At a glance
Decision summary
- Best for
- Historical crypto market data
- Watch out for
- RPC transaction submission
- Auth
- API key
- Pricing
- Contact sales
- Agent actionability
- Not actionable
- PubFi gateway
- PubFi gateway not routeable yet
- Last verified
CryptoCompare
CryptoCompare is tracked as a market data source for multichain coverage. Digital asset market data source covering prices, exchanges, order books, and historical crypto data
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Best fit and tradeoffs
Best for
- Historical crypto market data
- Exchange and order book context
- They need digital asset prices, exchange data, order-book context, or historical crypto data.
- They want a market-data alternative to broad retail-oriented APIs.
- They are evaluating whether exchange and historical data coverage matter more than rankings or simple asset metadata.
Watchouts
- RPC transaction submission
- Governance proposal monitoring
- Contact-sales commercial status means paid pricing and exact rate limits are not safe to flatten.
- The current docs locator uses legacy CoinDesk developer documentation, so teams should verify current endpoint scope carefully.
- CryptoCompare is market data, not an on-chain state or wallet portfolio API.
Why teams choose it
CryptoCompare is a digital asset market data source for prices, exchanges, order books, and historical crypto data. Discovery tracks it as a multichain market-data alternative to CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, and Amberdata.
The source is useful when historical data and exchange context matter, but the commercial metadata is contact-sales oriented. Public copy should therefore focus on supported data shape and keep plan or quota claims cautious.
Capability summaries
CryptoCompare market data coverage
- Category
- Market data
- Public status
- Requested
- Auth requirement
- API key
- Procurement state
- Free Requires Auth
- Coverage
- Multichain
- Output contracts
- Market Data Snapshot
Quick-start entry
GET
Endpoint 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
- API key
- Pricing model
- Contact sales
- Free tier
- CryptoCompare/CoinDesk free-key docs exist, but paid pricing and exact rate limits are account scoped.
- Starting price
- Contact sales
- Free rate limit
- Contact sales
- Paid rate limit
- Contact sales
Protocols and outputs
- Data types
- Prices, Exchange Data, Order Books, Historical Market Data
- 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
- Not listed
- Public fixture status
- Current
- Raw claim-safe status
- Public source profile
- Page tier
- Tier 2
Implementation notes
Pricing
Keep paid plan and exact rate-limit claims out of public copy because commercial metadata is contact-sales oriented.
Docs
Verify current endpoint documentation before building around a legacy price endpoint locator.
Coverage
Confirm whether the workload needs prices, order books, historical data, or exchange metadata before selecting CryptoCompare.
Use case candidates
- Backfill price history for market analysis
- Compare exchange-level market data coverage
Comparison snapshot
CryptoCompare is most relevant when exchange and historical market data are more important than simple broad asset lookup. CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap are broader public benchmarks; Kaiko is the institutional-data comparison point.
PubFi friction reduction
Commercial Status
- Source friction
- The fixture marks CryptoCompare commercial metadata as contact_sales.
- PubFi relief
- Discovery keeps contact-sales labels visible so agents do not invent pricing or quotas.
Official source links
Agent-readable resources
Alternatives and hubs
FAQ
What is CryptoCompare used for?
CryptoCompare is a candidate source for price, exchange, order book, and historical crypto market data.