GoldRush vs CoinGecko API

GoldRush or CoinGecko API: which one fits

GoldRush returns address-level onchain data for over 100 chains, including Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum and Solana, covering wallet balances, NFT holdings, decoded transactions and token prices. CoinGecko is a market-data API spanning 17,000 coins and 200 DEX networks with pool OHLCV via GeckoTerminal, and has no wallet balances, no per-wallet NFT holdings and no decoded transaction history. Both serve token prices, onchain DEX pool data and x402 pay-per-request (CoinGecko at about $0.01 per request). Try GoldRush free: 25,000 credits for 14 days. Use CoinGecko for market and price reference and GoldRush for address-level onchain data; they are complementary.

Why choose GoldRush over CoinGecko API

The differences that matter when you ship multichain data, drawn from each product's public docs and pricing.

• Address-level onchain data

  GoldRush returns a wallet's balances, NFTs, and decoded transactions. CoinGecko is market and price data and does not return onchain data for a given address.

• Decoded transaction history

  Full, human-readable per-wallet activity across 100+ chains. CoinGecko has no wallet-transaction endpoint.

• Data and prices in one API

  GoldRush pairs wallet data with token and DEX pool prices. With CoinGecko you would combine it with a separate onchain provider.

Feature comparison

What each API covers, row by row. Where a feature exists on both, the note says how they differ.

Sources: GoldRush docs and CoinGecko API.

Pricing

Plans as each provider lists them, reviewed 29 October 2026. Check CoinGecko API for current rates.

Same task on both APIs

Get the current USD price of a token. Compare the request shape and how much each call returns.

// CoinGecko: simple token price by id
const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price" +
  "?ids=usd-coin&vs_currencies=usd",
  { headers: { "x-cg-demo-api-key": process.env.COINGECKO_KEY } }
);
const data = await res.json();

// GoldRush: spot price for a token address
const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.covalenthq.com/v1/pricing/historical_by_addresses_v2/" +
  "eth-mainnet/USD/0xA0b86991c6218b36c1d19D4a2e9Eb0cE3606eB48/",
  { headers: { Authorization: "Bearer " + process.env.GOLDRUSH_API_KEY } }
);
const { data } = await res.json();

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