Cryptocurrency & Blockchain · head to head
TradingView vs BscScan
TradingView
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
Where the world charts, chats, and trades markets
- From
- Free
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: TradingView only the Ultimate plan at $199.95 per month is available to users who qualify as professional; BscScan the BscScan API page now redirects to Etherscan's unified multichain API pricing, so BNB Chain data is bought under Etherscan plans rather than a BscScan-specific one
- They diverge on capability: TradingView covers Advanced Charting, BscScan covers Block Explorer.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which TradingView and BscScan actually diverge.
| Attribute | TradingView | BscScan |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Desktop | Web, Api |
| Founded | 2011 | 2020 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), pricing model (freemium), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cryptocurrency & Blockchain).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in TradingView
- Advanced Charting
- Technical Indicators
- Drawing Tools
- Social Network
- Alerts
- Crypto exchanges
- Brokers
- Ios support
Only in BscScan
- Block Explorer
- Transaction Tracking
- Token Tracker
- Contract Verification
- Validators Info
- BNB Smart Chain
- BEP-20 tokens
- Api support
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
TradingView
- Charting and technical analysis across equities, futures, forex and cryptonot BscScan
- Writing and backtesting custom indicators and strategies in Pine Scriptnot BscScan
- Setting price and technical condition alerts on instrumentsnot BscScan
BscScan
- Exploring BNB Smart Chain transactions, addresses and BEP-20 token transfersnot TradingView
- Verifying and reading BNB Chain smart contract source codenot TradingView
- Querying BNB Chain data programmatically through the explorer APInot TradingView
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
TradingView
- Only the Ultimate plan at $199.95 per month is available to users who qualify as professional
- The free Basic plan is limited to 1 chart per tab and 1 saved chart layout, and shows ads
- Removing ads requires a paid plan starting at $12.95 per month billed annually
- Indicators per chart are capped at 5 on Essential, 10 on Plus, 25 on Premium and 50 on Ultimate
- Price alerts are capped at 20 on Essential and 100 on Plus; watchlist alerts are zero on both
- Chart data export and second-based or tick-based intervals require Premium at $59.95 per month or above
- Every headline price is a special price quoted for annual billing rather than the monthly rate
- Historical bars are capped at 10,000 on Essential and Plus and 40,000 even on Ultimate
- Professional market data feeds are an additional purchase on top of the subscription
BscScan
- The BscScan API page now redirects to Etherscan's unified multichain API pricing, so BNB Chain data is bought under Etherscan plans rather than a BscScan-specific one
- The free API plan is capped at 3 calls per second and 100,000 calls per day and requires attribution
- API Pro endpoints start at the Standard plan at $199 per month
- Rate limits top out at 30 calls per second even on the $899 per month Pro Plus plan
- The Address Metadata endpoint requires Pro Plus at $899 per month and is limited to one app license
Pricing, plan by plan
TradingView
Free- BasicFree
- Basic charts
- 3 indicators
- 1 alert
- Essential$14.95/month
- 5 indicators
- 20 alerts
- 10 chart layouts
- Premium$59.95/month
- 25 indicators
- 400 alerts
- Unlimited layouts
BscScan
Free- FreeFree
- Block explorer
- 5 API calls/sec
- Token tracker
- Pro$199/month
- Higher rate limits
- Advanced APIs
Which should you pick?
Choose TradingView if
- You need advanced charting.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop.
- You also want technical indicators.
Choose BscScan if
- You need block explorer.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Api.
- You also want transaction tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is TradingView or BscScan better?
- Neither clearly leads. TradingView starts at Free and BscScan at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, TradingView or BscScan?
- TradingView starts at Free and BscScan at Free.
- Does TradingView or BscScan run on more platforms?
- TradingView runs on Web, Ios, Android, Desktop. BscScan runs on Web, Api.
- Can I use TradingView for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is TradingView best used for?
- TradingView is most often used for charting and technical analysis across equities, futures, forex and crypto, writing and backtesting custom indicators and strategies in pine script, setting price and technical condition alerts on instruments. Of those, charting and technical analysis across equities, futures, forex and crypto and writing and backtesting custom indicators and strategies in pine script are not what BscScan is typically brought in for.
- What can TradingView do that BscScan cannot?
- TradingView covers Advanced Charting, Technical Indicators, Drawing Tools, Social Network. BscScan covers Block Explorer, Transaction Tracking, Token Tracker, Contract Verification. Both handle Web support.