CoinMarketCap vs CryptoQuant

CoinMarketCap4.4/5

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CryptoQuant3.9/5

Feature	CoinMarketCapVisit	CryptoQuantVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.4/5	3.9/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Data quality	3.5	4.5
Features	4.5	4.0
Pricing	5.0	3.0
Ease of use	4.5	3.5
Coverage	5.0	4.0
Specs
Tool type	Market data, Portfolio tracker	On-chain analytics, Market data, Alerts
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Paid plans from (per month)	Not disclosed	$29
API access	Yes	Yes
Alerts	Yes	Yes
Mobile app	Yes	Not disclosed
Wallet tracking	Yes	Yes
NFT data	Yes	Not disclosed
CSV export	Not disclosed	Yes
Company
Founded	2013	2018
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates	South Korea
Investors	Binance	Atinum Investment, Bass Investment, HillSpring Investment, IMM Investment +1
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Free access to price data across 64.02M cryptocurrencies and 981 exchanges Continuous operational history tracking digital asset markets since May 2013 Comprehensive derivatives dashboards with liquidation maps and funding rates Tiered API access providing WebSocket and REST market endpoints	Tracks flows and reserves across more than 500 exchanges High-frequency API metrics available down to one-minute resolution Supplies verified institutional data to CME Group and Moody's Analytics Free plan available for basic charting and historical data
Cons	Owned by Binance, introducing potential conflicts of interest in market rankings Scraped profile API incident in April 2026 exposed user display handles Past unannounced pricing adjustments caused significant market-wide valuation drops Third-party exchange reporting can occasionally present delayed or skewed volume figures	Premium tier costs around $799 per month for full access Real-time alerts and intraday data are locked behind paid tiers Historical metrics can shift when exchange wallet clusters are re-identified
Best for	Traders tracking spot and derivatives markets, Developers needing cryptocurrency pricing APIs, Researchers monitoring DEX pairs and ETF flows	Derivative and spot crypto traders, Quantitative research analysts, Institutions tracking exchange liquidity flows

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