# CryptoCompare | PubFi Discovery

> 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.

Source: Discovery catalog fixtures consumed by the public Discovery routes.
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Canonical HTML URL: https://pubfi.ai/discovery/api/cryptocompare
Markdown URL: https://pubfi.ai/discovery/api/cryptocompare.md
Title: CryptoCompare | PubFi Discovery
Provider: CryptoCompare
One-liner: Digital asset market data source covering prices, exchanges, order books, and historical crypto data.
Long description: 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.
SEO description: CryptoCompare Discovery metadata: Digital asset market data source covering prices, exchanges, order books, and historical crypto data.
Public status: current
Directory status: indexed only
Raw claim-safe status: public_source_profile (Public source profile)
Raw claim-safe CTA: Compare sources
Effective agent availability: public_source_profile (Public source profile)
Effective agent CTA: Compare sources
Agent actionability: not actionable
Agent availability reason: The raw claim-safe status is not a current callable or tooling status.
PubFi gateway readiness: not_routeable (PubFi gateway not routeable yet)
PubFi gateway summary: 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 guidance:
- 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.
PubFi gateway route examples: none
Primary keyword: cryptocompare api
Keyword cluster: alternative
Primary chain: multichain
Primary category: market-data
Page tier: tier_2
Official site URL: https://www.cryptocompare.com/
Last verified: 2026-05-29T00:00:00Z
Guardrail: Claim-safe statuses distinguish source profiles, evaluation-only pages, requested integrations, and available gateway/tooling surfaces without exposing paid procurement, approval, or provider-fetching flows.
Data types: prices, exchange_data, order_books, historical_market_data
Protocols: rest
Auth methods: api key
REST support: yes
GraphQL support: not listed
WebSocket support: not listed
Streaming support: not listed
Webhook support: not listed
Pricing model: CoinDesk presents the Data API as a premium API and exposes exact rate-limit state through key/account-specific rate-limit endpoints.
Commercial status: contact_sales (Contact sales)
Free tier: CryptoCompare/CoinDesk free-key docs exist, but paid pricing and exact rate limits are account scoped.
Starting price: CoinDesk presents the Data API as a premium API and exposes exact rate-limit state through key/account-specific rate-limit endpoints.
Pricing URL: CoinDesk presents the Data API as a premium API and exposes exact rate-limit state through key/account-specific rate-limit endpoints.; CoinDesk Cryptocurrency Data API https://developers.coindesk.com/, commercial docs https://developers.coindesk.com/documentation/data-api/admin_v2_rate_limit
Free rate limit: CoinDesk presents the Data API as a premium API and exposes exact rate-limit state through key/account-specific rate-limit endpoints.
Paid rate limit: CoinDesk presents the Data API as a premium API and exposes exact rate-limit state through key/account-specific rate-limit endpoints.
Feature flags: none
Status page: not listed
Has SDK: not listed
SDK languages: none
Documentation URL: https://developers.coindesk.com/documentation/legacy/Price/SingleSymbolPriceEndpoint
Documentation quality score: not listed
Reviewed at: 2026-06-02T04:00:00Z
Signed off at: 2026-06-02T05:00:00Z
Demand signals: market data source coverage (unproven)
Category hubs: Market data https://pubfi.ai/discovery/category/market-data
Chain hubs: Multichain https://pubfi.ai/discovery/chain/multichain
Official source links:
- Official site: https://www.cryptocompare.com/
- Provider docs: https://developers.coindesk.com/documentation/legacy/Price/SingleSymbolPriceEndpoint
- CoinDesk Cryptocurrency Data API: https://developers.coindesk.com/
- CoinDesk Data API rate limit verification: https://developers.coindesk.com/documentation/data-api/admin_v2_rate_limit
Alternative APIs:
- CoinGecko API: https://pubfi.ai/discovery/api/coingecko-api (raw evaluation_comparison_only; effective needs_reverification; detail public/markdown-exported)
- CoinMarketCap API: https://pubfi.ai/discovery/api/coinmarketcap-api (raw public_source_profile; effective public_source_profile; detail public/featured-export)
- Amberdata: https://pubfi.ai/discovery/api/amberdata (raw public_source_profile; effective public_source_profile; detail public/featured-export)
Key facts:
- Primary coverage: Digital asset prices, exchanges, order books, and historical crypto data (source https://www.cryptocompare.com/)
- Fixture coverage: Market data coverage for the multichain fixture target (source https://www.cryptocompare.com/)
Best for candidates:
- Historical crypto market data
- Exchange and order book context
Not ideal for candidates:
- RPC transaction submission
- Governance proposal monitoring
Use case candidates:
- Backfill price history for market analysis
- Compare exchange-level market data coverage
Implementation note metadata:
- auth severity medium
- rate limits severity medium
Quick start metadata: style rest; language http; method GET; path not listed; requires auth yes
Capabilities:
- CryptoCompare market data coverage: requested; auth api_key; procurement free_requires_auth; coverage multichain; outputs market_data_snapshot (asset_slug, metric_slug, value, captured_at)