# Boogie Data vs PriceCharting

> Boogie Data's API and MCP server are launching soon; its prices are planned and nothing is for sale yet. Competitor facts come from their own public pages on the dates shown.

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](/#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](https://www.pricecharting.com/pricecharting-pro), checked 2 November 2026)
- A working API and full CSV download today, on the $49 Legendary plan. ([pricecharting.com](https://www.pricecharting.com/pricecharting-pro), 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](https://www.pricecharting.com/api-documentation), checked 2 November 2026)
- An MCP server for AI agents. PriceCharting's API documentation mentions none. ([pricecharting.com](https://www.pricecharting.com/api-documentation), 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](https://www.pricecharting.com/pricecharting-pro), 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](https://www.pricecharting.com/pricecharting-pro), 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](/pricing/) | Collector $6 a month or $59 a year; Legendary, the plan with the API and CSV downloads, $49 a month. | [pricecharting.com](https://www.pricecharting.com/pricecharting-pro), checked 2 November 2026 |
| Free option | A fixed sample and one free month per dataset when the API opens; [free tools](/tools/) now. | Price search with historical prices and charts, collection tracking, a wishlist and trends. | [pricecharting.com](https://www.pricecharting.com/pricecharting-pro), checked 2 November 2026 |
| API | REST API with dataset, slice and row calls; opens at launch. [REST docs](/docs/rest/) | 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](https://www.pricecharting.com/api-documentation), 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](/docs/mcp/) | No MCP server mentioned in its API documentation. | [pricecharting.com](https://www.pricecharting.com/api-documentation), 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](https://www.pricecharting.com/api-documentation), checked 2 November 2026 |
| Updates | Collected every night. | CSV files regenerate every 24 hours. | [pricecharting.com](https://www.pricecharting.com/api-documentation), 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](/#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](/tools/): selling fee calculators for eBay, Fanatics Collect and ComicConnect (real, dated fee schedules).
- See how the calls will work in the [REST quickstart](/docs/quickstart/), or how to connect an agent in the [MCP docs](/docs/mcp/).
- Read [who this data helps](/use-cases/resellers/), the [methodology](/methodology/) and the [planned prices](/pricing/).