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SnowTrace vs Starkscan

A detailed head-to-head comparison of SnowTrace and Starkscan — pricing, features, and which one wins for different use cases.

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SnowTrace

The primary block explorer for Avalanche C-Chain

4.1(276)

SnowTrace is the primary block explorer for the Avalanche C-Chain, the EVM-compatible chain within the Avalanche network. It provides the familiar explorer feature set — transaction and address lookup

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Starkscan

Feature-rich block explorer for Starknet

4.2(112)

Starkscan is a leading block explorer for Starknet, the ZK-rollup layer-2 that uses the Cairo programming language and STARK proofs rather than the EVM. Because Starknet is architecturally different f

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Feature Comparison

FeatureSnowTraceStarkscan
Transaction History
Contract Verification
Token Tracking
Nft Tracking
Api Access
Multi Chain Support
Gas Tracker
Source Code Viewer
Address Labels
Private Notes

SnowTrace Pricing

SnowTrace

Free

Free

  • Full C-Chain explorer
  • Contract verification
  • Token + NFT tracking
  • Cross-Subnet exploration
  • Developer API
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Starkscan Pricing

Starkscan

Free

Free

  • Full Starknet explorer
  • Cairo contract inspection
  • Account-abstraction tx decoding
  • Token + NFT tracking
  • Contract class exploration
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Verdict: Which Should You Choose?

SnowTrace is the better pick if you need canonical explorer for avalanche c-chain. Starkscan wins when purpose-built for starknet's cairo/stark architecture. Both are production-ready — the right choice depends on your team's workflow and budget.