helius vs basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway
helius is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by helius-labs. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway is an MCP server published by basebalance.cloud. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-21. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  helius |  basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 12 Stars (GitHub): 29 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 691 Stars (GitHub): 7 414 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | helius | basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 2 (better) | 1 (worse) |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 29 (worse) | 7 414 (better) |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 12 (worse) | 1 691 (better) |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server or your machine | Remote server (basebalance.cloud/mcp) |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 8 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/helius-labs/core-ai | github.com/conway-research/automaton |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Responded 18 h ago | Answered with HTTP 404 (4 days ago) |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
helius
Build on Solana with Helius — live blockchain tools, expert coding patterns, and autonomous account signup
basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway
USDC-gated Base JSON-RPC: free 10 req/min, $0.50 per 10k. Failover, cache, /mcp, ledger.
How to run each
helius As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install helius@claude-communitybasebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http basebalance https://basebalance.cloud/mcpCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only the endpoint of helius responded at the last daily check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: helius · What it can do: basebalance.cloud — x402 RPC & MCP gateway · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.