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What is Tatum
Tatum is a blockchain development platform that provides APIs and infrastructure services to build and operate applications across multiple blockchains. It targets software teams that need wallet operations, transaction submission, and blockchain data access without running and maintaining their own nodes. The product emphasizes a unified API layer across supported networks and includes tooling for key management and common Web3 workflows.
Unified multi-chain API layer
Tatum provides a single API surface for interacting with multiple blockchains, reducing the need to learn and maintain chain-specific RPC differences. This can simplify application architecture for teams supporting several networks. It also helps standardize operational workflows such as address generation, balance checks, and transaction broadcasting.
Managed infrastructure option
Tatum supports use cases where teams prefer not to operate their own blockchain nodes and related monitoring. This can reduce time spent on node provisioning, scaling, and reliability engineering compared with self-managed deployments. It is particularly relevant for smaller teams that need production connectivity quickly.
Built-in wallet workflow primitives
The platform includes higher-level primitives commonly needed in Web3 applications, such as wallet/address management and transaction lifecycle handling. This can reduce the amount of custom glue code required around raw node RPC calls. It is useful for fintech-style applications that need repeatable, auditable transaction flows.
Vendor dependency for core access
Using a managed API layer can create operational dependency on the provider’s uptime, rate limits, and incident response. If service disruptions occur, application functionality that relies on blockchain reads/writes can degrade. Migrating away may require reworking integrations if proprietary endpoints or abstractions are used.
Coverage varies by chain
Multi-chain platforms typically have uneven feature depth across supported networks, especially for newer chains or advanced protocol features. Some chain-specific methods, indexing needs, or event/query patterns may still require direct RPC access or additional tooling. Teams should validate required networks and endpoints for their specific use cases.
Not a full enterprise blockchain suite
Tatum focuses on developer APIs and connectivity rather than end-to-end enterprise blockchain governance and consortium management. Organizations needing permissioned network administration, complex identity/governance controls, or deep on-prem deployment patterns may need additional components. Compliance and security requirements may also necessitate external key management and controls beyond default configurations.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (credit-based consumption) Free tier/trial: Free plan available (free forever). Includes 2 API keys, full nodes, analytics dashboard, debugging tools, NFT minting, and testnet gas coverage; official pages list differing free-credit amounts (see notes below). Example costs / public price points:
- $25 per month (billed yearly).
- $39 per month (billed monthly).
- PayGo named tiers (credits, no public per-tier prices shown on docs): Starter – 4M or 7M credits/month; Pro – 10M, 15M or 20M credits/month; Scale – 40M or 80M credits/month.
- Enterprise / Business: Custom pricing (contact sales). Overages / per-feature credit costs: Some product features are charged in credits (e.g., notifications: 50 credits per webhook event / 50 credits per active subscription per day). See docs for per-feature credit charges. Discounts / billing options: Monthly, annual (discounted; e.g., yearly equivalent shown at $25/mo), and multi-year commitments available; custom enterprise discounts available. Notes / caveats: Official Tatum pages contain varying statements about the amount of free credits (Plans & Limits page lists 100K credits for Free Plan; a changelog entry from May 14, 2024 references an update to 1M credits). Pricing is credit-based and some pages (Pricing Calculator) show dynamic totals; exact per-credit pricing and prices tied to specific credit bundles are not consistently listed on public pages and may be surfaced in the Dashboard or via sales.
Seller details
Tatum
London, United Kingdom
2017
Private
https://tatum.io/
https://x.com/tatum_io
https://www.linkedin.com/company/tatum-io/
