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Alpha Vantage Review, Pricing, and Features
Alpha Vantage is an API-first financial data provider for developers, students, quants, and analysts who need a simple API key for stock, ETF, mutual fund, FX, crypto, options, commodities, fundamentals, news, sentiment, and macroeconomic datasets. It is strongest for learning, prototypes, spreadsheets, and personal API workflows, but the free quota is small, premium endpoints require membership, and commercial use needs separate licensing.
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Pricing
Free • Contact for pricing · Enterprise · 3 plans
Free
Lifetime free API key with access to most datasets, suitable for learning, prototypes, and low-volume personal use.
Premium membership (personal use)
Subscription API keys for higher-throughput personal use, unlocking premium functions such as full history, intraday, realtime/15‑minute delayed US data, and options APIs.
Commercial / enterprise licensing
Customized agreements for business and institutional clients needing exchange‑licensed realtime or 15‑minute delayed US market data and broader commercial rights.
Key features
- REST APIs for global stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, FX, crypto, commodities, options, technical indicators, fundamentals, and macroeconomic indicators.
- Access to daily, weekly, monthly, and intraday equity time series with split and dividend adjustment support where available.
- U.S. options endpoints for realtime and historical option chains with Greeks and implied-volatility fields on premium access.
- Access to fundamentals such as company overview, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, dividends, splits, shares outstanding, ETF profile and holdings, listings, earnings, and calendars.
- Alpha Intelligence endpoints for market news, sentiment, earnings call transcripts, top gainers and losers, insider transactions, and analytics.
- Access to FX, crypto, commodity, Treasury yield, GDP, CPI, inflation, unemployment, retail sales, durable goods, and other macro series.
- Official Excel and Google Sheets add-ins to bring API data into spreadsheets are available without building a full application.
- The official MCP server when AI agents or LLM workflows need to call Alpha Vantage datasets.
- The free key limit of 25 API requests per day; it works for low-volume learning and prototypes, not production usage.
- Premium personal plans for higher per-minute throughput, premium endpoints, full historical output, intraday history, realtime or 15-minute delayed U.S. data, and options APIs.
- Separate personal use from commercial use: exchange-licensed market data and business redistribution require separate onboarding and licensing.
Data partners
Exchange-licensed provider of realtime and 15-minute delayed US market data distributed via Alpha Vantage.
FAQ
Is Alpha Vantage free?
Not entirely. Alpha Vantage includes a free tier, but its paid subscription and other options unlock more capacity. Visit the vendor site for current limits and pricing. Enterprise quotes are handled directly with the vendor.
Who is Alpha Vantage best for?
Alpha Vantage is built for Retail Traders, Institutional Investors, Quants/Developers, Analysts, and Students/Researchers. It suits beginner, intermediate, and advanced users.
What platforms and connections does Alpha Vantage support?
You can use Alpha Vantage on Web. Alpha Vantage offers an API (REST) with APIKey authentication. Integrations include Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and MCP / AI agents (Claude, VS Code, Cursor, etc.).
Which markets does Alpha Vantage cover?
Alpha Vantage covers North America, Europe, and APAC. Examples include US, GB, CA, DE, IN + 1 more. It tracks Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Options, Currencies, Cryptos + 2 more. Identifiers include Ticker.
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