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ChainIDE vs Magic vs Subgraphs Comparison | Builder's Guide | Quicknode

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ChainIDE vs Magic vs Subgraphs

Build an ecosystem optimized for your goals while opening up new revenue streams.

Comparison Summary

ChainIDE, Magic and Subgraphs each address unique challenges in the web3 ecosystem, offering complementary strengths for builders. ChainIDE is a cloud-based AI-powered integrated development environment (IDE) for building, testing, and deploying smart contracts and decentralized applications across multiple blockchains. Magic provides enterprise-grade, non-custodial wallet infrastructure and passwordless authentication APIs for seamless Web3 onboarding and wallet management. The Graph is a decentralized indexing protocol that organizes blockchain data and makes it easily accessible via GraphQL. Together, these tools serve different but overlapping user needs, making them valuable components in a modern web3 development stack.

	ChainIDE // Web3 Developer Tools // Development Frameworks	Magic // Web3 Developer Tools // Web3 SDKs // Web3 Wallet Tools // Wallet SDKs // Infrastructure Tools	Subgraphs // Web3 Developer Tools // Indexing Tools // Web3 Data Tools
At a Glance
Composability
Cross-Chain
Customizability
Developer Support
Ease of Integration
Performance
Key Features
Core Capabilities	IntelliSense and Code Refactoring, Integrated Debugging and Testing, Learning Hub with Multi-Blockchain Courses	API Wallets with Core and Express APIs, Embedded Wallet SDKs, Multi-chain support, Newton Protocol	Subgraphs, Substreams, Token API
Chain Support	+5	+32	+46
Best For	DeFi Developers, Infrastructure Developers	Infrastructure Developers, DeFi Developers	DeFi Developers, NFT Platform Developers
Pricing
Free Tier	Free	Free	Hosted Service
Paid Features	—	1 paid tiers	1 paid tiers
Custom Plans	—	Enterprise plans	—