Amberdata alternative after the Kaiko acquisition
Kaiko announced its acquisition of Amberdata on 2 June 2026. Amberdata's website and pricing page now redirect to Kaiko's announcement. Its API documentation is still online, but neither company has said publicly whether the Amberdata API will continue as it is. If you depend on Amberdata for derivatives or spot-ETF flow data, here's where Crypto Data API overlaps, and where it doesn't.
We build Crypto Data API, so read this as a vendor's comparison. Every competitor fact below comes from that provider's own pricing or documentation pages, linked under Sources, as of 2026-11-04. Prices and limits change, so check their site before you buy. If we got something wrong, email [email protected] and we'll fix it.
Which one should you use?
you rely on its options analytics (GVOL), on-chain and DeFi datasets, or its Snowflake and S3 delivery, which we don't replicate.
you mainly used funding, open interest, liquidations or BTC/ETH ETF flows, and want published self-serve pricing and a free tier while the Amberdata roadmap is unclear.
Side-by-side comparison
| Crypto Data API | Amberdata (as documented) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Independent, self-serve, and shipping (see our changelog). | Acquired by Kaiko (announced 2026-06-02). The marketing site and pricing redirect to Kaiko. API continuity is unconfirmed. |
| Pricing | Pro $29/mo ($19/mo billed annually): 10,000 requests/day. Pro Plus $99/mo ($79 annually): 50,000/day plus the history and Parquet archives. Enterprise from $299/mo. | No public prices any more. On-demand keys were paid upfront by card and issued in 24–48 business hours. |
| Free access | Yes, with no card. 100 requests/day on a new key, 1,000/day once you confirm your email (10/min). Confirming also switches Pro on for 24 hours. | A trial key: 15 calls/s and 20,000 calls/day, of unstated length. |
| Funding rates | Binance and Hyperliquid, with Hyperliquid back to 2023. | 13 venues including Binance, Bybit, Deribit, dYdX and Hyperliquid. |
| Open interest / liquidations | Funding, open interest and long/short ratios (Binance, Hyperliquid). Liquidations from OKX, Bybit and Hyperliquid, and a Hyperliquid liquidation map from on-chain positions. | Open interest and historical liquidations for futures. |
| Spot ETF flows | Daily BTC, ETH and SOL spot-ETF net flows by trade date, settled days only. | BTC and ETH ETF holdings and flows. |
| Options | No options chains. BTC/ETH implied volatility only. | Option chains with Greeks, DVOL and GVOL analytics. |
| On-chain | Exchange flows on 7 chains and Bitcoin cycle indicators. No wallet- or DEX-level data. | Addresses, balances, transactions, DEX, lending and stablecoins. |
| MCP server | Yes, hosted at cryptodataapi.com/mcp (API key or browser login), plus an npm package. | No official server found (a third party hosts one). |
What we can and can't replace
Good overlap: funding rates, open interest, liquidations and spot-ETF flows. We publish BTC, ETH and SOL ETF flows by trade date, and only for settled days, so you never get a half-reported number.
No overlap: options analytics (we only carry BTC and ETH implied volatility), wallet-level on-chain data, DeFi lending, and warehouse delivery. For those, the realistic alternatives are Kaiko itself, or a specialist such as Moralis for on-chain token data.
Migrating a funding or ETF-flow pipeline
Start on the free tier: GET /api/v1/market-intelligence/etf/btc/flows?days=90 returns settled daily flows, and the API docs list the funding and open-interest endpoints. If you need help mapping fields, email [email protected].
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Amberdata shutting down?
- Neither company has said so publicly. Kaiko's announcement describes consolidating resources and solution sets. As of 4 November 2026 Amberdata's website and pricing page redirect to that announcement, while its API documentation is still online.
- What does Amberdata cost now?
- Its public pricing page no longer exists, so assume pricing is by contact. Crypto Data API publishes its prices: free, Pro at $29 a month and Pro Plus at $99 a month.
- Which API has spot Bitcoin ETF flow data?
- Among the providers we compared, Amberdata (BTC and ETH) and Crypto Data API (BTC, ETH and SOL). Ours is keyed by US trade date and only publishes a day once every fund has reported.
A free key gives you 100 requests a day straight away and 1,000 a day once you confirm your email, with no card. Every endpoint is documented, and the same data is available to AI agents through our MCP server.
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