Nansen is the institutional benchmark for on-chain research: deep wallet labels, smart-money dashboards and multichain coverage, built for analysts who can justify a serious subscription. Cexlens answers a narrower question - what are whales and market makers doing on exchanges right now - and answers it free, in real time, with no signup.
| Cexlens | Nansen | |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free (paid tiers add more exchanges) | From ~$99/mo |
| Works without signup | ✓ Yes | ✕ No |
| Real-time feed (live push) | ✓ Yes | ~ Partial |
| CEX inflow/outflow verdicts | ✓ Yes | ~ Partial |
| Wallet profiles | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Smart-money signals | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Order-book wall correlation | ✓ Yes | ✕ No |
| Price impact after each move | ✓ Yes | ✕ No |
Pick Nansen if you run research workflows across many chains and need its label database and dashboards professionally. Pick Cexlens if you want the live exchange-flow picture - who is depositing to sell and who is withdrawing to accumulate - without paying for an analytics suite. Many traders keep both open: Nansen for research, Cexlens as the live tape.
The full real-time scanner is open. Watch whales, market makers and exchange flows right now.
Open the live scannerFor live exchange-flow tracking, yes: the real-time scanner, whale leaderboard, asset flow pages and signals are free without signup. Nansen goes deeper on historical research and labels; Cexlens focuses on what is moving right now.
Nansen's paid plans start around $99/month. Cexlens' core product is free; paid tiers add more tracked exchanges and AI features.
A live order-book correlation (deposits matched against appearing sell walls), price-impact tracking after each whale move, and a no-signup real-time scanner.