CoinGlass vs Dune Analytics Comparison
Pros & Cons
- Liquidation heatmaps and funding rates aggregated across many exchanges
- Core features usable without an account
- Open interest and long-short ratios in one place
- iOS and Android apps with liquidation and price alerts
- Clear presentation even for newcomers
- Commercial data use only permitted from the third API tier
- Limited historical depth on the free tier
- Billing in US dollars
- Data describes market activity, it does not forecast it
- Access to raw blockchain data rather than prepared metrics
- Thousands of public dashboards viewable without an account
- Existing queries can be copied and adapted
- Full transaction history
- Custom visualisations and dashboards
- Of limited use without SQL knowledge
- Query credits limited on the free tier
- API access only in the paid tiers
- No mobile app
- Billing in US dollars
Score Comparison
Features
- Derivatives data specialist
- Liquidation heatmaps as the standout feature
- Free core features
- Four API tiers plus enterprise
- SQL over raw blockchain data
- Large community library of dashboards
- Full history from genesis
- Custom visualisations
The five areas head to head
AI AnalysisFees & Costs
The central dashboards are free and usable without an account, with historical depth the main limitation. API access is tiered at 29, 79, 299 and 699 US dollars a month, plus an enterprise tier on request. Important for commercial use: only the 299-dollar tier and above covers it. As of August 2026.
Public dashboards can be viewed free of charge. Running your own queries is constrained on the free tier by limited query credits; higher allowances, API access and programmatic dashboard access are reserved for paid tiers up to an enterprise tier. Plan tiers and pricing change several times a year in practice and should be checked directly with the provider before subscribing. As of August 2026.
Usability & User Experience
The dashboards stay legible despite the data density and are navigable without prior knowledge; the heatmaps are immediately intuitive. As of August 2026.
The barrier to entry is the highest in this comparison: without SQL knowledge use is limited to viewing others' dashboards. Users who know SQL find a well-equipped editor and a dashboard builder. There is no mobile app. As of August 2026.
Features & Offering
The core is liquidation heatmaps, funding rates, open interest and long-short ratios, each aggregated across several exchanges. Options data, exchange inflows and outflows, a fear and greed index and large-transaction notifications round this out. iOS and Android apps deliver liquidation and price alerts. As of August 2026.
At the core is a SQL editor over indexed raw blockchain data with full transaction history. Results can be visualised, assembled into dashboards and shared. Coverage includes DeFi protocols, NFT collections, token holders and smart contract activity. As of August 2026.
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Verdict
In our overall rating Dune Analytics leads with 4.6 against 4.4 for CoinGlass.
For most investors Dune Analytics is therefore the better choice.
Coinglass occupies a clear niche. Where the large aggregators cover prices and market capitalisation, this is about what happens in the derivatives market. Liquidation heatmaps, funding rates, open interest and long-short ratios are consolidated across numerous exchanges — data that would otherwise have to be assembled venue by venue.
For most retail users the free tier is already workable: the central dashboards and heatmaps are viewable without an account, with historical depth the main limitation. Costs start with API access, tiered from 29 to 699 US dollars a month plus an enterprise tier on request.
Two points matter for usage. Commercial use of the data is only permitted from the third API tier — anyone embedding the data in their own product cannot use the cheaper plans. And the data describes market activity rather than forecasting it: liquidation heatmaps show where positions cluster, not where prices will go.
Dune is the most open tool in this comparison and simultaneously the most demanding. Instead of prepared metrics you get access to raw blockchain data that can be analysed however you like through SQL. Anyone with a question no provider offers as a ready-made metric can answer it themselves — a qualitative difference from any dashboard product.
The second major advantage is the community: thousands of public dashboards cover protocols, tokens and NFT collections and are viewable without an account. For many questions there is no need to write anything — an existing analysis can be found and copied as a starting point.
The barrier is stated plainly: without SQL knowledge Dune remains a viewing tool. Running your own queries requires query credits, which are limited on the free tier; API access and higher allowances are paid. Plan tiers and pricing change several times a year in practice and should be checked directly with the provider before subscribing.