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Financial Modeling Prep API Pricing, Free Tier, and Limits
Financial Modeling Prep provides API and spreadsheet access to market data, fundamentals, news, calendars, transcripts, ownership, and macroeconomic data. The free Basic tier is an end-of-day test plan. Real-time, global, transcript, 13F, intraday, and bulk access require paid plans. Display or redistribution requires a separate commercial agreement.
Best for
- Developers and analysts needing REST/WebSocket market data, fundamentals, calendars, transcripts, ownership, ESG, and macro datasets.
- Builders comparing affordable API vendors with free sandbox access and paid tiers that scale by geography, history depth, and rate limits.
- Spreadsheet users looking for Excel or Google Sheets add-ins backed by the same API data.
Watch out
- The Basic plan is capped at 250 API calls per day, end-of-day timeframe, and around 5 years of history.
- Ultimate unlocks global coverage, transcripts, ETF and mutual fund holdings, 13F holdings, 1-minute intraday, bulk delivery, and higher bandwidth caps.
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Pricing
Free • From $264/yr · Enterprise · 5 plans
Basic
Free sandbox for testing endpoints and exploring datasets (individual use).
Starter
Individual-use plan for real-time U.S. data, fundamentals, foreign exchange, and crypto.
Premium
Individual-use plan with longer history, intraday charts, and UK and Canadian coverage.
Ultimate
Individual-use plan with global coverage, transcripts, holdings, and bulk delivery.
Enterprise
Commercial plan for data display, redistribution, custom rate limits, and negotiated licensing.
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Key features
- Use one API for market data, fundamentals, news, calendars, macro indicators, ESG, ownership, analyst data, transcripts, funds, crypto, foreign exchange, and commodities.
- Tools for building with REST endpoints, WebSocket streaming for real-time stocks, crypto, and FX, an API playground, documentation, changelog, cycle-time pages, and a public status page.
- Access to real-time quotes plus intraday and end-of-day historical bars, with higher tiers adding longer history, technical indicators, 1-minute intraday charting, and bulk delivery.
- Access to standardized and as-reported financial statements, key metrics, ratios, financial scores, enterprise values, segment revenue, DCF models, and other valuation metrics.
- Calendar and corporate-action endpoints for earnings, IPO prospectuses, dividends, splits, economic releases, and related event research.
- Support for adding ownership and fund datasets on higher tiers, including ETF and mutual-fund holdings, 13F institutional holdings, insider trades, congressional trading, and ESG ratings.
- Analyst estimates, ratings, price targets, grades, market news, press releases, crypto and forex news, and earnings call transcripts where the plan supports them.
- Work from Excel or Google Sheets add-ins when spreadsheet users need FMP functions without writing direct API calls.
- Basic permits 250 calls per day. Starter adds real-time U.S. coverage, Premium adds deeper history and UK and Canadian coverage, and Ultimate adds global coverage, transcripts, holdings, one-minute data, and bulk delivery.
- Personal plans are for individual use. Data display and redistribution require an FMP Data Display and Licensing Agreement.
- FMP is data infrastructure, not a broker, portfolio accounting product, tax-lot system, or investment-advice service.
FAQ
Is Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) free?
Not entirely. Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) 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 Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) best for?
Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) is built for Retail Traders, Pro Retail, Institutional Investors, Quants/Developers, Analysts, Asset Managers + 2 more. It suits beginner, intermediate, and advanced users.
What platforms and connections does Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) support?
You can use Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) on Web and Desktop. Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) offers an API (REST and WebSocket) with APIKey authentication. Integrations include Excel Add-in, Google Sheets Add-on, Perplexity AI, Finance Toolkit, and Wisesheets.
Which markets does Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) cover?
Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) covers North America, Europe, APAC, LatAm, Middle East, and Africa. It tracks Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Funds, Currencies, Cryptos + 2 more. Identifiers include Ticker, CUSIP, ISIN, and CIK.
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