An Intrinio alternative for individuals and small teams, priced from zero
Intrinio is an institutional-grade market-data vendor: US fundamentals, real-time equities and options feeds, long price history and a new MCP server, sold from $150 a month for personal use and $333 a month to start for commercial use. Equibles is a research layer for US filings, transcripts, ownership and market data with a free plan, self-serve paid plans and one account across REST and MCP. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Equibles
Research layer
Quick verdict
The short answer
Choose Intrinio when you need licensed real-time equity or options feeds, long options history and enterprise support. Choose Equibles when the work is filing, transcript and ownership research that an agent or a script should cite, and when the budget starts at zero. [1] [2] [4] [5]
Decision compass
Which product fits your work?
Side-by-side
Equibles vs Intrinio
This table compares current product positioning and published capabilities. It is not a benchmark of data accuracy or completeness.
| Criterion | Equibles | Intrinio | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary shape | Document-grounded research layer with market datasets | Institutional market-data feeds with SDKs and MCP | Equibles for research; Intrinio for licensed feeds [2] [4] |
| SEC filings | Filing search with line references and XBRL financials, over MCP and REST | Filing and XBRL endpoints over REST; not listed among the MCP domains in the launch post | Equibles when filings must be tools [2] [3] [4] |
| Earnings calls | Speaker-attributed transcripts, briefs and events | No transcript endpoint documented | Equibles when the call is the source [2] [4] |
| Ownership | 13F, insider Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144, congressional trades, ETF and N-PORT holdings | Institutional holdings by owner and security and insider transactions, over REST | Both cover the forms; Equibles also exposes them over MCP [2] [3] [4] |
| Options and real time | Option chains and live quotes on paid plans | Real-time and historical options with Greeks and unusual activity, real-time equities | Intrinio for options depth and licensed feeds [2] [4] |
| MCP server | Hosted MCP on the same account as REST, Claude first | MCP on every tier for Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and Cursor, across six data domains | Both reach the same clients; the tool set differs [3] [6] [7] |
| Published price | Free plan plus self-serve paid plans | Individual $150 a month; Startup $333 a month to start, rising to $999; Enterprise from $1,250 a month | Equibles to start free; Intrinio for contracted feeds [1] [5] |
Beyond the checklist
The difference is what the MCP server exposes
Intrinio's REST documentation covers SEC filings, insider transactions and institutional holdings alongside prices, fundamentals and options, but its MCP server launch post lists six domains: prices, options, fundamentals, estimates, ETF and fund holdings, and indices with corporate actions. Filings and 13F are not listed among them in that post at the review date. Equibles was built MCP-first, so filing search with line references, speaker-attributed transcripts, 13F, insider and congressional trades are all tools, and REST serves the same data. [2] [3] [4] [6]
Bottom line
Who should switch from Intrinio?
Keep Intrinio for licensed real-time feeds, options history and enterprise obligations. Move to Equibles when your questions are about filings, calls and holders, when you want those as MCP tools, or when $150 a month for personal use is the wrong starting price. The two can coexist: Intrinio for the feed, Equibles for the evidence. [1] [2] [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
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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 Intrinio pricingIndividual, Startup and Enterprise plans, phased pricing and the free trial
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2 Intrinio API documentationREST endpoints, including filings, insider transactions, institutional holdings and options
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3 Intrinio MCP server launch postMCP data domains, supported clients and plan availability
- 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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Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Does Intrinio have an MCP server?
Yes. Its launch post describes an MCP server included on every tier for Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and Cursor, covering prices, options, fundamentals, estimates, ETF and fund holdings, and indices. The post lists no filings or 13F domain, so at the review date those stay REST-only there; Equibles exposes them as MCP tools. [3] [4] [6]