A Financial Modeling Prep alternative with transcripts and 13F on every plan
Financial Modeling Prep is a broad, popular fundamentals and market-data API with a free Basic tier and an official MCP server. Its earnings call transcripts and 13F institutional holdings are listed under the Ultimate plan at $149 a month billed annually. Equibles serves transcripts, filings, 13F and insider data without a plan gate, on a free plan and through the same account on REST and MCP. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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Research layer
Quick verdict
The short answer
Choose Financial Modeling Prep when you want one of the widest fundamentals and price catalogs, with 30 years of history and global coverage on its paid tiers. Choose Equibles when transcripts, 13F and cited filing search must be available from the first key, or when the evidence itself has to come back into the model. [1] [2] [4] [5]
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Side-by-side
Equibles vs Financial Modeling Prep
This table compares current product positioning and published capabilities. It is not a benchmark of data accuracy or completeness.
| Criterion | Equibles | Financial Modeling Prep | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary shape | Document-grounded research layer with market datasets | Broad fundamentals and market-data API with MCP | Equibles for cited evidence; FMP for catalog breadth [2] [4] |
| Earnings call transcripts | Speaker-attributed transcripts and briefs on every plan | Listed under the Ultimate plan | Equibles when transcripts are the daily tool [1] [4] |
| 13F and fund holdings | 13F, ETF and N-PORT holdings on every plan | 13F Institutional Holdings and ETF & Mutual Fund Holdings listed under Ultimate | Equibles to read ownership without the top tier [1] [4] |
| SEC filings and insiders | Filing search with line references, XBRL financials, insider Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 | SEC Filings, Insider Trades, Senate and House trades | Both cover the forms; Equibles returns the passage [2] [4] |
| Market data | US daily prices, FINRA short data, live quotes and option chains on paid plans | EOD to 1-minute intraday, 30 years of history and global markets on paid tiers | FMP for history and intraday depth [1] [2] [4] |
| MCP server | Hosted MCP on the same account as REST, Claude first | Official MCP at financialmodelingprep.com/mcp with the API key in the URL; usage counts toward the REST limits | Both ship MCP; the tool set follows the plan [3] [6] [7] |
| Published price | Free plan plus self-serve paid plans | Basic free with 250 calls a day; Starter $22, Premium $59 and Ultimate $149 a month billed annually | Both start free; compare what each tier unlocks [1] [5] |
Beyond the checklist
The difference is which plan unlocks the evidence
Financial Modeling Prep's Basic plan is free with 250 calls a day of end-of-day data over five years, and its Starter and Premium tiers add rate, history and market coverage. Earnings call transcripts, 13F institutional holdings and ETF and mutual fund holdings appear on the Ultimate tier at $149 a month billed annually. Equibles puts filings, transcripts, 13F and insider data on every plan and gates live quotes and option chains behind paid tiers, so the document evidence is available before a purchase decision. [1] [4] [5]
Bottom line
Who should switch from Financial Modeling Prep?
Stay when its catalog breadth, price history and global fundamentals are what your product consumes. Move when you are paying for Ultimate mainly for transcripts or 13F, or when you want filing passages and transcripts returned as citable text into an agent rather than as bulk JSON. Both have official MCP servers, so a trial costs a connection string. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Methodology
How this comparison was verified
Equibles Research checked current first-party product, documentation and pricing pages on the review date. We compare material, verifiable workflow differences and state where the competitor is the stronger fit.
Primary evidence
Every mutable capability or price claim points to a numbered first-party reference.
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Clear limits
This is a workflow comparison, not an unperformed benchmark of accuracy, latency or completeness.
Evidence
Sources and review notes
Product claims and published prices were checked against first-party pages on . Features and prices can change.
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1 Financial Modeling Prep pricingBasic, Starter, Premium and Ultimate plans, call limits and Ultimate-only datasets
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2 Financial Modeling Prep developer docsEndpoint catalog, including SEC filings, insider, Senate and House trades, 13F and transcripts
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3 Financial Modeling Prep MCP serverOfficial MCP URL, key authentication and shared limits
- 4 Equibles data coverageequibles.com/docs/dataFilings, transcripts, ownership, Congress, short data, prices and options coverage
- 5 Equibles pricingequibles.com/pricingFree plan, paid plans and what each unlocks
- 6 Equibles MCP and REST guideequibles.com/docs/mcp-vs-restMCP and REST access patterns on one account
- 7 Equibles MCP server docsequibles.com/docs/mcpSupported clients and connection steps
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