Dune is the market's open laboratory: raw chain data, decoded contracts, and a query language that can answer anything — if you can write the query and keep the dashboard alive. For analysts who live in SQL, it is unmatched, and this page will not pretend otherwise. It is written for everyone else: the analyst who needs the number today, maintained, with its construction in writing — not a weekend of joins.
DeepGyre launched in September 2026. It has no community dashboard library, and we say so below. What it offers instead is a library of maintained on-chain metrics — each with its construction published — plus a token scanner that simulates the sell, whale and entity tracking across 45 chains, and a Pro plan at $20 a month.
Try every feature free for 7 days — no card required. Start the trial →
The reasons we hear most often fall into four groups:
If writing your own queries against raw data is genuinely the job, Dune is likely the better fit today — nothing else gives you that reach. If the four points above describe your reality, read on.
<h3>Maintained metrics, not abandoned queries</h3>
Every metric in DeepGyre's metric library — MVRV, SOPR, NUPL, realized price, supply in loss, exchange reserves and more — is computed on a schedule, watched when its sources fail, and documented on its own page: what it measures, how it is built, how to read it. When a source fails, the number says unavailable; when a read is partial, the previous complete value is kept and marked stale. Nothing quietly rots. The rules that govern all of it — sixteen of them, each with the measured cost of breaking it — are published on the Methodology page.
<h3>Security and wallets, which SQL alone cannot give you</h3>
<h3>Answers in the shape of the question</h3>
The common Dune workflow is: find an existing dashboard, fork it, debug the query, re-verify the labels, repeat next month. DeepGyre's workflow is: open the metric, read its construction, use the number. When you do need something custom, the Gold plan's API (50,000 calls) hands you the platform's own series instead of raw logs.
Competitor description as of October 2026, from Dune's own site. Check the vendor's page before deciding — products change fast.
<table><thead><tr><th></th><th><strong>DeepGyre</strong></th><th><strong>Dune</strong></th></tr></thead><tbody> <tr><td><strong>Core job</strong></td><td>Maintained on-chain metrics, token security, wallet context</td><td>Custom SQL analytics over raw and decoded chain data</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Skill floor</strong></td><td>None — read the metric, read its construction</td><td>SQL fluency for anything custom</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Maintenance</strong></td><td>Metrics computed and watched by the platform; failures marked</td><td>Community dashboards; upkeep voluntary</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Token security</strong></td><td>Reference checks + simulated sell on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base</td><td>Not offered</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Whale / entity tracking</strong></td><td>Whale tracker, watchlists, alerts, entity pages</td><td>Possible per-query, not a product surface</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Custom analysis</strong></td><td>API on the Gold plan ($70/month, 50,000 calls)</td><td>Best in class — the whole point</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Methodology</strong></td><td>Public: 16 rules + per-metric construction</td><td>Query is the methodology, per dashboard</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Entry paid plan</strong></td><td>Pro — $20/month (Free tier + 7-day trial)</td><td>Free tier; paid tiers shaped for teams (check their pricing)</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>"Unavailable" shown as unavailable</strong></td><td>Yes, by rule</td><td>Depends on the dashboard</td></tr> <tr><td><strong>Track record</strong></td><td>New (launched September 2026)</td><td>Established</td></tr> </tbody></table>
A comparison that only lists our strengths is an advertisement. These are the areas where Dune leads today:
<h2>Who DeepGyre is built for</h2>
If the job is custom SQL over raw chain data, Dune itself remains the strongest. If the job is maintained on-chain metrics, whale tracking and token security without writing queries, DeepGyre is built for that. For TVL-style DeFi analytics, see our DeFiLlama alternative; for wallet-labeling depth, the comparison of 7 Nansen alternatives.
No — they are different tools. Dune is a query platform: unmatched reach, skill floor included. DeepGyre is a product surface: metrics already computed and maintained, with the construction of every figure published. Many analysts keep both: Dune for the novel question, DeepGyre for the daily ones.
Yes — that is the point of the design. Every metric in the metric library is a page: what it measures, how it is built, how to read it. The token scanner and whale tracker are forms and feeds, not consoles. If you want programmatic access anyway, the Gold plan's API serves the platform's own series.
The metrics are computed on a schedule and watched. When a source fails, the value is shown as unavailable rather than a zero; when a read is partial, the last complete value is kept and marked stale. Each metric page documents its construction and its failure behavior — the sixteen rules behind this are on the methodology page.
Different scope. Dune's API executes your SQL against its warehouse. DeepGyre's Gold-plan API ($70/month, 50,000 calls) serves the platform's own maintained series — premium, reserves, cycle metrics — so you can pull the same numbers the site shows. If you need arbitrary queries over raw logs, that is Dune's job.
DeepGyre Pro is $20/month, with a permanent Free tier and a 7-day full trial requiring no card. Dune has a free tier and paid tiers shaped around team workspaces and API credits — check Dune's pricing page for the current figures. The right comparison is per unlocked job, not per dollar.
No, and we say so directly. DeepGyre's bet is the opposite one: a small set of metrics maintained forever beats a large set maintained by nobody. If crowd-sourced breadth on a one-off question is what you need, use Dune — this page links it without affiliation.