CoinGecko: coverage, history and pricing

Primary productWhat the vendor mainly sells.Every vendor on this row

Aggregated prices, market caps and volumes; CEX and DEX

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

OwnershipWho owns or operates it. A change of owner can change pricing and the roadmap.Every vendor on this row

Independent (operated by Gecko Labs Pte. Ltd.)

• coingecko.com/en/terms

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Coverage

Exchanges coveredVenue coverage as the vendor documents it. Marketing figures we could not check are marked as vendor claims.Every vendor on this row

1,500+ centralised exchanges; 1,800+ DEXes via GeckoTerminal

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Full instrument universe per venueWhether every listed instrument on a covered venue is collected, not only the large pairs. A partial universe biases cross-sectional research.Every vendor on this row

Not verified

No source · Oct 1, 2026

Delisted / expired instruments retainedWhether delisted and expired instruments stay queryable. Without them a backtest carries survivorship bias.Every vendor on this row

PartialDelisted coins' history stays queryable on Analyst and above; covers coins, not venue instruments

• docs.coingecko.com/docs/querying-coin-data

Checked Oct 1, 2026

History

Earliest data availableThe first date the vendor documents data for.Every vendor on this row

2013 for daily data (Analyst plan and above)

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

How much history you actually getHow much history a plan includes, which is often less than the archive holds.Every vendor on this row

Daily: Demo 1 year, Basic 2 years, Analyst+ from 2013; hourly from 2018 on Analyst+; 5-minute last day only below Enterprise

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Timestamps and revisions

Local / receive timestampWhen the vendor's collector received each message. You need it to model latency and avoid look-ahead.Every vendor on this row

n/aAggregated cross-venue prices; history carries only a sample time

• docs.coingecko.com/reference/coins-id-market-chart

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Aggregations computed on local-timestamp orderingWhether bars and metrics are built in receive-time order, which matches what you could have known at the time.Every vendor on this row

Not documentedPrices are cross-venue VWAP, build ordering not stated

• coingecko.com/en/methodology

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Data restated after publicationWhether published history gets revised. Silent revisions break reproducible backtests; versioned ones do not.Every vendor on this row

Not documentedNo revision policy published

• coingecko.com/en/methodology

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Raw data types

Tick tradesEvery trade print.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

L2 book, incremental updatesIncremental order book updates that let you rebuild the book.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

L2 book, snapshotsPeriodic snapshots of the book at a fixed depth.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

L3 / market-by-orderOrder-level data.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

OptionsOptions data of any kind.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Derived metric families, delivered ready to use

Bars: OHLCV, VWAP / TWAPReady-made price bars.Every vendor on this row

PartialAggregated OHLC and market charts

• docs.coingecko.com/reference/coins-id-market-chart

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Order flow and flow toxicityTaker buy and sell volume, signed delta, CVD and toxicity measures such as VPIN.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Trade size distributionVolume broken down by trade size.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Market impact: Amihud, Kyle lambdaPrice-impact measures such as Amihud illiquidity and Kyle's lambda.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Execution slippageMeasured or estimated execution cost against the best price.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Realized volatility and jump structureRealized volatility, and jump measures such as bipower variation.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Tick and run structureUptick and downtick counts and run lengths.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

L1 spread, depth, imbalanceTop-of-book spread, size and imbalance series.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

L2 depth and imbalance by levelDepth and imbalance at fixed book levels or depth bands.Every vendor on this row

No

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Derivatives: funding, OI, basis, mark vs indexFunding, open interest, basis, and mark against index price.Every vendor on this row

PartialCurrent funding rate, OI, basis and index per derivatives ticker; no derivatives history endpoint

• docs.coingecko.com/reference/derivatives-tickers

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Shape of the derived output

Aggregation intervals offeredThe bar and metric intervals on offer.Every vendor on this row

Daily and hourly; 5-minute and 1-minute on Enterprise only

• docs.coingecko.com/reference/coins-id-market-chart

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Breadth of derived catalogueHow much derived data the vendor publishes.Every vendor on this row

Prices, market caps, exchanges, DEX pools, NFTs, treasuries

• docs.coingecko.com/index.md

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Compute you still have to do yourselfOur judgementOur judgement of how much computation stays with you.Every vendor on this row

Our judgementMost, for microstructure work

Opinion · Oct 1, 2026

Delivery

Delivery formatHow the data reaches you.Every vendor on this row

REST API, WebSocket from Basic

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Rate limits or volume capsRequest, transfer or volume limits.Every vendor on this row

100 req/min (Demo) to 1,000 req/min (Pro)

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Friction on a full historical backfillWhat slows down pulling the full history.Every vendor on this row

Credit metering

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Pricing model

How the pricing worksHow the price is structured.Every vendor on this row

Tiered subscription, call credits

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

What the price gatesWhat the plans restrict. Read this before comparing the prices below it.Every vendor on this row

Call credits, history depth, endpoints

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Full historical data access on a monthly subscriptionWhether a month-to-month plan unlocks the whole history, or full history needs yearly billing or a contract.Every vendor on this row

Not verified

No source · Oct 5, 2026

Entry priceThe cheapest listed way in.Every vendor on this row

Free Demo plan; Basic $29/month billed yearly

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

What you get at the entry priceWhat the cheapest plan includes.Every vendor on this row

Demo: 10k credits/month, 100 req/min, 1 year of daily history, attribution required

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Getting started

Usable without an API keyWhether you can try the data before creating a key.Every vendor on this row

YesKeyless public API

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026

Self-serve signupWhether you can sign up and pay without talking to sales.Every vendor on this row

Yes

• coingecko.com/en/api/pricing

Checked Oct 1, 2026