dxFeed
dxFeed is a private financial market data infrastructure provider that sources, normalizes, and distributes real-time, historical, and on-demand data from 25+ global exchanges via low-latency APIs, serving buy- and sell-side institutions, quant funds, fintech platforms, and 6 million+ retail end users through direct, B2B2C, and OEM channels.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersMunich, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What dxFeed does
dxFeed is a financial market data infrastructure provider operating as dxFeed Solutions IE Limited, an Irish-domiciled private company affiliated with the Devexperts group. The company sources direct market data feeds from over 25 exchanges and trading venues across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC — including CME Group, Nasdaq, Cboe, ICE, Eurex, Euronext, Deutsche Börse, Borsa Istanbul, OPRA, CTA/CQS, UTP, and B3 — and normalizes them through proprietary feed handlers into a single QDS (Quote Data System) API accessible in Java, C/C#, Python, FIX, REST, and JavaScript. Its core technology stack handles 10 million messages per second, 2.5 million instruments, 200,000 concurrent streaming clients, and 99.99% uptime across six data centers plus AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI; its Historical Data Lake stores 3+ petabytes of tick-level data back to 1998 with 10 TB added daily.
The product surface spans real-time and delayed market data, historical data and Market Replay ("time machine"), Options Analytics (Greeks, implied volatility, theoretical pricing via Black-Scholes/binomial/MRR), ORCS multidimensional aggregation (up to 25x compression), Market Indicators, news aggregation (Dow Jones, Benzinga, MT Newswires, AquireMedia), and the cloud-native dxLink IaaS distribution platform. AI/ML products include Grenadier (autoencoder-based Level-2 anomaly detection), SummerFox (LLM-driven market reporting), Iceberg Detection for CME, and an ML clustering tool. Additional franchises include the Index Management Solution (calculation agent and IOSCO-compliant administrator for indices such as MIAX BRIXX, Small Cannabis, Clouty Musiq), Blockchain Oracle Solutions (Chainlink, API3), and a SEC Rule 6c-11 ETF compliance product.
dxFeed generates revenue primarily through recurring subscriptions and API licensing across retail, professional, and enterprise tiers; managed and professional services including feed consolidation and dedicated 24/7 support; index calculation and administration fees; historical data licensing (one-time and recurring, including AWS Snowball physical delivery); blockchain oracle licensing; and a B2B2C white-label subscription platform through which partner brokerages and fintechs reach 6 million+ end users. Named enterprise customers include TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, TastyTrade, PEAK6, MIAX, Benzinga, Bookmap, and Devexperts (parent), with the company reporting 27% YoY revenue growth in 2025 and a decade of consistent expansion.
dxFeed firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- dxFeed
- Legal name
- dxFeed Solutions IE Limited
- Website
- https://dxfeed.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- dxFeed is a private financial market data infrastructure provider that sources, normalizes, and distributes real-time, historical, and on-demand data from 25+ global exchanges via low-latency APIs, serving buy- and sell-side institutions, quant funds, fintech platforms, and 6 million+ retail end users through direct, B2B2C, and OEM channels.
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dxFeed industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Financial Market Data
- NAICS
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Real-Time Market Data Feeds & Terminals (FSAFAIAA)
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Where dxFeed is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Munich
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
dxFeed business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Market Data Subscriptions: dxFeed offers subscription-based market data feeds across multiple asset classes (equities, futures, options, indices, fixed income, forex, cryptocurrencies, spot) delivered via real-time APIs, with tiered pricing for retail, professional, and enterprise clients. Retail subscriptions are offered at discounted promotional rates (e.g., Spring Sale up to 64% off), with standard professional pricing thereafter.
- API Licensing and Data Access: Revenue from licensing proprietary APIs (Java, C/C#, Python, FIX, REST, JavaScript) for accessing real-time, historical, and calculated market data. dxFeed's QDS infrastructure delivers data via low-latency APIs, supporting both direct enterprise licensing and developer self-serve access.
- Index Calculation and Administration Services: dxFeed serves as a calculation agent and administrator for third-party index families (e.g., The Small Exchange, MIAX BRIXX, Clouty Musiq). Provides end-to-end index management including calculation, rebalancing, corporate action processing, and IOSCO-compliant governance, typically on a fee-per-index or subscription basis.
- Historical Data Services: One-time and recurring fees for historical tick-level and aggregated market data accessible via REST API, direct downloads (CSV), AWS Snowball physical delivery for large datasets, and cloud-based Market Replay service. Historical data spans back to 1998 with 3+ petabytes stored.
- B2B2C Subscription Platform: dxFeed operates an end-to-end B2B2C subscription platform where partner firms (brokerages, fintech platforms) white-label dxFeed data to their customers. dxFeed handles all operations with exchanges (including reporting and audits), providing new data products to end customers on behalf of partners. Partners focus on core business development while dxFeed manages compliance and data delivery.
- Blockchain Oracle Services: dxFeed publishes real-time financial market data (cryptocurrencies, equities, indices, forex) to blockchain networks via oracle nodes. Supports both consensus oracle models (Chainlink node) and first-party oracle models (API3), enabling smart contract-based DeFi and DEX trading products.
- Professional and Managed Services: Managed data services including Feed Consolidator Service, ORCS aggregation, compliance solutions (SEC Rule 6c-11 ETF solution), and dedicated 24/7 support. Tailored setup and connectivity services for enterprise clients, including connectivity to major data centers (NY4, CH1, FR2, LD4, ZH4) and cloud endpoints (AWS).
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Monthly | dxFeed Scanner for Cboe One Feed — real-time quotes and trades data from all four Cboe equity exchanges |
| Subscription | Monthly | dxFeed Market Indicator — real-time market indicator data |
| Subscription | Monthly | Cboe EDGX Equities Market Depth — top-of-book and depth-of-book quotations on Cboe EDGX |
| Subscription | Monthly | Forex Composite Feeds — consolidated forex pricing from multiple major contributors |
| Subscription | Monthly | Nasdaq Global Indices Data — consolidated Nasdaq indexes and ETF valuation data |
| Freemium | Monthly | Full Retail Data Subscription — institutional-grade market data for retail traders |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels8 records
dxFeed product offering
Product offeringCore offering
dxFeed is a financial market data provider that sources, stores, and distributes direct market data feeds from exchanges. The company offers real-time, delayed, and historical market data alongside analytics, AI-driven intelligence, and blockchain oracle services for trading firms, brokers, and financial platforms. Through its Retail Services offering, dxFeed also enables white-label B2B2C delivery so brokers can serve retail traders.
Product overview
dxFeed is a comprehensive financial market data and technology platform organized as a core data platform supplemented by multiple specialized modules and AI-powered solutions. The core product is dxFeed Market Data, providing real-time, delayed, historical, and on-demand feeds across all major asset classes (equities, futures, options, indices, fixed income, forex, cryptocurrencies, spot) sourced directly from exchanges worldwide, delivered via low-latency APIs with 99.99% uptime. The data platform is augmented by specialized services including: Real-time and Delayed Data Service (streaming normalized feeds), Historical Data Services (tick-level storage, Market Replay, Aggregated Data Services, ORCS multidimensional aggregation), Options Analytics (theoretical prices, Greeks, implied volatility), Market Indicators, and News Data Feed. AI and quantitative solutions include SummerFox (AI-driven reporting engine using LLMs), Grenadier (Level 2 anomaly detection via unsupervised autoencoder ML), Iceberg Detection (CME iceberg order detection), Machine Learning clustering, and Historical Data Lake (HDL with ML/AI integration). Infrastructure products include dxLink (cloud-native IaaS for market data delivery), Index Management Solution (electronic index platform), Blockchain Oracle Solutions (Chainlink and API3 integration), and Virtual/Augmented Reality Analytics. Visualization and market search tools include dxAnalytics, dxFeed Widgets, Inforider, dxFeed Radar, Options Scanner, Alert Service. Compliance solutions cover SEC Rule 6c-11 ETF reporting. Retail B2B2C services provide end-to-end subscription platforms for market data distribution. Connectivity partnerships span over 15 trading platforms including ATAS, Bookmap, NinjaTrader, Quantower, MotiveWave, and others.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- SummerFox: AI-driven market reporting engine delivering comprehensive market reports through web interfaces or programmatic APIs.
- Grenadier
- dxLink
- dxAnalytics
- dxFeed Holographic Solution
Products and services
- Market Data Platform Core platform providing real-time, delayed, and historical market data feeds sourced directly from exchanges for trading firms, brokerages, and financial platforms.
- dxLink Cloud-native market data feed delivery service designed for low-latency distribution.
- Historical Data Lake (HDL) Repository and access layer for historical market data, supporting research and backtesting.
- SummerFox AI-driven market intelligence product built on top of dxFeed's market data feeds.
- Grenadier Level 2 (order book) anomaly detection solution for market microstructure analysis.
- Iceberg Detection Solution Detects hidden large orders (icebergs) in order book data for trading intelligence.
- Index Management Solution Tools and services for creating and managing custom market indices.
- Blockchain Oracle Solutions Market data feeds delivered to blockchain smart contracts via oracle infrastructure.
- dxAnalytics Analytics tools built on top of dxFeed's market data feeds.
- Inforider Information product providing market insights and data to trading clients.
- dxFeed Radar Monitoring and surveillance product for market data activity.
- Alert Service Configurable alerting on market data events and conditions.
- Options Scanner Scanning tool for options market opportunities.
- Aggregated Overnight Feed Aggregated market data feed covering overnight trading sessions.
- Event-Based Contracts Market Data Feed Specialized market data feed for event-based contracts.
- ORCS (Multidimensional Aggregation) On-the-fly real-time aggregation engine for multidimensional market data analytics.
- Options Analytics Analytics product for options market data.
- Market Replay Tool for replaying historical market data sessions for analysis and backtesting.
- dxFeed Retail Services White-label B2B2C market data offering enabling brokers to deliver retail-facing market data services to end-consumer traders.
Quantifiable outcome
- 99.99% uptime SLA achieved through proven data collection and delivery systems
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use dxFeed
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
dxFeed technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration66 records
AI capability10 records
Feature8 records
dxFeed partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
27 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- KalshicoredxFeed introduced an Event-Based Contracts (EBC) Market Data Feed, adding Kalshi — a CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange — as a data source. The new gateway normalizes Kalshi's binary outcome market data into dxFeed's existing infrastructure, providing real-time and reference data to clients including quant funds and trading platforms. Demand for prediction market data has grown significantly among institutional clients.
- Devexperts (DXtrade)coreDevexperts integrated dxFeed's Grenadier anomaly detection tool into its DXtrade multi-asset trading platform. Grenadier analyzes Level 2 order book data in real-time using deep learning to detect market anomalies and regime changes, producing an anomaly score. The tool is available to institutions licensing the DXtrade platform.
- Eugene Investment & FuturescoreEugene Investment & Futures partnered with Devexperts to integrate US options via a new platform launched in South Korea's leading mobile payment app. The platform provides real-time market data, analytics, and user customization, aiming to democratize institutional-grade trading tools for retail traders in South Korea. This initiative is expected to expand the retail options market and attract more traders with sophisticated features.
- Silicon Data and RefinitivminorSilicon Data partnered with Refinitiv to launch GPU performance indexes (H100 Index and A100 Index) on Refinitiv's financial data platform, with dxFeed providing market data and index management integration. The indexes aim to provide transparency into GPU performance and supply-demand dynamics as AI adoption accelerates, democratizing access to AI compute cost intelligence for investors, enterprises, and policymakers.
- XFlow TradingminordxFeed Retail expanded its partner ecosystem with XFlow Trading, adding another channel partner to its B2B2C subscription platform for market data distribution to retail traders.
- MorningstarcoredxFeed integrates Morningstar fundamental data into its global fundamentals database, providing asset classification, financial health grades, growth grades, company profiles, corporate actions, ownership data, and price data. Morningstar data is sourced via fundamentals.morningstar.com.
- LukkacoredxFeed provides normalized cryptocurrency market data sourced from Lukka, covering all main cryptocurrencies from the top 20 crypto exchanges. Lukka is a institutional crypto data provider ensuring data quality and compliance.
- Dow JonescoredxFeed aggregates financial news from Dow Jones (including Dow Jones Top Stories and Dow Jones Professional Newswire), providing real-time, comprehensive news and data on events that move markets. Dow Jones covers multiple asset classes and provides original editorial content.
- BenzingadxFeed provides real-time stock news from Benzinga via its news data feed, enabling traders to access timely market-moving news alongside price data.
- MT NewswirescoredxFeed aggregates multi-asset class real-time news briefs from MT Newswires, providing digital news content across markets.
- AquireMedia (Naviga)coredxFeed distributes curated real-time news, multimedia, data, and alerts from AquireMedia (a Naviga, Inc. company) through its news data feed, providing additional comprehensive news coverage.
- CME Group (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX)coredxFeed connects feed handlers directly to CME Group exchanges (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, COMEX) for futures and futures options data across agricultural, energy, metals, FX, and equity index products.
- ICE (ICE Futures U.S., ICE Futures Europe)coredxFeed provides Level 1 and Full Order Depth data for futures and futures options contracts from ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Futures Europe, covering soft commodities, natural gas, power, equity indexes, FX, crude oil, interest rates, coal, emissions, and soft commodities.
- NasdaqcoredxFeed integrates Nasdaq TotalView (full order depth), Nasdaq Basic, Nasdaq Last Sale, Nasdaq Level 2, and order imbalance data for auction insights. Also provides Nasdaq Global Index Data feed and Nasdaq Fund Network for fixed income/mutual fund data.
- Cboe (Cboe One Feed, Cboe FX, Cboe Europe)coredxFeed aggregates data from Cboe equity exchanges (BZX, BYX, EDGX, EDGA), Cboe FX (multi-contributor forex), and Cboe Europe Equities (depth of book across 18 European markets covering 6,000+ securities).
- EurexcoredxFeed provides futures and futures options data from Eurex exchange on all European stocks, as well as equity options on over 750 of the most popular European underlyings.
- EuronextcoredxFeed provides futures and single stock options data from Euronext, covering hundreds of leading European companies and financial derivatives for equities and indices.
- Deutsche Börse (gettex, Tradegate)coredxFeed provides market data from gettex (Deutsche Börse's Munich exchange) for shares, funds, ETPs, investment and structured products, and from Tradegate Exchange (operated under Deutsche Börse Group) for Level 1 quote and last sale data.
- S&P Dow Jones IndicescoredxFeed provides access to S&P Dow Jones Indices data feeds including iconic financial market indicators such as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, covering investable and benchmark indices.
- FTSE RussellcoredxFeed provides FTSE Russell Indices data covering both US and global equities, and FTSE UK Index Series measuring all capital and industry segments of the UK equity market.
- The Small ExchangecoreThe Small Exchange partnered with dxFeed to launch the Small Cannabis Equity Index, with dxFeed serving as the index calculation agent and data provider for the index.
- MIAXcoreMIAX collaborated with dxFeed to launch BRIXX, the first family of commercial real estate indices. dxFeed acts as the index calculation agent, providing end-to-end index management including calculation, dissemination, and IOSCO-compliant governance.
- CloutyminordxFeed acts as index calculation agent for the Musiq index developed by Clouty, providing index management and calculation services for the music industry financial index.
- US Energy Information Administration (EIA)coredxFeed provides spot energy prices from the US Energy Information Administration covering coal, petroleum, natural gas, electric, renewable, and nuclear energy via the Spot Energy Prices feed.
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)coredxFeed leverages AWS cloud infrastructure for global data distribution, with dxLink supporting cloud-native deployment on AWS. Historical Data Lake integrates with AWS Athena and AWS Snowball for data delivery. dxFeed infrastructure spans six data centers in US and EMEA with AWS worldwide coverage.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)coredxLink supports cloud-native deployments on OCI and GCP in addition to AWS. dxFeed Historical Data Lake operates cloud-agnostically across major cloud platforms.
- ChainlinkcoredxFeed launched a Chainlink oracle node on the mainnet, allowing developers and dApps to access real-time premium financial market data (cryptocurrencies, equities, indices, forex) on leading blockchain networks via consensus oracle model.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
dxFeed competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Databento: Databento provides a modern, developer-first market data platform with low-latency APIs for equities, futures, options, and crypto. Its cloud-native distribution and tick-level historical offering make it a closely comparable emerging peer to dxFeed's dxLink and HDL.
- Intrinio: Intrinio offers financial market data feeds and APIs covering US equities, options, fundamentals, and ETFs to fintechs, brokerages, and developers. Its API-first, multi-asset model and SMB/enterprise mix directly overlap dxFeed's positioning.
- Alpha Vantage: Alpha Vantage offers real-time and historical market data APIs for equities, forex, and crypto to retail developers and fintechs. While smaller and more retail-focused, it competes in the same API-first market data space dxFeed addresses via get.dxfeed.com.
- Polygon.io: Polygon.io provides real-time and historical US equities, options, forex, and crypto market data via low-latency APIs targeting fintechs, brokerages, and quant firms. It competes most directly with dxFeed on developer-first multi-asset market data feeds and APIs.
- Xignite: Xignite delivers financial market data via cloud APIs for equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and FX to fintechs and wealth platforms. Its API-first model and emphasis on white-label distribution overlap dxFeed's B2B2C subscription platform strategy.
Broad incumbents
- FactSet: FactSet provides integrated financial data, analytics, and market data feeds serving asset managers, investment banks, and corporate clients. Its breadth of content and analytics competes with dxFeed's options analytics, fundamentals, and enterprise data offerings.
- Bloomberg: Bloomberg's Terminal and Data License products deliver real-time market data, analytics, and reference data to financial institutions globally. It is the broadest incumbent against which dxFeed competes for institutional market data spend.
- LSEG (Refinitiv): LSEG/Refinitiv provides one of the largest global financial market data and analytics platforms, including real-time feeds, reference data, and indices. It is the dominant incumbent competing with dxFeed for enterprise market data budgets across sell-side and buy-side institutions.
- ICE Data Services (Intercontinental Exchange): ICE operates global exchanges and provides consolidated market data, reference data, and analytics across asset classes. As one of dxFeed's listed data sources (ICE Futures U.S./Europe, ICE GIF), ICE is also a partner, but its data services compete with dxFeed at the institutional tier.
Others
- Morningstar: Morningstar supplies fundamental data, reference data, and analytics to asset managers and advisors. It is also a dxFeed data partner (Global Fundamentals), making it an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct API competitor.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
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Frequently asked questions about dxFeed
What does dxFeed do?
dxFeed is a financial market data provider that sources, stores, and distributes direct market data feeds from exchanges. The company offers real-time, delayed, and historical market data alongside analytics, AI-driven intelligence, and blockchain oracle services for trading firms, brokers, and financial platforms. Through its Retail Services offering, dxFeed also enables white-label B2B2C delivery so brokers can serve retail traders.
Is dxFeed a public or private company?
dxFeed is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was dxFeed founded?
dxFeed was founded in 2016. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is dxFeed based?
dxFeed is headquartered in Munich, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does dxFeed make money?
Seven revenue lines are on record. Market Data Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are API Licensing and Data Access, index Calculation and Administration Services, historical Data Services, B2B2C Subscription Platform, blockchain Oracle Services and professional and Managed Services.
Who are dxFeed's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Databento, Intrinio, Alpha Vantage, Polygon.io and Xignite. Broad incumbents are FactSet, Bloomberg, LSEG (Refinitiv) and ICE Data Services (Intercontinental Exchange). Morningstar is listed as an others.
Does dxFeed have an API?
Yes. dxFeed provides multiple APIs including Java API, C and .NET APIs, JavaScript and REST APIs, Python API, and FIX API for accessing real-time, delayed, and historical market data. APIs are used for accessing market data feeds, historical tick data, options analytics (Greeks, Theo Prices, Implied Volatility), aggregated data services, and market replay. The platform offers developer sandbox, Knowledge Base documentation, and ready-made client libraries. dxLink provides WebSocket-based data delivery with JSON-based payloads and binary alternatives for high-volume use. Developer documentation is at kb.dxfeed.com.
What industry is dxFeed in?
dxFeed's product category is Financial Market Data. Its primary akta.pro industry code is FSAFAIAA, Real-Time Market Data Feeds & Terminals. Its NAICS code is 51821 and its SIC code is 7370.