Helius vs bagSIREN

Overview

Helius Helius is the premier developer platform for Solana, providing enterprise-grade RPC infrastructure, webhooks, enhanced APIs, and developer tools that power many of the ecosystem's most popular applica... bagSIREN bagSIREN is a read-only alert bot that watches the SPL tokens in your Solana wallet and blasts you the moment one makes a significant price move — by phone call, SMS, and Telegram simultaneously. It o...

Community Ratings

Helius is rated higher by the MadeOnSol community with 4.0/5 stars across 1 review, compared to 0.0/5 for bagSIREN (0 reviews). That said, ratings only tell part of the story — what matters most is which tool fits your specific workflow.

Pricing & Value

Helius uses a freemium model — Free tier: 30 RPS, 1M credits/day. Developer: $49/mo. Business: $499/mo. Enterprise: custom pricing., while bagSIREN is freemium. Both offer free tiers with paid upgrades, so try each before committing to a paid plan.

Key Features

Helius offers 8 features including Enterprise-grade RPC nodes with optimized routing and low latency, Enhanced transaction API parsing raw data into human-readable formats, Digital Asset API (DAS) for comprehensive NFT and token metadata, and 5 more. bagSIREN counters with 6 features including Simultaneous voice call + SMS + Telegram alerts, Up to 3 phone-call retry attempts for redundancy, Read-only — public wallet address only, no private keys, and 3 more. The right choice depends on which specific features matter for your use case — check the individual review pages for full breakdowns.

Reliability & Health

We monitor both tools around the clock for uptime, SSL validity, and response times. Helius currently has a healthy health status with 100.0% uptime over the last 30 days. bagSIREN is rated healthy with 100.0% uptime. For tools you rely on daily — especially trading bots or wallets — uptime and speed are non-negotiable.

Strengths

Helius's key strengths include most feature-rich solana developer platform beyond basic rpc, enhanced apis dramatically reduce development time for common tasks, webhook system eliminates the need for custom blockchain indexing.