Head to head
Coinbase Spot Price vs CoinGecko
Both are free and need no API key. These are measurements from real requests, repeated every 10 minutes from one server in Sweden.
Right now CoinGecko looks better on the numbers: 100.00% uptime and 80 ms median, versus 100.00% and 175 ms for Coinbase Spot Price.
| Coinbase Spot Price | CoinGecko | |
|---|---|---|
| Status now | Operational | Operational |
| 7-day uptime | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Median speed (24h) | 175 ms | 80 ms |
| Slow tail p95 (24h) | 312 ms | 241 ms |
| Latest answer | 261 ms | 149 ms |
| Checks in window | 50 | 50 |
Green marks the better value. Uptime counts checks that returned HTTP 200 with the expected content. The 7-day window fills up over time, so early numbers rest on fewer checks.
Call each one
Coinbase Spot Price · Crypto
curl "https://api.coinbase.com/v2/prices/BTC-USD/spot"
Pass condition: BTC-USD amount > 0
CoinGecko · Crypto
curl "https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd"
Pass condition: bitcoin.usd > 0
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