On-chain Analytics evaluated across whether your queries and data can leave with you, whether attribution and its methodology can be audited, the chains and data covered, and whether pricing and the free tier are published honestly.
Ranked here: onchain analytics platforms where a reader queries and charts onchain data themselves, rather than just watching balances. Not ranked here: wallet screening, DeFi dashboards (Nansen is on both: its analytics here, Nansen Portfolio there), trading tools and sentiment analytics, each on its own page, and brands closed, absorbed or unpriced.
DU
#1 of 7 · published ranking
Dune
82ChainChoice Score
4199
Why it leads
Dune scores higher than everything else in this ranking on its query portability and its attribution auditability.
Show the arithmetic
Best in this ranking on query portability and attribution auditability
Cost
$780 your cost/yr · Transactions per year: 1k
ReviewedNext review by Published Methodology v2026.11.1
How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means every product ranked on this page was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
No provider can pay for a position in this table. The code that computes this order cannot read which links carry a referral code, and every build proves it. Every score below rebuilds from the published criteria.Ranking v2026.11.1 · 4 criteria · 7 products · same inputs, same order
How we review · 7 ranked of 15 assessed · 4 criteria · 0 sponsor weight
How we review
7ranked
15assessed
4criteria
0sponsor weight
Recommendation first, comparison only if needed.
Reviewed and rechecked on the current cycle.
Commercial relationships disclosed before clickout.
Personal comparison
What onchain analytics cost you
Your inputs update the cost column. The independent ranking stays fixed.
The cheapest published tier that covers your usage. List price before any discount; add-ons priced separately are excluded.
RankProviderBest fitScoreYour cost
1
DUDuneSQL workbench over indexed raw and deco...Top ranked
Chain & data coverage — 10/10Trade-off: The Free plan cannot keep anything up to date. Dune's own pricing FAQ states "Automat...
82score
Lowest at your inputs
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Dune · dune.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
2
Token TerminalStandardized financial metrics for bloc...
Chain & data coverage — 8/10Trade-off: The $350 Pro tier gives you "Access to MCP" but not the REST API. Actual programmatic...
70score
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Token Terminal · tokenterminal.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
3
ArtemisChain and protocol metrics through the...
Published pricing & free-tier honesty — 7/10Trade-off: Usage is capped by count, not data volume — the free Intern tier allows "Limited quer...
61score
your cost/yr
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Artemis · artemis.ai. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
4
MEMessariCrypto research, asset profiles and mar...
Published pricing & free-tier honesty — 6/10Trade-off: The self-serve product you may remember is gone. Lite and Pro were permanently retire...
58score
your cost/yr
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Messari · messari.io. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
5
NANansenWallet-label and Smart Money dashboards...
Published pricing & free-tier honesty — 8/10Trade-off: The API credits bundled with Pro are a one-time grant that is only topped back up, no...
55score
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Nansen · nansen.ai. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
Same score, not joint · ordered by weighted total (39.60 against 39.40)
6
GLGlassnodeDeep Bitcoin and major-asset onchain me...
Attribution & methodology auditability — 6/10Trade-off: The $49 tier is not a full API plan (Light API only: 14-day history, daily resolution...
55score
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Glassnode · glassnode.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
Commission: This provider pays ChainChoice nothing for this link. Disclosure
Crypto products are high risk. Check the provider is authorised where you live before you deposit.
1 more assessed and ranked below — none of them hidden for commercial reasons.
Ranked on 4 published criteria weighted 30/25/25/20, which set goal alignment — 30 of the 86 points. The rest: regional access 20 (constant here), evidence depth 18 (constant here), ease of use 10 (constant here), institutional trust 8 (constant here). Profile match is shown in breakdowns but carries no weight.
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
Exit failure: you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
Scored by Query & data portability (lock-in) · 30% (Dune 9/10, Token Terminal 7/10, Artemis 5/10)
Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Chain & data coverage (25%), Published pricing & free-tier honesty (20%).
Audit
Infrastructure
Methodology
2026.11.1
published 10 November 2026
Providers tracked
860+
across 121 categories
Last verified
22 October 2026
newest dated pricing or sentiment read
Named on the roster
2 people
managing directors · 6 automated processes
Decision guide
What matters most before choosing in this category
Weighted on query & data portability (lock-in) (30), attribution & methodology auditability (25), chain & data coverage (25), and published pricing & free-tier honesty (20). The heaviest is query & data portability (lock-in): Can you take your work with you?
Will you write your own queries, or consume dashboards someone else built?
If you left in a year, could you take your queries and your data with you?
Do you need to defend a label or a metric definition to someone who will challenge it?
Current engine lead
The #1 overall and the scoring weights
DU
DuneData checked Oct 2026
SQL workbench over indexed raw and decoded blockchain data
SQL workbench over indexed raw and decoded blockchain data. Strongest on chain & data coverage (10/10): Dune's documentation states it indexes raw, decoded and curated data across 100+ blockchains, with raw data defined as block, transaction, log and trace data indexed directly from nodes; it is the only vendor in this comparison documenting all three layers. Weakest on published pricing & free-tier honesty (8/10): Dune publishes every self-serve plan price and per-100-credit overage rate, but its Free access is now view-only with no query execution or API access; new accounts get a 14-day trial with 2,500 credits, and per-query credit cost is shown only after execution. Published price: docs.dune.com/learning/how-tos/credit-system (read 22 October 2026): Free is now "Free (view-only)" with 0 credits a month: "Free access is view-only and includes no monthly credits, query execution, or API access." New accounts get a 14-day trial with Plus…
Best forChain & data coverage — 10/10
Main tradeoffThe Free plan cannot keep anything up to date. Dune's own pricing FAQ states "Automated executions (API, scheduling, refreshing) are not available" and "free executions are not supported via the API", with a 120-second timeout and a maximum of "three (3) concurrent executions". Any dashboard that must stay current forces you to $75/month minimum — and credits are consumed by compute, so a badly written query can burn a month's allowance in a handful of runs.
Verify before signupdocs.dune.com/learning/how-tos/credit-system (read 22 October 2026): Free is now "Free (view-only)" with 0 credits a month: "Free access is view-only and includes no monthly credits, query execution, or API access." New accounts get a 14-day trial with Plus features and 2,500 total trial credits. Analyst: 4,000 credits/month at "$75/month", or "$65/month billed annually" ("$780/year"). Plus: 25,000 credits/month at "$399/month", or "$349/month billed annually" ("$4,188/year"). Enterprise: "Favorable Custom Pricing". On paid plans extra credits bill at the plan rate per 100 credits: Analyst "$1.875" (monthly) / "$1.625" (annual), Plus "$1.596" / "$1.396"; "Free accounts and free trials cannot buy extra credits." Exports cost credits per MB (Analyst 10, Plus 2; not available on Free); CSV export is Plus, Enterprise and trial only. Per-query credit use is not quoted in advance: "You'll see costs after execution."
Weighted criteria
Query & data portability (lock-in)30%
Attribution & methodology auditability25%
Chain & data coverage25%
Published pricing & free-tier honesty20%
Methodology
How this category is reviewed
Reviewed on query & data portability (lock-in), attribution & methodology auditability, chain & data coverage, and published pricing & free-tier honesty.
The order on this page is the published ranking for this category. Every criterion, weight and source behind it is on the methodology page.
Frequently asked
Questions people ask before choosing analytics
What is the best crypto analytics platform for most users?
The one whose data you can take with you. Standard SQL, open transformation logic and raw export matter more than dashboard polish, because they decide whether a year of query-writing is an asset you own or a switching cost you have accepted.
Are proprietary wallet labels trustworthy?
They are assertions until the methodology is published. Entity attribution is the most valuable-looking and least checkable data in this category, so it is scored on whether a buyer could inspect how a label was derived — not on how confident the vendor sounds.
How should I read a platform's chain-coverage number?
As a claim to verify, not a total to compare. A chain carrying only raw tables is not the same coverage as one with decoded and curated layers, so headline counts are checked against the data layers actually behind them.
Reviewed22 October 2026Method4 criteriaCategoryonchain_analytics
Not financial advice · For informational purposes only · Always do your own research
