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CoinGecko API

CoinGecko API is tracked as a market data source for multichain coverage. Crypto asset price, market, exchange, and metadata API coverage from CoinGecko

AvailableEvaluation/comparison only
Market dataMultichain
Official siteMarkdownReverify before live use

At a glance

Decision summary

Best for
Asset price and market metadata lookups
Watch out for
Raw on-chain state reads
Auth
None, API key
Pricing
Freemium
Agent actionability
Requires revalidation
PubFi gateway
PubFi gateway not routeable yet
Last verified

Provider-sourced facts

Primary coverage
Crypto asset prices, market data, exchanges, and metadata Source
Discovery category
Market data Source

Best fit and tradeoffs

Best for

  • Asset price and market metadata lookups
  • Applications that need broad crypto market context
  • They need broad asset price, market, exchange, and metadata context.
  • They want a market-data source with public docs and pricing evidence.
  • They are comparing general market context against CoinMarketCap, CryptoCompare, or Amberdata.

Watchouts

  • Raw on-chain state reads
  • Chain-specific RPC infrastructure
  • CoinGecko is broad market context, not a replacement for institutional tick-level feeds such as Kaiko.
  • Redistribution, freshness, and commercial-use needs still require official-plan review before production use.
  • The explicit Discovery claim status is evaluation/comparison only, so callable PubFi status should not be inferred.

Why teams choose it

CoinGecko API is a broad crypto market data source for asset prices, exchange context, metadata, and market information. Discovery tracks it as a multichain market-data page and marks the claim-safe status as evaluation/comparison only.

The source is useful when a team needs broad market context rather than institutional exchange microstructure. Its public pricing and quota evidence is strong enough for careful readback, but PubFi copy should not imply live gateway access from the page alone.

Capability summaries

Asset market data

Current
Category
Market data
Public status
Available
Auth requirement
None
Procurement state
Public No Approval
Coverage
Multichain
Output contracts
Market Data Snapshot

Exchange liquidity depth

Current
Category
Market data
Public status
Requested
Auth requirement
API key
Procurement state
Free Requires Auth
Coverage
Multichain
Output contracts
Exchange Depth Snapshot

Quick-start entry

GETEndpoint path not listed
Style
REST
Language
HTTP
Method
GET
Path
Not listed
Requires auth
Yes
Provider docs
Documentation

PubFi gateway status

PubFi gateway not routeable yet

This Discovery source is available for source evaluation and comparison, but PubFi does not publish a production-callable gateway route for it yet. Use this page to compare the provider, signal demand, or start a procurement/integration review instead of attempting a PubFi gateway call.

PubFi gateway call
Not published for this source
Direct gateway examples
Not available
Next step
Request integration or start supplier procurement review
  • Do not infer a PubFi gateway path from this Discovery page.
  • Use the official provider docs for direct provider integration until a PubFi readiness entry marks this source gateway_available.
  • Use the Discovery request or demand-signal CTA to register integration interest with PubFi.
  • Supplier procurement, paid-plan approval, and upstream credential setup require explicit review before PubFi can route the source.

Access, pricing, and protocol metadata

Access and pricing

Auth methods
None, API key
Pricing model
Freemium
Free tier
Demo plan includes 10k call credits/month and 100 rate limit/min.
Starting price
$35 / month
Free rate limit
Demo 100 rate limit/min; public API is approximately 30 calls/min depending on traffic
Paid rate limit
Basic 300, Analyst 500, Lite 500, Enterprise custom rate limit/min

Protocols and outputs

Data types
Prices, Market Metrics, Exchange Data, Asset Metadata
Protocols
REST
REST support
Yes
GraphQL support
Not listed
WebSocket support
Not listed
Streaming support
Not listed
Webhook support
Not listed
Feature flags
Not listed
SDKs
Not listed

Provider and review status

Documentation
Provider docs
Doc quality score
Not listed
Status page
Provider status
Public fixture status
Degraded
Raw claim-safe status
Evaluation/comparison only
Page tier
Tier 1

Implementation notes

Rate limits

Medium

Use Demo, Basic, Analyst, Lite, and Enterprise rate-limit labels from the fixture instead of flattening CoinGecko usage into one quota.

Coverage

Medium

Separate broad asset metadata and exchange coverage from specialized DeFi protocol metrics or institutional order-book feeds.

Auth

Low

Treat public and paid API access paths separately when planning a prototype.

Use case candidates

  • Add token price context to portfolio views
  • Normalize market metadata for agent research workflows

Comparison snapshot

CoinGecko is often the broad market-context alternative to CoinMarketCap. CryptoCompare, Amberdata, and Kaiko become stronger candidates when exchange depth, institutional datasets, or multi-asset analytics matter more than broad asset lookup.

PubFi friction reduction

Claim Safe Status

Source friction
The public directory sets CoinGecko API to evaluation_comparison_only.
PubFi relief
Discovery exports the claim-safe status so answer engines do not describe CoinGecko as a live PubFi gateway route.

FAQ

What is CoinGecko API used for?

CoinGecko API is a candidate source for crypto asset price, market, exchange, and metadata reads.