Nasdaq
Nasdaq, Inc. operates the Nasdaq stock exchanges and sells market data, index, and financial technology products. Its developer surface is Nasdaq Data Link (data.nasdaq.com): a Tables API (REST, api_key, JSON/XML/CSV, 10,000-row pages with cursor and bulk export), a Bulk Download API, a request-based REST API for real-time and delayed equities, indexes, ETPs and options (Nasdaq Cloud Data Service, OAuth client-credentials, customer-specific base URL), and a Kafka-based Streaming API delivered through first-party Java and Python SDKs.
Nasdaq is listed with 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Cloud Data Service (NCDS) — Kafka Streams, Cloud Data Service (NCDS) REST API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Data Marketplace, Financial Data, Fortune 1000, Kafka, and Market Data.
The Nasdaq catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Nasdaq’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 21 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Markets and Trading | mixed | 46.0 | - | - |
| Data Marketplaces (data providers on cloud data platforms) | mixed | 46.0 | - | - |
| Zoom App Marketplace and Partner Ecosystem (builders and partners on Zoom) | mixed | 46.0 | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 4
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Nasdaq Cloud Data Service (NCDS) — Kafka Streams
Real-time Nasdaq market data delivered over Apache Kafka (TLS) with SASL/OAUTHBEARER authentication against a Keycloak pro-realm token endpoint. Topics documented in the NCDS Ja...
Nasdaq Data Link Tables API
REST access to Nasdaq Data Link tabular datasets: GET /api/v3/datatables/{datatable_code}.{format} with row and column filters (qopts.columns), cursor pagination (qopts.cursor_i...
Nasdaq Data Link Bulk Download API
Asynchronous bulk download of Nasdaq Data Link tables: GET /api/v1/bulkdownloads/{datatable_code} with row filters returns a job (PENDING, RUNNING, SUCCEEDED...) and file URLs f...
Nasdaq Cloud Data Service (NCDS) REST API
Request-based REST API for real-time and delayed Nasdaq, BX, PSX and CQT equities (last sale, last trade, last quote, snapshot, trends, bars), indexes, ETPs and options chains/p...
Nasdaq API pricing
Rate limits
- Anonymous Tables API (10 minutes): combined limit of 20 calls per 10 minutes and 50 calls per day
- Anonymous Tables API (day): combined limit of 20 calls per 10 minutes and 50 calls per day
- Free API key (10 seconds): have a limit of 300 calls per 10 seconds, 2,000 calls per 10 minutes and a limit of 50,000 calls per day
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Nasdaq Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Nasdaq Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSEvent Specifications 1
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
Nasdaq Cloud Data Service (NCDS) — Kafka Streams
AsyncAPI 2.6 description of the Nasdaq Cloud Data Service (NCDS) public delivery surface. NCDS delivers real-time exchange data over Apache Kafka (TLS) using SASL/OAUTHBEARER ag...
ASYNCAPISpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Nasdaq — asyncapi rules
SPECTRALSecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Resources
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 3
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 4
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 1
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Nasdaq API — frequently asked questions
Does Nasdaq have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 4 APIs from Nasdaq, including Nasdaq Cloud Data Service (NCDS) — Kafka Streams, Nasdaq Data Link Tables API and Nasdaq Data Link Bulk Download API, and 1 more.
How do I authenticate with the Nasdaq API?
Nasdaq uses bearer-token authentication (4 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Nasdaq Authentication.
Is the Nasdaq API ready for AI agents?
Nasdaq has a Kin Score of 37.6 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.8 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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