Alpha Vantage
Free Stock APIs in JSON & Excel for realtime and historical market data

Alpha Vantage provides cloud-based financial market data APIs covering stocks, ETFs, forex, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and over 60 technical indicators. It offers both free and premium tiers for developers, investors, and researchers needing real-time and historical data in JSON, CSV, or spreadsheet formats. The platform also includes AI-powered market news sentiment analysis and MCP server support for AI agents.
Developers register for a free API key and query Alpha Vantage's REST endpoints to retrieve real-time and historical market data in JSON or CSV format.
software developers, quantitative researchers, investors, and students needing financial market data
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Alpha Vantage Inc.
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