DATA API CUSIP: FINNHUB
Finnhub
Free real-time stock API with news, sentiment, and fundamentals
QUICK FACTS · TERMINAL DATA LIVE
- Asset coverage
- US Equities · Global Equities · Forex · Crypto · ETFs
- Historical depth
- 30+ years (daily); 1 year intraday on free
- Data latency
- second
- API types
- REST · WebSocket
- SDKs
- Python · JavaScript · Go · Ruby · PHP
- Rate limits
- Free: 60/min; paid: 300/min
- Data formats
- JSON
- Affiliate
- — NO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-23
FIT PROFILE RATED
- API quality
- ★★★★☆ 4/5
- Doc quality
- ★★★★☆ 4/5
- Community
- large
▲ Best For
- Indie developers
- Screener apps
- Sentiment / news analytics
- Global equities
▼ Not Ideal For
- Tick data / HFT
- Deep intraday history free tier
- Futures
Pricing Plans
Free
$0/mo
60 calls/min, real-time US + global quotes
All-In-One
$50/mo
300 calls/min, premium datasets, financials
▲ Free Tier · Free: 60 API calls/min, real-time quotes, WebSocket trades
Head-to-Head Matchups
Run Finnhub against every other provider — 22 matchups indexed.
vs Data APIs · 17
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vs Brokers · 2
vs Prop Firms · 3