A financialdata.net alternative with MCP and filings on the free plan
financialdata.net is a low-cost market and fundamentals REST API with a free tier of 300 requests a day and an MCP server reserved for its Professional and Enterprise plans. Equibles covers SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, 13F, insider and congressional trades alongside prices and options, and its MCP server is on every plan, including the free one. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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Equibles vs financialdata.net
This table compares current product positioning and published capabilities. It is not a benchmark of data accuracy or completeness.
| Criterion | Equibles | financialdata.net | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary shape | Document-grounded research layer with market datasets | Low-cost market and fundamentals REST API | Equibles for evidence; financialdata.net for cheap series [2] [4] |
| SEC filings | Filing search with line references, XBRL financials, filing-derived analysis | No filing text endpoint documented | Equibles when the filing is the source [2] [4] |
| Earnings calls | Speaker-attributed transcripts and briefs | No transcript endpoint documented | Equibles when the call is the source [2] [4] |
| Ownership and Congress | 13F, insider Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144, congressional trades | Insider Trading, Institutional Holdings, Senate and House Trading | Both cover the forms; check the fields you need [2] [4] |
| Market data | US daily prices, FINRA short data, live quotes and option chains on paid plans | Prices, intraday, international, forex, crypto, option chains, ETFs, mutual funds and ESG | financialdata.net for breadth beyond US equities [2] [4] |
| MCP server | Hosted MCP on every plan, same account as REST | MCP for Professional and Enterprise only, with each endpoint mapped to a tool | Equibles to use MCP without the upgrade [3] [5] [6] |
| Published price | Free plan plus self-serve paid plans | Free with 300 requests a day; Standard $29, Premium $69, Professional $149 and Enterprise $299 a month | Both start free; MCP starts at $149 a month on financialdata.net [1] [5] |
Beyond the checklist
The difference is documents, and who gets MCP
financialdata.net's documentation lists prices, international data, fundamentals and ratios, news, economic series, insider, institutional, Senate and House trading, option chains, ETFs, mutual funds, ESG and investment advisers, but no SEC filing text or earnings call transcript endpoint, and its MCP server is available only to Professional and Enterprise subscribers. Equibles starts from the filing and the transcript, keeps 13F, insider and congressional trades beside them, and serves MCP and REST from the same free account. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Bottom line
Who should switch from financialdata.net?
Stay when cheap REST price and fundamentals coverage is the whole requirement. Move when a filing passage or transcript quote has to come back into the model, or when you want the MCP server without upgrading to Professional. Both free plans cost nothing, so the test is which one answers your questions. [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.
No paid placement
Competitors do not pay for inclusion, and this page contains no affiliate links.
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 financialdata.net pricingFree, Standard, Premium, Professional and Enterprise plans, request limits and MCP availability
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2 financialdata.net documentationEndpoint catalog, including insider, institutional, Senate and House trading and option chains
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3 financialdata.net MCP serverMCP URL, plan restriction and supported clients
- 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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