cs2.sh supports BUFF, YouPin, CSFloat, Skinport, Steam and C5Game, and CSPriceAPI covers all six of them. EcoSteam, SkinBaron, Market.CSGO, LIS-SKINS, DMarket, ShadowPay and Waxpeer are only available on CSPriceAPI. If your bot, tool or valuation needs any of those markets, cs2.sh can't supply them.
cs2.sh's homepage promises "full bid/ask prices for all marketplaces"; its own data coverage page lists no bid for Skinport, so it returns a buy order on 5 of its 6 markets.
At a glance: feature, coverage and pricing comparison
Prices are USD per month as of September 2026. cs2.sh cells cite cs2.sh/pricing, cs2.sh/docs/pricing, cs2.sh/docs/data-coverage and cs2.sh/docs/using-the-api. CSPriceAPI cells cite our pricing page and data coverage docs.
| CSPriceAPI | cs2.sh | |
|---|---|---|
| Live listing marketplaces | 13 | 6 (BUFF, Youpin, CSFloat, Skinport, Steam, C5Game) |
| Plans | Basic $50 · Pro $125 · Enterprise $225 | Developer $75 · Scale $200 · Enterprise (custom) |
| Entry plan includes | $50: all 13 markets (whole catalogue in one call, ~5 min refresh) + in-depth Steam order book | $75: all 6 markets' latest prices, BUFF float ranges, Steam orderbook latest, item schema, exchange rates |
| Plan with history + sales | $225 Enterprise | $200 Scale |
| Rate limit | 10 requests / s on every plan, no monthly cap | 10 requests / s on every plan, no monthly cap; custom limits on Enterprise |
| Items per POST | 100 | 100 |
| Current-price fields | Lowest active listing price, listing count, average, change % (24h, 7d, 30d, 90d), liquidity | ask, bid, ask_volume, bid_volume (bid on 5 of 6 markets; Skinport ask only) |
| Freshness timestamps | updated_at (UTC) per marketplace price | updated_at + collected_at per marketplace price |
| Refresh | ~5 min, depending on market | ~5 min, depending on market |
| Buy orders | Full YouPin buy-order book (CNY, ~30 min, Pro); YouPin float-ranged buy orders (Enterprise) | Top bid + count on BUFF, Youpin, Steam; bid on CSFloat, C5Game |
| Orderbooks | In-depth Steam order book (Basic, GET /v1/steam); no CSFloat order book | Full-depth Steam bid/ask (Developer); sampled Steam orderbook history and CSFloat bid books (Scale) |
| Price history | Daily, 1 year+, all listing markets except Steam, plus Skinland (history only); one skin per request (Enterprise) | OHLC 5m/30m/1h/1d since Dec 24, 2025; archive bid/ask since 2023 (Scale); up to 100 items per POST |
| Sale history | Individual sales on YouPin, CSFloat, Skinport, last 72 hours via the API (older sales as an archive on request), with phase, paint index, pattern seed, stickers, charms and float; 24h bulk export (Enterprise) | Aggregated sale prices/volume, dated: Steam since Apr 26, 2013; CSFloat since 2022; BUFF since Sep 6, 2024; Youpin since Nov 12, 2025 |
| Doppler / Gamma Doppler | Per phase on all 13 markets | Per phase on all 6 markets, including history |
| Other variants | Fade percentages, Blue Gem items; YouPin float-ranged prices (Pro) | Case Hardened Tier 1–4 + Blue Gem; BUFF float and fade ranges |
| Liquidity | Liquidity value in the latest data (every plan) | Daily liquidity estimates + estimated sale time (Scale) |
| Currency | Native per market (CNY / EUR / USD); convert client-side | USD default; 9 other currencies via the currency parameter |
| Free trial | 2-day test key, created instantly in Discord (#get-testkey); no price history, sales last 24 h | 2-day Developer-plan key: sign up, then open a Discord ticket |
| No-key demo | Website tools with a free tier (YouPin and BUFF163 prices) | Interactive API demo, no key needed |
| Browser extension | Yes, Chrome extension with free tier | Not documented |
| Simplified Chinese site | Yes (/zh-cn) | Yes (cs2.sh/zh-cn) |
| Billing | 3-month billing 7% off | Monthly via Stripe; crypto payments via Discord ticket |
Market-by-market coverage
The first six rows are markets both APIs cover. The next seven are listing markets only CSPriceAPI covers. cs2.sh's data coverage page lists exactly six marketplaces, and its own CSPriceAPI alternatives page names DMarket, Waxpeer, LIS-SKINS, ShadowPay, Market.CSGO and SkinBaron as venues it does not cover.
| Marketplace | CSPriceAPI | cs2.sh current fields | cs2.sh history (since) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUFF163 | Listings (CNY) | ask, bid, both volumes | OHLC Dec 2025; archive bid/ask 2023; sales + supply Sep 2024; float ranges May 19, 2026 |
| YouPin898 | Listings (CNY) + full buy-order book (Pro) + float-ranged data + per-sale data | ask, bid, both volumes | OHLC Dec 2025; archive bid/ask 2023; sales Nov 12, 2025 |
| CSFloat | Listings (USD) + per-sale data | ask, bid, ask_volume | OHLC Dec 2025; sales 2022; bid orderbooks Aug 10, 2026 |
| Skinport | Listings (EUR) + per-sale data | ask, ask_volume | OHLC Dec 2025; rolling 24h–90d sale stats |
| Steam Community Market | Prices (USD) + in-depth order book, via /v1/steam | ask, bid, both volumes | OHLC Dec 2025; median sales Apr 26, 2013; orderbooks Jun 9, 2026 |
| C5Game | Listings (CNY) | ask, bid, ask_volume | OHLC Dec 2025; archive bid/ask 2023 |
| EcoSteam | Listings (CNY) | Not covered | — |
| SkinBaron | Listings (EUR) | Not covered | — |
| Market.CSGO | Listings (USD) | Not covered | — |
| LIS-SKINS | Listings (USD) | Not covered | — |
| DMarket | Listings (USD) | Not covered | — |
| ShadowPay | Listings (USD) | Not covered | — |
| Waxpeer | Listings (USD) | Not covered | — |
CSPriceAPI returns the same JSON schema for every listing market, so adding DMarket price data or Waxpeer to a BUFF integration is a change to the markets CSV, not a new parser. CSPriceAPI's daily price history goes back 1 year or more on every listing market except Steam, plus Skinland, which is available as history only.
Where CSPriceAPI is stronger
- Market breadth: 13 live listing markets vs 6. CSPriceAPI covers all six of cs2.sh's markets plus EcoSteam, SkinBaron, Market.CSGO, LIS-SKINS, DMarket, ShadowPay and Waxpeer. If you run arbitrage between Chinese and Western venues, those seven markets are usually where the spreads are.
- Lower entry price, with the Steam order book included. Basic costs $50 and includes all 13 markets plus the in-depth Steam order book. cs2.sh's entry plan is $75 for six markets.
- YouPin buy-order depth.
GET /v1/prices/youpin/buyorderreturns the whole YouPin buy-order book in CNY, refreshed about every 30 minutes (Pro), not only the top bid. Enterprise adds every individual buy order with its float, phase, Fade or tier condition viaGET /v1/prices/youpin/float-buyorder, filterable by an exact float value. See YouPin buy-order and float data. - Sales with full item detail. Each sale from YouPin, CSFloat and Skinport includes phase, paint index, pattern seed, stickers, charms and float. cs2.sh's public archive endpoints return aggregated sale prices and volumes. cs2.sh says listing-level data is available through private endpoints on its Enterprise plan.
- A trial without waiting. Both trials last 2 days. CSPriceAPI's test key is created instantly in the #get-testkey Discord channel and covers every endpoint except price history (sales: last 24 hours). cs2.sh's trial is a Developer-plan key, requested via sign-up and a Discord ticket, which covers latest-price endpoints.
- A Chrome extension. The CSPriceAPI extension shows cross-market prices directly on marketplace listing pages and has a free tier.
- Web tools. Price comparison and the Market Hub run on the same data, for traders who don't want to write code.
- An MCP server for AI assistants. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code can query CSPriceAPI directly through its MCP server (listed in the official MCP Registry as
com.cspriceapi/mcp). cs2.sh documents no MCP server; its llms.txt points agents to OpenAPI and an agent card. - Per-phase Doppler on 13 markets. Both APIs price Doppler Phase 1–4, Ruby, Sapphire and Black Pearl, and Gamma Doppler Phase 1–4 and Emerald, per phase. CSPriceAPI does it on 13 markets, cs2.sh on 6. CSPriceAPI also covers Fade percentages and Blue Gem items.
cs2.sh's limits to know before you buy
All of these come from cs2.sh's own pricing and documentation pages (accessed 2026-10-09):
- Six markets only. No DMarket, Waxpeer, LIS-SKINS, ShadowPay, Market.CSGO, SkinBaron or EcoSteam. cs2.sh's own CSPriceAPI alternatives page names these as venues it doesn't cover.
- History and sales start at $200/month. The $75 Developer plan covers latest prices; price history, sale history and CSFloat orderbooks are on the $200 Scale plan.
- The trial doesn't cover history or sales. cs2.sh's 2-day key is a Developer-plan key, so you can't test the history or sales endpoints before paying for Scale.
- Sales are aggregated. The public archive endpoints return aggregated sale prices and volumes. Listing-level data is only offered through private endpoints on the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
- OHLC history starts on 24 December 2025. Older data is limited to archive bid/ask (since 2023) and aggregated sales.
- No bid on Skinport. Skinport returns ask data only, although the homepage promises bid/ask for all marketplaces.
- No browser extension is documented.
What cs2.sh offers on top
- Intraday OHLC down to 5-minute buckets, and longer aggregated sale archives: Steam median sales since April 2013, CSFloat since 2022.
- Bid next to ask in each market object on five of its six markets, and CSFloat buy-order books on Scale.
- Batch history requests of up to 100 items per POST, and conversion into USD or nine other currencies.
Do rate limits make a difference?
Not for current prices. As of September 2026, both APIs allow 10 requests per second on every plan with no monthly cap. History backfills are where the request models differ.
- Full-snapshot polling: one
GET /v1/prices/latestreturns the whole CSPriceAPI catalogue: every item's current prices on the listing markets your key allows, plus average, change % and liquidity. Steam prices and the order book come from a second call,GET /v1/steam. cs2.sh'sGET /v1/prices/latestalso returns its full current dataset. Both refresh about every 5 minutes, so a few requests per cycle is enough on either API. - Per-item lookups: POST batches hold up to 100 items on both APIs. Re-pricing 45,000 items takes 450 requests, about 45 seconds at 10 per second on either API.
- History backfills: CSPriceAPI's
GET /v1/prices/{market}/historytakes onemarket_hash_nameper request, so a backfill costs one request per skin per market. cs2.sh's history endpoints take up to 100 items per POST, with a maximum date range per interval. For large backfills, cs2.sh needs fewer requests.
Choose CSPriceAPI if…
- You trade or build tools across DMarket, Waxpeer, LIS-SKINS, ShadowPay, Market.CSGO, SkinBaron or EcoSteam.
- You need current prices for 13 markets plus a Steam order book at the lowest monthly cost ($50).
- You need the full YouPin buy-order book or float-ranged buy orders for spread or instant-sell analysis.
- You want per-sale float, pattern seed, paint index, sticker and charm data rather than aggregated sale averages.
- You want to test buy orders, float-ranged prices and recent sales before you pay, with a key you get instantly.
- Your team trades from the browser and wants a Chrome extension on the same data.
cs2.sh can make sense if you only need its six markets and specifically need intraday OHLC or sale archives from before 2025.
Migrating from cs2.sh to CSPriceAPI
The table below lists the CSPriceAPI endpoint for each data need. Base URL https://api.cspriceapi.com, auth x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY. Full details are in the quickstart.
| Data need | CSPriceAPI endpoint | Plan and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Current prices, all listing markets | GET /v1/prices/latest | Basic. Whole catalogue incl. average, change %, liquidity. Filter with markets=youpin,buff163,… |
| Current prices, specific items | POST /v1/prices/latest | Basic. items array, max 100 |
| One item across markets | GET /v1/prices/search | By market_hash_name |
| Steam prices and order book | GET /v1/steam | Basic. Steam is not in /v1/prices/latest |
| Float buckets | GET /v2/prices/float-ranged | Pro. YouPin |
| YouPin buy orders | GET /v1/prices/youpin/buyorder | Pro. Full book, CNY, ~30 min |
| Float-ranged buy orders | GET /v1/prices/youpin/float-buyorder | Enterprise. YouPin, every order with its condition, filter by float |
| Daily price history | GET /v1/prices/{market}/history | Enterprise. 1 year+, one market_hash_name per request |
| Recent / bulk sales | GET /v1/market-sales/search, /v1/market-sales/export | Enterprise. YouPin, CSFloat, Skinport; search = last 72 h, export = last 24 h; older sales as an archive on request |
| Market-cap index | GET /v1/indexes/market-cap | Enterprise. YouPin |
Things that change in your code:
- Currency. cs2.sh returns USD by default. CSPriceAPI returns each market's native currency (CNY, EUR or USD) and has no USD-normalised endpoint, so add FX conversion on your side.
- Field names. cs2.sh's
ask/ask_volumecorrespond to ourprice(the lowest active listing) andcount. There is nobidfield; buy-side data comes from the YouPin buy-order endpoint and the Steam order book. - Steam. cs2.sh returns Steam inside
prices/latest. On CSPriceAPI, callGET /v1/steamseparately. - Doppler. cs2.sh nests phases in a
variantsobject under the base item. On CSPriceAPI each phase is its own entry: the phase is appended to themarket_hash_nameafter the exterior, e.g.★ Karambit | Doppler (Factory New) (Ruby), and the row carries aphasefield. Match onmarket_hash_name+phase. - Keys. Both key items by Steam
market_hash_name, so your item mapping carries over, apart from the Doppler phase suffix above. - Throttling. Current-price polling needs no change: both allow 10 requests per second. Prefer one full
GETover many POSTs. History backfills need one request per skin per market.
Moving the other way? cs2.sh documents its endpoints in its llms.txt index. We don't reproduce them here.
FAQ
Does cs2.sh cover DMarket, Waxpeer or SkinBaron?
No. As of September 2026, cs2.sh lists six marketplaces: BUFF, Youpin, CSFloat, Skinport, Steam and C5Game. Its own alternatives page names these venues as ones it does not cover.
Which has higher rate limits?
Neither. Both allow 10 requests per second on every plan, with no monthly request cap. cs2.sh offers custom limits on its Enterprise plan.
Which is cheaper?
For current multi-market prices, CSPriceAPI: $50 vs $75. For "everything", the two are close: cs2.sh Scale is $200, CSPriceAPI Enterprise is $225. They contain different data, so compare the tables above.
Is there a free option?
Neither has a permanent free API plan. CSPriceAPI offers a free 2-day test key, created instantly in the #get-testkey Discord channel (every endpoint except price history; sales data limited to the last 24 hours). cs2.sh offers a free 2-day Developer-plan key after sign-up via a Discord ticket, plus a no-key demo.
About this comparison
CSPriceAPI publishes this page; we compete with cs2.sh. Every cs2.sh fact comes from cs2.sh's own pages, accessed 2026-10-09. If something has changed, tell us in Discord and we will correct it.
Sources
- cs2.sh, Pricing (plans $75 / $200 / custom, endpoints per plan, 10 req/s with no monthly limit, 2-day Developer trial, variants, history start dates): https://cs2.sh/pricing (accessed 2026-10-09)
- cs2.sh, Plans & Pricing docs (endpoint access per plan, Stripe billing, crypto payments): https://cs2.sh/docs/pricing.md (accessed 2026-09-26)
- cs2.sh, Data Coverage (six marketplaces, fields per market, orderbooks, variants, refresh rates, history start dates and request ranges): https://cs2.sh/docs/data-coverage.md (accessed 2026-10-09)
- cs2.sh, Using the API (10 req/s per user, 100 items per POST, variants, timestamps, supported currencies): https://cs2.sh/docs/using-the-api.md (accessed 2026-09-26)
- cs2.sh, Introduction (2-day developer key via Discord ticket, interactive demo): https://cs2.sh/docs/introduction.md (accessed 2026-09-26)
- cs2.sh, homepage ("full bid/ask prices for all marketplaces"): https://cs2.sh (accessed 2026-10-09)
- cs2.sh, llms.txt (endpoint list, currency conversion, no-key demo, no MCP server): https://cs2.sh/llms.txt (accessed 2026-10-09)
- cs2.sh, Best CSPriceAPI Alternatives (updated September 15, 2026; markets cs2.sh does not cover): https://cs2.sh/resources/best-cspriceapi-alternatives (accessed 2026-09-26)
- cs2.sh, Simplified Chinese homepage: https://cs2.sh/zh-cn (accessed 2026-09-26)
- CSPriceAPI, Pricing (plans, rate limits, plan contents): https://cspriceapi.com/pricing (accessed 2026-09-26)
- CSPriceAPI, Data coverage (markets, endpoints, Doppler, float-ranged): https://cspriceapi.com/docs/data-coverage.md (accessed 2026-09-26)
- CSPriceAPI, Quickstart (base URL, auth, test key): https://cspriceapi.com/docs/quickstart.md (accessed 2026-09-26)
- CSPriceAPI, OpenAPI specification (history parameters, Doppler naming,
phasefield): https://cspriceapi.com/openapi.yaml (accessed 2026-09-26)