{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "alpha-vantage", "name": "Alpha Vantage", "vendor": "Alpha Vantage Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.alphavantage.co", "kind": "http-api", "category": "market-data", "summary": "Alpha Vantage is a market data API for stocks, options, indices, forex, crypto, commodities, fundamentals, news sentiment, economic series and technical indicators. Agents call one REST endpoint with a function name, or the official MCP server at mcp.alphavantage.co.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alpha-vantage", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alpha-vantage.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alpha-vantage.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/alpha-vantage.json", "dns": "alpha-vantage.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp", "license": "Proprietary service under Alpha Vantage's Terms of Service. The MCP server, CLI and shared client in alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.alphavantage.co/query", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "marketdata-mcp-server" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "marketdata-cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "Self-serve key. A form at alphavantage.co/support/#api-key asks for a name, an organisation and an email address and returns a free key. REST calls send it as `apikey=` in the query string, the only method the documentation shows. One key per account, no scopes. To replace a key the pages tell users to email support. The hosted MCP server takes OAuth 2 (authorisation code with PKCE, dynamic client registration, one scope `alphavantage:read`), where the user enters the key on a consent page. An `?apikey=` MCP URL still works and is marked deprecated.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free key at 25 requests a day with no card, covering most functions. Premium plans are priced by requests a minute with no daily limit, $49.99 a month for 75 up to $249.99 for 1,200, or ten times the monthly price a year (https://www.alphavantage.co/premium/). Real-time and 15-minute delayed US data need a premium plan and a separate entitlement step. Commercial use is by written agreement with no public price (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$49.99 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API documentation, the premium page or the MCP server repository (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 217, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 172, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/", "registryName": "io.github.alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp", "capabilities": [ "market.prices", "market.history", "market.fundamentals", "market.news", "data.markets", "market.indices", "market.crypto", "data.company" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "api-key", "mcp", "oauth", "official", "python", "stocks", "forex", "crypto", "personal-use" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-03", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 41.5, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1190, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 63, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 46, "security": 32, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One GET endpoint covers about 130 documented functions, with a free key at 25 requests a day and an official MCP server whose tools are all marked read-only. The REST key travels only in the query string, errors come back as HTTP 200 with a text message, and no status page, SLA or OpenAPI document was found.", "bestFor": "A personal research or analysis agent that wants many asset classes, fundamentals, indicators and news sentiment from one key at a flat price.", "strengths": [ "About 130 documented functions behind one GET endpoint, each with demo URLs and sample code in Python, NodeJS, PHP and C#", "Free key at 25 requests a day with no card, and five public monthly plans from $49.99 (75 requests a minute) to $249.99 (1,200)", "Official MIT MCP server, hosted at `mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp` with OAuth (PKCE, dynamic client registration, one `alphavantage:read` scope) and read-only hints on every tool", "`outputsize=compact` returns the latest 100 points, and the MCP server caps a response preview at 32,000 tokens by default", "The vendor says it holds a Nasdaq licence for real-time and 15-minute delayed US data, and the terms name FRED as the source of economic and commodity series" ], "weaknesses": [ "The REST key is documented only as `apikey=` in the query string, with no scopes and no self-service rotation found", "Errors and limit notices return HTTP 200 with an `Error Message` or `Information` text field. No error reference, 429 or Retry-After guidance was found", "No status page, SLA, OpenAPI document, llms.txt, API version or API changelog was found", "The terms grant personal, non-commercial use only. Use on behalf of a company needs a written agreement", "PyPI still serves `marketdata-mcp-server` 0.3.1 from 16 March 2026, and an issue open since 4 September 2026 reports that it crashes on startup" ], "agentNotes": [ "Check every 200 response for `Error Message`, `Information` or `Note` keys before parsing data. The API does not signal failures or limits by status code", "Budget 25 requests a day on a free key. Real-time, 15-minute delayed and intraday US data, index data and several indicators need a premium plan", "Keep `outputsize=compact` unless full history is needed, and ask for `datatype=csv` on long series to cut tokens", "Use the hosted MCP server with OAuth at `https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp`. The `?apikey=` MCP URL is marked deprecated", "Confirm the owner's use is personal and non-commercial, or that a commercial agreement exists, before acting for a business" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 41.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 63, "payments": 30, "reliability": 30, "schema": 46, "security": 32, "transparency": 36 }, "provenanceScore": 64, "dataQualityScore": 82, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-08", "maintenance": "2026-10-08", "payments": "2026-10-08", "reliability": "2026-10-08", "schema": "2026-10-08", "security": "2026-10-08", "transparency": "2026-10-08" }, "last": "2026-10-08", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-10-08", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "uvx marketdata-mcp-server YOUR_API_KEY", "http": "curl \"https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=GLOBAL_QUOTE\u0026symbol=IBM\u0026apikey=$ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add alphavantage -- uvx marketdata-mcp-server YOUR_API_KEY" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/market.prices", "tool": "https://letme.dev/alpha-vantage" }, "area": "domain-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Premium, 75 requests a minute", "unit": "month", "usd": 49.99, "note": "personal use, no daily limit" }, { "item": "Premium, 150 requests a minute", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "personal use" }, { "item": "Premium, 300 requests a minute", "unit": "month", "usd": 149.99, "note": "personal use" }, { "item": "Premium, 600 requests a minute", "unit": "month", "usd": 199.99, "note": "personal use" }, { "item": "Premium, 1,200 requests a minute", "unit": "month", "usd": 249.99, "note": "personal use" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Alpha Vantage Inc.", "domain": "alphavantage.co", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.alphavantage.co/terms_of_service/", "privacy": "https://www.alphavantage.co/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service name Alpha Vantage Inc., cover the website and the application programming interface, and are governed by Massachusetts law. The site footer gives Boston, Massachusetts.", "The terms and the privacy policy are each served as a PDF at the URL given, so a reader that skips PDFs will not read them. The privacy policy is dated 25 August 2025. The terms carry no date, and the file's metadata shows a change on 27 August 2026.", "www.alphavantage.co/.well-known/security.txt and /robots.txt both return 404.", "No status page was found. The site links none, and status.alphavantage.co does not present a valid certificate.", "The changelog link is the MCP server's. No changelog for the REST API was found.", "No RDAP service answered for the .co domain, so the registration date is not recorded. The site's copyright line runs from 2017." ], "score": 64 }, "dataQuality": { "coverage": "Global equities, ETFs and mutual funds, US options and indices, forex, crypto, commodities, fundamentals, news sentiment and ten US economic series", "coverageRating": 4, "freshness": "Real time or 15-minute delayed for US markets on premium plans with entitlement, otherwise historical and end of day", "freshnessClass": "realtime", "history": "25+ years of daily and intraday equity history (intraday from January 2000), per the documentation", "historyYears": 25, "methodology": "https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#support", "sourcesDisclosed": true, "licence": "Proprietary, under the vendor's Terms of Service", "licenceClass": "clear", "standing": "", "standingClass": "none", "reuse": "Personal, non-commercial use unless agreed otherwise in writing. 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Alpha Vantage leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "benzinga", "name": "Benzinga", "vendor": "Benzinga", "vendorUrl": "https://www.benzinga.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "market-data", "summary": "Benzinga is a financial news and data company whose licensed APIs serve news, earnings and ratings calendars, analyst insights, transcripts, SEC filings, fundamentals and options signals over REST, websockets and webhooks, for firms that hold a content licence.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/benzinga", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/benzinga.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/benzinga.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/benzinga.json", "dns": "benzinga.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/Benzinga/benzinga-docs", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.benzinga.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "benzinga" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API token generated in the Benzinga console and sent as the `token` query parameter on every request, which the docs call Bearer authentication. No header option, scopes, rotation or expiry were found in the docs or the OpenAPI specs.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No prices are published. The docs say to email licensing@benzinga.com or call to get started, and the registration page is on www.benzinga.com, which answered 403 to our reader. The FAQ says each subscription carries its own rate limits and that a trial or sandbox is often available, without terms.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, llms.txt or the 11 OpenAPI specs (checked 2026-11-03).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 34, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.benzinga.com/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.benzinga.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://github.com/Benzinga/benzinga-docs/tree/main/openapi", "capabilities": [ "market.news", "market.fundamentals", "market.filings", "market.prices", "data.markets", "data.company" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "paid", "sales-led", "openapi", "llms-txt", "status-page", "webhooks", "python", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-03", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1001, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1349, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 0, "reliability": 60, "schema": 71, "security": 36, "transparency": 44 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Benzinga's news, calendar and transcript APIs are documented from 11 public OpenAPI specs with an llms.txt and a Statuspage. The token travels in the query string, no prices or rate limit numbers are published, the Python client was last released in February 2021, and the vendor's main site refused our reader, so its terms and privacy policy are unread.", "bestFor": "A licensed firm's agent that needs Benzinga's own newswire, calendars, analyst ratings and transcripts as structured data with deltas.", "strengths": [ "11 OpenAPI specs in a public GitHub repository, 80 operations, with enums on the calendar and news parameters and example responses", "llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every docs page at docs.benzinga.com", "`displayOutput` sizes news responses to headline, abstract or full text, and `updatedSince` deltas avoid re-reading history", "Statuspage with seven API components and no incident since 14 September 2023", "security.txt names security@benzinga.com and a disclosure policy" ], "weaknesses": [ "The API token is sent only as the `token` query parameter, with no header option, scopes or rotation found", "No prices, rate limit numbers, 429 guidance or SLA are published; sales is by email or phone", "www.benzinga.com returned 403 on every page, so the terms, privacy policy, registration and pricing were not read", "The Python client's last release is 1.21 from 8 February 2021 and the JavaScript client's last push is from 2023; the docs' SDK page is template text", "The changelog pages are empty, and the error responses in the specs don't match the examples (401 and 404 appear in examples only)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Keep the token out of logs; it can only travel as `?token=`, so strip query strings before recording request URLs", "Page through news with `page` and `pageSize` (max 100) and narrow by `tickers`, `dateFrom` or `channels`; a query can't pass 10,000 items", "Poll with `updatedSince` (news) or `parameters[updated]` (calendar, signals) rather than re-reading history", "An unknown or unentitled news node ID returns 200 with an empty array, not 404; treat empty as not found", "Don't plan on a free key; access starts with licensing@benzinga.com and a contract" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 56, "payments": 0, "reliability": 60, "schema": 71, "security": 36, "transparency": 13 }, "provenanceScore": 75, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-03", "maintenance": "2026-11-03", "payments": "2026-11-03", "reliability": "2026-11-03", "schema": "2026-11-03", "security": "2026-11-03", "transparency": "2026-11-03" }, "last": "2026-11-03", "oldest": "2026-11-03", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install benzinga", "http": "curl -H 'accept: application/json' \"https://api.benzinga.com/api/v2/news?token=$BENZINGA_TOKEN\u0026tickers=AAPL\u0026pageSize=5\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/market.news", "tool": "https://letme.dev/benzinga" }, "area": "domain-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Benzinga", "domain": "benzinga.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.benzinga.com/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "https://www.benzinga.com/page/privacy", "statusPage": "https://benzinga1.statuspage.io", "changelog": "https://docs.benzinga.com/changelog/overview", "securityTxt": "expired", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "The legal entity's full name was not read. The terms and privacy pages on www.benzinga.com, linked from the docs footer, answered 403 to our reader, as did every other page on that host. The docs name Benzinga and the GitHub organisation is Benzinga.", "www.benzinga.com/robots.txt (version 11 September 2026) allows /apis/ and the terms and privacy paths for all crawlers; the 403 is a bot check, not a robots rule. docs.benzinga.com/robots.txt allows everything except /cdn-cgi/ and /_next/, with Content-Signal ai-train=yes, search=yes, ai-input=yes.", "security.txt at www.benzinga.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@benzinga.com, a policy at /.well-known/security-policy.md and Expires 2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z, so it is expired.", "The status page is an Atlassian Statuspage at benzinga1.statuspage.io; the docs link it as API Status.", "RDAP for benzinga.com was refused (403 from rdap.org), so the registration date is unchecked.", "No terms clause on automated access could be read." ], "score": 75 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/benzinga.json", "live": { "slug": "benzinga", "probe": { "target": "https://api.benzinga.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-04T21:27:40.714331718Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 403, "lastMs": 90, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 129, "p95ms24h": 242, "samples24h": 62, "samples30d": 62, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 62, "ok": 62 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://benzinga1.statuspage.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T21:25:15.838432589Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "benzinga", "version": "1.21", "released": "2021-02-08", "seenAt": "2026-11-04T20:02:17.420788743Z" } ], "githubStars": 2, "pypiWeekly": 5539, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://benzinga.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "expired", "expires": "2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-11-04T15:53:46.560658527Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-04T21:27:40.714331718Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 30, "category": "reliability", "leads": "benzinga", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Graded as a hosted service. No status page was found. The site links none and status.alphavantage.co has no valid certificate (0). With no page there is no incident history to read (5). Limits are published with numbers, 25 requests a day on a free key and 75 to 1,200 a minute on premium plans (15). No 429, Retry-After or backoff guidance was found, and in our test calls a missing key and an unknown function both returned HTTP 200 with a text field (0). No SLA was found, and the terms supply the service as is (0). The REST API is generally available (10). Total 30.", "b": "Graded as a hosted service. Atlassian Statuspage at benzinga1.statuspage.io with seven API components (20). The incident feed holds 14 incidents, the newest on 14 September 2023, so the 90 days to 3 November 2026 are clean (30). No rate limit numbers are published; the FAQ says limits depend on the API and the subscription tier (0 of 15). No 429, Retry-After or backoff guidance was found in the docs or the specs (0 of 15). No SLA was found; the architecture page cites a 99.9 per cent availability figure as a claim, and the terms were unread (0). The APIs are generally available (10). Total 60." }, "scores": { "a": 30, "b": 60 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "payments", "leads": "alpha-vantage", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Five monthly plans are public with prices, sold by requests a minute and not by call (10). A free key gives 25 requests a day with no card (20). The key comes from a browser form that asks for a name and an email address, and no key API was found (0). Total 30.", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). No prices are published anywhere we could read; the docs say to email or call licensing and the APIs page on www.benzinga.com answered 403 (0). The FAQ says a trial or sandbox is often available, with no terms, length or card condition, and the registration page was unread (0). A person registers in a browser or by email (0). Total 0, with pricing and registration recorded as unchecked." }, "scores": { "a": 30, "b": 0 } }, { "by": 25, "category": "schema", "leads": "benzinga", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "The surface graded is the REST API, with the official MCP server noted. No OpenAPI document was found for the API. The MCP server's tools carry typed inputs generated from Python signatures (10 of 25). `/llms.txt` returns 404, and the only Markdown is the MCP README (3 of 10). Each function has a purpose statement, a parameter list and a premium marker, with little on when not to use it (13 of 20). Required and optional parameters are marked and allowed values listed in prose, while MCP inputs such as `interval` are plain strings with no enums (8 of 15). Every function has demo URLs and code in four languages, but no error responses are documented (8 of 15). The API has no version and no changelog. The MCP repository's changelog stops at 0.3.2 on 27 February 2026 with later changes under Unreleased (4 of 15). Total 46.", "b": "The docs are generated from 11 OpenAPI 3 specs in the public Benzinga/benzinga-docs repository, 80 operations, and the raw YAML is linked from the welcome page (25). llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page (10). Operations carry a summary and a sentence or two on scope, with little on when not to use a call (12 of 20). Typed query parameters with enums on the calendar (50) and news (9) specs, and the token as a query parameter (10 of 15). Examples on most operations, but the error responses in the specs are thin, 400, 499 and 500 on news, with the 401 and 404 bodies shown only as examples (9 of 15). Versioned paths (/api/v2) and three changelog pages that are empty templates (5 of 15). Total 71." }, "scores": { "a": 46, "b": 71 } }, { "by": 11, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "benzinga", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "`outputsize=compact` returns the latest 100 points, `datatype=csv` shortens long series, and the MCP server previews anything over 32,000 tokens with a link to the full data. No field selection (15 of 25). `limit` and time filters on news and a `month` parameter for intraday history, with no pagination elsewhere (10 of 20). Errors and limit notices arrive as HTTP 200 with free text under `Error Message` or `Information`, undocumented (5 of 20). Every call is a GET read, and all MCP tools carry readOnlyHint true and destructiveHint false (16 of 20). Few required parameters and sensible defaults. No official SDK, only a Python CLI and community libraries (8 of 15). Total 54.", "b": "`displayOutput` of headline, abstract or full sizes a news response, and `pageSize` runs to 100 (18 of 25). `page` and `pageSize`, ticker, channel, date and `updatedSince` filters, with a 10,000-item cap per query that the docs explain how to work round (18 of 20). Error bodies carry a code, an id and a message in the examples, but an unknown node ID returns 200 with an empty array and the spec's response list doesn't match the examples (10 of 20). Every data call is a read, with no safe-retry guidance; the webhook API registers endpoints (12 of 20). Few required parameters, but the Python client is from 2021, the JavaScript client from 2023 and the docs' SDK page is template text (7 of 15). Total 65." }, "scores": { "a": 54, "b": 65 } }, { "by": 7, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "alpha-vantage", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "The MCP server repository, which a workflow deploys to the hosted server, had its last commit on 3 October 2026, and the site footer says it was updated in October 2026 (30). No tags, and the newest PyPI release is 17 March 2026, so there are no dated releases in the last 90 days, though the repository shows over 30 commits since 21 July (8 of 20). Pull requests 14 and 18 were merged within a day and issue 16 closed in a day, while issue 17, a reported startup crash, has been open since 4 September. Support is by email (10 of 25). The server sits in the official MCP registry under the vendor's GitHub namespace, with no official SDKs (12 of 15). The published package leaves its `mcp` dependency unpinned, and the workflows deploy and publish without a visible test run (3 of 10). Total 63.", "b": "The docs repository had commits on 2 and 3 November 2026 moving OpenAPI specs from GitLab, and the robots.txt is versioned 11 September 2026 (30). Eight commit days between 23 October and 3 November 2026, all spec transfers, with no dated changelog entry anywhere (12 of 20). Support is licensing@benzinga.com, partners@benzinga.com and a phone line, with a status page; GitHub issue responsiveness was not read (6 of 15). The Python client's last PyPI release is 1.21 of 8 February 2021 and the JavaScript client was last pushed in July 2023, so no current official SDK (5 of 15). The Python client repository was pushed in March 2026 with no release; CI not checked (3 of 10). Total 56." }, "scores": { "a": 63, "b": 56 } }, { "by": 6, "category": "transparency", "leads": "alpha-vantage", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "A closed service under short terms that are clear on scope, personal and non-commercial by default, with the MCP server under MIT (15 of 30). The privacy policy of 25 August 2025 describes the website, keeps personal data 'only for as long as is necessary' with no periods, and no DPA was found. It does not describe the request analytics visible in the MCP server source (8 of 30). No deprecation policy. The MCP README marks the key-in-URL connection deprecated with no date, and the changelog flags breaking changes (3 of 20). Google Analytics, Mixpanel, GitHub, GitLab, PayPal or Braintree and Stripe are named, and data is processed in the United States (10 of 20). Total 36.", "b": "A closed service whose terms could not be read, since www.benzinga.com answered 403; the docs footer links them (8 of 30). The privacy policy was unread for the same reason, and the docs say nothing about retention (0 of 30, unchecked). No deprecation policy or dated notices; the changelog pages are empty (0 of 20). The architecture page says the platform runs on Amazon Web Services with Kong Gateway, with no subprocessor list or data location statement (5 of 20). Total 13." }, "scores": { "a": 50, "b": 44 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Alpha Vantage Inc.", "b": "Benzinga", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://www.alphavantage.co/query", "b": "https://api.benzinga.com", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Alpha Vantage's Terms of Service. The MCP server, CLI and shared client in alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp are MIT", "b": "none", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "io.github.alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-03", "b": "2026-11-03", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "217 stars, 172 PyPI/wk", "b": "34 stars", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Benzinga scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Alpha Vantage's 41.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Alpha Vantage leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Alpha Vantage or Benzinga?" }, { "answer": "Alpha Vantage takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Benzinga needs an API key.", "question": "Do Alpha Vantage and Benzinga need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Alpha Vantage has a hosted endpoint at https://www.alphavantage.co/query and Benzinga at https://api.benzinga.com.", "question": "Can an agent call Alpha Vantage and Benzinga without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 63 against 56", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 50 against 44" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "A personal research or analysis agent that wants many asset classes, fundamentals, indicators and news sentiment from one key at a flat price.", "slug": "alpha-vantage", "watchFor": "The REST key is documented only as `apikey=` in the query string, with no scopes and no self-service rotation found" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 60 against 30", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 46", "Agent ergonomics, 65 against 54" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A licensed firm's agent that needs Benzinga's own newswire, calendars, analyst ratings and transcripts as structured 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-financial-datasets" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-financial-modeling-prep.json", "title": "Alpha Vantage vs Financial Modeling Prep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-financial-modeling-prep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-finnhub.json", "title": "Alpha Vantage vs Finnhub", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-finnhub" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-intrinio.json", "title": "Alpha Vantage vs Intrinio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-intrinio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-massive.json", "title": "Alpha Vantage vs Massive (formerly Polygon.io)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-massive" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-financial-datasets.json", "title": "Benzinga vs Financial Datasets", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-financial-datasets" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-financial-modeling-prep.json", "title": "Benzinga vs Financial Modeling Prep", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-financial-modeling-prep" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-finnhub.json", "title": "Benzinga vs Finnhub", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-finnhub" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-intrinio.json", "title": "Benzinga vs Intrinio", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-intrinio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-tiingo.json", "title": "Benzinga vs Tiingo", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-tiingo" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-twelve-data.json", "title": "Benzinga vs Twelve Data", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/benzinga-vs-twelve-data" } ], "panel": null, "scores": [ { "alpha-vantage": 30, "benzinga": 60, "by": 30, "edge": "benzinga", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "alpha-vantage": 46, "benzinga": 71, "by": 25, "edge": "benzinga", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "alpha-vantage": 54, "benzinga": 65, "by": 11, "edge": "benzinga", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "alpha-vantage": 32, "benzinga": 36, "by": 4, "edge": "benzinga", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "alpha-vantage": 30, "benzinga": 0, "by": 30, "edge": "alpha-vantage", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "alpha-vantage": 63, "benzinga": 56, "by": 7, "edge": "alpha-vantage", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "alpha-vantage": 50, "benzinga": 44, "by": 6, "edge": "alpha-vantage", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Benzinga scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Alpha Vantage's 41.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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The token travels in the query string, no prices or rate limit numbers are published, the Python client was last released in February 2021, and the vendor's main site refused our reader, so its terms and privacy policy are unread." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-benzinga", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-benzinga.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-benzinga.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-benzinga.min.md" }, "markdown": "Benzinga scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Alpha Vantage's 41.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Alpha Vantage leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do market prices.\n\n- Alpha Vantage: grade E, 41.5/100, rank #1190 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alpha-vantage.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/alpha-vantage.json\n- Benzinga: grade D, 49.2/100, rank #1001 of 1349. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/benzinga.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/benzinga.json\n- Best financial market data APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/market-data/index.md\n- All 55 markets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/market-data/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Alpha Vantage (E)\n\nGood for: A personal research or analysis agent that wants many asset classes, fundamentals, indicators and news sentiment from one key at a flat price.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 63 against 56\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 50 against 44\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: The REST key is documented only as `apikey=` in the query string, with no scopes and no self-service rotation found\n\n### Benzinga (D)\n\nGood for: A licensed firm's agent that needs Benzinga's own newswire, calendars, analyst ratings and transcripts as structured data with deltas.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 30\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 71 against 46\n- Agent ergonomics, 65 against 54\n\nWatch for: The API token is sent only as the `token` query parameter, with no header option, scopes or rotation found\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Reliability: Benzinga +30\n\n- Alpha Vantage (30): Graded as a hosted service. No status page was found. The site links none and status.alphavantage.co has no valid certificate (0). With no page there is no incident history to read (5). Limits are published with numbers, 25 requests a day on a free key and 75 to 1,200 a minute on premium plans (15). No 429, Retry-After or backoff guidance was found, and in our test calls a missing key and an unknown function both returned HTTP 200 with a text field (0). No SLA was found, and the terms supply the service as is (0). The REST API is generally available (10). Total 30.\n- Benzinga (60): Graded as a hosted service. Atlassian Statuspage at benzinga1.statuspage.io with seven API components (20). The incident feed holds 14 incidents, the newest on 14 September 2023, so the 90 days to 3 November 2026 are clean (30). No rate limit numbers are published; the FAQ says limits depend on the API and the subscription tier (0 of 15). No 429, Retry-After or backoff guidance was found in the docs or the specs (0 of 15). No SLA was found; the architecture page cites a 99.9 per cent availability figure as a claim, and the terms were unread (0). The APIs are generally available (10). Total 60.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: Alpha Vantage +30\n\n- Alpha Vantage (30): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Five monthly plans are public with prices, sold by requests a minute and not by call (10). A free key gives 25 requests a day with no card (20). The key comes from a browser form that asks for a name and an email address, and no key API was found (0). Total 30.\n- Benzinga (0): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). No prices are published anywhere we could read; the docs say to email or call licensing and the APIs page on www.benzinga.com answered 403 (0). The FAQ says a trial or sandbox is often available, with no terms, length or card condition, and the registration page was unread (0). A person registers in a browser or by email (0). Total 0, with pricing and registration recorded as unchecked.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: Benzinga +25\n\n- Alpha Vantage (46): The surface graded is the REST API, with the official MCP server noted. No OpenAPI document was found for the API. The MCP server's tools carry typed inputs generated from Python signatures (10 of 25). `/llms.txt` returns 404, and the only Markdown is the MCP README (3 of 10). Each function has a purpose statement, a parameter list and a premium marker, with little on when not to use it (13 of 20). Required and optional parameters are marked and allowed values listed in prose, while MCP inputs such as `interval` are plain strings with no enums (8 of 15). Every function has demo URLs and code in four languages, but no error responses are documented (8 of 15). The API has no version and no changelog. The MCP repository's changelog stops at 0.3.2 on 27 February 2026 with later changes under Unreleased (4 of 15). Total 46.\n- Benzinga (71): The docs are generated from 11 OpenAPI 3 specs in the public Benzinga/benzinga-docs repository, 80 operations, and the raw YAML is linked from the welcome page (25). llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page (10). Operations carry a summary and a sentence or two on scope, with little on when not to use a call (12 of 20). Typed query parameters with enums on the calendar (50) and news (9) specs, and the token as a query parameter (10 of 15). Examples on most operations, but the error responses in the specs are thin, 400, 499 and 500 on news, with the 401 and 404 bodies shown only as examples (9 of 15). Versioned paths (/api/v2) and three changelog pages that are empty templates (5 of 15). Total 71.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: Benzinga +11\n\n- Alpha Vantage (54): `outputsize=compact` returns the latest 100 points, `datatype=csv` shortens long series, and the MCP server previews anything over 32,000 tokens with a link to the full data. No field selection (15 of 25). `limit` and time filters on news and a `month` parameter for intraday history, with no pagination elsewhere (10 of 20). Errors and limit notices arrive as HTTP 200 with free text under `Error Message` or `Information`, undocumented (5 of 20). Every call is a GET read, and all MCP tools carry readOnlyHint true and destructiveHint false (16 of 20). Few required parameters and sensible defaults. No official SDK, only a Python CLI and community libraries (8 of 15). Total 54.\n- Benzinga (65): `displayOutput` of headline, abstract or full sizes a news response, and `pageSize` runs to 100 (18 of 25). `page` and `pageSize`, ticker, channel, date and `updatedSince` filters, with a 10,000-item cap per query that the docs explain how to work round (18 of 20). Error bodies carry a code, an id and a message in the examples, but an unknown node ID returns 200 with an empty array and the spec's response list doesn't match the examples (10 of 20). Every data call is a read, with no safe-retry guidance; the webhook API registers endpoints (12 of 20). Few required parameters, but the Python client is from 2021, the JavaScript client from 2023 and the docs' SDK page is template text (7 of 15). Total 65.\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: Alpha Vantage +7\n\n- Alpha Vantage (63): The MCP server repository, which a workflow deploys to the hosted server, had its last commit on 3 October 2026, and the site footer says it was updated in October 2026 (30). No tags, and the newest PyPI release is 17 March 2026, so there are no dated releases in the last 90 days, though the repository shows over 30 commits since 21 July (8 of 20). Pull requests 14 and 18 were merged within a day and issue 16 closed in a day, while issue 17, a reported startup crash, has been open since 4 September. Support is by email (10 of 25). The server sits in the official MCP registry under the vendor's GitHub namespace, with no official SDKs (12 of 15). The published package leaves its `mcp` dependency unpinned, and the workflows deploy and publish without a visible test run (3 of 10). Total 63.\n- Benzinga (56): The docs repository had commits on 2 and 3 November 2026 moving OpenAPI specs from GitLab, and the robots.txt is versioned 11 September 2026 (30). Eight commit days between 23 October and 3 November 2026, all spec transfers, with no dated changelog entry anywhere (12 of 20). Support is licensing@benzinga.com, partners@benzinga.com and a phone line, with a status page; GitHub issue responsiveness was not read (6 of 15). The Python client's last PyPI release is 1.21 of 8 February 2021 and the JavaScript client was last pushed in July 2023, so no current official SDK (5 of 15). The Python client repository was pushed in March 2026 with no release; CI not checked (3 of 10). Total 56.\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Alpha Vantage +6\n\n- Alpha Vantage (50): A closed service under short terms that are clear on scope, personal and non-commercial by default, with the MCP server under MIT (15 of 30). The privacy policy of 25 August 2025 describes the website, keeps personal data 'only for as long as is necessary' with no periods, and no DPA was found. It does not describe the request analytics visible in the MCP server source (8 of 30). No deprecation policy. The MCP README marks the key-in-URL connection deprecated with no date, and the changelog flags breaking changes (3 of 20). Google Analytics, Mixpanel, GitHub, GitLab, PayPal or Braintree and Stripe are named, and data is processed in the United States (10 of 20). Total 36.\n- Benzinga (44): A closed service whose terms could not be read, since www.benzinga.com answered 403; the docs footer links them (8 of 30). The privacy policy was unread for the same reason, and the docs say nothing about retention (0 of 30, unchecked). No deprecation policy or dated notices; the changelog pages are empty (0 of 20). The architecture page says the platform runs on Amazon Web Services with Kong Gateway, with no subprocessor list or data location statement (5 of 20). Total 13.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Alpha Vantage | Benzinga | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 60 | Benzinga +30 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 46 | 71 | Benzinga +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 65 | Benzinga +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 36 | Benzinga +4 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 0 | Alpha Vantage +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 56 | Alpha Vantage +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 44 | Alpha Vantage +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **41.5 · E** | **49.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Alpha Vantage | Benzinga |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Alpha Vantage Inc. | Benzinga |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.alphavantage.co/query` | `https://api.benzinga.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Alpha Vantage's Terms of Service. The MCP server, CLI and shared client in alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp are MIT | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-03 | 2026-11-03 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 217 stars, 172 PyPI/wk | 34 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### Alpha Vantage\n\n- +0.2 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n### Benzinga\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Alpha Vantage.** One GET endpoint covers about 130 documented functions, with a free key at 25 requests a day and an official MCP server whose tools are all marked read-only. The REST key travels only in the query string, errors come back as HTTP 200 with a text message, and no status page, SLA or OpenAPI document was found.\n\n**Benzinga.** Benzinga's news, calendar and transcript APIs are documented from 11 public OpenAPI specs with an llms.txt and a Statuspage. The token travels in the query string, no prices or rate limit numbers are published, the Python client was last released in February 2021, and the vendor's main site refused our reader, so its terms and privacy policy are unread.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Alpha Vantage\n\n1. Check every 200 response for `Error Message`, `Information` or `Note` keys before parsing data. The API does not signal failures or limits by status code\n2. Budget 25 requests a day on a free key. Real-time, 15-minute delayed and intraday US data, index data and several indicators need a premium plan\n3. Keep `outputsize=compact` unless full history is needed, and ask for `datatype=csv` on long series to cut tokens\n4. Use the hosted MCP server with OAuth at `https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp`. The `?apikey=` MCP URL is marked deprecated\n5. Confirm the owner's use is personal and non-commercial, or that a commercial agreement exists, before acting for a business\n\n### Benzinga\n\n1. Keep the token out of logs; it can only travel as `?token=`, so strip query strings before recording request URLs\n2. Page through news with `page` and `pageSize` (max 100) and narrow by `tickers`, `dateFrom` or `channels`; a query can't pass 10,000 items\n3. Poll with `updatedSince` (news) or `parameters[updated]` (calendar, signals) rather than re-reading history\n4. An unknown or unentitled news node ID returns 200 with an empty array, not 404; treat empty as not found\n5. Don't plan on a free key; access starts with licensing@benzinga.com and a contract\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Alpha Vantage or Benzinga?\n\nBenzinga scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Alpha Vantage's 41.5 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Alpha Vantage leads on payments \u0026 pricing, maintenance \u0026 community and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Alpha Vantage and Benzinga need an API key?\n\nAlpha Vantage takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Benzinga needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Alpha Vantage and Benzinga without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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