Tickerbot vs Finnhub

Finnhub’s free tier is famously generous — and the next step up is $3,500 a month; when you outgrow free, there is nowhere to go. Tickerbot scales with you, from free to $29: the whole market as one computed table of every ticker × every signal — scan it live, replay any past moment, or subscribe to state changes.

Free plan. Every ticker, every signal, real-time data, all-time history.

head to head

The raw feed vs the computed table.

Finnhub hands you the raw feed; everything above it is your job. Tickerbot serves the whole market as one computed table — SQL in, answers out.

TickerbotFinnhub
Market dataOne computed table, every tickerRaw data across many endpoints
Signal compute411+ named signals, precomputedBuild it yourself
Query interfaceSQL across the whole marketREST, one symbol per call
HistoryReplayable — any past moment (as-of)Raw history series
Push deliveryWebhook when your condition matchesRaw websocket, 50 symbols on free
Paid path$29 → $79 → $199/mo$0, then $3,500/mo

the honest version

Where Finnhub fits — and where it costs you.

What Finnhub does well

  • One of the most generous free tiers in market data — 60 calls/min, real-time US quotes, websocket for 50 symbols.
  • Wide catalog: fundamentals, estimates, and a long tail of alternative data (sentiment, lobbying, patents).
  • Global coverage — international fundamentals and exchanges on the paid plan.

What’s left on your plate

  • The cliff: there is nothing between free and the $3,500/mo All-In-One plan. The moment your project outgrows free, the price jumps 100× — Tickerbot’s next step is $29.
  • The free tier is licensed for personal use — shipping a product on it isn’t what it’s for.
  • Raw data across many endpoints, one symbol per call — screens, indicators, and market-wide state are your compute and your storage.
  • The websocket streams raw trades for symbols you pick; watching for a condition across the market is your infrastructure.

pricing

Pricing, side by side.

Every Tickerbot plan gets the full universe, every signal, and all-time history — paid tiers buy rate and webhooks, not data. Full pricing →

TickerbotFinnhub
Free tierFree — $0 · 60 req/min · 10K calls/moFree — $0 · 60 calls/min · personal use
Entry paidHobby — $29/mo · 600 req/min · 10 webhooks— nothing between free and All-In-One
Mid tierPro — $79/mo · 6,000 req/min · 100 webhooks
Top self-serveScale — $199/mo · 60,000 req/min · 1,000 webhooksAll-In-One — $3,500/mo · 900 calls/min · global

get started

Get a key. Run a scan.

Free plan. Every ticker, every signal, real-time data, all-time history.