Elgon vs Alpha Vantage

Why developers choose Elgon over Alpha Vantage for market data

See how Elgon compares to Alpha Vantage across stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, and prediction markets — one simple REST API with verifiable data receipts.

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Data
Real, delayed
clearly labelled
Coverage
US stocks & ETFs
delayed, via REST
Rate limits
60–600 req/min
free vs Growth
Data receipts
Signed & verifiable
vs none

Why Teams Choose Elgon

See how Elgon compares to Alpha Vantage across coverage, pricing, rate limits, and verifiable market data.

Delayed market data, clearly labelled

Get real, delayed quotes and instrument reference data for US-listed stocks and ETFs — honestly labelled as delayed, never passed off as real-time.

One API for every asset class

US-listed stocks and ETFs with real (delayed) data, plus options chains and Kalshi-style prediction (event) contracts served as clearly labelled simulated sandbox data — all through a single REST API. Elgon is an independent project, not affiliated with Robinhood.

Built to scale

Handle production traffic over simple REST endpoints. Rate limits are keyed to your plan — 60 requests/min on Free, 600 requests/min on Growth, custom for Enterprise — not a token balance.

Verifiable data you can trust

Every response ships with a signed, timestamped, tamper-evident data receipt you can verify yourself.

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Compare Elgon vs Alpha Vantage

See how Elgon compares to Alpha Vantage across coverage, pricing, rate limits, and verifiable market data.

Elgon
Alpha Vantage
Data Availability
How quickly new market data becomes available in the API.
Delayed
Delayed
Rate Limits
How many requests your app can make: 60/min on Free, 600/min on Growth, custom for Enterprise.
60–600/min
Standard tiers
Signed Data Receipts
Every response ships with a signed, timestamped, tamper-evident data receipt you can verify yourself.
Normalized Pricing
Clean, normalized USD pricing across venues.
Charting Endpoint
OHLC charts for any instrument, including price and volume history.
Aggregates
Data aggregated over any timeframe, such as volume or trades over the last 4 hours.
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Search and filter across every instrument — stocks, ETFs, options, and crypto.
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Built for market-data teams

See how Elgon helps teams ship market-data features faster — without maintaining their own pipelines.

Brokerage and investing apps need fast quotes, charts, and portfolio context without running their own market-data pipeline.

"Elgon gives builders a clean data layer for delayed quotes and instrument context across trading apps."

Retail brokerage use case

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Trading terminals need reliable instrument discovery, reference data, and signals the moment markets move.

"Elgon keeps terminals responsive with delayed quotes, sandbox options data, and market context."

Trading terminal use case

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Prediction-market frontends rely on live event-contract pricing and market context to make discovery feel immediate.

"Elgon lets prediction-market interfaces prototype against clearly labelled simulated event-contract pricing without stitching together fragmented feeds."

Prediction-market use case

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Options-flow and derivatives tools need full options chains and pricing that stay usable under heavy market activity.

"Elgon turns simulated options-chain data into product-ready sandbox feeds for dashboards, risk views, and prototyping."

Options-flow use case

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Charting and analytics platforms need fresh market data, reference data, and historical bars for active users.

"Elgon gives charting and analytics interfaces a unified source for delayed prices and instrument reference data without a custom indexing stack."

Charting & analytics use case

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Market-data and reference platforms need fast context across instruments, venues, and recent trading activity.

"Elgon complements market-data workflows with normalized delayed pricing and instrument-level context across asset classes."

Market-data use case

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Simple, scalable pricing

Pricing to fit builders and teams of all sizes.

Free plan

For personal & hobby projects

$0

for 10,000 requests/month

  • 10,000 requests/month
  • 60 requests per minute
  • 1 API key
  • Community support
growth plan

For teams & startups

$350

billed monthly

  • 1,000,000 requests/month
  • 600 requests per minute
  • 5 API keys
  • Priority support
Requests per month
$350 per million
1M
2M
3m
5M
7M
10M
Overages billed at $350 USD per 1 million requests
enterprise plan

Tailored solutions for large companies

Custom

per million requests

  • Unlimited* requests/month
  • Custom rate limits
  • Unlimited API keys
  • Dedicated support
  • High concurrency
  • Custom SLAs
  • Custom packaging

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Elgon vs Alpha Vantage FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Elgon’s market-data API.

See our full list of FAQ in our docs.

Alpha Vantage is a solid market-data provider, and one of Elgon's closest alternatives. Where Elgon stands out is simplicity and verifiability:

  • One REST API for stocks and ETFs (real, delayed data), plus sandbox-labelled options and prediction data
  • Honest data: quotes are delayed and clearly labelled as such
  • Simple rate limits: 60 requests/min on Free, 600 requests/min on Growth
  • Signed, timestamped, tamper-evident data receipts you can verify yourself

Rate limits are keyed to your API plan and key, never to a token balance.

Yes. Elgon offers a simple REST API — six GET endpoints — with comprehensive documentation and a free API key you can mint in seconds, so migration is straightforward.

Consolidating quotes and instrument reference data behind one API often simplifies your architecture.

Creating an API key is free and quick. Once you have your key, review our documentation for instructions on integrating Elgon into your application.

If you still have questions, contact support for more help.

You can use the Elgon API to build trading dashboards, analytics tools, options-flow explorers, prediction-market prototypes, and trading bots — anything that can poll a REST endpoint. See the docs for integration examples.

Elgon has three plans: Free ($0), Growth at $350/month billed via Stripe, and custom Enterprise plans.

If Growth doesn't fit your needs, Elgon will work with you on a custom Enterprise plan.

Check our pricing table for more details.

Every REST GET call to the API counts as a request. Elgon does not offer WebSockets or webhooks — you poll the endpoints you need.

Rate limits are 60 requests/minute on Free and 600 requests/minute on Growth; Enterprise limits are custom.

If you need more, contact us to discuss more.

Yes! Start free with 10,000 API requests per month. No credit card required. Upgrade when you're ready to scale.

Elgon covers US-listed stocks and ETFs with real (delayed) data, plus options chains and Kalshi-style prediction (event) contracts served as clearly labelled simulated sandbox data. Elgon is an independent project, not affiliated with Robinhood. See the docs for the current list.

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