The best CoinMarketCap alternatives for funding round data in NAUT's test of 12 November 2026 were ICO Drops, which showed a round amount NAUT holds on 18 of the 18 project pages it served, and DropsTab, at 16 of 19, against 8 of 19 for CoinMarketCap. NAUT tracks the rounds, backers and founders of all 20 crypto projects in the test, and for contact data CoinMarketCap named a NAUT-listed founder or CEO on 11 of 19 pages, more than any of the 4 alternatives, while 7 of the 20 projects had no such founder named on any of the 5 trackers.
How this test was run: NAUT published it, and NAUT is one of the sources compared, so read it with that in mind. The rules were fixed in the scan script before any page was scored. NAUT picked 20 well-known projects from its own records, each with rounds, backers and a person titled founder or CEO on NAUT, so NAUT holds all 3 fields for every project by construction; the test measures how often each tracker's own free page shows what NAUT holds. On 12 November 2026 NAUT fetched each project's public page on CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko, DropsTab, DefiLlama and ICO Drops, and scored 3 fields from the visible text: a round amount (any NAUT round of $5M or more shown on the page, on a page that also uses a word such as raised, seed, series or investors), 2 or more of NAUT's backer names, and the full name of a NAUT-listed founder or CEO. Paid tiers and APIs were not tested. NAUT will update this page if it reruns the test.
Which CoinMarketCap alternatives show funding rounds?
ICO Drops and DropsTab showed a NAUT round amount on the most pages of the 5 crypto funding trackers NAUT checked; CoinGecko led on backer names after ICO Drops. Loaded is pages that loaded of the 20 tried; the other cells read pages matched / pages that loaded: Round is a NAUT round amount, Backers is 2 or more NAUT backer names, Founder is a NAUT-listed founder or CEO.
| Tracker | Loaded | Round | Backers | Founder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICO Drops | 18/20 | 18/18 | 16/18 | 1/18 |
| DropsTab | 19/20 | 16/19 | 13/19 | 3/19 |
| CoinGecko | 20/20 | 9/20 | 14/20 | 7/20 |
| DefiLlama | 17/20 | 9/17 | 10/17 | 0/17 |
| CoinMarketCap | 19/20 | 8/19 | 5/19 | 11/19 |
A page that did not load is left out of that tracker's count: the URLs NAUT tried returned 404, as CoinMarketCap did for both Optimism URLs. Optimism has 1 backer on NAUT's record, so no tracker could score 2 backers for it.
How often did each tracker show a NAUT round amount?
Ranked by pages with a matching round amount: ICO Drops matched 18 of its 18 pages, while CoinMarketCap matched 8 of 19.
Which projects did the trackers cover, and what does NAUT hold for each?
The table counts NAUT's rounds and backers for each project (M&A, OTC and post-IPO rows left out), then how many of the trackers that loaded its page showed a NAUT round amount (Round) or named a NAUT-listed founder or CEO (Founder), as trackers matched / trackers that loaded.
| Project | Rounds | Backers | Round | Founder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Monad |
7 | 46 | 4/5 | 2/5 |
 LayerZero |
9 | 45 | 4/5 | 1/5 |
 Celestia |
6 | 33 | 4/5 | 1/5 |
 Babylon |
6 | 30 | 4/5 | 1/5 |
 Berachain |
3 | 28 | 4/5 | 1/5 |
 Ethena |
6 | 20 | 3/4 | 0/4 |
 Movement |
3 | 20 | 1/4 | 0/4 |
 Eclipse |
6 | 17 | 2/4 | 0/4 |
 Solana |
7 | 13 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
 Morpho |
3 | 12 | 3/5 | 0/5 |
 Axelar |
5 | 11 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
 Polygon |
4 | 11 | 3/5 | 1/5 |
 Aptos |
2 | 10 | 4/5 | 1/5 |
 Uniswap |
3 | 10 | 4/5 | 2/5 |
 Wormhole |
2 | 8 | 3/5 | 0/5 |
 Avalanche |
8 | 7 | 4/5 | 2/5 |
 Succinct |
1 | 5 | 1/4 | 0/4 |
 Aave |
5 | 4 | 4/4 | 3/4 |
 Filecoin |
2 | 2 | 2/5 | 3/5 |
 Optimism |
3 | 1 | 2/3 | 0/3 |
Across the 20, NAUT's data shows 91 rounds, 333 backer names (each counted once per project) and 61 people titled founder or CEO.
Which CoinMarketCap alternatives name founders and CEOs?
In this test, none of the 4 alternatives named a NAUT-listed founder or CEO as often as CoinMarketCap did (11 of 19 pages); CoinGecko came next at 7 of 20, and DefiLlama named none on its 17 pages.
- 7 of the 20 projects had no NAUT-listed founder or CEO named on any tracker page that loaded: Ethena, Movement, Eclipse, Morpho, Wormhole, Succinct and Optimism.
- Those 7 projects hold 21 people titled founder or CEO on NAUT, so these crypto project founders each have a NAUT person page.
- A name on a tracker page is not a way to reach someone. Each NAUT person page says which channels NAUT has on file.
What did a hand check of the scan find?
The scan is a text match, so it can miss a field shown in another form and count a name that sits in another context. A second pass read 18 of the scan's findings against the page itself: 8 were confirmed, 9 could not be confirmed and 1 was contradicted.
- Confirmed examples: CoinMarketCap's Monad page says Monad raised $225M in a funding round and gives no round type; DropsTab's Monad page gives the $19M seed of February 2023 with 4 named backers; CoinGecko's Monad page gives the same $19M seed.
- CoinMarketCap's Berachain page names a founding team and no CEO.
- 3 of the unconfirmed checks were DefiLlama pages that returned HTTP 403 to that second fetch, after the scan had loaded them.
- The contradicted check was a page the scan had scored as showing no round amount.
Treat the counts above as a close guide to what each tracker shows.
What this tells a BD team or an investor sourcing deals
- For who raised and how much, ICO Drops (18 of 18) and DropsTab (16 of 19) matched NAUT's round amounts far more often than CoinMarketCap (8 of 19).
- For who backed a round, ICO Drops (16 of 18) and CoinGecko (14 of 20) carried 2 or more of NAUT's backer names most often.
- For who runs the project, CoinMarketCap named a NAUT-listed founder or CEO most often, and 7 of the 20 projects had none named anywhere in the test.
- NAUT's data holds all 3 fields for each of the 20 projects, which is how they were picked.
- Open the projectStart on the NAUT page, such as Monad: 7 rounds and 46 backers on NAUT's record.
- Cross-check the roundICO Drops matched a NAUT round amount on 18 of 18 pages, DropsTab on 16 of 19.
- Find the founderCoinMarketCap named a NAUT-listed founder or CEO on 11 of 19 pages; 7 of the 20 projects had none named on any tracker.
- Pick the channelNAUT holds 61 people titled founder or CEO at the 20 projects, and each person page says which channels NAUT has on file.
Which trackers could NAUT not test?
NAUT tried 8 sites in all and scored the 5 that served readable project pages. The other 3 are not tested here, which says nothing about their data:
- cryptorank.io returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch on its price and funding-rounds pages.
- tokeninsight.com returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch.
- rootdata.com returned a 1.4 KB JavaScript shell with no values to NAUT's fetch.
Related reading on NAUT: CryptoRank alternative: 7 trackers checked, 4 blocked the test and DefiLlama raises alternative: 5 trackers, 113 rounds free.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/monad with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns 1 company with its team, and swapping the slug pulls each of the 20 projects for 5 credits a call, 100 credits in all. Revealing a person's private channels with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people/{id}?include=private costs 10 credits the first time, and the Essential plan at $49 a month carries 3,000 credits (docs, pricing). Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan: start a 7-day trial.
CoinMarketCap alternatives FAQ
What are the best CoinMarketCap alternatives for funding round data?
In NAUT's test of 20 crypto projects on 12 November 2026, ICO Drops showed a round amount NAUT holds on 18 of 18 pages and DropsTab on 16 of 19, against 8 of 19 for CoinMarketCap. CoinGecko and DefiLlama each matched 9.
Which crypto funding trackers name a project's founders?
CoinMarketCap named a NAUT-listed founder or CEO on 11 of 19 project pages in NAUT's 12 November 2026 test, CoinGecko on 7 of 20, DropsTab on 3 of 19, ICO Drops on 1 of 18 and DefiLlama on 0 of 17.
Where can I find these projects' founders and their contact channels?
NAUT lists 61 people titled founder or CEO across the 20 projects in this 12 November 2026 test, each on a person page reachable from the project's NAUT page, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/<slug> returns a project with its team. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan: start a 7-day trial.
Which crypto funding trackers were not tested?
CryptoRank and TokenInsight returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch on 12 November 2026, and RootData returned a JavaScript shell with no values, so all 3 are not tested in this comparison of 20 projects.
Sources
- NAUT's data, read 12 November 2026: rounds, backers and people titled founder or CEO for the 20 projects above.
- Tracker pages fetched 12 November 2026, 1 per project: coinmarketcap.com/currencies/, coingecko.com/en/coins/, dropstab.com/coins/, defillama.com/protocol/ and icodrops.com/.
- Hand-checked pages: CoinMarketCap, Monad, CoinMarketCap, Berachain, CoinGecko, Monad and DropsTab, Monad. Press coverage of the same rounds: The Block and Crowdfund Insider.