DATA API CUSIP: DATABENTO
Databento
Institutional-grade tick data with pay-as-you-go pricing
QUICK FACTS · TERMINAL DATA LIVE
- Asset coverage
- US Equities · US Futures · US Options · Crypto · FX
- Historical depth
- 2004–present (varies by dataset)
- Data latency
- tick
- API types
- REST · WebSocket · SDK
- SDKs
- Python · Rust · C++ · Go · Java · C#
- Rate limits
- No hard rate limits on historical; live feed by subscription tier
- Data formats
- DBZ (native) · CSV · JSON · Parquet
- Affiliate
- — NO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-27
FIT PROFILE RATED
- API quality
- ★★★★★ 5/5
- Doc quality
- ★★★★★ 5/5
- Community
- medium
▲ Best For
- Quant researchers
- HFT developers
- Backtesting engines
- Academic research
▼ Not Ideal For
- Retail traders needing cheap real-time quotes
- Non-technical users
Pricing Plans
Usage-based
From $0
Pay-as-you-go for historical data; no subscription
Standard
$199/mo
Monthly subscription for individuals and small teams
Plus
Per-contract
For investment firms and institutional service providers
Unlimited
Per-contract
Complete historical access for institutional users
▲ Free Tier · $125 in free credits for new users (6-month expiry); usable on historical data
Head-to-Head Matchups
Run Databento against every other provider — 22 matchups indexed.
vs Data APIs · 17
Databento vs AllTick Databento vs Alpaca Databento vs Alpha Vantage Databento vs EODHD (EOD Historical Data) Databento vs Financial Modeling Prep Databento vs Finazon Databento vs Finnhub Databento vs IEX Cloud (Discontinued) Databento vs Intrinio Databento vs Marketstack Databento vs MetaAPI Databento vs Nasdaq Data Link Databento vs OANDA Databento vs Polygon.io (now Massive) Databento vs Tiingo Databento vs Tradier Databento vs Twelve Data
vs Brokers · 2
vs Prop Firms · 3