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# Migrating from Infura to Moralis

> Move from Infura (MetaMask Developer) to Moralis and get an enriched Web3 Data API and real-time Streams on top of RPC. This guide maps Infura RPC, the Gas API, IPFS, and the NFT API to their Moralis equivalents across EVM and Solana.

# Migrating from Infura to Moralis

<Info>
  **Moralis is a drop-in alternative to Infura — and more.** Infura (now part of MetaMask Developer) is primarily an RPC node provider with a Gas API and IPFS. Moralis gives you RPC node access *plus* the enriched Web3 Data API and real-time Streams that Infura doesn't offer — so migrating isn't just a swap, it removes the indexing layer you'd otherwise build yourself on top of Infura's raw RPC.
</Info>

Infura serves raw JSON-RPC and a handful of supporting services (Gas API, IPFS). To turn that into product features — wallet token balances, transaction history, NFT data, token prices, DeFi positions, real-time webhooks — teams typically build and operate an indexing layer on top of Infura's nodes. Moralis ships that layer as a REST API, so you replace the RPC endpoint *and* delete the indexer.

## Quick reference: Infura → Moralis

### RPC & node services

| Infura service                                                                       | Moralis equivalent                                                             |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| JSON-RPC node access                                                                 | [Moralis RPC Nodes](/rpc-nodes/overview)                                       |
| Gas API (`suggestedGasFees`, `basefeehistory`, `basefeepercentile`, `busythreshold`) | `eth_gasPrice` / `eth_feeHistory` via [Moralis RPC Nodes](/rpc-nodes/overview) |
| Archive data / failover                                                              | [Moralis RPC Nodes](/rpc-nodes/overview)                                       |
| IPFS API & gateway                                                                   | No direct equivalent — see note below                                          |

### Data the Infura RPC layer doesn't give you (Moralis does)

| What you'd build on Infura RPC    | Moralis endpoint (no indexing required)                                                                                       |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Wallet token balances + USD value | [Get Token Balances by Wallet](/data-api/evm/wallet/token-balances)                                                           |
| Native balance                    | [Get Native Balance by Wallet](/data-api/evm/wallet/native-balance)                                                           |
| Decoded transaction history       | [Get Wallet History](/data-api/evm/wallet/wallet-history)                                                                     |
| Token metadata & prices           | [Get Token Metadata](/data-api/evm/token/metadata/token-metadata) · [Get Token Price](/data-api/evm/token/prices/token-price) |
| Token holders                     | [Get Token Holders](/data-api/evm/token/holders/token-holders)                                                                |
| DeFi positions                    | [Get Wallet DeFi Positions](/data-api/evm/defi/wallet-positions)                                                              |
| Wallet net worth                  | [Get Wallet Net Worth](/data-api/evm/wallet/net-worth)                                                                        |

### NFT API (legacy Infura NFT API)

| Infura NFT API capability | Moralis equivalent                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| NFTs owned by an address  | [Get NFTs by Wallet](/data-api/evm/wallet/nft-balances)                                                                                       |
| NFTs in a collection      | [Get NFTs by Contract](/data-api/evm/nft/collections/nfts-by-collection)                                                                      |
| NFT collection metadata   | [Get NFT Collection Metadata](/data-api/evm/nft/metadata/collection-metadata)                                                                 |
| NFT token metadata        | [Get NFT Metadata](/data-api/evm/nft/metadata/nft-metadata)                                                                                   |
| NFT owners                | [Get NFT Owners by Contract](/data-api/evm/nft/ownership/owners-by-contract)                                                                  |
| NFT transfers / trades    | [Get NFT Contract Transfers](/data-api/evm/nft/transfers/collection-transfers) · [Get NFT Trades](/data-api/evm/nft/trades/collection-trades) |

### Real-time (Infura has no webhook product) → Streams

| Need                    | Moralis equivalent                                                     |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Address activity events | [EVM Streams](/streams/evm-streams)                                    |
| Contract / log events   | [EVM Streams](/streams/evm-streams)                                    |
| Solana account events   | [Solana Streams](/streams/solana-streams)                              |
| Stream management API   | [Streams API Reference](/streams/api-reference/streams/create-streams) |

### Solana (SVM)

| Capability                  | Moralis equivalent                                                                                                    |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Solana RPC                  | [Moralis RPC Nodes](/rpc-nodes/overview)                                                                              |
| Solana token balances       | [Get SPL Token Balances](/data-api/solana/wallet/token-balances) · [Get Portfolio](/data-api/solana/wallet/portfolio) |
| Solana NFTs                 | [Get NFTs by Wallet](/data-api/solana/wallet/nft-balances)                                                            |
| Solana swaps / transactions | [Get Wallet Swaps](/data-api/solana/wallet/wallet-swaps)                                                              |

## Endpoint details

### RPC node access

**Infura**: `https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/{apiKey}` (and per-network subdomains)

| Chain  | Moralis Equivalent | Documentation                        |
| ------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| EVM    | Moralis RPC Nodes  | [Documentation](/rpc-nodes/overview) |
| Solana | Moralis RPC Nodes  | [Documentation](/rpc-nodes/overview) |

```bash theme={null}
# Infura
curl "https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/$INFURA_API_KEY" \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[]}'

# Moralis RPC Nodes — same JSON-RPC interface, different endpoint URL
curl "$MORALIS_RPC_URL" \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[]}'
```

**Notes**: Moralis RPC Nodes speak standard JSON-RPC, so existing `web3.js`/`ethers`/`viem` code keeps working — point the provider URL at your Moralis RPC endpoint. Grab the URL from the [RPC Nodes](/rpc-nodes/overview) dashboard.

### Gas API

**Infura**: `https://gas.api.infura.io/v3/{apiKey}/networks/{chainId}/suggestedGasFees`

| Chain | Moralis Equivalent                | Documentation                        |
| ----- | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| EVM   | `eth_feeHistory` / `eth_gasPrice` | [Documentation](/rpc-nodes/overview) |

**Notes**: Infura's Gas API (`suggestedGasFees`, `basefeehistory`, `basefeepercentile`, `busythreshold`) wraps EIP-1559 fee estimation. With Moralis, call the standard `eth_feeHistory` and `eth_gasPrice` JSON-RPC methods through [Moralis RPC Nodes](/rpc-nodes/overview) to compute priority and max fees.

### Wallet token balances (build-it-yourself on Infura)

On Infura you'd enumerate token contracts and batch `eth_call` to `balanceOf`, then resolve metadata yourself. Moralis returns it directly:

| Chain  | Moralis Equivalent           | Moralis URL                                                             | Documentation                                        |
| ------ | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| EVM    | Get Native & ERC20 Balances  | `https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/wallets/:address/tokens`        | [Documentation](/data-api/evm/wallet/token-balances) |
| Solana | Get Portfolio (native + SPL) | `https://solana-gateway.moralis.io/account/:network/:address/portfolio` | [Documentation](/data-api/solana/wallet/portfolio)   |

```bash theme={null}
# Moralis — one call, no contract enumeration, no metadata round-trips
curl "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/wallets/0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045/tokens?chain=eth" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $MORALIS_API_KEY"
```

**Notes**: Response includes balance, decimals, USD price, USD value, and metadata (symbol, name, logo, verified flag, spam flag).

### Transaction history

| Chain | Moralis Equivalent | Moralis URL                                                       | Documentation                                        |
| ----- | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| EVM   | Get Wallet History | `https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/wallets/:address/history` | [Documentation](/data-api/evm/wallet/wallet-history) |

```bash theme={null}
# Moralis — decoded, chronological feed of all wallet activity
curl "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/wallets/0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045/history?chain=eth" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $MORALIS_API_KEY"
```

**Notes**: Reconstructing this on Infura means paging blocks, pulling receipts, and decoding logs against ABIs. Moralis returns native transfers, ERC20 movements, NFT transfers, swaps, contract interactions, and approvals already decoded.

### NFTs by wallet

**Infura**: legacy NFT API — NFTs owned by an address

| Chain  | Moralis Equivalent | Moralis URL                                                       | Documentation                                         |
| ------ | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| EVM    | Get NFTs by Wallet | `https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/:address/nft`             | [Documentation](/data-api/evm/wallet/nft-balances)    |
| Solana | Get NFTs by Wallet | `https://solana-gateway.moralis.io/account/:network/:address/nft` | [Documentation](/data-api/solana/wallet/nft-balances) |

```bash theme={null}
# Moralis
curl "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045/nft?chain=eth&format=decimal&normalizeMetadata=true&media_items=true" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $MORALIS_API_KEY"
```

**Notes**: Returns ERC721 and ERC1155 holdings with normalized metadata, hosted media previews, and a `possible_spam` flag.

### Real-time events → Moralis Streams

Infura does not offer a webhook or notification product — to react to on-chain events you'd poll RPC or run a log subscription and your own delivery infrastructure. Moralis Streams replaces that with managed webhooks:

| Feature                 | Moralis Equivalent    | Documentation                                                  |
| ----------------------- | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Address activity events | EVM Streams           | [Documentation](/streams/evm-streams)                          |
| Contract / log events   | EVM Streams           | [Documentation](/streams/evm-streams)                          |
| Solana account events   | Solana Streams        | [Documentation](/streams/solana-streams)                       |
| Stream management API   | Streams API Reference | [Documentation](/streams/api-reference/streams/create-streams) |

```bash theme={null}
# Moralis Streams — create one stream, then attach many addresses to it
curl -X POST "https://api.moralis-streams.com/streams/evm" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $MORALIS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "webhookUrl": "https://your.app/webhooks/moralis",
    "description": "Wallet activity",
    "tag": "wallet-activity",
    "chainIds": ["0x1", "0x2105"],
    "includeNativeTxs": true,
    "includeContractLogs": true
  }'
```

**Notes**: Streams delivers HTTP webhooks with retries, signature verification, and dynamic address management, plus ABI-decoded contract events and smart-filter expressions.

<Note>
  Infura's **IPFS** pinning service has no direct Moralis equivalent — Moralis is a blockchain data and streaming platform, not a file-storage host. Keep a dedicated IPFS provider for pinning, and use Moralis for on-chain data and real-time events.
</Note>

## Chain coverage

Infura supports a broad set of EVM networks plus Solana and Starknet. Moralis covers EVM, Solana, and Bitcoin — see [Supported Chains](/data-api/supported-chains). Before cutover, diff the networks you've configured in Infura against the supported list and flag any gaps.

## Migration checklist

1. **Get an API key** — [Get your API key](/data-api/get-your-api-key).
2. **Repoint RPC** — swap your Infura RPC URL for a [Moralis RPC Nodes](/rpc-nodes/overview) URL in your provider config; no code changes for standard JSON-RPC calls.
3. **Replace home-grown indexing** — delete the balance/history/NFT/price logic you built on Infura RPC and call the Moralis Data API endpoints instead.
4. **Swap the Gas API** — compute fees from `eth_feeHistory` / `eth_gasPrice` via Moralis RPC.
5. **Add Streams for real-time** — replace polling or self-hosted log subscriptions with [Moralis Streams](/streams/overview).
6. **Verify chain coverage** — diff your Infura network configuration against [Supported Chains](/data-api/supported-chains).

## Beyond Infura: what Moralis adds

Because Infura is RPC-first, almost the entire Moralis Data API is net-new capability after you migrate:

* **Wallet PnL** — realized and unrealized PnL per wallet. See [Wallet PnL Summary](/data-api/evm/wallet/wallet-pnl-summary) and [Wallet PnL by Token](/data-api/evm/wallet/wallet-pnl).
* **Wallet net worth & approvals** — [Wallet Net Worth](/data-api/evm/wallet/net-worth) and [Wallet Approvals](/data-api/evm/wallet/approvals).
* **DeFi positions** — [Wallet DeFi Positions](/data-api/evm/defi/wallet-positions).
* **Token discovery** — [Trending Tokens](/data-api/universal/token/trending-tokens).
* **Token holder analytics** — [Token Holder Stats](/data-api/evm/token/holders/token-holder-stats) and [Historical Token Holders](/data-api/evm/token/holders/historical-token-holders).
* **DEX & pair analytics** — [Pair Stats](/data-api/evm/token/swaps/pair-stats) and [OHLCV by Pair Address](/data-api/evm/token/prices/ohlc).
* **Name resolution** — [ENS Lookup](/data-api/evm/wallet/ens-lookup) and [Resolve Address](/data-api/evm/wallet/resolve-address).

## Need help migrating off Infura?

If you're moving a production Infura workload to Moralis — RPC, home-grown indexing, or both — the support team can help size the migration and review your call patterns. Reach out via [moralis.com](https://moralis.com/).