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FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) vs FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) adds Financials, Acquisitions, and Regulatory Filings Monitoring coverage that FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) skips.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) includes Calendar, Data Visualizations, Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Interest Rates, PMI / ISM, Housing & Construction, Retail Sales, Consumer Sentiment, Yield Curves, Real Yields, APIs & SDKs, and Sheets / Excel Add-ins categories that FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) omits.

FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) highlights: Search institutions by name, FDIC certificate (CERT), website, and/or location; coverage for current and former FDIC‑insured banks reaching back to 1934., Datasets/endpoints: Institutions, Locations (branches), History (structural events), Failures & Assistance, Financials (call‑report metrics), Summary (annual aggregates), SOD (Summary of Deposits), and Demographics., and REST API with JSON or CSV output; Elastic Query String filter syntax (phrase matching, boolean logic, ranges); default result limit is 10, with a maximum of 10,000 per call plus `offset` for pagination..

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is known for: Access to over 840,000 time series from more than 100 official and third-party sources, all browsable and downloadable online., Official REST API covering both FRED and ALFRED, with endpoints for categories, releases, series, and sources., and Flexible output formats including JSON, XML, Excel, and CSV for easy integration..

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) offers mobile access, which FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) skips.

FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) logo

FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API)

banks.data.fdic.gov

Official FDIC hub to search FDIC‑insured institutions and programmatically pull institution demographics, branch locations, structural events (mergers/changes), failures & assistance transactions, Summary of Deposits (SOD), and financials. BankFind exposes a public REST API with JSON/CSV output and Elastic‑style filter syntax. Demographic data update weekly; financial data quarterly; SOD is annual (as of June 30). Keys are supported but currently not required. Bulk downloads limit: one quarter for financials and one year for SOD per request.

Platforms

Web
API

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

  • Search institutions by name, FDIC certificate (CERT), website, and/or location; coverage for current and former FDIC‑insured banks reaching back to 1934.
  • Datasets/endpoints: Institutions, Locations (branches), History (structural events), Failures & Assistance, Financials (call‑report metrics), Summary (annual aggregates), SOD (Summary of Deposits), and Demographics.
  • REST API with JSON or CSV output; Elastic Query String filter syntax (phrase matching, boolean logic, ranges); default result limit is 10, with a maximum of 10,000 per call plus `offset` for pagination.
  • ‘Common Financial Reports’ starter workbook and interactive docs to craft queries; field lists/definitions via YAML + glossary.
  • Bulk data: download helpers and constraints (e.g., single quarter for financials; single year for SOD) to keep payloads manageable.

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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) logo

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

fred.stlouisfed.org

One of the most trusted sources of macroeconomic and market data worldwide. FRED offers free access to charts, releases, Excel add-ins, and a public API. An API key (free) is required, with standard rate limits. ALFRED, the companion service, provides vintage datasets so you can see what was known at any point in time.

Platforms

Web
Mobile
API

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

  • Access to over 840,000 time series from more than 100 official and third-party sources, all browsable and downloadable online.
  • Official REST API covering both FRED and ALFRED, with endpoints for categories, releases, series, and sources.
  • Flexible output formats including JSON, XML, Excel, and CSV for easy integration.
  • ALFRED (the archival database) provides point-in-time vintages, letting you track historical revisions exactly as they were published.
  • Maps API delivers regional datasets with GeoJSON shapefiles for states, counties, MSAs, and more.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

1 overlap

Both tools cover this research theme.

Where they differ

FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API)

Distinct strengths include:

Financials
Acquisitions
Regulatory Filings Monitoring
  • Search institutions by name, FDIC certificate (CERT), website, and/or location; coverage for current and former FDIC‑insured banks reaching back to 1934.
  • Datasets/endpoints: Institutions, Locations (branches), History (structural events), Failures & Assistance, Financials (call‑report metrics), Summary (annual aggregates), SOD (Summary of Deposits), and Demographics.
  • REST API with JSON or CSV output; Elastic Query String filter syntax (phrase matching, boolean logic, ranges); default result limit is 10, with a maximum of 10,000 per call plus `offset` for pagination.
  • ‘Common Financial Reports’ starter workbook and interactive docs to craft queries; field lists/definitions via YAML + glossary.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

Distinct strengths include:

Calendar
Data Visualizations
Inflation Rates
Unemployment Rates
GDP
Interest Rates
PMI / ISM
Housing & Construction
  • Access to over 840,000 time series from more than 100 official and third-party sources, all browsable and downloadable online.
  • Official REST API covering both FRED and ALFRED, with endpoints for categories, releases, series, and sources.
  • Flexible output formats including JSON, XML, Excel, and CSV for easy integration.
  • ALFRED (the archival database) provides point-in-time vintages, letting you track historical revisions exactly as they were published.

Feature-by-feature breakdown

AttributeFDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API)FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Categories

Which research workflows each platform targets

Shared: Data APIs

Unique: Financials, Acquisitions, Regulatory Filings Monitoring

Shared: Data APIs

Unique: Calendar, Data Visualizations, Inflation Rates, Unemployment Rates, GDP, Interest Rates, PMI / ISM, Housing & Construction, Retail Sales, Consumer Sentiment, Yield Curves, Real Yields, APIs & SDKs, Sheets / Excel Add-ins

Asset types

Supported asset classes and universes

Other, Stocks

Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Stocks, Other

Experience levels

Who each product is built for

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Platforms

Where you can access the product

Web, API

Web, Mobile, API

Pricing

High-level pricing models

Free

Free

Key features

Core capabilities called out by each vendor

Unique

  • Search institutions by name, FDIC certificate (CERT), website, and/or location; coverage for current and former FDIC‑insured banks reaching back to 1934.
  • Datasets/endpoints: Institutions, Locations (branches), History (structural events), Failures & Assistance, Financials (call‑report metrics), Summary (annual aggregates), SOD (Summary of Deposits), and Demographics.
  • REST API with JSON or CSV output; Elastic Query String filter syntax (phrase matching, boolean logic, ranges); default result limit is 10, with a maximum of 10,000 per call plus `offset` for pagination.
  • ‘Common Financial Reports’ starter workbook and interactive docs to craft queries; field lists/definitions via YAML + glossary.
  • Bulk data: download helpers and constraints (e.g., single quarter for financials; single year for SOD) to keep payloads manageable.
  • Events & Changes (OSCR) search for structural, non‑financial activity; separate Bank Failures & Assistance dataset spanning back to 1934.

Unique

  • Access to over 840,000 time series from more than 100 official and third-party sources, all browsable and downloadable online.
  • Official REST API covering both FRED and ALFRED, with endpoints for categories, releases, series, and sources.
  • Flexible output formats including JSON, XML, Excel, and CSV for easy integration.
  • ALFRED (the archival database) provides point-in-time vintages, letting you track historical revisions exactly as they were published.
  • Maps API delivers regional datasets with GeoJSON shapefiles for states, counties, MSAs, and more.
  • Free Excel add-in enables direct downloads, refreshes, frequency conversions, and growth-rate calculations.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) and FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) both support?

Both platforms cover Data APIs workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) and FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) require subscriptions?

Both FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) and FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) ships a dedicated mobile experience, while FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

FDIC — BankFind Suite (Institutions & API) differentiates itself with Search institutions by name, FDIC certificate (CERT), website, and/or location; coverage for current and former FDIC‑insured banks reaching back to 1934., Datasets/endpoints: Institutions, Locations (branches), History (structural events), Failures & Assistance, Financials (call‑report metrics), Summary (annual aggregates), SOD (Summary of Deposits), and Demographics., and REST API with JSON or CSV output; Elastic Query String filter syntax (phrase matching, boolean logic, ranges); default result limit is 10, with a maximum of 10,000 per call plus `offset` for pagination., whereas FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) stands out for Access to over 840,000 time series from more than 100 official and third-party sources, all browsable and downloadable online., Official REST API covering both FRED and ALFRED, with endpoints for categories, releases, series, and sources., and Flexible output formats including JSON, XML, Excel, and CSV for easy integration..

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