PerpData vs Coinglass
Short version: if you want the whole derivatives dashboard (options flows, ETF trackers, liquidation heatmaps, dozens of indicators), Coinglass is the incumbent and it is good at that. If what you actually consume is funding rates, open interest and liquidations over an API, PerpData does that one job for a tenth of the commercial price, with an MCP server agents can call directly.
| PerpData | Coinglass | |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial API use | $29/mo (every paid plan; $290/yr) | $299/mo Standard tier; the $29 Hobbyist plan is personal-use only |
| Rate limits | 50,000 requests/day, flat | 30–1,200 requests/min depending on tier |
| Scope | Funding, OI, liquidations, cross-venue spreads: 6 venues, 50 assets | 80–160+ endpoints: options, ETFs, long/short ratios, heatmaps, indicators |
| MCP server for agents | First-party, free tier, no key needed | None first-party; community wrappers exist but need your paid key |
| Update cadence | 5-minute snapshots | ≤1 minute on most plans |
| Sub-hourly history granularity | 5-minute resolution on every tier, including free | Locked behind the $299 Standard tier |
| Starting requirement | None; free tier has no account or key | Account + API key |
Coinglass figures from coinglass.com/pricing as of August 2026. If they've changed, tell us and we'll fix this page.
When Coinglass is the right answer
You need breadth: options open interest, ETF flow trackers, exchange balance analytics, liquidation heatmap charts, or sub-minute update cadence. You're a discretionary trader living in dashboards. None of that is what PerpData sells, and we're not going to pretend otherwise.
When PerpData is
You're a quant, bot builder, or agent developer who needs clean numbers in one schema: current and historical funding with annualized apr so a 1-hour Hyperliquid rate compares to an 8-hour Binance rate, open interest in base units and USD, liquidation prints recorded live, and the cross-venue spread table that answers "where's the carry" in one call. You want commercial rights without a $299 cliff, and you'd rather point an agent at an MCP endpoint than write a wrapper.
curl "https://api.perpdata.dev/v1/funding/spreads" # no key needed
claude mcp add --transport http perpdata https://api.perpdata.dev/mcpFree tier is 200 requests/day per IP, enough to evaluate properly. Pro is $29/mo flat, cancel in the portal, no sales call.