> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chainstack.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Modes and types

> Understand Chainstack node deployment modes including full, archive, elastic, dedicated, and trader node types with their capabilities and trade-offs.

## Types

Chainstack supports 2 types of nodes for public chains: elastic node and dedicated node. Elastic nodes are available for all networks by default. To get a dedicated node, you'll have to contact us directly.

## Modes

For most of the available public chains, Chainstack supports deploying nodes in the following modes:

* Full — a node that stores full blockchain data. However, it has limitations to how many blocks are available for querying.
* Archive — a node that stores full blockchain data and an archive of historical states, which makes it possible to query any block since the chain genesis.
* Trader — a node that propagates transactions to the global mempool at high speed. See [Trader nodes](/docs/warp-transactions).

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  ### Advanced options on paid plans

  Dedicated nodes, archive nodes, debug & trace APIs are available on [paid plans](https://chainstack.com/pricing/).
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