Top charting and analysis tools compared

About Top charting and analysis tools compared

Charting and analysis tools sit somewhere between a price screen and a research desk: you pay for the chart, the data behind it and the alerts, and you decide what a month of that is worth. This ranking covers 23 charting and analysis brands, ordered on cost, offer and trust. A single trade-off runs through the whole list. A free plan keeps the bill at nothing, but that is also where the limits live, and the paid entry points across this ranking run €4.38 to €78.93. Support is the next dividing line, since a help centre is the norm rather than the exception and reaches 87.5% of charting brands. Tool shape matters too: 100% of these brands chart, 47.8% double as portfolio trackers, and 21.7% add bot automation. The name at the top gets here on price and reach; the names behind it ask for a subscription and give more of the screen.

How we picked

Every brand in this ranking is scored on three things, and the weights are fixed before the order is drawn. Cost carries 35%, offer carries 25%, and trust carries 40%, so trust is the heaviest single input and price the next. Cost reads the entry price of the paid plan, so a brand with a free plan and a low starting price scores well. Offer reads what the free tier actually gives you, because a free plan that hides the paid features is worth less than one that shows the shape of the product. Trust reads the company behind the product: the legal entity where one is stated, the headquarters country where it is stated, and how a user reaches the company when a chart misbehaves. Figures come from vendor pricing pages, vendor support and help centre pages, vendor product pages, and independent write-ups, and each figure keeps the qualifier its source gave it. Brands that pay to appear are listed first, ahead of the score, and none does here. 23 charting brands were weighed for 23 places.

Our top picks

1. 1. TradingView

   TradingView holds the middle of this ranking by doing three things at once: a free plan that stays free with no card needed, a named company behind it as TradingView, Inc., and paid plans opening at €12.95. It also runs on web, desktop and mobile, so a chart started on a desktop keeps its place on a phone. Support runs on help centre. Coinigy, ranked next, offers a different bargain: no free plan at all, a trial with basic features instead, a paid entry point at $18.66, and a tracker and charting in the same product.

   • Price from: €12.95
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Free plan limits: Free plan at 0 forever, no credit card needed

   Pros

   • Free plan is listed as yes, and Free plan at 0 forever, no credit card needed sets it at no cost with no credit card needed.
   • Paid entry at €12.95 sits below the charting price median of €20.90.
   • web, desktop and mobile covers web, desktop and mobile, so one account works across screens.
   • Charting is the listed tool type in charting, with the work centred on charts.
   • Support runs through help centre, the channel most charting tools on the list also offer.

   Cons

   • Support runs on help centre only, so questions go through written answers rather than a live channel.
   • Paid entry at €12.95 is higher than the starting price at CoinGecko Portfolio and GoCharting.
   • Free plan at 0 forever, no credit card needed describes the free tier in one line, so the detail of what it caps is not spelled out.
   • Free plan is listed as yes but the limits sit in Free plan at 0 forever, no credit card needed, which covers the free tier rather than the paid tiers.

2. T4. TensorCharts

   TensorCharts earns its place in this ranking as a pure charting tool with the broadest support among the cheaper names: email, help centre and community covers email, a help centre and a community, so a stubborn indicator can be asked about in more than one place. Paid plans start at $8, and the free plan holds back the advanced features, which makes it a short trial rather than a workspace. GoCharting, ranked next, opens lower still at $9.99 but runs on help centre only. TensorCharts suits an analyst who wants answers with the chart; GoCharting suits a trader who wants the screen and nothing else.

   • Price from: $8
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Free plan limits: No advanced features

   Pros

   • A free plan is available, and what it leaves out is simple: No advanced features.
   • Paid plans start at $8, below GoCharting at $9.99 and Coinalyze at $10.95.
   • The starting price of $8 is low for the category, where charting tools typically open at €20.90.
   • Charting is the only tool type on record for TensorCharts (charting), so the product stays aimed at chart work.
   • Support comes through email, help centre and community, and a help centre is the route most charting tools rely on (87.5%).

   Cons

   • The free tier carries No advanced features, so the advanced features sit behind the paid plans starting at $8.
   • Support runs on email, help centre and community only, with no chat line or phone number among the routes.
   • At $8 the entry price is above CoinGecko Portfolio at $5, and TensorCharts ranks 4 of 34 brands on starting price.

3. 5. Coinigy

   Coinigy is in this ranking for what it holds together: a tracker and charting in one product, a US headquarters, a legal entity published as Coinigy Inc., and the longest stated history here with a founding year of 2014. The paid plans start at $18.66 and there is no free plan, only a trial with basic features, so the subscription decision comes earlier than it does elsewhere in the list. Messari, ranked next, pairs a tracker with charting as well, sits in the US too, and keeps a free plan carrying a basic screener, a watchlist and research reports.

   • Price from: $18.66
   • Free plan: No
   • Free plan limits: 7-day trial with basic features

   Pros

   • One subscription covers two jobs: Coinigy is listed as both a tracker and a charting tool (tracker and charting), so balances and charts share a single login.
   • The entry price of $18.66 sits under the €25.43 median entry price across the tools listed here, so a paid plan is not the priciest way in.
   • The 7-day trial with basic features lets a reader see the basic version before paying the entry price.
   • Coinigy Inc. has been trading since 2014, so the software has run through more than one full market cycle.

   Cons

   • There is no free plan, so the 7-day trial with basic features is the only no-cost look and the paid tier starts at $18.66.
   • cryptotaxcalculator has a free plan, and coingecko starts at $5, so cheaper ways to see your holdings exist.
   • Coinigy ranks 12 of 34 brands on entry price, which leaves room for readers who count every unit of spend first.

4. 7. coingecko: best for top-pick

   CoinGecko takes the top-pick label in this ranking because it combines a tracker with charting and asks the least of you to start: a free plan is there, and the paid tier opens at $5, the lowest entry point in the field. The trade-off sits in support, where help centre is the whole list, so a question waits in a form rather than in a reply. TensorCharts, ranked next, opens its paid plans higher at $8 but reaches you on email, a help centre and a community, and holds back the advanced features on its free plan. CoinGecko suits a quick portfolio view; the next name suits a chart you keep.

   • Price from: $5
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Tool type: Tracker, Charting

   Pros

   • A free plan is included, so tracking and charting can be used before anything is paid.
   • Entry pricing of $5 ranks 2 on price from among 34 brands compared, ahead of Catax at $10 and CoinStats at $13.99.
   • tracker and charting means the same product handles both the tracking and charting sides of a portfolio review.
   • Category medians sit above the entry price, with trackers at €26.31 and charting at €20.90.

   Cons

   • Support runs on help centre only, so a reader who wants live chat or a phone call has to look at other products.
   • $5 is not the lowest entry figure here, since Blockpit lists at €3.99.
   • Blockpit's figure is quoted in another currency from $5, so the cheapest headline is not a straight comparison.

5. 8. Coinalyze

   Coinalyze is in this ranking as a charting tool whose free version keeps the product visible, with paid plans at $10.95 for anyone who would rather drop the ads. Support runs on help centre. TradingView, ranked next, opens its paid plans at €12.95, names the company behind the product as TradingView, Inc., and covers web, desktop and mobile, so the same subscription reaches a desktop app and a phone as well as the browser. Coinalyze is the cheaper entry of the pair; TradingView is the name that travels across devices and leaves a legal entity behind it.

   • Price from: $10.95
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Free plan limits: Free version shows ads

   Pros

   • A free plan is available, so charting can be tried before paying
   • Paid access starts at $10.95, which sits below the charting group median of €20.90
   • Free version shows ads, so anyone unwilling to pay accepts on-screen advertising instead
   • The tool is built for charting, matching the main use of the other charting tools listed

   Cons

   • The free version shows ads, which makes the free tier a trade of screen space for money
   • Support runs on help centre only, with no live channel listed
   • Paid access at $10.95 costs more than the alternative from $5

6. 9. Exocharts

   Exocharts earns a place in this ranking on reach rather than price. Paid plans open at €28, near the top of the field, but support runs on help centre and community, one of the few setups here with a community alongside the help centre, and the tool works on desktop and on the web. Its free plan is a trial that caps the pairs you can load, leaves a single candle type on the web and limits historic data, so it is a look rather than a workspace. Glassnode, ranked last, is a tracker and charting tool for on-chain work, with paid plans at $49, the highest entry point here.

   • Price from: €28
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Free plan limits: Trial: Desktop PRO 3 pairs, Web 1 candle type, historic data limited

   Pros

   • A free plan is included, so you can read charts and try layouts before you spend anything
   • The free plan is a usable trial with desktop PRO on a small set of pairs, so you can see what the paid tier adds
   • Support runs on help centre and community, which covers a help centre and a community for written answers
   • Charting is the tool type, so the plans focus on reading price action rather than on wallets, cards or tax work

   Cons

   • Paid pricing starts at €28, above GoCharting at $9.99 and TensorCharts at $8
   • Support runs on help centre and community only, with no direct phone line
   • The free plan limits historic data and restricts the trial to a small set of pairs, so long back-checks sit outside it
   • Charting is the tool type, so there is no portfolio tracking or tax reporting alongside the charts

7. 10. GoCharting

   GoCharting is in this ranking for two plain reasons: it charges nothing on the free tier, and its paid plans open at $9.99, a low floor that keeps the entry cost near the bottom of the field. Its tool type is charting, so the money goes on the screen rather than on a tracker or a bot, and the free tier is a working version rather than a sample. The cost is reach, because support runs on help centre only. Coinalyze, ranked next, opens its paid plans at $10.95 and covers a similar charting brief, with a free version that carries ads, so the free experience there is the plainer of the two.

   • Price from: $9.99
   • Free plan: Yes
   • Free plan limits: Free tier available

   Pros

   • A free plan is available, so charting can be tried at no cost before paying: Free plan.
   • Paid entry sits below the group median of €20.90, at $9.99.
   • Charting is the core tool type, listed as charting: charting.
   • Cheaper than Coinalyze, whose entry point is $10.95.

   Cons

   • Support runs on help centre only, so questions that need a live reply are harder to resolve.
   • The entry price of $9.99 is higher than CoinGecko Portfolio at $5.
   • Charting tools without a free plan are a small minority, so the free option is common in the group but GoCharting's paid tier still applies to heavier use.

What to look for

The paid entry price

Every paid plan here is priced from a single number, and the median entry point is €20.90. The lower quartile starts at €9.39 and the priciest floor is €78.93. Weigh that floor against what the free plan gives you before paying anything.

What the free plan gives

90% of the charting brands in this ranking have a free plan and 10% do not, so a free tier is normal here. What separates them is the published limit: ads on one free version, advanced features held back on another, a capped trial on a third.

How help is reached

A help centre is the most common support channel, at 87.5% of charting brands. Email follows at 12.5%, live chat at 12.5% and a community at 31.2%. A tool that answers only through a form turns every bad indicator into a longer wait.

Charting alone, or charting plus something

Every brand in this ranking charts, at 100%. 47.8% also track portfolios and 21.7% add bot automation, which decides what the subscription buys: a research tool, a portfolio view, or a bot that acts.

Who answers for the product

Licences are thin in this category, with 1 of 23 charting brands holding one. Where a brand publishes a legal entity and a headquarters country, read both, because they say who you are dealing with when a chart or a bill goes wrong.

Frequently asked questions

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