# Alpha Vantage vs OpenBB (slim)

> OpenBB scores 60.3 (C) to Alpha Vantage's 41.3 (E) for market data. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenBB scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against Alpha Vantage's 41.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do market data.

- Alpha Vantage: E 41.3, rank #1076 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/alpha-vantage.min.md
- OpenBB: C 60.3, rank #592 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openbb.min.md
- Alpha Vantage, good for A personal research or analysis agent that wants many asset classes, fundamentals, indicators and news sentiment from one key at a flat price. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- OpenBB, good for Agents that need free macro, regulatory and exchange data (FRED, BLS, IMF, OECD, ECB, SEC filings, Treasury, Cboe options, Deribit crypto derivatives) behind one MCP server the owner runs. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 30; Schema & documentation, 73 against 46; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 54; Security & auth, 46 against 32; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Transparency & trust, 64 against 48. Also No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Alpha Vantage | OpenBB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 68 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 46 | 73 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 32 | 46 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 63 | 62 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 48 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Alpha Vantage | OpenBB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Alpha Vantage Inc. | OpenBB Inc. (code stewarded by OpenBQ) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.alphavantage.co/query` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Alpha Vantage's Terms of Service. The MCP server, CLI and shared client in alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp are MIT | Apache-2.0 for version 5 and later (29 September 2026); earlier releases are AGPL-3.0-only. Data returned by providers is under each source's own terms |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| MCP registry | `io.github.alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-03 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |
| Popularity | 217 stars, 172 PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |