TCG price data alternatives
For TCG sellers comparing data sources: who each is for, price, API and MCP access and history, each with its source and the date we read it. Boogie Data (us) is listed too. Our API and MCP server open soon and our history is short (weekly since 21 September 2026), but of the paid options here with a confirmed price, ours starts lowest: $5 a month for one card category in one dataset (TCGCSV is free). To hear when they open, join the waitlist.
The options
| Option | Who it is for | Price | API | MCP | History | Sources, checked on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boogie Data (planned) | Sellers, investors and AI agents who want TCGplayer's lowest asking price, listing count and seller count, recorded each week. | $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 | REST API with dataset, slice and row calls; opens at launch. REST docs | Yes: an MCP server with the same calls as the API; opens at launch. MCP docs | Short: weekly lowest ask, listing count and seller count for a panel of TCGplayer products since the week of 21 September 2026 (164 products from November 2026). | Pricing and methodology, 31 October 2026 |
| TCGplayer | The trading card game marketplace; its API serves developers who already have access. | Could not confirm: its product pages did not render for our reader. | Closed to new developers: "We are no longer granting new API access at this time." | No MCP server mentioned in its API documentation. | Could not confirm: its product pages did not render for our reader. | docs.tcgplayer.com, checked 2 November 2026; tcgplayer.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| TCGCSV | Developers who want TCGplayer's catalog and prices as free daily files. | Free; an optional Patreon. | Static JSON and CSV files, no key; no licence or terms stated. | None mentioned. | Not stated. | tcgcsv.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
| PriceCharting | Collectors and sellers looking up values, with paid plans for API and CSV access. | Collector $6 a month or $59 a year; Legendary, the plan with the API and CSV downloads, $49 a month. | Yes, with a paid subscription; current values only. | No MCP server mentioned in its API documentation. | Current values only through the API. | pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026; pricecharting.com, checked 2 November 2026 |
Lowest starting price of the paid options here with a confirmed price: $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 are whole-plan prices; ours is per card category and per dataset, and each dataset is priced separately, so add up the card categories and datasets you need before comparing. TCGCSV is free. We could not confirm a price for TCGplayer, so it is left out.
If you want current TCGplayer prices for every product, TCGCSV publishes them free every day. What we add is history: each week's lowest ask, listing count and seller count for a fixed panel of products (164 from November 2026), kept as dated rows since 21 September 2026.
What we don't have yet
A panel of 164 products, not every card; weekly, not daily; and no sold prices of our own for TCG singles.
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, including eBay's (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.