Best TensorCharts Alternatives (2026): Is It Down?

TensorCharts was a browser platform for crypto order flow: an order book heatmap, a trades heatmap, a large trades tracker, trades counters and a scripting module in JavaScript. Its site has not loaded since mid-2026, and some AI assistants still recommend it. No single tool replaces every part, so the best alternative depends on the part you used most.

• Crypto order book heatmap in the browser: TapeSurf, for every market on its 12 venues. Bookmap Web covers 12 major coins.
• Footprint and large trades on the desktop: ATAS or Exocharts.
• Scripts and custom indicators: ATAS or Quantower (C#), Bookmap (Java or Python), GoCharting (Lipi), Sierra Chart (ACSIL).
• Futures first, crypto second: Sierra Chart or Bookmap.

Is TensorCharts down?

We could not reach it. On October 24, 2026 tensorcharts.com returned HTTP 523, which means Cloudflare could not connect to its server. The last copy of the working site in the Internet Archive is from June 16, 2026, and the archive has no later copy.

We found no shutdown announcement. The last post on its X account is from June 23, 2021, and the changelog in its documentation ends in June 2018. The documentation site still loads.

What did TensorCharts do?

Its documentation describes these parts:

1. An order book heatmap and a trades heatmap, with a real-time chart rebuilt from the order book.
2. A large trades tracker, trades counters and a counters ratio chart.
3. Volume profile, VWAP, CVD, moving averages and automatic support and resistance levels.
4. A scripting module in JavaScript, with sound alarms and browser notifications.
5. Timeframes from real time to 1 day.

An alternative must replace the parts you used. A script user has fewer options than a heatmap user.

What are the best TensorCharts alternatives?

The table compares the tools that replace at least one part of TensorCharts. Prices are the vendor’s own, with the date we read them.

1. TapeSurf: the closest browser replacement for the heatmap

TapeSurf runs in the browser, as TensorCharts did, and is built around the order book heatmap. Every market on its 12 venues has a heatmap, altcoins included, and TapeSurf can merge the order books of several venues into one book. Footprint, volume profile, CVD, open interest, funding and liquidations are on the same chart. It has no scripting module and no 4-hour or daily candles yet. TapeSurf wrote this page, and the section on where it fits lists its weak points.

2. Bookmap: a liquidity heatmap with depth that changes by exchange

Bookmap shows the order book as a heatmap on Windows, macOS, Linux and the web, which covers the main view of TensorCharts. Its desktop app gets free crypto data from Binance, Bitfinex and more than 20 other exchanges, but its connectivity table lists different depth per exchange, for example up to 200 levels for Bybit. Bookmap Web listed 30 crypto symbols for 12 coins when we checked. Footprint comes as an add-on, and add-ons are written in Java or Python. The free Digital plan shows one symbol at a time, and paid plans start at $49/month (Global), or $39/month billed yearly. Pick it for BTC and the major coins.

3. ATAS: desktop order flow with C# indicators

ATAS is a desktop platform for volume analysis with footprint charts, a heatmap and C# indicators, so it can replace the studies and the scripts of TensorCharts. The main app runs on Windows, ATAS X (beta) adds macOS, and ATAS Web is an early browser prototype. Every plan has real-time crypto data from eight exchanges, and paid plans add a Big Trades history. Its built-in crypto connector gives limited order book depth. Pick it if you used the studies and scripts of TensorCharts more than its browser access.

4. Exocharts: footprint charts with crypto tick history

Exocharts is built around footprint charts, on Windows, macOS and the web. Its own crypto feeds cover Binance, Bybit and BitMEX with up to six years of tick data, and its site says that new pairs appear in less than 30 seconds. The site does not state an order book heatmap or a scripting language, so Exocharts replaces the trade analysis of TensorCharts rather than its heatmap. It does not accept crypto payments. Pick it if you read executed volume more than resting orders.

5. Quantower: heatmap and clusters on your own exchange account

Quantower is a Windows trading platform with a heatmap mode, cluster (footprint) charts and a C# API for your own indicators. It has no crypto feed of its own: you connect your account on Binance, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid or Deribit, and you can trade from the chart. Its free version has no cluster charts, volume profiles or VWAP. The All-in-One licence is sold monthly, yearly or for life, and single features are sold separately. On a Mac it needs a virtual machine. Pick it if you want to write scripts and trade in one app.

6. GoCharting: browser charts with Lipi scripts

GoCharting runs in the browser and on iOS and Android, with footprint charts, Market Profile and Lipi, its own scripting language. Its Crypto & Forex plan covers order flow for Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, Deribit and BitMEX. When we opened its terminal, we found no order book heatmap, so it does not replace the main view of TensorCharts. The free plan has real-time crypto charts, and the paid plan accepts USDC through Stripe. Pick it if browser scripts and footprint charts matter more to you than a heatmap.

7. Sierra Chart: futures first, with limited crypto depth

Sierra Chart is a desktop platform built for futures, with Numbers Bars (footprint), a market depth history graph and ACSIL studies. It runs on Windows, and on macOS or Linux through Wine. Its crypto data is free, but it provides no market depth for Binance symbols and no historical market depth for any crypto symbol, so it cannot rebuild a heatmap of past Binance orders. The free trial lasts 21 days. Pick it if you trade CME futures and look at crypto second.

Which alternative is closest to TensorCharts?

For a crypto order book heatmap in the browser, the closest tool is TapeSurf: it lists every market on its 12 venues and renders the heatmap on the GPU with WebGPU. Bookmap Web listed 12 major coins, each merged across exchanges. ATAS Web is an early prototype with delayed data on its free plan, and GoCharting runs in the browser without an order book heatmap.

How much of the order book does each heatmap show?

Depth depends on the tool and on the exchange feed. On Binance spot, TapeSurf keeps resting orders up to 67% below and 66% above the price. On OKX, the public feed stops at 400 levels per side. The table lists what each vendor states, with the source and the date we read it.

Is there a free TensorCharts alternative?

Several tools have a free tier:

• TapeSurf Free: 16 major coins on up to 4 spot markets each (Binance, Bitfinex, Coinbase, Kraken), one market for every other coin, 1 layout, 2,500 bars of chart history, real-time data.
• ATAS START: 1 exchange connection, 2 instruments at once, 3 indicators per chart, real-time crypto.
• Bookmap Digital: 1 symbol at a time, real-time crypto.
• Exocharts: On desktop, about 70 altcoin pairs on SHIB, DOGE and SOL. On the web, a 24-hour delay, or a few live pairs after sign-up.
• Quantower: 1 connection; no cluster charts, volume profiles or VWAP.
• GoCharting: 2 charts per tab, 1 device, real-time crypto.

Which tool replaces TensorCharts scripts?

No tool we checked runs TensorCharts scripts. They used JavaScript and TensorCharts data, so a script needs a rewrite. These tools have their own language or API:

• ATAS: C# through its API, on desktop.
• Quantower: C# through its open API, on Windows.
• Bookmap: add-ons in Java or Python through its API.
• GoCharting: Lipi, in the browser and on phones.
• Sierra Chart: ACSIL studies, on desktop.

TapeSurf has no scripting language yet. If scripts were the main reason you used TensorCharts, start with ATAS or Quantower.

Where TapeSurf fits and where it does not

TapeSurf fits if you used TensorCharts for its heatmap in the browser and you trade altcoins as well as BTC.

• Every market on 12 crypto venues, altcoins included, each with an order book heatmap.
• On Binance spot, a heatmap that keeps resting orders up to 67% below and 66% above the price.
• Candles from 1-second to 1-hour candles.
• Footprint, volume profile, CVD, open interest, funding, liquidations and a liquidation heatmap from real Hyperliquid positions, on the same chart as the heatmap.
• Order books merged across venues, for spot, perpetuals and dated futures.

TapeSurf does not fit, or fits less well, in these cases:

• You need scripts, custom indicators, TPO charts or backtesting. TapeSurf has none of these yet, and it has fewer analysis tools than the desktop platforms on this page.
• You trade on 4-hour or daily candles, which TensorCharts had. These timeframes are not on the TapeSurf chart yet.
• You want to place orders from the chart. TapeSurf does not trade.
• You need an API. It comes only with the Enterprise plan.
• You trade stocks or CME futures. TapeSurf covers crypto venues only.
• Your browser has no WebGPU. The heatmap and the order book need it.

How we checked

We checked TensorCharts on October 24, 2026, and the other tools on October 23, 2026.

• TensorCharts’ status comes from tensorcharts.com, the Internet Archive, its X account and its documentation site. Its former features come from its documentation.
• Tool facts come from each vendor’s own site. The tables link the source of each fact.
• The heatmap depth in the table comes from each vendor’s documentation.
• We opened Bookmap Web, the GoCharting terminal and ATAS Web with free accounts. ATAS Web is a browser prototype that showed only delayed preview data, so we did not measure its crypto heatmap.
• TapeSurf’s heatmap depth comes from its code and from its chart on three Binance spot markets and one OKX market. Its market coverage comes from a comparison of its market catalogue with each exchange’s public API.
• We did not test the paid plans of other tools. Prices exclude VAT where the vendor says so.

Our TapeSurf checks:

Heatmap depth: on Binance spot the TapeSurf heatmap keeps resting orders from 67% below to 66% above the current price. On other venues the exchange feed sets the depth. On October 23, 2026 we checked four markets. We zoomed the TapeSurf chart out until the heatmap showed all resting orders, then read its lowest and highest rows on the price axis.

• Binance BTC/USDT at 81,274 USDT: resting orders from about 41,500 to about 122,500 USDT.
• Binance WIF/USDT at 0.1926 USDT: resting orders from about 0.065 to about 0.32 USDT.
• Binance TIA/USDT at 0.5455 USDT: resting orders from about 0.18 to about 0.91 USDT.
• OKX LAT/USDT at 0.0005606 USDT: resting orders from about 0.000484 to about 0.000637 USDT.

On BTC/USDT the bid side ends near 50% below the price, because Binance does not accept a BTC/USDT bid below half of the recent average price. For scale, the Binance REST order book snapshot returns at most 5,000 levels per side. On the same day these levels covered BTC/USDT only from 80,664 to 82,326 USDT. The BTC/USDT heatmap had at least four days of history on 1-minute candles.

The OKX LAT/USDT heatmap ends where the OKX public order book feed ends: it sends 400 levels per side.

Market coverage:

• 10,241 markets in the TapeSurf catalogue, 8,335 of them crypto markets for 1,253 coins. 1,251 of the coins are altcoins, and 700 of these trade on two or more venues.
• Hyperliquid perpetuals: 178 of 178 listed (exchange API)

Checked on October 23, 2026. We compared the TapeSurf market catalogue with each exchange's public listing API on the same day. The eight Bybit dated futures listed at 08:00 UTC on October 23, 2026 were in TapeSurf by 09:44 UTC the same day.