Messari
2 placements on ChainChoice under Messari, each scored against its own category's pool and criteria — none currently #1. The placements are not averaged and not ranked against each other: a #1 exchange and a #6 crypto card are two different products in two different markets.
Onchain Analytics
MessariRank#4 OverallScore58
#1 in this category: Dune
View verdictMarket-Data APIs
Messari APIRank#5 OverallScore64
#1 in this category: CoinMarketCap API
View verdictOnchain Analytics
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Exit failure (Messari 5/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Query & data portability (lock-in) · 30%
- Information failure (Messari 5/10): the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by Attribution & methodology auditability · 25%
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%).
Market-Data APIs
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%).