Developers often choose infrastructure based on whichever provider is easiest to integrate during the prototype stage.
That can become expensive later.
For a production Web3 application, I would evaluate infrastructure across several dimensions.
Reliability
Uptime is important, but failover behavior matters just as much.
Latency
For trading, gaming, wallets, and real-time applications, RPC response time can materially affect user experience.
Chain coverage
Supporting multiple networks becomes much easier if one infrastructure provider covers the entire stack.
Historical data
Some applications need archive nodes or deep historical queries, which can dramatically increase infrastructure requirements.
Rate limits and scaling
A provider that works perfectly at 10,000 requests per day may become expensive at several million.
Data consistency
Different RPC endpoints can occasionally return data at slightly different chain states.
Observability
Logs, request analytics, error tracking, and performance monitoring are underrated until something breaks.
Vendor lock-in
Building everything around proprietary APIs can make migration painful later.
For early-stage projects, simplicity probably matters more than maximum decentralization. But infrastructure decisions become much more important once real users and money are involved.
For developers here: what are the three most important factors you look at when choosing RPC or blockchain infrastructure providers?
Price, latency, reliability, decentralization, supported chains, or something else?