At a glance
ProviderCoinGecko
TypeREST API
CategoryCrypto
Real-timeNo — request/response
AuthAPI key
PricingFree Demo tier (10k calls/mo, 100 calls/min); paid from $35/mo (Basic) — Demo: Free, 100 calls/min, 10,000 calls/mo, no card required, Basic: $35/mo ($29/mo yearly), 300 calls/min, 100k calls/mo, Analyst: $129/mo ($103/mo yearly), 500 calls/min, 500k calls/mo, Lite: $499/mo, 2M calls/mo; Enterprise: custom; overage $0.0005/call
What data it provides
- OHLC candles per coin [timestamp, open, high, low, close] via /coins/{id}/ohlc
- Auto-granularity candles: 30m (1-2d), 4h (3-30d), 4d (31d+); daily/hourly intervals on paid plans
- Aggregated spot prices across 1,500+ exchanges (cross-exchange volume-weighted)
- Market chart data: price, market cap, and 24h volume time series
- On-chain DEX prices via GeckoTerminal: 200+ networks, 1,800+ DEXes, 39M+ tokens
- Coverage: 18,000+ coins and 600+ categories
Features
- Demo free tier: 100 calls/min, 10k/mo; Basic 300/min, scaling to 500/min on higher paid tiers
- Historical OHLC depth up to 'max' (full history); daily/hourly granularity unlocked on paid plans
- Data cached/updated ~every 60s (not tick-level); OHLC endpoint cache refresh ~15 min
- Broad coverage: 18,000+ coins, 1,500+ exchanges, plus GeckoTerminal on-chain across 200+ chains
- Pro base URL https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3; Demo at api.coingecko.com
- Community client libraries (Python pycoingecko, Node, etc.); also offers WebSocket streams on paid plans
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