Twelve Data
Financial data APIs
Financial research software
Financial services software
- Features
- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
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What is Twelve Data
Twelve Data is a financial market data API platform that provides access to real-time and historical pricing data for equities, ETFs, forex, cryptocurrencies, and other instruments. It is used by developers and analysts to power trading applications, dashboards, backtesting, and data-driven research workflows. The product focuses on API-based delivery with multiple endpoints for time series, quotes, and technical indicators, typically consumed via REST and common programming languages.
Broad multi-asset coverage
The API supports multiple asset classes such as stocks, forex, and crypto, which helps teams consolidate data access behind a single integration. This reduces the need to manage separate vendor contracts and schemas for each market segment. It fits use cases where applications need cross-asset views (e.g., portfolio tracking or multi-market screeners).
Developer-oriented API access
Twelve Data is designed primarily for programmatic consumption, which aligns with engineering-led product teams. Common data retrieval patterns (quotes, OHLCV time series, indicators) are exposed as API endpoints that can be integrated into apps and analytics pipelines. This approach is typically faster to embed into custom products than GUI-first research tools.
Built-in technical indicators
The platform includes endpoints for technical indicators, enabling teams to compute common signals without implementing indicator logic from scratch. This can speed prototyping for charting, screening, and strategy research. It also helps standardize calculations across services when multiple components rely on the same indicator definitions.
Not a payments or banking API
Despite being in the broader financial services software space, Twelve Data focuses on market data rather than money movement or open-banking connectivity. It does not replace platforms used for account linking, KYC/AML, payouts, or payment facilitation. Buyers building end-to-end fintech workflows typically need additional providers for those functions.
Data licensing and coverage constraints
Market data products often have exchange-specific licensing rules and coverage differences by venue, instrument, and geography. Buyers may need to validate whether required exchanges, entitlements, and redistribution rights are supported for their intended use (e.g., public display vs. internal analytics). These constraints can affect production deployments, especially for regulated or commercial redistribution scenarios.
Limited research workstation features
As an API-first product, Twelve Data does not primarily function as a full-featured research terminal with deep fundamental datasets, news, and integrated workflows. Teams that need extensive point-and-click research, collaboration features, or curated datasets may need separate research software. This can increase tooling complexity for analyst-heavy organizations.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free ($0) | 8 API credits (800/day) + 8 trial WebSocket credits; real-time US, Forex, Crypto; technical indicators; spreadsheet add-ons; global trial symbols. |
| Grow | $79 per month (or $66 per month billed annually — $790/year) | 377 API credits + 8 trial WS; +24 markets vs Basic; some fundamentals; commodities; no daily limits; 99.95% SLA. |
| Pro | $229 per month (or $191 per month billed annually — $2,290/year) | 1,597 API credits + 1,500 WS; WebSocket support; 48 additional markets; pre/post US data; market movers; batch requests; more fundamentals. |
| Ultra | $999 per month (or $832 per month billed annually — $9,990/year) | 10,946 API credits + 10,000 WS; all markets; full fundamentals; mutual funds & ETF breakdowns; analysis data; priority support. |
| Enterprise | $1,999 per month (or $1,659 per month billed annually — $19,908/year) | 17,711 API credits + 15,000 WS; historical fundamentals; enterprise-grade security & compliance; dedicated support; 99.99% SLA; custom/volume pricing available. |
