The best LunarCrush alternative on price evidence is Santiment: of 3 alternatives NAUT read on 14 November 2026 (Santiment, The TIE and Blockworks Intel), it is the 1 whose own pricing page showed a price NAUT could confirm, with Sanbase Pro at $49 a month. NAUT tracks the X side of the same market as well: 10,020 of its 10,593 company rows carry an X handle, and 8,811 carry a follower count.
How this test was run: NAUT published it, and NAUT fixed 3 criteria before any tool was scored (a price on the vendor's own page, API terms on the vendor's own page, social or sentiment data named on the vendor's own page). Every rival fact below comes from that vendor's own page, read on 14 November 2026. LunarCrush is the baseline and is not scored. NAUT tried 6 vendor sites; kaito.ai and cookie.fun returned HTTP 403 to NAUT's fetch, so Kaito and Cookie DAO are not tested. Data behind a login or a subscription is marked "not tested" and costs a tool no point. Of the 10 claims NAUT put to vendor pages, 4 passed its source rule and are used here; the other 6 are left out (listed in the last section). NAUT will re-read these pages on 14 February 2027.
Which LunarCrush alternative showed its price and API terms?
Of the 3 LunarCrush alternatives scored, Santiment is the 1 tool whose own page showed a price NAUT confirmed, and Blockworks Intel is the 1 whose own page stated which plan includes API access.
| Tool | Price | API terms | Met |
|---|---|---|---|
 LunarCrush |
Left out | Left out | Baseline |
| Santiment | Pro $49 a month, Max $249 a month | Left out | 1 of 3 |
 Blockworks Intel |
Not tested | Pro: Assets endpoints only; full API is Contact Sales | 1 of 3 |
| The TIE | None on homepage | None on homepage | 1 of 3 |
On social or sentiment data, only The TIE showed it on an open page (Tie Atlas, sentiment data for institutions). LunarCrush keeps it behind paid endpoints, Santiment behind a login and Blockworks Intel behind a paywall, so NAUT did not test those 3.
The Met column counts the 3 fixed criteria each tool passed. Ranked by criteria met, the 3 tie at 1 of 3, and each tie hides at least 1 field NAUT could not test.
What does each LunarCrush alternative offer?
Santiment. Its pricing page (santiment.net/pricing forwards to app.santiment.net/pricing) lists Sanbase Pro at $49 a month or $529 a year, and Sanbase Max at $249 a month, with the yearly Max price printed as "$2700 / year, billed monthly". Its verified X account is @SantimentData. NAUT holds Santiment AG with 215,843 X followers on its record, but the row has no public NAUT page yet.
Blockworks Intel. messari.io/pricing led NAUT to app.blockworks.com/pricing. That page says Pro opens only the Assets endpoints of the API, and the full Blockworks API and MCP access are Contact Sales. The page lists a Social Sentiment Data row, but its contents sit behind the paywall, so NAUT did not test it.
The TIE. Its homepage describes Tie Atlas as sentiment data for institutions and shows no price list or plans; its pricing URL returned 404 to NAUT. The same homepage presents Stakin "with over $1.5B in assets under delegation". This rests on 1 homepage read, not a full crawl.
LunarCrush. Its verified X account is @LunarCrush, and the profile links to the LunarCrush website. NAUT read its pricing page, but the price lines could not be matched on the page by NAUT's check and no second source carried them, so this article prints no LunarCrush price.
How many X followers does each social data company have?
NAUT's record holds an X follower count for 5 of these companies with a NAUT page, read on 14 November 2026.
Kaito
Cookie3
Cookie DAOBlockworks leads at 493,347 followers and Cookie DAO trails at 188,039, with Cookie3 at 354,008; these counts sit outside the score.
What NAUT adds for a BD team, outside the score
NAUT is a directory of crypto companies and people, so its social fields are reported here and kept out of the score.
- 10,020 of 10,593 company rows carry an X handle, and 8,811 carry an X follower count.
- 599 company rows carry a Discord link.
- Crypto sentiment data from the tools above shows which project is busy on X; the NAUT page for that project lists its team.
- 8,982 of 14,323 contact rows carry an X handle, and 7,164 carry a Telegram handle.
- Spot the projectUse a sentiment tool, or sort by followers: Blockworks has 493,347 on NAUT's record.
- Open its NAUT pageEach name above links to the company's NAUT page, such as Kaito.
- Find the person8,982 of 14,323 NAUT contacts carry an X handle.
- Reach them7,164 NAUT contacts carry a Telegram handle, unlocked on a paid plan.
Which claims were left out of this LunarCrush alternative test?
6 of the 10 vendor claims NAUT checked are left out:
- 3 LunarCrush lines (monthly prices, the pay-as-you-go rate, annual prices): NAUT could not match the quotes on the page and no second source carried them.
- 2 Santiment lines (the free plan's data lag, which plan includes API access): the quote was not found on the page.
- 1 Blockworks Intel line (which plan holds Social Sentiment Data): the page text did not show the plan column.
Related reading on NAUT: Crypto contact data accuracy: 86 of 100 X handles, 0 suspended and Messari API alternative: 3 of 9 document funding rounds.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/lunr with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns LunarCrush's company record with its team, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/search?q=Kaito returns matching projects and people, each call 5 credits (docs, pricing). Plans start at Essential, $49 a month for 3,000 credits. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach the people behind these companies.
LunarCrush alternative FAQ
What is the best LunarCrush alternative for crypto social data?
Of the 3 LunarCrush alternatives NAUT read on 14 November 2026, Santiment was the 1 with a price NAUT confirmed on its own page (Sanbase Pro $49 a month, Max $249 a month). Each of the 3 met 1 of 3 criteria, and fields behind a login were not tested.
Does Blockworks Intel include API access?
Blockworks Intel's pricing page, read on 14 November 2026, says Pro opens only the Assets endpoints of the API, and full API and MCP access are Contact Sales.
Does The TIE publish its prices?
The TIE's homepage showed no price list or plans when NAUT read it on 14 November 2026, and its pricing URL returned 404 to NAUT's fetch.
Where can I find the people behind crypto social data companies?
NAUT's company pages, such as LunarCrush and Kaito, list each team, and 8,982 of NAUT's 14,323 contacts carry an X handle; GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/lunr returns the same team for 5 credits. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan: start a 7-day trial.
Sources
- Santiment pricing: https://app.santiment.net/pricing (read 14 November 2026)
- Blockworks Intel pricing: https://app.blockworks.com/pricing, reached from https://messari.io/pricing (read 14 November 2026)
- The TIE homepage: https://www.thetie.io (read 14 November 2026)
- LunarCrush on X: https://x.com/LunarCrush; Santiment on X via https://app.santiment.net (read 14 November 2026)
- NAUT company and contact counts: NAUT's data, read 14 November 2026