🔍 CoinGecko Scraper — Crypto Prices, Market Cap, Volume & Historical Data

Bulk-extract live and historical crypto market data: spot price across 50+ fiat currencies, market cap, 24h volume, circulating + total supply, all-time high / low, 7-day price sparkline, exchange listings, and developer + community signals. A pay-per-result alternative to CoinMarketCap Pro ($79-1000/mo), Messari, Glassnode, and Kaiko enterprise — designed for crypto-fund analysts, DeFi-protocol teams, on-chain researchers, and anyone who needs token data without an enterprise contract or rate-limited free tier.

Why CoinGecko Scraper Beats CoinMarketCap Pro, Messari, Glassnode & Kaiko

Feature	NexGenData CoinGecko Scraper	CoinMarketCap Pro	Messari	Glassnode	Kaiko
Cost	$0.5 per 1K coins, pay-per-event	$79-1000 / month	$24-833 / month	$39-799 / month	$$$$ enterprise quote
Token coverage	13,000+	15,000+	5,000+	Top assets only	Top 1000+
Historical OHLCV	Yes	Yes (paid tier)	Yes (paid tier)	Yes	Yes
Exchange listings + pairs	Yes — 800+ exchanges	Yes (Pro+)	Yes (Pro+)	No	Yes
Dev + community signals	Yes — GitHub, Reddit, Twitter	Limited	Yes	No	No
Bulk export	JSON / CSV / Excel	Plan-gated	CSV (plan-gated)	CSV	Enterprise contract
Auth	Apify token	API key + plan	Account + plan	Account + plan	Annual contract
Monthly minimum	None	$79+	$24+	$39+	$$$$

Most crypto-research teams pick this actor instead of CoinMarketCap Pro because the data ships in a drop-in JSON shape identical to the free CoinGecko API but without rate limits — cheaper than Glassnode for non-on-chain workflows, and a viable alternative to Messari for fundamentals + dev-activity scoring.

What You Get Per Coin

Each dataset item is a flat record:

• id, symbol, name
• current_price_usd, current_price_btc, current_price_eth
• prices_in_fiat — {usd, eur, gbp, jpy, ...} — 50+ currencies
• market_cap_usd, market_cap_rank
• total_volume_usd_24h
• circulating_supply, total_supply, max_supply
• ath, ath_change_percentage, ath_date
• atl, atl_change_percentage, atl_date
• price_change_pct_24h, 7d, 14d, 30d, 60d, 200d, 1y
• sparkline_7d — 7-day price array
• exchange_tickers[] — per-exchange pair data
• categories[], description, homepage, whitepaper
• community_score, developer_score, liquidity_score
• github_repos[], twitter_followers, reddit_subscribers

Use Cases

• Crypto-fund analysts — daily portfolio mark-to-market across 100+ tokens in one call
• DeFi-protocol teams — track competitor tokens' market cap and dev activity in a single dashboard
• On-chain researchers — pull historical OHLCV alongside on-chain metrics from a separate source for correlation analysis
• Token economists — model dilution by joining circulating_supply with total_supply and max_supply over time
• Crypto journalists — generate market reports without copying numbers from CoinGecko's web UI
• Tax-reporting tools — pull historical prices in user's local fiat for cost-basis calculation

Quick Start

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/coingecko-scraper").call(run_input={
    "coins": ["bitcoin", "ethereum", "solana", "arbitrum", "pepe"],
    "fiatCurrencies": ["usd", "eur", "jpy"]
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["symbol"], item["current_price_usd"], item["market_cap_rank"])

Pricing

Pay-per-event:

• Actor Start: small fixed charge per run (memory-scaled)
• Per coin: $0.5 per 1,000 coins returned

No subscription, no minimum.

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FAQ

Do you need a CoinGecko API key? Not for the free public endpoints. The actor uses the public CoinGecko endpoints with Apify proxy rotation to avoid the public rate limits.

How fresh is the data? Spot prices are live (sub-minute lag). Market cap and 24h volume refresh on CoinGecko's standard cadence (~1 minute).

Can I pull historical OHLCV? Yes — pass includeHistoricalDays: 365 to add a daily OHLC array for the trailing period.

Output formats? JSON, CSV, Excel, and the Apify dataset API.

Is this legal? Yes. CoinGecko publishes all this data on its public website and free public API; this actor is a stability + rate-limit wrapper.

About NexGenData

NexGenData publishes 260+ buyer-intent actors covering SEC filings, YC alumni, lead generation, competitive intelligence, stock fundamentals across 30+ exchanges, and more. All pay-per-result. Browse the full catalog at https://apify.com/nexgendata?fpr=2ayu9b

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How NexGenData Pricing Works

Every NexGenData actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for results that actually land in your dataset. No monthly minimum, no seat fees, no surprise overage bills.

• Actor Start: a single-event charge each time you spin the actor up (scaled to memory size)
• Result / item: charged per item written to the default dataset
• No charge for retries, internal proxy rotation, or failed sub-requests — those are absorbed by the platform

Apify Platform Bonus

New to Apify? Sign up with the NexGenData referral link — you get free platform credits on signup (enough for several thousand free results) and you help fund the maintenance of this actor fleet.

Integration Surface

Every actor in the NexGenData catalog can be triggered from:

• Apify console — point-and-click run
• Apify API — REST + webhooks
• Apify Python / JS SDKs — programmatic batch
• Zapier, Make.com, n8n — official integrations
• MCP — many actors are exposed as MCP tools for Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor agents
• Schedules — built-in cron for daily / weekly / monthly runs
• Webhooks — POST results to any HTTPS endpoint on dataset write

Support

NexGenData maintains 260+ Apify actors and ships updates regularly. Bug reports via the Apify console issues tab get a response within 24 hours. Roadmap requests are welcome — high-demand features ship in the next version.

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