The Admin API lets you manage Alchemy apps, list supported networks, and inspect compute unit usage without using the Alchemy Dashboard. Use it for automation, compliance, billing alerts, and enterprise workflows.
An App represents a single Alchemy project. You create an app, configure which networks it can access, and optionally restrict usage via allowlists. All app changes are applied immediately.
Usage data includes compute unit totals, estimated USD cost, billing period boundaries, and optional breakdowns by app, network, method, and request type.
Use this API to:
- Create and delete apps
- Update app metadata and configuration
- Manage network and allowlist settings
- Retrieve app details
- Query supported networks
- Retrieve account usage summaries for the current billing period and recent rolling windows
- Query usage time series with hourly or daily granularity
- Filter usage by app, network, method, and request type
- Group usage results by request type, app, network, or method
Each request is authenticated and returns JSON responses.
All requests must include an access key. Grant only the permissions the caller needs:
- App Management read or read and write, for apps and chains
- Usage read (
ADMIN_USAGE_READ), for Usage API endpoints
You can also authenticate usage requests with a dashboard user session token that has the viewer, developer, or admin role.
To create an access key:
- Go to the security tab in the Alchemy Dashboard
- Create a new access key
- Enable App Management and/or Usage with the permissions you need
Time-series query ranges are limited by plan:
| Plan | Maximum range |
|---|---|
| Free | 1 day |
| Pay as You Go | 7 days |
| Longer ranges | Contact sales |
If you request a range longer than your plan supports, the API returns results for the allowed range.
The products field on the time series endpoint selects which meter to query.
If you omit products, the API uses SUPERNODE_CU. That meter is core RPC only. It does not include Enhanced APIs.
You can pass more than one product when those products share a unit. A request cannot mix CU products with SOLANA_GRPC_TB or SPONSORED_GAS.
For CU prices per method, see Compute Units.
products value | What it measures | Unit |
|---|---|---|
SUPERNODE_CU | Core RPC (default). Node methods, including eth_* and Solana JSON-RPC. | CU |
SUPERNODE_ENHANCED_CU | Enhanced APIs: NFT, Token, Transfers, Portfolio, and Prices. | CU |
SOLANA_ARCHIVAL_CU | Solana archival RPC. Historical Solana reads. | CU |
BLAST_CU | Blast RPC. | CU |
SPONSORED_GAS | Gas Manager sponsored transactions. | sponsored gas |
SOLANA_GRPC_TB | Solana Yellowstone gRPC streams. | TB |
A dashboard-style CU query uses both core RPC and Enhanced APIs:
"products": ["SUPERNODE_CU", "SUPERNODE_ENHANCED_CU"]