CoinMarketCap alternative: CoinMarketCap vs CoinPriceAlert
CoinMarketCap is free and unbeatable as a reference: rankings, exchange data, derivatives, funding rates, liquidations, ETF flows and its own indices. What it will not tell you is how its alerts work — its help centre names price alerts in a feature list and documents nothing else about them, no conditions, no limit, no channel but push. CoinPriceAlert publishes all of it: 3 free alerts, price, percentage, trailing-stop, volume, RSI and crossover conditions, push, Telegram and email, checked every 5 seconds, with 185 stocks, gold, oil and forex in the same watchlist.
Written by the developer of CoinPriceAlert, so read it with that in mind. Every CoinMarketCap fact below comes from CoinMarketCap's own pages on the date shown; where they do not publish something, the table says "Not published" rather than guessing. If anything has changed, email us and it will be corrected.
Side by side
| Feature | CoinPriceAlert | CoinMarketCap |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A price-alert app. Alerts are the whole product; there is no portfolio, trading or wallet feature. | The best-known crypto market-data site, with a free app that includes a watchlist, a portfolio and price alerts among many other features |
| Markets | Crypto (about 1,670 coins), 85 US stocks, 100 Indian (NSE) stocks, 10 commodities (gold, silver, WTI crude, Brent crude, copper, platinum, palladium, natural gas, corn, wheat) and 14 forex pairs, in one watchlist | Crypto only: its mobile page says over 35,000 active crypto markets, and the site also ranks exchanges. No stocks, metals or forex |
| Alert types | Free: price above or below, percentage move over 24 hours or 7 days, repeat alerts with a cooldown, a note on each alert, big-move alerts on top coins. Pro: 1-hour pump alerts, trailing stop, volume spike, RSI, new all-time high, market cap, MACD and EMA crossovers, bulk alerts across many coins | Its help centre names "price alerts" as a mobile-app feature but publishes no alert conditions, so which types exist is not documented anywhere we could read |
| Delivery | Push notification, Telegram, and email (opt-in, verified address only), in any combination. No SMS, phone calls, Discord, Slack or webhooks | Push notifications, turned on and off per category under Settings then Notifications, in the app and on the website. No other channel is documented |
| Free plan | 3 active alerts on every market, all three channels, home screen widget, daily digest | The app and the website are free. No alert allowance is published |
| Paid plans | Pro $6.99/month or $48.99/year; Pro+ $14.99/month or $104.99/year (adds priority processing and support); 7-day free trial for new subscribers | None is published for alerts. It sells a separate paid Crypto API |
| Alert limit when paying | Unlimited | Not published |
| Apps | iOS, Android and a web app | iOS 11.0 or later, Android 5.0 or later, and the website |
| Account needed | No: the app works as a guest, and you can add an email later | Yes: its sign-up guide covers registering by email, Google, Apple or a wallet, then setting preferences and notifications |
| How fast alerts are checked | Every 5 seconds on our servers, with the app closed. Binance-listed coins use a live price stream; stocks, metals and forex use quotes refreshed every minute | Not published |
| Quiet hours / cooldowns | Quiet hours in your time zone (held alerts are logged), plus a per-alert cooldown from 5 minutes to 1 day | Not published. Notification settings are on/off toggles per category |
| Needs exchange keys or wallet access | Never. It asks for no exchange API key, wallet connection or seed phrase, so it cannot trade or move funds | Not published |
| API or webhooks | No public API or webhooks | Yes: it sells a Crypto API, a DEX API and a WebSocket feed |
CoinPriceAlert's column is generated from the app's own limits and live plan prices. CoinMarketCap's column was read on 30 September 2026.
Free on both stores. Set 3 alerts without an account, on crypto, stocks, gold, oil and forex.
Where CoinMarketCap is better
- Market data nobody here matches, and all of it free: rankings, exchange data, derivatives, funding rates, liquidation maps, ETF flows and its own indices.
- There is no paid tier to get past, so the alerts cost nothing at all.
- Coverage far wider than an alert app tracks, including brand-new and long-tail tokens.
- News, a community feed, a converter and a portfolio in the same free app.
- It is the reference price much of the industry quotes, which is why our own dominance figure is matched to it.
Where CoinPriceAlert is better
- The alerts are specified rather than implied: price above or below, percentage moves over 24 hours or 7 days, 1-hour pump alerts, trailing stops, volume spikes, RSI, new all-time highs, market cap and MACD and EMA crossovers, each with a published limit.
- Telegram and email delivery as well as push; CoinMarketCap documents push notifications only.
- Quiet hours in your time zone and a per-alert cooldown from 5 minutes to a day, instead of category on/off toggles.
- 185 US and Indian stocks, gold, silver, oil and 14 forex pairs in the same watchlist as your coins.
- No account needed to start: the app works as a guest and you can add an email later, where CoinMarketCap asks you to register first.
- A published checking interval: every 5 seconds on our servers, with the app closed.
Which to pick
Choose CoinMarketCap if you want the whole market, for free, and an alert now and then is enough. Choose CoinPriceAlert if the alert is the reason you opened the app, and you want to know exactly how it behaves. Both can be tried free, so the fairest test is to set the same alert on each and see which notification you actually act on.
Setting one up here: crypto price alerts, percentage alerts, alerts in Telegram, or every market and alert type.
Never miss a move in the markets you follow
Name the price that would change your mind, set it once, and get told when it happens rather than watching a chart for it.
- Fires about a second after the price hits
- Runs on our servers, so it reaches you with the app closed
- Free for 3 alerts — no card, no account
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Frequently asked questions
Does CoinMarketCap have price alerts?
Yes. Its help centre article on the mobile app lists price alerts among the app’s features, and its mobile page names alerts in the same breath as market data and tools (read 30 September 2026). What it does not publish is which conditions you can set, how many alerts you may have, or any channel beyond push notifications.
How do CoinPriceAlert’s alerts differ?
Every condition is published: price above or below, percentage moves over 24 hours or 7 days, 1-hour pump alerts, trailing stops, volume spikes, RSI, new all-time highs, market cap and MACD and EMA crossovers, with 3 on the free plan and no cap on Pro. Delivery is push, Telegram and email, with quiet hours and a per-alert cooldown.
Is CoinPriceAlert free like CoinMarketCap?
There is a free plan with 3 active alerts on every market, all three delivery channels, a home screen widget and a daily digest, and it works without an account. Pro removes the alert limit at $6.99 a month or $48.99 a year. CoinMarketCap’s app is free and asks you to register.
Does CoinMarketCap alert on stocks or gold?
No. Its mobile page describes over 35,000 active crypto markets, and the site covers crypto and exchanges. CoinPriceAlert covers 185 US and Indian stocks, metals, energy and 14 forex pairs beside crypto.
Can I use both?
Most people do. CoinMarketCap is where you look something up; CoinPriceAlert is what tells you when it moves, on your phone or in Telegram, without opening anything.
Sources
- CoinMarketCap mobile app page, read 30 September 2026
- CoinMarketCap Support: iOS and Android mobile app, read 30 September 2026
- CoinMarketCap Support: Manage push notification preferences (mobile app), read 30 September 2026
- CoinMarketCap Support: Manage push notification preferences (website), read 30 September 2026
- CoinMarketCap Support: How to register for an account (mobile app), read 30 September 2026
- How CoinPriceAlert's own numbers are produced
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