Modus Gateway
One endpoint and one key for every web3 service your project needs.
Every web3 app depends on a stack of outside services: an RPC node to read the chain, an indexer for history, a price feed, a swap router. The usual approach means a separate account, API key, and auth scheme for each, scattered across your code and billed on separate invoices.
Modus Gateway replaces that with one endpoint and one key. You never set up a provider account.
It's a single front door to the providers a web3 project leans on (Alchemy, Etherscan, Blockscout, The Graph, LI.FI, Enso, Graph Tokens, Mobula) across every chain you deploy to. Your app and any agent you build talk to the Gateway. Behind it, Modus holds the upstream keys, routes each call to the right provider, and meters every request in one place. You never touch a provider dashboard.
Nothing to set up
You don't sign up for anything; the providers are wired up from your first build. Your project can read the chain, pull historical data, price tokens, and route swaps with no accounts to create and no keys to manage.
Usage draws on your Modus credits, metered to exactly what you consume: one bill instead of a stack of provider invoices.
Why it matters
- One key instead of a dozen. No per-provider signup, no keys leaking through your frontend, no rewriting auth every time you add a service.
- Provider switches become path changes. Moving swap detection from Etherscan to Alchemy is a URL change, not an integration project.
- One view of consumption. Every call runs through the Gateway, so you see everything your project uses in one place.
What runs through it
| Provider | For |
|---|---|
| Alchemy | RPC: reading the chain, wallet activity, logs |
| Etherscan | Block-explorer data: transactions, verified source |
| The Graph | Indexed historical data via subgraphs |
| Graph Tokens | Token metadata, prices, and DEX data |
| LI.FI | Cross-chain routing and bridging |
| Enso | DeFi action routing |
| Mobula | Market data, token security, wallet analytics, and swap/bridge execution |
| Blockscout | Explorer data (source, ABIs, tx history) for chains Etherscan lacks — incl. Robinhood Chain |
| DefiLlama | Token prices and protocol TVL — free, never billed |
When you'd bring your own
The Gateway covers what most projects need, with nothing to set up. If you'd rather run a provider on your own account, you can supply your own upstream key per provider, and those calls bill at zero Modus cost. See Bring your own provider key.
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