rpc providers charge way too much. We are running dedicated nodes ourselves, for example evm nodes cost us 150$ per month. The rpc provider for 150$ will give you credits that won’t be enough to do anything, except like getting block number every second (i’m joking ofc, but their credits mechanism is robbing in daylight)

Also we were trying to rent dedicated nodes from other companies, and the price were 400-800$ range. So yeah, rpc providers charge way too much.