Pattern Databases
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The canonical Case Hardened blue gem database.
Best for: Case Hardened blue gem hunting
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Pattern Databases
Curated databases that rank paint seeds for skins where the pattern matters — Case Hardened blue gems, Crimson Web tiers, Marble Fade FFI, Doppler phases, and dozens more. Some show live listings filtered by seed.
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Indexes & Analytics
Pricempire
Multi-marketplace prices with a real public API and editorial indexes.
Marketplaces
CSGOSkins.gg
29-marketplace price aggregator with a built-in pattern database.
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Both tools aggregate CS2 prices across many marketplaces. Pricempire has a public API and editorial indexes; CSGOSkins.gg has broader marketplace coverage and a slicker shopping UX. Here's the trade-off in detail.
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Pattern Databases
CSBlueGem
The canonical Case Hardened blue gem database.
Pattern Databases
Dispattern
Multi-family pattern database — Doppler, Marble Fade, Crimson Web, more.
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CSBlueGem is the deepest single-source database for Case Hardened blue gems and tier rankings. Dispattern covers more pattern families (Doppler, Marble Fade, Crimson Web, etc.) but with shallower per-family depth. Pick by what you're hunting.
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Marketplaces
CSGOSkins.gg
29-marketplace price aggregator with a built-in pattern database.
Marketplaces
Buff163
Largest CS2 marketplace by volume — Chinese, but trade-friendly.
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CSGOSkins.gg aggregates prices across 29+ marketplaces and points you to the cheapest listing for an item. Buff163 is one of those listed marketplaces — usually the world reference and often the cheapest. Asking "which one to use" is mostly a question of whether you want to shop one source or all of them.
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Indexes & Analytics
Pricempire
Multi-marketplace prices with a real public API and editorial indexes.
Marketplaces
CSGOSkins.gg
29-marketplace price aggregator with a built-in pattern database.
VS
All three are reference price tools but answer different questions. Pricempire aggregates 7+ marketplaces and ships an API. CSGOSkins.gg covers 29+ marketplaces and is built for shopping. cs2.sh shows historical OHLC charts for individual items. They're complements more than competitors.
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Pattern Databases
CSBlueGem
The canonical Case Hardened blue gem database.
Pattern Databases
Dispattern
Multi-family pattern database — Doppler, Marble Fade, Crimson Web, more.
VS
Three depth-vs-breadth angles on CS2 pattern hunting. CSBlueGem is the canonical authority on Case Hardened blue gems. Dispattern covers more pattern families (Doppler phases, Marble Fade FFI, Crimson Web tiers). CSGOSkins.gg bundles a broad pattern database with cross-marketplace shopping — shallower per family but broadest reach. The right pick depends on what you're hunting.
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Pattern Databases
CSBlueGem
The canonical Case Hardened blue gem database.
Marketplaces
CSGOSkins.gg
29-marketplace price aggregator with a built-in pattern database.
VS
Both surface paint-pattern data, but at very different depths. CSBlueGem is the canonical authority on Case Hardened blue gems — tier rankings, percentage scores, live listings filtered by seed. CSGOSkins.gg ships a built-in pattern database alongside its 29-marketplace price aggregator — broader, shallower. If you're hunting a specific blue gem, the specialist is non-negotiable. For everything else, the aggregator's breadth wins.
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