The score, by dimension
- the same for all 7
- #1 of 7 · best 15.5
- the same for all 7
- the same for all 7
- the same for all 7
Tick: the best in this ranking · Methodology v2026.11.1
CoinMarketCap API
Price, volume and exchange data API
#1 of all 7 worldwide79
- Rank
- #1 of all 7 worldwidere-runs: scores 79–80 and ranks #1–#2
- Your cost
- $0.00 a year$0 monthly price · read
- Evidence
- High4 of 4 criteria sourced
- Licence
- No MiCA record on file
- Freshness
- Read September 2026checked · re-read in progress
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The verdict
CoinMarketCap API is #1 of 7 published market-data APIs; it scores 8/10 on cost at production volume, where the category best is 9. Its widest gap is coverage and granularity: 7/10, where Kaiko scores 9. Choose Kaiko if coverage and granularity matters most.
Is CoinMarketCap API right for you?
Suits you if
- Published cost at production call volume8/10; the category best is 9
- What the free tier actually survives7/10, the category best
Look elsewhere if
- Coverage and documented granularity7/10 here; Kaiko scores 9
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The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best market-data API shows where it lands for you.
What will CoinMarketCap API cost you?
$0.00 your cost/yr
- Transactions per year
- 1k
- Monthly price
- $0
How safe is CoinMarketCap API?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Entity: not verified. No hand-confirmed record on file ties CoinMarketCap API to the company that runs it, so this page cannot say which other products that company operates. Read the legal entity in its terms before you deposit. How we read the evidence
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Compare all 4- 2CoinGecko APIIf coverage and granularity matters most: 82 points below · stronger on coverage and granularity (8 against 7)77$0.00 a year · read
- 3Coinpaprika APIIf cost at production volume matters most: 93 points below · stronger on cost at production volume (9 against 8)76$0.00 a year · read
- 4KaikoIf coverage and granularity matters most: 99 points below · stronger on coverage and granularity (9 against 7)70$12,000 a year · read
Provider at a glance
- Category
- Market-Data APIs
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- coinmarketcap.com
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 79 out of 100 under methodology 2026.11.1, from the evidence read in September 2026.
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Find out if CoinMarketCap API fits you
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Why it leads
Why CoinMarketCap API ranks #1
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (20.7 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 2 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
308+7.685.09#2/7
Primary
Provider page · read 2026-11-10284+3.584.04#1/7
Primary
Provider page · read 2026-11-10207+4.485.07#1/7
Primary
Provider page · read 2026-11-10227+4.937.09#4/7
Primary
Provider page · read 2026-11-10Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin+2over CoinGecko API, #2 of all 7 worldwide, on the published score
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 79–80 and ranks #1–#2
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of CoinMarketCap API’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Published cost at production call volume 8 → 7 on its ladder · CoinGecko API passes it−179#1 → #2
Redistribution and licensing rights 4 → 3 on its ladder · CoinGecko API passes it−179#1 → #2
Coverage and documented granularity 7 → 5 on its ladder · CoinGecko API passes it−278#1 → #3
Strengths
3 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Published cost at production call volume — 8/10, category best 9/10
- What the free tier actually survives — 7/10, the category best
Tradeoffs
1 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Coverage and documented granularity — 7/10 against a category best of 9/10
Record watch-outs
- Two things the page will not tell you plainly. The annual plans are not discounts — every yearly figure is exactly twelve times the monthly one ($3,588 = 12 x $299), and the "Save up to 20%" banner is measured against struck-through prices nothing is sold at; only the "10_perc_off_yearly_cmc" checkout code produces a real reduction. And if you need intraday history, the plan cards' "All time historical data" does not mean what it says: at Growth ($299/mo) the 5m-12h history window is three months, and reaching 2010 at intraday resolution requires Enterprise.
Competitive position
How CoinMarketCap API places on each criterion
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Against #2
79 vs 77 · gap 2.0Why CoinMarketCap API ranks above CoinGecko API
DimensionThisCoinGecko APIGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight15.514.8+1.8, better
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisCoinGecko APIPoints
Published cost at production call volume · w3087+0.96, better
What the free tier actually survives · w2076+0.64, better
Coverage and documented granularity · w2278−0.70, worse
Net7977+2.0
Your scenario
What CoinMarketCap API costs on your scenario
The cheapest published tier that covers your usage. List price before any discount; add-ons priced separately are excluded. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Transactions per year · your input1k
Monthly price · published rate$0
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 10 November 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
$0.00
Under the default inputs · USDTypical costNot statedFewer than 5 priced rows: no typical cost is named · 4 of 7 rows priced
Lowest fee, priced rows$0.00 · Coinpaprika APICoinMarketCap API costs the same · availability not applied — set your country to filterCompare with Coinpaprika API
3 of 7 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the typical, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 27 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #1 to #2 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 10 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 27 September 2026.
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Published cost at production call volumestrength 8 · weight 30Report an errorProvider's own page10 November 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.Redistribution and licensing rightsstrength 4 · weight 28Report an errorProvider's own page10 November 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.What the free tier actually survivesstrength 7 · weight 20Report an errorProvider's own page10 November 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.Coverage and documented granularitystrength 7 · weight 22Report an errorProvider's own page10 November 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
None of this ranking's criteria scores a way of losing money; the families that apply are listed below as not assessed.
Not assessed by this ranking: Liveness failure, Exit failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Published cost at production call volume (30%), Redistribution and licensing rights (28%), What the free tier actually survives (20%), Coverage and documented granularity (22%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- Fetched 10 November 2026 from the CoinMarketCap API pricing page (HTTP 200, verified against the raw served HTML); every subscription price is unchanged from 6 August 2026. Six tiers: Basic free, "15,000" credits/mo, "50 requests per minute"; Builder "$ 29 /mo" or "$ 420 $ 348/year", "150K call credits/mo", "300 requests per minute"; Startup "$ 79 /mo" or "$ 1140 $ 948/year", "450K call credits/mo", "600 requests per minute"; Growth "$ 299 /mo" or "$ 4500 $ 3588/year", "2M call credits/mo", "750 requests per minute"; Professional "$ 699 /mo" or "$ 10500 $ 8388/year", "5M call credits/mo", "1200 requests per minute"; Enterprise "Inquire for pricing", "30,000,000" credits, "1600+ requests per minute". New since August: an "x402-Enabled Endpoints" table prices five endpoints at "0.01 USDC" per call with a "30/min per wallet" rate limit and the footnote "Pricing is subject to change. Please check the 402 Payment Required response for the latest pricing." NORMALISATION (10 November 2026, unit = USD/month for the cheapest published plan supplying >=1,000,000 credits/month, worked example): Startup's 450,000 credits fall short, so the cheapest qualifying plan is Growth at $299.00/mo; $299 / 2,000,000 credits = $0.0001495 per credit = $0.1495 per 1,000 credits — still the lowest per-call subscription rate in the pool. The x402 path at 1,000,000 calls would be 1,000,000 x $0.01 = $10,000.00/month, 33x Growth, so it prices sporadic agent traffic, not production volume. ANNUAL ARITHMETIC (worked example), checked on every priced tier: $348/12 = $29.00; $948/12 = $79.00; $3,588/12 = $299.00; $8,388/12 = $699.00 — every annual figure is exactly twelve times the monthly figure, so the yearly commitment carries no discount at any tier; the struck-through numbers ($420, $1,140, $4,500, $10,500) are reference prices nothing is sold at, and the page's "Save up to 20%" banner measures against them. The page still shows "Limited-time offer 🎉 10% off all yearly plans with code at checkout 10_perc_off_yearly_cmc", which would be a real reduction.CoinMarketCap API — official pricing page ↗ · 10 November 2026
- Prices published in
- USDCoinMarketCap API — official pricing page ↗ · 10 November 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Multi-chain
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- CoinMarketCap Terms of Service (https://
coinmarketcap .com /terms /, "Last updated: 24 Nov 2025"), read 2026-11-10: "To access or use the Service, you must be at least of legal age in your respective jurisdiction. The Service is strictly for your personal, non-commercial use unless you enter into a separate agreement with us for your commercial use." The terms name no country or region for the Service; residence conditions appear only in the rules for promotional campaigns.
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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Reviewed Methodology v2026.11.1
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
9 methodology entries
- 27 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.11.1Score 79, #1 of 7. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 16 September 2026
2026.09.15Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources · platform-wide- changed Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
- fixed 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
- changed Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.
- added availabilitySource (O-04g): for a reader who states a country, a row whose availability in that country rests on a region tag its record gives no source for sorts below every sourced row. It is inert in every order published here, which states no country.
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