CoinGlass vs TradingView 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
- More than 100 technical indicators and extensive drawing tools
- Custom indicators and strategies via Pine Script
- Replay mode for stepping through historical price action
- Alerts with webhook delivery
- Full iOS and Android apps with cross-device sync
- Prices raised across all paid tiers in April 2026
- Billing in US dollars
- Real-time data for individual exchanges partly a paid add-on
- Free tier carries advertising and tight limits
- Limited raw data export
Score Comparison
Features
- Derivatives data specialist
- Liquidation heatmaps as the standout feature
- Free core features
- Four API tiers plus enterprise
- Industry standard for charting
- Pine Script for custom indicators
- Alerts automatable by webhook
- More than 100 connected exchanges
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.
Alongside a free tier there are four paid plans. Billed monthly, entry sits at 14.95 US dollars, the middle tiers at 34.95 and 69.95, and the top tier at 239.95. Prices were raised across all tiers in April 2026. Paying annually lowers the monthly rate by roughly 13 to 17 percent depending on tier. Billing is in US dollars. 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 interface is professional yet approachable and highly customisable. Alongside the web version there are desktop applications and iOS and Android apps that sync work across devices. 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.
The feature set spans more than 100 technical indicators, multi-chart layouts and alerts that can be forwarded to other services by webhook. Pine Script allows custom indicators and strategies to be written and tested against historical price action in replay mode. More than 100 exchanges are connected. As of August 2026.
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Verdict
In our overall rating TradingView leads with 4.9 against 4.4 for CoinGlass.
For most investors TradingView 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.
TradingView is something few other tools in the crypto market have achieved: a standard everything else is measured against. More than 100 technical indicators, drawing tools, multi-chart layouts and a replay mode for stepping through historical moves cover practically any analytical need. Pine Script allows custom indicators and strategies.
The free tier is enough for a first impression but runs into limits quickly: fewer indicators per chart, fewer saved layouts and advertising. In April 2026 TradingView raised prices across every paid tier; paying annually lowers the monthly rate by roughly 13 to 17 percent depending on tier.
Two practical caveats: billing is in US dollars, and real-time data for individual exchanges is partly a paid add-on. For pure crypto work that barely matters; anyone also analysing equities should check data costs first.