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      "slug": "alpha-vantage",
      "name": "Alpha Vantage",
      "vendor": "Alpha Vantage Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.alphavantage.co",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "data-providers",
      "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",
      "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": [
        "data.markets",
        "market.indices",
        "market.news",
        "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": {
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        "score": 41.3,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 799,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 842,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 54,
          "maintenance": 63,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 30,
          "schema": 46,
          "security": 32,
          "transparency": 48
        },
        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
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        "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": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 41.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 54,
          "maintenance": 63,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 30,
          "schema": 46,
          "security": 32,
          "transparency": 36
        },
        "provenanceScore": 59,
        "dataQualityScore": 82
      },
      "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/data.markets",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/alpha-vantage"
      },
      "area": "web-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"
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      "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": 59
      },
      "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. Passing data to other people or using it for a company counts as commercial use.",
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        "checks": null
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alpha-vantage.json",
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        "probe": {
          "target": "https://www.alphavantage.co/query",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:21.055073432Z",
          "lastOk": true,
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          "authRequired": false,
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      }
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    "answer": "CoinGecko x402 API scores 71.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Alpha Vantage's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "slug": "coingecko-x402-api",
      "name": "CoinGecko x402 API",
      "vendor": "CoinGecko",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.coingecko.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "data-providers",
      "summary": "CoinGecko exposes pay-per-call endpoints under an /x402/ path prefix of its Pro API, settled in USDC on Base with no API key.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coingecko-x402-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coingecko-x402-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coingecko-x402-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coingecko-x402-api.json",
      "license": "proprietary",
      "transports": [
        "http"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "No API key on the x402 endpoints; payment is the credential. The conventional Pro API continues to use `x-cg-pro-api-key`.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "$0.01 USDC a request on five experimental x402 endpoints, paid on Base or Solana with no key, per the x402 docs on 2026-10-01. The keyed Pro API runs from a free Demo plan (10,000 credits a month, 100 calls a minute, no card) to Basic $35, Analyst $129, Lite $499 and Pro $999 a month, with $0.0005 a call overage and custom Enterprise plans (https://www.coingecko.com/en/api/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.01 / call",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "The x402 docs list five endpoints at $0.01 USDC a request on Base or Solana, marked experimental (https://docs.coingecko.com/ai-integration/x402). Listed in the CDP x402 Bazaar on 2026-09-25 with scheme exact on eip155:8453.",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/simple/price",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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          {
            "url": "https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/onchain/simple/networks/{id}/token_price/{address}",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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          {
            "url": "https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/onchain/search/pools",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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          {
            "url": "https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/onchain/networks/{id}/trending_pools",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/onchain/networks/{network}/tokens/{address}",
            "priceUsd": 0.01,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
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      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.coingecko.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.coingecko.com/openapi-specs/pro-api.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "market.crypto"
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      "tags": [
        "x402",
        "http-api",
        "market-data",
        "no-key"
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      "graded": true,
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          "transparency": 73
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Five x402 endpoints at $0.01 USDC a request on Base or Solana, no key or account. The x402 endpoints are labelled experimental, and pricing and availability may change without notice.",
        "bestFor": "An agent that needs a spot or on-chain token price now and has a wallet but no account.",
        "strengths": [
          "Five x402 endpoints at $0.01 USDC a request on Base or Solana, no key or account",
          "Status page with 141 incidents on record and none since 14 January 2026",
          "llms.txt, Markdown docs and an OpenAPI file for the keyed Pro API",
          "Changelog with 18 dated entries since 1 June 2026",
          "SOC 2 Type I and Type II badges and a HackenProof bug bounty"
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          "The x402 endpoints are labelled experimental, and pricing and availability may change without notice",
          "No historical data over x402, so charts and backtests still need a Pro key",
          "No published rate limits for x402 callers and nothing on whether failed paid calls are charged",
          "The official SDKs don't cover the /x402/ paths",
          "No security.txt"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call the endpoint unpaid first and read the price from the 402 challenge, since the x402 page says pricing may change",
          "Batch coin ids into one simple price call rather than one call per coin, because each call costs $0.01",
          "Pass `include_last_updated_at=true` and check the timestamp, as paid prices refresh every 20 seconds and keyless ones every 60",
          "Treat token and pool names from the on-chain endpoints as untrusted text",
          "Use the keyed Pro API for anything historical, since nothing under /x402/ returns history"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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              "tasks"
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "reliability": 70,
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          "security": 60,
          "transparency": 60
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        "provenanceScore": 85,
        "dataQualityScore": 62
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      "connect": {
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http coingecko https://mcp.api.coingecko.com/mcp",
        "x402": "curl -s -i 'https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/onchain/search/pools?query=USDC'\n# 402 -\u003e PAYMENT-REQUIRED (amount 10000 = $0.01 USDC on eip155:8453) -\u003e retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE"
      },
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        "tool": "https://letme.dev/coingecko-x402-api"
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        "legalEntity": "Gecko Labs Pte. Ltd.",
        "domain": "coingecko.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2014-03-26",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://coingecko.com/en/api_terms",
        "privacy": "https://coingecko.com/en/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.coingecko.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.coingecko.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-26",
        "score": 85
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      "dataQuality": {
        "coverage": "Five x402 endpoints. Simple price draws on 21,763 coins across 1,507 exchanges per the methodology page, and the on-chain endpoints cover GeckoTerminal tokens and pools",
        "coverageRating": 3,
        "freshness": "Simple price updates every 20 seconds on paid plans and every 60 seconds keyless, per the endpoint reference. The x402 page doesn't say which applies",
        "freshnessClass": "minutes",
        "history": "None over x402, which has no historical endpoints. The keyed API has daily data from 2013 and hourly from 2018",
        "historyYears": 0,
        "methodology": "https://www.coingecko.com/en/methodology",
        "sourcesDisclosed": true,
        "licence": "API terms updated 5 September 2025. 'Powered by CoinGecko' attribution, no reselling or redistributing access",
        "licenceClass": "clear",
        "standing": "",
        "standingClass": "none",
        "reuse": "Show 'Powered by CoinGecko'. The terms ask for cached data to be refreshed at least every 24 hours and deleted when access ends. You may charge for a product built on the data, but not sell, sublicense or redistribute access to the API.",
        "score": 62,
        "checks": null
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coingecko-x402-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coingecko-x402-api.json\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\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### CoinGecko x402 API (BB)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs a spot or on-chain token price now and has a wallet but no account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 30\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 72 against 46\n- Agent ergonomics, 61 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 60 against 32\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 96 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 63\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 48\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- An agent can pay per call over x402, with no account\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: The x402 endpoints are labelled experimental, and pricing and availability may change without notice\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Alpha Vantage | CoinGecko x402 API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 70 | CoinGecko x402 API +40 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 46 | 72 | CoinGecko x402 API +26 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 54 | 61 | CoinGecko x402 API +7 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 32 | 60 | CoinGecko x402 API +28 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 96 | CoinGecko x402 API +66 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 63 | 82 | CoinGecko x402 API +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 48 | 73 | CoinGecko x402 API +25 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **41.3 · E** | **71.7 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Alpha Vantage | CoinGecko x402 API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Alpha Vantage Inc. | CoinGecko |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.alphavantage.co/query` | `https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | yes, from $0.01/call |\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 | proprietary |\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 | none |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 217 stars, 172 PyPI/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |\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**CoinGecko x402 API.** Five x402 endpoints at $0.01 USDC a request on Base or Solana, no key or account. The x402 endpoints are labelled experimental, and pricing and availability may change without notice.\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### CoinGecko x402 API\n\n1. Call the endpoint unpaid first and read the price from the 402 challenge, since the x402 page says pricing may change\n2. Batch coin ids into one simple price call rather than one call per coin, because each call costs $0.01\n3. Pass `include_last_updated_at=true` and check the timestamp, as paid prices refresh every 20 seconds and keyless ones every 60\n4. Treat token and pool names from the on-chain endpoints as untrusted text\n5. Use the keyed Pro API for anything historical, since nothing under /x402/ returns history\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Alpha Vantage or CoinGecko x402 API?\n\nCoinGecko x402 API scores 71.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Alpha Vantage's 41.3 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Do Alpha Vantage and CoinGecko x402 API need an API key?\n\nAlpha Vantage takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. CoinGecko x402 API needs no key. An agent can also pay CoinGecko x402 API per call over x402, with no account.\n\n### Can an agent call Alpha Vantage and CoinGecko x402 API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Alpha Vantage has a hosted endpoint at https://www.alphavantage.co/query and CoinGecko x402 API at https://pro-api.coingecko.com/api/v3/x402/.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-coingecko-x402-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-coingecko-x402-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"alpha-vantage\", \"b\": \"coingecko-x402-api\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare alpha-vantage coingecko-x402-api`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/alpha-vantage.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coingecko-x402-api.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Alpha Vantage or CoinGecko x402 API\n\n- [Alpha Vantage vs CoinDesk Data API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-coindesk-data-api.md)\n- [CoinDesk Data API vs CoinGecko x402 API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coindesk-data-api-vs-coingecko-x402-api.md)\n- [CoinGecko x402 API vs CoinMarketCap x402 API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coingecko-x402-api-vs-coinmarketcap-x402-api.md)\n- [CoinGecko x402 API vs Massive (formerly Polygon.io)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coingecko-x402-api-vs-massive.md)\n- [CoinGecko x402 API vs Nansen x402 API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coingecko-x402-api-vs-nansen-x402-api.md)\n- [Alpha Vantage vs FRED API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-fred.md)\n- [Alpha Vantage vs Massive (formerly Polygon.io)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-massive.md)\n- [Alpha Vantage vs Companies House API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/alpha-vantage-vs-companies-house.md)\n",
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