Dune Analytics vs TradingView Comparison
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
- 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
- SQL over raw blockchain data
- Large community library of dashboards
- Full history from genesis
- Custom visualisations
- 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
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.
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 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 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
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 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 4.6 for Dune Analytics.
For most investors TradingView 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.
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.