DATA API CUSIP: ALPACA
Alpaca
Commission-free broker API with built-in market data
QUICK FACTS · TERMINAL DATA LIVE
- Asset coverage
- US Equities · US Options · Crypto
- Historical depth
- 7+ years (minute bars); limited tick
- Data latency
- second
- API types
- REST · WebSocket · SDK
- SDKs
- Python · JavaScript · Go · C#
- Rate limits
- Free: 200 req/min; Algo Trader Plus: up to 10,000 req/min
- Data formats
- JSON
- Affiliate
- — NO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-27
FIT PROFILE RATED
- API quality
- ★★★★☆ 4/5
- Doc quality
- ★★★★☆ 4/5
- Community
- large
▲ Best For
- Retail algo traders
- Python quants
- Paper trading bots
- US equity automation
▼ Not Ideal For
- International markets
- Deep historical tick data
- Options analytics
Pricing Plans
Free
$0/mo
Real-time IEX data + paper trading
Algo Trader Plus
$99/mo
SIP real-time data + unlimited API calls
▲ Free Tier · Free tier: real-time IEX feed, unlimited historical (15-min delay on SIP)
Head-to-Head Matchups
Run Alpaca against every other provider — 22 matchups indexed.
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