CoinMarketCap vs Glassnode

CoinMarketCap4.4/5

VS

Glassnode3.6/5

Feature	CoinMarketCapVisit	GlassnodeVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.4/5	3.6/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Data quality	3.5	4.0
Features	4.5	4.0
Pricing	5.0	3.0
Ease of use	4.5	3.5
Coverage	5.0	3.5
Specs
Tool type	Market data, Portfolio tracker	On-chain analytics, Market data, Research
Free plan	Yes	Yes
API access	Yes	Yes
Alerts	Yes	Not disclosed
Mobile app	Yes	Not disclosed
Wallet tracking	Yes	Not disclosed
NFT data	Yes	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2013	2018
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates	Switzerland
Investors	Binance	Not disclosed
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	A free plan is available API access supports programmatic workflows The metric catalog documents MVRV, SOPR and realized capitalization Covers Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital assets
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	Paid access may be needed for key metrics or API capacity Metric coverage and chain count vary by documented support July 2026 potential customer-information compromise involved phishing warnings
Best for	Traders tracking spot and derivatives markets, Developers needing cryptocurrency pricing APIs, Researchers monitoring DEX pairs and ETF flows	On-chain market researchers, Crypto trading teams, Quantitative analysts

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