Pros & Cons
- 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
- Millions of labelled wallets as the standout feature
- Tracking of movements by large market participants
- Token, NFT and DeFi analysis in one interface
- Alerts on larger movements
- Detailed wallet profiles
- No permanently free tier
- Pricing at the upper end of the comparison
- Address labels are the provider's attributions, not confirmed identities
- No mobile app
Score Comparison
Features
- SQL over raw blockchain data
- Large community library of dashboards
- Full history from genesis
- Custom visualisations
- Labelled wallets in the millions
- Tracking of large capital movements
- Wallet profiler
- Real-time notifications
The five areas head to head
AI AnalysisFees & Costs
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.
There is no permanently free tier; entry runs through demo or trial access. The paid tiers sit at the upper end of this comparison, and API access and custom data feeds are reserved for enterprise plans. 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 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.
The dashboard is professionally built and offers numerous specialised views with extensive filters; the range takes some getting used to at first. There is no mobile app. As of August 2026.
Features & Offering
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.
The foundation is labelled wallet addresses that attribute transactions to economic actors. On top sit token analysis dashboards, an NFT suite, DeFi insights, a wallet profiler, alerts on larger movements and detection of conspicuously active contracts. As of August 2026.
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Verdict
In our overall rating Dune Analytics leads with 4.6 against 4.1 for Nansen.
For most investors Dune Analytics is therefore the better choice.
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.
Nansen's distinguishing feature is labelled wallets. Millions of addresses are attributed to actors — funds, exchanges, protocols, conspicuously successful traders. That turns an anonymous transaction into readable information: not that address 0x… is buying, but what kind of actor is moving.
The remaining features build on that: token analysis, NFT analytics, DeFi insights, alerts on larger movements and a wallet profiler. For users who want to follow capital flows of large addresses, this is the most specialised preparation in the comparison.
Access is the biggest hurdle: there is no permanently free tier, and entry runs through demo or trial access. Plan tiers and pricing change several times a year in practice and should be checked directly with the provider before subscribing. There is also a methodological limitation worth knowing: address labels are the provider's attributions, not confirmed identities — and the fact that a successful address is buying is not a recommendation to act.