Databento Plans Pricing
Databento combines usage-based pay-as-you-go billing with optional monthly subscriptions. New users receive free credit to try historical data. Streaming historical or live data is billed per uncompressed binary byte sent across the network (a per-GB rate that varies by dataset and schema); batch downloads are billed once and remain re-downloadable for 30 days. Subscription plans (Standard, Plus, Unlimited) bundle live access, longer history depth, and distribution rights, with additional historical data available at usage rates. All plans include unlimited API calls and downloads with no per-request fees.
Databento Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Databento on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 5 plans, covering free, usage, paid, and enterprise tiers, with named plans including Free Credit (New Users), Pay-As-You-Go (Usage), Standard, Plus, Unlimited.
Tagged areas include Market Data, Financial Data, Reference Data, Historical Market Data, and Trading.
Plans
New accounts receive US$125 in free credit toward historical data, valid for six months. No subscription required to start; usage draws down the credit.
- Historical Data Access
- Metadata and Symbology
- Batch Downloads
Usage-based billing with no subscription. Streaming historical or live data is charged per uncompressed binary byte sent across the network, at a per-GB rate that varies by dataset and schema. Batch downloads are charged once and can be re-downloaded for 30 days at no additional cost.
- Unlimited API Calls
- Historical and Live Access
- Cost Estimation Endpoints
Monthly subscription that adds live data access and bundled history depth (16+ years of L0, 1 year of L1, 1 month of L2/L3). Additional historical data is available at usage rates.
- Live Data Access
- 16+ Years L0 History
- Usage-Rate Historical Add-Ons
Monthly subscription (annual contract) with all Standard features plus external distribution rights, 16+ years of L1 history, a dedicated account manager, and connectivity options.
- External Distribution Rights
- 16+ Years L1 History
- Dedicated Account Manager
Monthly subscription (annual contract) with access to 16+ years across all data schemas, packet captures (PCAPs) included, and dedicated connectivity options.
- All Schemas, 16+ Years
- PCAPs Included
- Dedicated Connectivity
Sources
- https://databento.com/pricing
- https://databento.com/docs/quickstart
- https://databento.com/docs/api-reference-historical/metadata/metadata-get-cost
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