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Alpaca

Alpaca (AlpacaDB, Inc.) · Financial analysis & investing

API-first US brokerage offering a Trading API, Market Data API and Broker API for stocks, ETFs, options and crypto, with paper trading

Apache-2.0FreemiumUsage-basedNov 2, 2026

Bloomberg Terminal

Bloomberg L.P. (FIGI Registration Authority) · Market & fundamentals data

Bloomberg's subscription workstation for market data, news, analytics, messaging and execution, with Excel integration and the BLPAPI library for C++, Java, .NET and Python

ProprietaryPaidEnterpriseLocalNov 2, 2026

ClickHouse

ClickHouse, Inc. · Analytical engines & OLAP

In-depth entry

Open-source columnar OLAP database server for fast aggregations over billions of rows, with MergeTree storage, SQL and a managed ClickHouse Cloud

Apache-2.0Open sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Databento

Databento, Inc. · Market & fundamentals data

In-depth entry

Usage-priced market data platform with normalized order-book (MBO/MBP), trades, OHLCV and reference schemas for futures, options and equities, delivered via historical, live and batch APIs in the DBN format

MixedUsage-basedPaidNov 2, 2026

DuckDB

DuckDB Foundation / DuckDB Labs · Analytical engines & OLAP

In-depth entry

In-process analytical SQL database that queries Parquet, CSV and Arrow data directly from Python, R, Node or the CLI

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Interactive Brokers API

Interactive Brokers LLC · Financial analysis & investing

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Programmatic trading and market-data access to Interactive Brokers accounts through the TWS API, the REST-based Web API and FIX

ProprietaryUsage-basedPaidLocalRedirected

Massive (formerly Polygon.io)

Massive (Polygon.io, Inc.) · Market & fundamentals data

Market data platform (renamed from Polygon.io in October 2025) with REST and WebSocket APIs, flat files and SQL access for US stocks, options, indices, forex, crypto and futures

ProprietaryPaidEnterpriseNov 2, 2026

Nasdaq Data Link

Nasdaq, Inc. · Market & fundamentals data

Nasdaq's marketplace for financial, economic and alternative datasets (formerly Quandl) with a REST API, time-series and table endpoints and Python, R and Excel clients

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidNov 2, 2026

Polars

Polars (Ritchie Vink and contributors) · DataFrames & array computing

In-depth entry

Rust-based DataFrame library with Python, Rust, Node and R bindings offering lazy query optimization, multithreading and Arrow-native memory

MITOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania · Market & fundamentals data

In-depth entry

Institution-subscribed research data platform from Wharton hosting CRSP, Compustat, TAQ, OptionMetrics and dozens of other vendors' databases with web queries, SQL, SAS, Python and R access

ProprietaryEnterpriseAcademicNov 2, 2026

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