Kraken shut Cryptowatch down in September 2023. Here’s where the multi-exchange terminal workflow actually lives now — including the honest tradeoffs of each option.
Cryptowatch wasn’t just a charting site. It was the one screen where dozens of exchanges lived side by side: multi-exchange charts, live orderbooks, a trade tape, custom boards, and (via API keys) trading. When Kraken shut it down in September 2023 and pointed everyone at Kraken Pro, traders got a fine single-exchange interface — and lost the terminal.
So “Cryptowatch alternative” really means: which tool gives you the multi-exchange terminal workflow back? Here’s the honest field, including where each one falls short.
Full disclosure: this is our product, so judge accordingly. WatchCrypto was built specifically to rebuild the Cryptowatch workflow: live data from Binance (spot and perps), Bybit, Coinbase, Kraken, and Hyperliquid in one customizable workspace — charts down to 1-second candles, orderbooks, trade tape, a screener, free price alerts, and direct trading on Hyperliquid.
Honest tradeoffs: five exchanges versus Cryptowatch’s 25+, and trading executes on one venue (Hyperliquid) rather than many via API keys. Everything is free — here’s how that’s sustainable. Full breakdown: WatchCrypto vs Cryptowatch.
TradingView is the best general charting platform ever made: Pine Script, 100K+ community indicators, every asset class. But it isn’t a terminal — no live orderbook, no trade tape, and the free tier caps you at 2 indicators, 1 chart per tab, and 5 alerts, with ads. If your Cryptowatch use was mostly “nice charts,” TradingView plus a paid plan works. If it was market microstructure, it won’t. See WatchCrypto vs TradingView.
Coinglass is excellent at what it is: funding rates, open interest, liquidation maps, long/short ratios across venues. It’s a data dashboard you check, not a workspace you live in — there’s no customizable multi-chart layout, and the deeper data sits behind paid plans. Great companion tool; not a Cryptowatch replacement.
Aggr (aggr.trade) is a beloved open-source tool that aggregates live trades from many exchanges into one tape and volume visualization. For pure order-flow watching it’s superb and free. But it’s deliberately narrow: no real charting, no orderbooks, no alerts, no workspace. Cryptowatch users tend to run it alongside something else, not instead of it.
Kraken Pro inherited Cryptowatch’s traffic and some of its DNA — it’s a genuinely good exchange interface with decent charts and books. But it shows you Kraken. The defining Cryptowatch feature — every venue on one screen — is exactly what it doesn’t do.
| Tool | Multi-exchange | Orderbook + tape | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WatchCrypto | 5 venues | Yes | Free | The terminal workflow |
| TradingView | Charts only | No | Free tier + paid | Charting & Pine Script |
| Coinglass | Data only | No | Free tier + paid | Derivatives dashboards |
| Aggr | Tape only | Tape, no book | Free | Order-flow watching |
| Kraken Pro | Kraken only | Yes (Kraken) | Free | Kraken traders |
If you want the thing Cryptowatch actually was — one fast screen, every market, book and tape included — open the terminal and judge in sixty seconds. If you mostly want indicators and drawings on a single chart, take TradingView. Many traders run both.