# OpenBB: pricing, API and features

Category: [Market data APIs](https://tokvane.app/categories/market-data-apis) · Vendor: OpenBB · Website: https://openbb.co · Status: active

Open-source Open Data Platform (ODP) that connects data sources and exposes them via Python, REST API, MCP servers and Excel; a hosted Workspace UI is separate.

> OpenBB (OpenBB) — pricing: open-source; free tier: Yes; REST: Yes; MCP: Yes; open source: Yes.

## Pricing

- **Model:** open-source
- **Free tier:** Yes — ODP is free open-source software installed with pip; data-provider keys are the user's own.
- **Plans:** unknown
- **Notes:** OpenBB Workspace (pro.openbb.co) pricing not confirmed; docs mention an Enterprise option.

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB_

## Access & auth

- **Authentication:** none
- **KYC required:** No
- **Notes:** Self-run locally; Deribit provider needs no credentials, other providers may need their own keys (e.g. FRED, EIA). Fetched from docs providers page.

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.openbb.co/odp/python/extensions/providers_

## Coverage

- **Exchanges:** Deribit (crypto derivatives, via the openbb-deribit provider); other providers are non-crypto (Cboe, Nasdaq, SEC, FRED, ECB, etc.)
- **Chains:** unknown
- **Assets:** Multi-asset connector platform: equities, indices, futures/options, macro, filings; crypto documented only as Deribit public crypto derivatives market data. Docs say OpenBB does not host data; coverage is set by the upstream providers.

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.openbb.co/odp/python/extensions/providers_

## Capabilities

- **Capabilities:** price-data, historical-data, derivatives-data

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.openbb.co/odp/python/extensions/providers_

## Interfaces

- **REST API:** Yes
- **WebSocket:** unknown
- **SDKs:** python
- **Official MCP server:** Yes
- **Other:** openbb-api serves the installed environment as REST API and OpenBB Workspace backend; openbb-mcp serves it as an MCP server; Excel integration per README.

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.openbb.co/odp/python/extensions_

## Open source & self-hosting

- **Open source:** Yes
- **Licence:** Apache-2.0
- **Self-host:** Yes
- **Repository:** https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/develop/LICENSE_

## FAQ

**Does OpenBB have a free tier?**
Yes. ODP is free open-source software installed with pip; data-provider keys are the user's own. (verified 2026-10-30)

**Does OpenBB offer an API?**
REST: Yes. WebSocket: unknown. Official MCP server: Yes. Verified 2026-10-30.

**Is OpenBB open source or self-hostable?**
Open source: Yes; licence: Apache-2.0; self-host: Yes. Verified 2026-10-30.

**What are alternatives to OpenBB?**
Other market data apis in our directory: 0xArchive, AllTick Market Data API, Amberdata Market Data API, Aster Futures API (market data), binance (Siebly.io SDK).

Alternatives: https://tokvane.app/alternatives/openbb

Information only, not financial or investment advice.