Birdeye vs RugCheck
Same checks, side by side: price, what each scanner verifies, chains and features, from their official pages.
See the 10 differences
| Line | Birdeye | RugCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free account · paid packagesA free account gives you an API key, and usage is then metered in compute units with paid packages and overage billing; the published price list starts at $39 a month for the Data API Lite plan. | Free, API includedEvery page is free, including the public API quota; you can store your own RugCheck API key in Settings to stop sharing the public quota. No paid plan appears on the site or in the app bundle. |
| Checks | 5 of 8 checks | Edge6 of 8 checks |
| Mint / freeze authority or contract ownership | Yes | Yes |
| Liquidity and LP lock | Yes | Yes |
| Top-holder concentration | Yes | Yes |
| Snipers, bundlers and insiders | Yes | Yes |
| Creator history | Not documented | Not documented |
| Honeypot and tax simulation | Yes | Not documented |
| Linked-wallet map | Not documented | Yes |
| Overall risk score | Not documented | Yes |
| New-user perk | Edge15% off a paid subscription on the Elite referrer tier, 20% on the Professional tier, when you sign up through a referral link or code. | None documented |
| What it needs from you | Free account to generate an API key; the key goes in an X-API-KEY header. Nothing to sign on chain. | No account for a report. The API runs keyless on a shared public quota, or with your own key saved in Settings. |
| Where it runs | Web | Web |
| Chains | EdgeSolana · EVM · Sui · Aptos · FogoSolana, Ethereum, BSC, Base, Robinhood Chain, Sui, Mantle, HyperEVM, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, zkSync, Monad, Aptos, Fogo, MegaETH | Solana · FogoSolana, Fogo |
| Documented features | Edge5 of 8 | 2 of 8 |
| New pairs feed | Yes | Yes |
| Price charts | Yes | Not documented |
| Alerts | Yes | Not documented |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extension | Not documented | Not documented |
| Telegram bot | Not documented | Not documented |
| Mobile app | Yes | Not documented |
| Trade from the tool | Not documented | Not documented |
Which one should you pick?
Pick Birdeye if
You want to build or feed a dashboard with prices, holders and liquidity, and you might as well get paid for referring it.
A data platform rather than a scanner, and the only tool in this series with a documented referral program: free account, key in hand, real-time prices, OHLCV, holder analytics and liquidity across 17 chains, Solana first. Contract risk is documented too, through the Birdeye Data API: mint and freeze authority flags on Solana, an isHoneypot flag on EVM (Solana has no honeypot flag) and holder tags for bundlers, snipers, insiders and devs, but no risk score.
Read the Birdeye reviewbirdeye.so
Pick RugCheck if
You trade Solana memecoins and want one free page that flags the obvious traps.
The default Solana check for a reason: paste a mint and you get a 0–100 risk score, the LP locked share, holder concentration, an insiders view and a token networks graph, all free, plus a free API for your own scripts. It stops at Solana and Fogo, with no charts, alerts or Telegram bot.
Read the RugCheck reviewrugcheck.xyz
