Solana infrastructure provider ERPC has extended cryptocurrency payments beyond hourly billing to cover monthly and annual subscription plans, allowing development teams to pay for RPC (Remote Procedure Call) services directly from their crypto wallets. The expansion means Solana-based projects can now handle infrastructure costs using SOL tokens or stablecoins like USDC and EURC, reducing friction in their payment workflows and keeping costs within their existing treasury operations.

Why Does Crypto-Native Infrastructure Payment Matter for Solana Teams?

Most Solana development teams already manage their operational costs, liquidity, and on-chain payments through cryptocurrency wallets. Before this update, they had to separate infrastructure payments into a traditional payment method, creating accounting overhead and approval delays. By accepting SOL and stablecoins for longer-term plans, ERPC aligns with how Solana teams actually operate their finances.

The practical benefit extends beyond convenience. For trading bots, real-time analytics platforms, wallet applications, and AI-agent-based projects, payment delays can postpone validation or production launches. Keeping infrastructure payments within the crypto ecosystem eliminates these friction points and speeds up deployment timelines.

What Infrastructure Services Can Now Be Paid With Crypto?

ERPC's crypto payment expansion covers a broad range of Solana-focused infrastructure services. Teams can now use SOL or stablecoins to pay for monthly and annual subscriptions across multiple product categories:

• RPC and Data Streaming: Solana RPC, WebSocket connections, Geyser gRPC, Shredstream, and Direct UDP Stream for raw shreds
• Compute Resources: Virtual private servers (VPS), bare metal servers, and dedicated RPC endpoints
• Specialized APIs: Pyth-compatible price feeds, Jet Analytics, indexed RPC, and SWQoS (Solana WebSocket Quality of Service)
• Flexible Billing: Monthly plans with bundle discounts and coupons, plus annual plans with discounts up to 30%

How to Pay for Solana Infrastructure With Crypto Assets

The payment process integrates directly into ERPC's dashboard, eliminating the need for manual invoices or custom support tickets. Here's how teams can use crypto to fund their infrastructure subscriptions:

• Select Your Plan: Choose a monthly or annual subscription from the ERPC Dashboard, configure your resources, and review the final price after all discounts are applied
• Top Up Credits with Crypto: Use the Crypto Pay option to add ERPC Credits directly from your Solana wallet using SOL, USDC, or EURC stablecoins
• Automatic Swaps Included: If you select SOL or USDC, the payment system automatically swaps your chosen asset to EURC through Orca, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, and completes the transfer in one flow
• Review Before Signing: The payment screen displays your selected asset, input amount, received amount, exchange rate, swap route, and recipient wallet before you sign the transaction
• Manage Renewals Proactively: ERPC sends pre-renewal alerts when credit balances run low, allowing teams to top up from their wallets before the subscription renews

This renewal workflow does not automatically debit wallets. Instead, teams receive a notice and manually add credits in advance, giving projects that manage funds through shared operations wallets full control over payment timing and approval.

What Makes This Different From Traditional Infrastructure Payments?

The key innovation is continuity. ERPC already supported crypto payments for hourly billing, which lets teams test infrastructure before committing to longer contracts. With monthly and annual plans now accepting crypto, the entire journey from validation to production can stay within the crypto payment ecosystem.

Teams can start with a small hourly commitment using SOL or stablecoins, measure their actual usage and performance, then upgrade to a monthly or annual plan without switching payment methods. For projects managing development costs, validation expenses, and on-chain operations through the same treasury, this eliminates unnecessary friction around accounting, permission management, and payment approvals.

The dashboard also supports 16 languages, making it accessible to international Solana development teams. From plan selection and region configuration to API key management and usage monitoring, all operations happen in one interface.

Why Stablecoin Support Matters for Long-Term Planning

ERPC's support for USDC and EURC stablecoins addresses a practical concern for teams managing infrastructure budgets. While SOL tokens offer direct payment, stablecoins provide price stability for cost forecasting. Teams can prepare their renewal budgets in advance by converting a portion of their treasury to USDC or EURC, then use those stablecoins to top up credits before subscription renewal dates.

This approach is especially useful for projects that want to lock in infrastructure costs without exposure to SOL price volatility. By accepting both volatile assets and stablecoins, ERPC accommodates different treasury management strategies across the Solana ecosystem.