What EODHD does

EODHD, legally Unicorn Data Services, is a privately held financial data API provider founded in April 2015 and headquartered in Lyon, France. The company operates a developer-first platform exposing 50+ REST endpoints covering end-of-day historical prices (30+ years), real-time WebSocket feeds, intraday data, fundamentals, options, forex, crypto, bonds, commodities, macroeconomic indicators, ESG, sanctions, and credit/sovereign risk across 60+ stock exchanges and 150,000+ tickers. Technical infrastructure includes an OpenAPI 3.1 specification covering 74 endpoints, an official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with 72 tools, pre-built Agent Skills for Claude Code, a custom ChatGPT Assistant, and SDKs for Python, Node.js, R, C#, Java, PHP, with add-ons for Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, and WordPress.

The company monetizes through tiered subscriptions ranging from a free 20-call/day plan to paid plans starting at $19.99/month for individual use and €79.99/month for commercial licensing, with custom enterprise pricing, annual plans offering two months free, usage-based extra API call purchases, and a commission-based API Marketplace featuring third-party data products from Investverte, Praams, and Unicorn Data Services. Customer segments are horizontally distributed across individual developers and traders, academic and university users (with up to 50% discount), fintech startups, and B2B enterprise clients served via dedicated account managers with exchange compliance reporting. Distribution is primarily self-serve through eodhd.com with organic growth via an Academy of 164 articles, 14 GitHub repositories, Medium, Reddit, and YouTube. The company has been bootstrapped and self-funded since founding with no disclosed venture capital rounds, parent company, or acquisitions, and operates with a globally distributed team.

Name

EODHD

Legal name

Unicorn Data Services

Website

https://eodhd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EODHD is a bootstrapped French financial data API provider serving developers, traders, fintech builders, and enterprises with 50+ REST endpoints spanning 150,000+ tickers across 60+ exchanges, complemented by AI-native MCP server, Agent Skills, and ChatGPT Assistant integrations on a subscription and marketplace model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Market Data APIs

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Pricing & Valuation Services (Fixed Income, OTC, Derivatives) (FSAFAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lead Generation, Comparison & Marketplace Platforms (Financial Products) (FSAEAMAM)

Keywords

• Financial market data APIs
• Historical stock data
• Real-time market feeds
• Fundamental financial data
• Financial data SDKs

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription API Access: Monthly and annual subscription plans providing API access with daily call limits ranging from 20 (free) to 100,000+ calls per day for paid plans. Plans start at $19.99/month for personal use with commercial pricing starting at €79.99/month.
2. Marketplace Data Products: Third-party data products (ESG, options, logos, indices constituents) sold through EODHD marketplace with per-product pricing. Providers receive percentage-based revenue share.
3. Extra API Calls: Additional API calls available for purchase as buffer when daily limits are exhausted. Does not increase daily limit but provides usage buffer. Never expire.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

EODHD provides REST-based financial market data APIs and AI-native tooling covering 50+ endpoints for historical end-of-day, real-time, intraday, fundamental, options, forex, crypto, bonds, and macroeconomic data across 60+ exchanges and 150,000+ tickers. Offerings include a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with 72 tools, an OpenAPI 3.1 specification, code libraries (Python, Node.js, R, C#, Java, PHP), and no-code add-ons for Excel and Google Sheets. A marketplace distributes third-party financial data products (ESG, options, tick data, logos, indices constituents).

Product overview

EODHD is a financial data API platform providing 50+ endpoints for stocks, ETFs, forex, crypto, bonds, fundamentals, options, news, technical indicators, and macroeconomic data across 60+ exchanges and 150,000+ tickers. The core offering consists of the EODHD Financial Data APIs (including Historical EOD, Real-Time WebSocket, Intraday, Fundamental Data, Options, News, Technical Indicators, Screener, Calendar, Economic Events, Macro Indicators, Credit Risk, Sanctions, Interest Rates, Commodities, US Treasury, and more), complemented by AI integration tools (MCP Server with 72 tools, OpenAPI 3.1 spec, Agent Skills, and ChatGPT Assistant), SDKs for Python/Node.js/R/C#/Java/PHP, no-code add-ons for Google Sheets/Excel/Power BI/WordPress, and a downloadable EOD Data Downloader. The platform extends through an API Marketplace featuring third-party products including ESG Data by Investverte (AI-powered scoring), PRAAMS financial analysis products (Equity Risk Scoring, Bank Financials, Smart Screener, Investment Reports), and Unicorn Data Services products (Options, Tick Data, Logos, Indices Constituents). Subscription tiers range from free (20 calls/day) to paid plans starting at $19.99/month with 100,000 API calls/day, plus marketplace products with separate pricing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EODHD Financial Data APIs Core REST API platform providing 50+ endpoints for financial market data including historical EOD prices, real-time feeds, intraday data, fundamentals, options, news, technical indicators, forex, crypto, bonds, commodities, and macroeconomic indicators across 60+ exchanges and 150,000+ tickers.
• EODHD MCP Server Official Model Context Protocol server providing 72 read-only tools and 100+ embedded documentation pages for AI assistants. Available in v1 (API key auth) and v2 (OAuth 2.1) versions. Integrates with Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Windsurf.
• EODHD OpenAPI Specification Machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 specification covering 74 endpoints for Swagger UI compatibility, AI function calling, and automatic client code generation across any language.
• EODHD Agent Skills Skill adapter for AI agents providing 72 API endpoints and 28 reference guides for Claude Code, Codex-style agents, and generic AI workflows. Built with stdlib-only Python requiring zero external dependencies.
• EODHD ChatGPT Assistant Custom GPT trained on EODHD documentation that delivers financial data directly in chat and generates API-ready code in Python, JavaScript, PHP, R, and other languages.
• Python Financial Library Official Python library available via pip install eodhd, wrapping all API endpoints with typed responses and native pandas DataFrame returns.
• Google Sheets Add-on No-code add-on for Google Sheets providing End-of-Day, Intraday, Fundamental, Bulk Fundamentals, ETF, Options, and Stock Screener data directly within spreadsheets.
• Excel Add-in Financial Excel add-in for Windows providing historical, EOD, Intraday, and Fundamental data with video tutorial support.
• Power BI Connector Custom connector for building financial dashboards and visualizations in Microsoft Power BI.
• EOD Data Downloader Windows and Linux desktop application for downloading end-of-day data as FTP alternative for bulk data retrieval.
• API Marketplace Marketplace for third-party financial data providers and investment tool creators to sell products through EODHD's platform, including ESG data (Investverte), PRAAMS financial analysis products, and Unicorn Data Services products.
• Investment Platform B2B solution for investment platforms requiring tailored data products.
• University Platform Data access program for universities with user management and instructor usage analytics for academic purposes, with up to 50% discount.
• ESG Data API (Investverte) AI-powered ESG scores by Investverte featuring deep learning models for Environmental, Social, and Governance ratings across companies, countries, and sectors.
• US Stock Options Data API Daily updated options data for 6,000 top-traded US stocks including bid/ask prices, Greeks, implied volatility, and contract details with EOD and 1-year historical data.
• Tick Data API: US Stock Market Historical tick-by-tick trade-level data for US stock tickers with millisecond precision for high-frequency trading analysis, backtesting, and market microstructure research.
• Praams Equity Risk and Return Scoring API Instant analytics and risk management for 120,000+ global equities and bonds featuring the PRAAMS Ratio that summarizes 470+ metrics.
• Praams Bank Financials API Financial statements for global banks in proper bank analysis format including income statement and balance sheet with bank-specific metrics following methodology validated by CFA charterholders.
• Stock Market Logos API Largest collection of 40,000 stock market company logos covering 60+ exchanges worldwide as 200x200px PNG files with transparency.
• Indices Historical Constituents Data API Historical constituents data for global S&P and Dow Jones indices covering up to 12 years, including S&P 500, 600, 100, 400, and 20 key industry indices.

Quantifiable outcome

• API delivers 99.9% uptime with dedicated infrastructure
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Anthropic (Claude)coreTechnology or IntegrationClaude Desktop natively supports EODHD MCP Server v2 via OAuth authorization. Claude Code compatible with EODHD Agent Skills package.
• OpenAI (ChatGPT)coreTechnology or IntegrationEODHD MCP Server v1 integrates with ChatGPT via API key. EODHD ChatGPT Assistant (custom GPT) trained on EODHD documentation.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Polygon.io: Real-time and historical market data API for stocks, options, forex, and crypto, with REST and WebSocket endpoints; targets the same developer and fintech builder segment with tiered subscriptions, overlapping directly on equity and options coverage.
• Alpha Vantage: Developer-first financial market data API providing stocks, forex, crypto, and fundamentals on freemium pricing; explicitly compared head-to-head with EODHD in the AI agent data API evaluation, making it the closest direct competitor on PLG/API-first positioning.
• Trading Economics: Economic indicators, forecasts, and market data API spanning global macro data; overlaps on the macro/calendar side of EODHD's offering and serves a similar buyer persona of analysts and builders.
• Tradier: Brokerage and market data API; mentioned alongside EODHD and Alpha Vantage as a leading stock market data API for AI agent workflows, with overlapping developer-first positioning.
• Finnhub: Financial data API offering real-time stock, forex, and crypto prices, fundamentals, ESG, and alternative data for developers; competes head-to-head on the PLG/free-tier funnel and AI/agent integrations.
• Intrinio: Financial market data platform offering stocks, options, fundamentals, and ESG via REST API and Excel/Google Sheets add-ons; highly comparable distribution model and SMB/enterprise tier pricing structure.
• Tiingo: End-of-day and intraday stock/ETF/crypto data API targeted at retail traders and quantitative developers; comparable price point and use cases, including news, fundamentals, and IEX real-time.
• MarketData.app: Real-time and historical US stock, options, and ETF data API positioned for retail and professional developers; competes for the same self-serve PLG customer with overlapping endpoint coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Yahoo Finance / RapidAPI: Long-established broad consumer and developer financial data surface, with third-party API redistribution via RapidAPI; serves as a free-tier incumbency alternative that competes for retail developer mindshare.
• LSEG (Refinitiv) / Tick History: Institutional-scale financial market data and analytics provider (formerly Refinitiv); competes at the enterprise/B2B end of the same market with much deeper real-time licensing and terminal bundling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/eodhd_apis
• GitHubgithub.com/EodHistoricalData
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@eodhd_financial_apis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unicorn-data-services

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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