Boogie Data vs PriceCharting
For card dealers and collectors choosing a data source. PriceCharting works today; Boogie Data's API and MCP server open soon, and our history is short (most of it since September 2026). What we offer is a lower starting price, $5 a month for one card category in one dataset, over a REST API and an MCP server for AI agents. Every PriceCharting fact below links to its source and the date we read it. To hear when they open, join the waitlist.
Who each is for
- PriceCharting: Collectors and sellers looking up values, with paid plans for API and CSV access.
- Boogie Data: Dealers, collectors and AI agents who want sold prices as rows, one card category at a time.
Where PriceCharting is stronger
- Free value lookups with historical price charts and a collection tracker, without paying. (pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026)
- A working API and full CSV download today, on the $49 Legendary plan. (pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026)
Where Boogie Data is stronger
- Individual sales over the API, each with its sale date, venue, grade and price; you page through them by the date we collected them (from September 2026). PriceCharting's API returns current values only; its historic prices and sales are not supported there. (pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026)
- An MCP server for AI agents. PriceCharting's API documentation mentions none. (pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026)
- Lower starting price, for a smaller unit: $5 a month or $50 a year for one card category in one dataset (planned), against the PriceCharting Collector plan at $6 a month or $59 a year. Theirs is a whole-plan price; ours is per card category, per dataset, so add up the card categories and datasets you need before comparing. (pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026)
- Each sale keeps its venue, date, grade, grading service, price basis and source link.
Side by side
| Boogie Data | PriceCharting | Source, checked on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | Dealers, collectors and AI agents who want sold prices as rows, one card category at a time. | Collectors and sellers looking up values, with paid plans for API and CSV access. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| Price | $5 a month ($50 a year) for one card category in one dataset: everything we have collected for that card category, kept current, over the API and MCP. $9 a month ($90 a year) for every card category in one dataset. Each dataset is priced separately, so add up the card categories and datasets you need. A one-time download of one card category's last 7 days in one dataset is $2. Planned launch prices; nothing is for sale yet. Pricing | Collector $6 a month or $59 a year; Legendary, the plan with the API and CSV downloads, $49 a month. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| Free option | A fixed sample and one free month per dataset when the API opens; free tools now. | Price search with historical prices and charts, collection tracking, a wishlist and trends. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| API | REST API with dataset, slice and row calls; opens at launch. REST docs | Yes, with a paid subscription (its plans page lists the API under Legendary): one call a second; CSV downloads on Legendary, one every 10 minutes. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| MCP or AI-agent access | Yes: an MCP server with the same calls as the API; opens at launch. MCP docs | No MCP server mentioned in its API documentation. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| History | Short: sold lots from Fanatics Collect, Goldin and MySlabs, collected since September 2026. Part of the Fanatics Collect archive we read has older sales, mostly from January 2022 on; we hold part of it, not all. | The API returns current values only; historic prices and sales are not supported through it. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| Updates | Collected every night. | CSV files regenerate every 24 hours. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
PriceCharting facts are from its own public pages on the date shown in each row; prices and plans change, so check the source before you decide. Boogie Data prices are planned launch prices.
What we don't have yet
Most of our history starts in September 2026. We have no phone app, collection tracker or card-photo search, and no eBay Best Offer prices.
Next step
- Join the waitlist to hear when the API and MCP server open, or email info@boogiedata.com to ask whether we cover the card categories you need.
- Try the free tools: selling fee calculators for eBay, Fanatics Collect and ComicConnect (real, dated fee schedules).
- See how the calls will work in the REST quickstart, or how to connect an agent in the MCP docs.
- Read who this data helps, the methodology and the planned prices.