Disclosure: published by DeepGyre. Nansen and Arkham figures are from their public materials and third-party reports as of October 2026, marked where unverified. Check each vendor's site before deciding.
These three tools are often compared, but each one is built around a different question:
| Its core question | |
|---|---|
| Nansen | Which wallets are smart, and what are they doing? |
| Arkham | Who is behind this wallet, and where did the money go? |
| DeepGyre | Can I trust this token, and can I trust this number? |
Pick the question you ask most often, and the choice usually follows.
| Nansen | Arkham | DeepGyre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan; Pro $69/month, or $49/month billed annually | Core platform free | Free tier; Pro $20/month; Gold $70/month |
| Free trial | Free plan | Free core | 7 days, every feature |
| Labeled addresses | 500M+ (company figure, nansen.ai) | Official guide: a very large named-entity database, plus an extensive tags/labels set | ~40.8 million (~956,000 curated) |
| Smart Money | Ranked by trading performance | Entity-based | Ranked by profit and by earliness (Ethereum) |
| Token security / honeypot | Not a core feature | Not a core feature | Simulated buy/sell (ETH, BNB Chain, Base) |
| Fund-flow visualizer | Yes | Yes, a core strength | Yes — filters, entity grouping, expand in place, shareable views |
| Bitcoin on-chain metrics | Some | Limited | MVRV, SOPR, NUPL, realized price, supply in loss |
| Public methodology | Partial | Limited | 16 rules + per-metric construction |
| Missing data | Varies | Varies | Shown as "unavailable" with the reason |
| Chains | 21 in the Profiler; 37 networks in the API | Reported ~16+ (unverified) | 45 in the scanner registry |
| Business model | Subscriptions + in-app trading | Free platform + exchange + marketplace | Subscriptions only |
| Track record | Established | Established | New (September 2026) |
| Payment | See Nansen's site | Core is free | Crypto, from your own wallet (no card) |
Nansen's strength is the combination of a very large label database with Smart Money cohorts defined by trading performance. For funds and active traders who follow what profitable wallets do, it is the most complete package of the three.
Choose Nansen if: you follow profitable wallets and need deep attribution, and the price fits your budget.
Consider something else if: you mainly check new tokens, or you need numbers whose construction is fully published.
Arkham's free core platform and very large entity database make it the default choice for "who owns this?" Its visualizer is widely used in public investigations.
Choose Arkham if: attribution and fund tracing are your main job, and you want them free.
Consider something else if: you need token-safety checks or market metrics, or you prefer an analytics tool that runs no exchange.
DeepGyre launched in September 2026 and is the smallest of the three by label count. It is built for two jobs the others don't center on:
It also covers whale and entity tracking, Bitcoin on-chain metrics, derivatives, token unlocks and macro data, for $20/month on Pro.
Its honest limits:
Choose DeepGyre if: you trade new tokens, publish research that needs auditable numbers, or want wallets and market metrics in one place at a lower price.
| You are… | Best primary tool | Good second tool |
|---|---|---|
| A fund or research desk following profitable wallets | Nansen | Arkham |
| An investigator or journalist tracing funds | Arkham | Nansen |
| A trader buying new or small-cap tokens | DeepGyre | Arkham |
| An analyst publishing on-chain research | DeepGyre | Nansen or Glassnode |
| On a tight budget | Arkham (free) | DeepGyre Free tier |
| Wanting one subscription for wallets + market metrics | DeepGyre | Arkham |
Yes, and many users do. A common low-cost setup is:
Nansen is better for profit-based Smart Money and is paid. Arkham is better for free attribution and fund tracing. They overlap heavily on wallet labels.
Arkham's core is free. DeepGyre Pro is $20/month, with a Free tier. Nansen Pro is $49–$69/month (as of October 2026).
Nansen — 500M+ labeled addresses by its own homepage figure — and Arkham, whose official guide describes a very large named-entity database plus an extensive tags-and-labels set. DeepGyre has about 40.8 million labelled addresses (about 956,000 curated).
DeepGyre, by simulating a buy and a sell on Ethereum, BNB Chain and Base. Nansen and Arkham are not built for token-safety testing.
DeepGyre publishes the construction of every metric and shows missing data as unavailable, by rule. That transparency is its main design goal.
It is new, and its label coverage is limited. Its methodology, changelog and roadmap are public, so you can check its work rather than trust it. The 7-day trial lets you test it on data you already know.
Try DeepGyre beside the tool you use today: start the free 7-day trial → Information reflects publicly available materials as of October 2026 and may change. Nansen, Arkham and Arkham Intelligence are trademarks of their owners. DeepGyre is not affiliated with either.