diff --git a/harnesses/indexing-freshness/cmd/script/config.go b/harnesses/indexing-freshness/cmd/script/config.go
index 64679ccf..138500da 100644
--- a/harnesses/indexing-freshness/cmd/script/config.go
+++ b/harnesses/indexing-freshness/cmd/script/config.go
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ type Provider struct {
 var providers = []Provider{
 	{Slug: "mobula", EveryN: 1, Budget: 250_000},
 	{Slug: "zerion", EveryN: 1, Budget: 55_000},
-	{Slug: "moralis", EveryN: 1, Budget: 500_000},
+	// Moralis free tier: 40k CU/day; /wallets/{addr}/history costs 25 CU
+	// per call, so full participation (144 events × 16 polls = 2,304
+	// calls = 57.6k CU/day) blows the daily cap ~2/3 through the day
+	// (the API then 401s until the UTC midnight reset). EveryN 2 keeps
+	// it at ~28.8k CU/day. Budget = 40k/25 CU × 30 days in calls.
+	{Slug: "moralis", EveryN: 2, Budget: 48_000},
 	{Slug: "goldrush", EveryN: 1, Budget: 90_000},
 	// Allium free tier: 20k calls/month, aggressive per-second limits.
 	{Slug: "allium", EveryN: 3, Budget: 18_000},
diff --git a/src/lib/alternatives.ts b/src/lib/alternatives.ts
index a147704d..dffcf322 100644
--- a/src/lib/alternatives.ts
+++ b/src/lib/alternatives.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { cache } from "react";
 import yaml from "js-yaml";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { loadBenchmark } from "@/lib/spec";
+import { REMOVED_BENCH_SLUGS } from "@/lib/removed-benches";
 import type { Benchmark } from "@/types/benchmark";
 
 const ALT_DIR = path.join(process.cwd(), "alternatives");
@@ -72,6 +73,14 @@ export const loadAllAlternatives = cache(async (): Promise<Alternative[]> => {
   );
   return parsed
     .filter((a): a is Alternative => a !== null && a.status === "live")
+    // Prod-only gate: alternatives built on staging-pipeline benches
+    // never reach the prod listing, sitemap or tag clouds (the page
+    // itself already 404s there because the bench spec is filtered).
+    .filter(
+      (a) =>
+        process.env.VERCEL_ENV !== "production" ||
+        !REMOVED_BENCH_SLUGS.has(a.benchmark),
+    )
     .sort((a, b) => a.target_product.localeCompare(b.target_product));
 });