# SEC data API comparisons

Canonical: https://sec-api.dev/compare

> Dated comparisons, checked 2026-11-09.

| Option | Type | Summary | Page |
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| sec-api.io | Hosted SEC data API | The broadest commercial SEC API, priced by plan and bandwidth; sec-api.dev is a smaller, cheaper API with a larger free tier and an MCP server. | https://sec-api.dev/sec-api-io-alternative |
| Official SEC EDGAR APIs | Free government API | Free, keyless JSON on data.sec.gov with a 10 requests-per-second fair-access limit and no SLA; sec-api.dev adds search, parsing, pagination and quotas on top. | https://sec-api.dev/sec-api-vs-official-sec-api |
| Financial Modeling Prep | Market and fundamentals API | A broad market-data API with SEC filing and insider endpoints on paid plans; sec-api.dev is SEC-only with source-linked filings and a larger free filings allowance. | https://sec-api.dev/compare/financial-modeling-prep |
| EdgarTools | Open-source Python library | An MIT-licensed Python library that reads EDGAR directly into Python objects; sec-api.dev is a hosted API for code in any language and for AI agents. | https://sec-api.dev/compare/edgartools |
| OpenInsider | Free insider-trading screener | A free website for screening Form 4 insider trades; it links no API. sec-api.dev offers the same SEC insider data as an API, an MCP tool and per-company pages. | https://sec-api.dev/compare/openinsider |
| Finnhub | Market data API | A market-data API whose free plan includes SEC filings and insider transactions for personal use; sec-api.dev is SEC-only and allows commercial use on every plan. | https://sec-api.dev/compare/finnhub |
| Quiver Quantitative | Alternative data API | An alternative-data API known for congressional trading, with insider and 13F data from $75 a month on non-commercial terms; sec-api.dev covers SEC insider and 13F data with a free plan. | https://sec-api.dev/compare/quiver-quantitative |

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