Head-to-head · Blockchain Analytics Software
Elliptic vs Santiment
Elliptic leads on 0 checks, Santiment on 1, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.
Our verdict
- Highest scoreElliptic · 8.9/10
- Free planonly Santiment
- Free trialboth
- Most featuresSantiment · 4 of 4
Elliptic scores higher on our rubric for blockchain analytics software: 8.9 against 8.3 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #8.
Santiment offers free plan; Elliptic doesn't.
Elliptic is the better fit for enterprise teams needing screening and investigations. Santiment is the better fit for analysts tracking on-chain, social, and DeFi signals.
- Elliptic fits best
Enterprise teams needing screening and investigations
- Santiment fits best
Analysts tracking on-chain, social, and DeFi signals
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Side by side
| Feature | Elliptic 8.9/10 Visit ↗ | Santiment 8.3/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 8.9 | 8.3 |
| Ranking | #2 in Blockchain Analytics Software | #8 in Blockchain Analytics Software |
| Best for | Enterprise teams needing screening and investigations | Analysts tracking on-chain, social, and DeFi signals |
| Pricing model | Paid | Free plan + paid |
| Starting price | Pricing on request · 14-day trial | $529/yr |
| Free plan | — | ✓ (best) |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Free trial length | 14 days | 14 days |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Support | Docs | Live chat, Community, Docs |
| Built for | Mid-market, Enterprise | Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Features Elliptic 2/4 · Santiment 4/4 | ||
| Investigation tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wallet & entity intelligence | ✓ | ✓ |
| DeFi & protocol analytics | Not checked yet | ✓ (best) |
| Market & network analytics | Not checked yet | ✓ (best) |
| Specs | ||
| Supported chains | Not checked yet | 14 |
| Data access | Api | Api |
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| Our verdict | Elliptic provides blockchain analytics and intelligence for banks, crypto businesses, payment firms, government agencies and law enforcement. Its cloud platform focuses on compliance, risk management and financial-crime investigations,… Read the review → |
Santiment is a cloud-based crypto analytics product for investors, traders, researchers, and crypto businesses. Its Sanbase web platform brings together charts, a crypto asset screener, watchlists, custom alerts, and social trends. The… Read the review → |
Strengths and trade-offs
Elliptic — where it wins
- Cross-chain tracing covers bridge protocols and investigation graphs
- Real-time screening, monitoring and configurable risk rules
- API, no-code analytics and natural-language blockchain queries
Where it doesn't
- Commercial pricing requires contacting sales
- No free plan is offered
- Documentation is the listed support channel
Santiment — where it wins
- Combines on-chain, financial, social, and development metrics in crypto charts
- Adds wallet labels, whale activity, holder distribution, and DeFi lending metrics
- Offers alerts, GraphQL access, and SQL queries over ClickHouse data
Where it doesn't
- Free Sanbase data has a 30-day lag and allows up to 3 simultaneous alerts
- Sanbase Pro starts at $49 per month; full real-time API access requires Max
- Focused on analytics rather than forensic investigation
- Elliptic8.9/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial
Enterprise blockchain intelligence for screening, tracing and financial-crime investigations.
Visit EllipticFull verdict → - Santiment8.3/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial
A broad crypto analytics toolkit for tracking market, network, social, and DeFi signals.
Visit SantimentFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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