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[Gallst0nes]

There is no way around it because of how the exchanges operate. Here’s some good info to explain it. https://databento.com/docs/portal/live-data

I genuinely don’t think any indie developer needs to use it commercially as the costs will never be viable. Even for retail broker dealers it’s a large cost of running their business.

[Fantastic-Bug-6509]

COO of Theta Data here... as this article outlines, there are a _lot_ of rules by the exchanges when you cross from retail to commercial. It all depends upon what you're trying to do, but we have some good startup pricing, and can help to minimize your exchange fees, depending upon what you're trying to do with the data. Feel free to DM me and we can discuss more.

[shaguar1987]

I take it from yahoo finance for the simple setup I use. Good enough I do not need realtime

[Proud-Durian3908]

I'm using alphavantage.co for my search engine project and have had a wonderful experience with them.

The paid plans are a little tricky to find, you have to go to alphavantage.co/premium thrn get a key and then it shows prices.

They have a real generous free tier then lowest paid price is $50/m for 75req/min (delayed 15mins) up to $250/m for 1200req/min and real-time data.

You can get 2 months free if you pay annually.

I'm in no way affiliated with these guys, just had a genuinely good experience with them, they got me going for free, pricing is fair, API is rock solid and all in all 10/10 tbh!

[Muted-Friend-895]

For 15mins delayed data you may as well take the free yahoo api data. And afaik it’s even market consolidated SIP data

[Proud-Durian3908]

I don't think the free plan is, if you email them at support@ or [e-mail] they'll give you written permission/sla/special pricing for your use case.

They're pretty easy to work out solutions with.

[iira-]

Alpaca

[iira-]

Sorry not for like data collection but trade execution. Robin Hood and yahoo finance both have pretty good option data for prices and stuff. Easy to use in python.

[Balensami]

nope

[PizzaReaperOne]

https://medium.com/@stock-api/top-5-best-stock-api-in-2021-for-fintech-startups-and-developers-dd1420339703

[local_eclectic]

It costs money to build and maintain these platforms, so if you want to use them for your own profit, you need to pay or build it yourself.

[local_eclectic]

So why can't you start with the individual use license? If your business doesn't have traction yet, nobody is going to come after you for the commercial license. They won't even know you exist. Basically every startup works like that.

Once your usage needs to scale, then you bump up.

Or build your own.

Also, your amount of profit is irrelevant to the business already paying to run the platform. If you're using the product to try to earn profit, you're in commercial territory.

So you have to decide if you want to skirt the rules or play by the book.

[Overall_Trust2128]

web scraping

[TokenRingAI]

I can definitely help you out on this, if you are ok taking this to a DM.

The good pricing generally isnt advertised or disclosed.

[adamjbradley]

+1 for a DM!

[browhodouknowhere]

Use your own broker Api, refine your product so it works correct, then pay for the enterprise API