writing. New to dedicated nodes? The dedicated RPC node guide covers the model end to end.
What you get on day one
- An HTTPS endpoint and a WebSocket (WSS) endpoint for your Citrea node, on your own domain if you want one
- Access locked to the IP addresses you allowlist
- A login to the Argusnodes dashboard: live p50 and p99 for your node, your orders and payments
- Engineers on ticket, chat, Telegram or Slack, 24/7
Your first request, once the node is live (rpc.yourdomain.com stands in for your endpoint):
curl https://rpc.yourdomain.com \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[]}'Chain facts on this page are sourced from Citrea's official documentation, and you can check them yourself:
Citrea dedicated node: the questions buyers ask.
What is a private Citrea RPC endpoint?
An RPC endpoint that only your applications use. It sits on a dedicated Citrea node that is yours alone, on your own domain if you want one, and answers only the IP addresses you allowlist. No other customer's traffic shares the machine, so nobody else's burst becomes your latency, and there is no rate limit to hit.
How long until my Citrea node is live?
As soon as it has synced with the Citrea network, and we tell you the moment it is ready. Sync time depends on the node type, so your quote carries an estimate for your exact setup rather than a number that is sometimes wrong. The quote itself lands within the hour, around the clock.
What is included in the from $199/mo for my Citrea node?
Everything the node can do, with the premium add-ons other providers bill separately included free: unlimited RPS, every RPC method including debug and trace, unlimited WebSocket connections, your own domain with an IP allowlist, 18 cities to choose from, a 99.99% SLA with credits, 24/7 engineer support and live p50/p99 in your dashboard. There is no add-on price list because nothing is an add-on.
What hardware will my Citrea node run on?
A machine that meets Citrea's official hardware guidance (quoted in the spec sheet on this page) with headroom on top. We never build at the minimum, because a node sized to the minimum becomes the bottleneck the day the chain grows. Your quote names the exact CPU, RAM and NVMe before you pay.
Can I test a Citrea node before I order?
We do not run free trials. Ask us for a latency report for Citrea from the city you want and you see the numbers before you order. Billing is monthly with no lock-in, so you can cancel at the end of any month.
Does Argusnodes run Citrea archive nodes and trace methods?
Archive support on Citrea is confirmed against its documentation as part of your quote. Every method the client exposes is on by default at no extra charge.
Can I run a Citrea validator with Argusnodes?
The sequencer orders transactions; a decentralized sequencer network is future research per official docs. We run every node type the chain actually offers and none it does not.
Can I migrate my Citrea endpoint from QuickNode, GetBlock, Chainstack or another provider?
Yes. A dedicated Citrea node speaks the same JSON-RPC and WebSocket interfaces as the shared endpoint you use today, so migration is pointing your application at your own endpoint. Billing is monthly with no lock-in on our side, and support engineers are on the channels 24/7 during cutover.
Which city should I pick for my Citrea node?
Any of 18 Tier-3 datacentre cities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific. Deploy near your users for an app, or ask us where Citrea latency is lowest for a bot; we answer from measurement. Need a city we do not list? Ask.
Are there rate limits or connection caps on a dedicated Citrea node?
No artificial ones: unlimited RPS and no connection cap. The machine is yours alone, so the hardware is the only ceiling: if it can serve the request, you can send it. There is no per-plan connection cap because there is no plan tier.
How do I pay for my Citrea node, and can I cancel?
Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer or crypto, billed monthly; crypto payments need no KYC. Cancel at the end of any monthly term; the node is provisioned for you alone, so there is no meter to escape and no exit fee.
How does Argusnodes compare to QuickNode, GetBlock, Chainstack and other Citrea RPC providers?
Argusnodes is dedicated-only: a private Citrea endpoint on a bare-metal node with no rate limits, at one fixed price from $199/mo with every add-on included. Per their own pricing pages: QuickNode sells dedicated clusters through enterprise sales without published prices, Chainstack bills dedicated nodes per hour on top of a paid plan, and Zeeve applies monthly request allowances on dedicated plans below its Enterprise tier (all checked August 2026); GetBlock lists dedicated nodes from $1,000/mo, with IP allowlisting and a custom endpoint URL sold as $199/mo add-ons each (checked September 2026). The comparison table on this page links every source.
What is the Citrea chain ID?
4114 (hex 0x1012), per Citrea's official documentation. A dedicated Citrea node answers eth_chainId with it, so wallets and libraries configured for Citrea work against your endpoint unchanged.
Also deployed from the same sheet.
Configure your Citrea node.
Node type, tuning, region. Firm quote within the hour, one flat monthly price.
Already own servers? We set up your Citrea RPC node on them.
Colo racks, spare machines, hardware your compliance rules say you must own: we install, sync, tune and monitor the Citrea node on your servers. You keep the hardware and the custody. You get the same private endpoint, the same no-limits configuration, the same dashboard and the same 24/7 engineers, for one flat monthly management fee, quoted within the hour and payable in crypto. We never charge for metal.
Check your machine against Citrea's official hardware guidance in the spec sheet above. We confirm the fit before anything is billed.
- 01We audit your specs
- 02We install, sync and tune
- 03We keep watch, 24/7