What Finnhub does

Finnhub is a privately held financial data API provider founded in 2018 and headquartered in New Jersey, USA. The company delivers real-time and historical stock, forex, and crypto market data alongside institutional-grade fundamental and alternative data for 65,000+ global companies, exposed exclusively through REST and WebSocket APIs with official SDKs in Python, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Kotlin, and PHP. Its data assets include 30+ years of standardized financial statements, 15+ years of earnings call transcripts with 220,000+ downloadable audio files (~7TB), 30 years of historical market data, 25+ years of analyst estimates, ESG scores for 7,000+ companies, and proprietary alternative datasets covering congressional trading, supply chain relationships, FDA calendars, and H1-B visa applications. The platform applies machine learning to data cleaning, pattern recognition across 10 chart patterns, support/resistance detection, aggregate technical indicators, and NLP-based sentiment analysis, and offers an AI Copilot for natural language queries over its proprietary corpus.

The company monetizes primarily through tiered annual subscriptions segmented by data type (Fundamental, Market Data, Estimates, ETFs/Indices, Forex, Crypto, Bonds, Alternative Data), with a free real-time API tier serving as a product-led growth acquisition channel. Premium tier pricing begins at $50/month for Starter market data, scales to $500-$1,000/month for Fundamentals and ETFs, and tops out with quote-based Finnhub Connect enterprise contracts that include 99.99% uptime SLAs, petabyte-scale analytics, and global coverage. Named enterprise customers include Google, Coca-Cola, APG Asset Management, and Baidu, alongside fintech startups served through self-serve onboarding. Distribution combines a self-serve developer portal, direct enterprise field sales, an official FinSheet Excel/Google Sheets plugin, open-source SDKs on GitHub, and free datasets published on Kaggle — collectively reflecting a horizontal go-to-market spanning developers, quant analysts, individual investors, and institutional asset managers.

Name

Finnhub

Legal name

Finnhub

Website

https://finnhub.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Finnhub is a financial data API provider offering real-time and historical stock, forex, and crypto market data alongside institutional-grade fundamental and alternative data for 65,000+ global companies, primarily serving developers, fintech startups, quantitative analysts, and institutional investors via tiered subscription APIs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Premium API Subscriptions: Finnhub generates revenue primarily through tiered subscription plans for API access. Plans are segmented by data type: Fundamental Data, Market Data, Estimates, Alternative Data, ETFs/Indices, Forex, Crypto, and Bonds. Each plan has different rate limits (API calls/minute), billing is annual, and upgrades are available across multiple data categories independently.
2. Enterprise Data Packages: Custom enterprise and startup plans provide expanded API limits, SLA guarantees, petabyte-scale analytics, global data coverage beyond standard tiers, and direct support. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to client requirements.
3. Fundamental Data Tiered Plans: Subscription plans for comprehensive fundamental data including financial statements (30+ years), ownership, insider transactions, fund ownership, and sector metrics. Priced at $500/month (Fundamental) or $750/month (Fundamental 2) for the All In One bundle.
4. Free Real-Time API Tier: A free tier provides access to realtime stock, forex, and crypto data at no cost, serving as a customer acquisition and product-led growth channel. Premium features are gated behind paid plans, driving conversion as developer needs grow.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Finnhub provides a comprehensive financial data API platform delivering real-time and historical stock, forex, cryptocurrency, bond, ETF, and economic data alongside institutional-grade fundamental data, analyst estimates, and alternative datasets (earnings transcripts, ESG, congressional trading, supply chain) for 65,000+ global companies via RESTful and WebSocket endpoints with official SDKs in six programming languages.

Product overview

Finnhub is a comprehensive financial data API platform providing real-time and historical market data, fundamental data, estimates, and alternative data for global markets. The product architecture consists of a core Stock API with multiple specialized API modules including Fundamental Data API, Analyst Estimates API, ETFs/Mutual Funds/Indices API, Forex API, Crypto API, US Bonds API, Technical Analysis API, Earnings Call Transcripts API, News & Social Media Sentiment API, ESG Data API, Congressional Trading API, Global Filings Search API, Economic Data API, AI Copilot, Supply Chain API, and Revenue Breakdown & KPI API. The platform is complemented by Open Datasets available on Kaggle, embeddable Widgets (ETF Holdings, Performance Charts), and a partnership with FinSheet for Excel/Google Sheets integration. Finnhub Connect serves enterprise clients while the standard APIs are available via REST and WebSocket with official SDKs in Python, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, Kotlin, and PHP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stock API Core RESTful and WebSocket API providing real-time stock prices, historical OHLCV data for US markets (30+ years), and 15-minute delayed LSE data with end-of-day tick-level data for international markets.
• Fundamental Data API Comprehensive fundamental data including standardized financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) going back 30+ years, dividends data, company executives with compensation, and 30 years of comprehensive dividends data.
• Analyst Estimates API Real-time earnings notifications, historical surprises, analyst price targets, and upgrade/downgrades. Includes EPS estimates, revenue estimates, and 5 years of forward estimates for 65,000 global companies.
• ETFs, Mutual Funds and Indices API Comprehensive ETFs, mutual funds and indices data including profile, holdings, historical constituents, industry exposure, and country exposure. Global ETFs' constituent data available.
• Forex API Direct connection to 10+ forex brokers with candlestick data, rates for currency conversion, and exchange symbol listings.
• Crypto API Access to 15+ crypto exchanges including Binance, Kraken, Coinbase, Gemini with candlestick data, symbols, and crypto profiles.
• US Bonds API Access to delayed FINRA Trace corporate bonds, US government bonds, international bonds, bond profiles, price data, tick data, and yield curve data.
• Technical Analysis API Precomputed technical indicators, support/resistance levels with Machine Learning algorithm, pattern recognition for 10 chart patterns, and aggregate indicator signals.
• Earnings Call Transcripts API 15+ years of earnings call transcripts with downloadable audio recordings. Covers US, UK, European, Australian and Canadian companies with 220,000+ audio files totaling 7TB.
• News & Social Media Sentiment API Real-time news, Reddit, and Twitter sentiment analysis to help understand market direction. Provides buzz statistics, company news scores, and sector averages.
• ESG Data API Latest ESG scores and important indicators for 7,000+ global companies. Data collected through company's public ESG disclosure with 150+ inputs calculating ESG risk levels and scores ranging 0-100.
• Congressional Trading API Stock trades data disclosed by members of Congress including transaction amounts, dates, and position types (Purchase or Sale).
• Global Filings Search API Search for filings across global companies including SEC filings, international filings, transcripts, and press releases with filtering by symbol, ISIN, form type, and document sources.
• Economic Data API Economic data including country metadata, economic calendar, economic codes, and historical economic data for various indicators.
• AI Copilot Chat with AI trained on Finnhub's extensive global data. Users can ask finance-related questions and receive results in texts and widgets. Premium feature for enterprise users.
• Supply Chain API Public companies' key customers and suppliers mapping with price correlation data across multiple timeframes (2-week to 2-year).
• Revenue Breakdown & KPI API Standardized revenue breakdown and KPIs for 30,000+ global companies including revenue by geography and by product.
• Open Datasets Free downloadable datasets including SEC Financials As Reported, SEC Filings Metadata, and S&P 500 futures tick data available on Kaggle for community use.
• FinSheet Excel & Google Sheets Plugin Official spreadsheet plugin partner providing access to Finnhub's fundamental data and estimates directly within Excel and Google Sheets. Offers affordable access to global fundamentals and estimates in spreadsheet format.
• Finnhub Connect Enterprise platform for startups and enterprise clients requiring advanced access and dedicated support.
• Company Presentation API New endpoint providing PDF format presentations/slides data used during earnings calls for supported symbols.
• Insider Sentiment API New endpoint providing insider sentiment data for US companies with Monthly Share Purchase Ratio (MSPR) ranging from -100 to 100.
• Insider Transactions API New endpoint covering US, UK, Canada, Australia, India, and major EU markets with up to 100 transactions per API call.
• Sector Metrics API New endpoint providing ratios for different sectors and regions/indices.
• Price Metrics API New endpoint providing company price performance statistics including 52-week high/low and YTD return.
• ETF Holdings Widget Embeddable widget displaying ETF holdings data for integration into external websites.
• Performance Charts Widget Embeddable widget showing stock performance charts for website integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30+ years of financial statements available for 65,000+ global companies
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FinsheetcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFinsheet is the official spreadsheet plugin partner of Finnhub, integrating Finnhub's fundamental data and estimates into Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. The plugin is marketed as an 'official' partner offering on the Finnhub platform and enables non-technical users to access Finnhub's institutional-grade data directly within spreadsheet workflows.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• FactSet: Enterprise financial data and analytics platform serving asset managers and investment banks. Overlaps with Finnhub on fundamentals, estimates, and transcripts but at institutional price points and workflows.
• Quandl (Nasdaq): Now owned by Nasdaq, Quandl offers broad financial and alternative datasets via API. Comparable on data breadth and API distribution, but operating at institutional scale rather than Finnhub's developer-first positioning.
• Refinitiv (LSEG): Enterprise-grade financial data and infrastructure provider owned by LSEG. Comparable on data breadth across asset classes but sells to large institutions via long-cycle contracts, not developers.
• Bloomberg: The dominant institutional financial data terminal. Finnhub explicitly benchmarks against Bloomberg's high cost and complexity as the pain point its free tier solves; overlaps on data types but serves fundamentally different buyer.
• Yahoo Finance: Consumer- and developer-facing financial data with public APIs and broad coverage of stocks, fundamentals, and news. Comparable on free/affordable market data positioning, though without Finnhub's institutional-grade depth and SLAs.

Direct peers

• Tiingo: End-of-day and real-time market data API plus news and fundamentals, primarily serving quant researchers and developers. Highly comparable on data types, API delivery, and developer-focused GTM.
• Alpha Vantage: Developer-focused stock, forex, and crypto API with a free tier and paid premium plans. Finnhub's own comparison pages position Alpha Vantage as a direct competitor on real-time data APIs and developer onboarding.
• Intrinio: Financial data platform offering stocks, fundamentals, estimates, and alternative data via APIs to fintech developers and institutions. Directly comparable target market, delivery mechanism, and product breadth.
• Polygon.io: API-first market data provider offering real-time and historical US stock, options, forex, and crypto data via REST and WebSocket — directly comparable to Finnhub on product, pricing model, and target developer / fintech buyer.
• IEX Cloud (Apperate): Financial data API offering real-time and historical market data plus fundamentals. Listed as a direct competitor in Finnhub's comparison content and serves the same developer-led fintech buyer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Finnhub_io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/finnhub

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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