RugCheck vs Birdeye
Same checks, side by side: price, what each scanner verifies, chains and features, from their official pages.
| Line | RugCheck | Birdeye |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 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. | 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 documentation describes quotas and extra charges but publishes no price list. |
| Checks | 6 of 8 checksEdge | 2 of 8 checks |
| Mint / freeze authority or contract ownership | Yes | Not documented |
| Liquidity and LP lock | Yes | Yes |
| Top-holder concentration | Yes | Yes |
| Snipers, bundlers and insiders | Yes | Not documented |
| Creator history | Not documented | Not documented |
| Honeypot and tax simulation | Not documented | Not documented |
| Linked-wallet map | Yes | Not documented |
| Overall risk score | Yes | Not documented |
| New-user perk | None documented | 15% off a paid subscription on the Elite referrer tier, 20% on the Professional tier, when you sign up through a referral link or code.Edge |
| What it needs from you | No account for a report. The API runs keyless on a shared public quota, or with your own key saved in Settings. | Free account to generate an API key; the key goes in an X-API-KEY header. Nothing to sign on chain. |
| Where it runs | Web | Web |
| Chains | Solana · FogoSolana, Fogo | Solana · EVM · Sui · AptosSolana, Ethereum, BSC, Base, Robinhood Chain, Sui, Mantle, HyperEVM, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, zkSync, Monad, AptosEdge |
| Documented features | 2 of 8 | 3 of 8Edge |
| New pairs feed | Yes | Yes |
| Price charts | Not documented | Yes |
| Alerts | Not documented | Not documented |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extension | Not documented | Not documented |
| Telegram bot | Not documented | Not documented |
| Mobile app | Not documented | Not documented |
| Trade from the tool | Not documented | Not documented |
Which one should you pick?
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.
rugcheck.xyz
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 15 chains, Solana first. What it does not document is contract risk: no mint or freeze flag, no honeypot simulation, no score.
birdeye.so
