# Emission Comparison

## Overview

Rather than looking at emissions in isolation or the overall state of the market in [Crypto Market Emission](/features/emission/crypto-market-emission.md), **Emission Comparison** lets you see multiple tokens side by side, compare their upcoming releases, and visualize how much pressure each project is facing relative to supply.

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## Accessing Emission Comparison

You’ll find **Emission Comparison** in the top navigation, next to [Crypto Market Emission](/features/emission/crypto-market-emission.md), or through the sidebar.

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When you open it, you’ll see three panes at the top:

* **Total Value Unlock** shows the combined value of all unlocks, regardless of type.
* **Cliff Value Unlock** isolates sudden one-time releases (e.g., team or investor cliffs).
* **Linear Value Unlock** highlights tokens that are gradually released over time.

## Using Emission Comparison

Start by choosing your timeframe: one **week**, one month, or extended horizons of **+6 months** <i class="fa-square-web-awesome-stroke">:square-web-awesome-stroke:</i> or even **+1 year** <i class="fa-square-web-awesome-stroke">:square-web-awesome-stroke:</i>. You can add any project for side-by-side comparison. By default, the top tokens are ranked by highest emission percentage.

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You can choose to view emissions as percentages of **circulating supply** (reported by [CoinGecko](https://coingecko.com)) or by **unlocked supply** (the current released supply). Please see [Supply Metrics](/methodology/supply-metrics.md) to learn more about how we define various types of supply.

**Pro** users can also export all comparison data as a **CSV** <i class="fa-square-web-awesome-stroke">:square-web-awesome-stroke:</i> for deeper analysis.

## Why It Matters

Emission Comparison is especially useful when you want to put projects in context.&#x20;

* A single token release might look large in absolute terms, but when compared against peers in the same sector, you may find it’s relatively small.&#x20;
* Likewise, two projects might both unlock $50m, but if one is 2% of supply and the other is 20%, the impact is very different.

## Where To Next?

* See [Emission: Cliff, Linear](/methodology/emission-cliff-linear.md) to learn about how we categorize cliff and linear releases.
* See how you can utilize [Crypto Market Emission](/features/emission/crypto-market-emission.md) and [Emission Screener](/features/emission/emission-screener.md) together with Emission Comparison.
* Learn more about [CSV Download](/features/csv-download.md) and where you can use it.


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