# Velo: pricing, API and features

Category: [Trading terminals](https://tokvane.app/categories/trading-terminals) · Vendor: Velo · Website: https://velo.xyz/ · Status: active

Crypto derivatives market-data web app with charts, OI and funding indicators, heatmaps and alerts, plus a paid HTTP API, SDKs and an MCP server.

> Velo (Velo) — pricing: from $199/month; free tier: unknown; REST: Yes; MCP: Yes; open source: unknown.

## Pricing

- **Model:** paid
- **Free tier:** unknown
- **Plans:** API key: $199/month (Monthly plan gives 3 months of history; yearly plan gives full history)
- **Notes:** Web app plan prices were not visible in the docs; only the API key price is documented.

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.velo.xyz/api_

## Access & auth

- **Authentication:** api-key
- **KYC required:** unknown
- **Notes:** API uses HTTP basic auth with the key as password; trial can be requested by email. Web app trading connects Bybit and Hyperliquid accounts.

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.velo.xyz/api_

## Coverage

- **Exchanges:** Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, Hyperliquid, Trade.xyz and more (3400+ chart symbols)
- **Chains:** unknown
- **Assets:** Spot, futures and options market data

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.velo.xyz/_

## Capabilities

- **Capabilities:** charting, price-data, historical-data, derivatives-data, open-interest, funding-rates, liquidations, orderbook-data, alerts, multi-exchange, live-trading

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.velo.xyz/_

## Interfaces

- **REST API:** Yes
- **WebSocket:** Yes
- **SDKs:** typescript, python, javascript
- **Official MCP server:** Yes
- **Other:** API returns CSV data; WebSocket is documented for the news stream; MCP server is read-only and needs an API key

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.velo.xyz/ai/mcp_

## Open source & self-hosting

- **Open source:** unknown
- **Licence:** unknown
- **Self-host:** unknown

_Verified on 2026-10-30. Source: https://docs.velo.xyz/_

## FAQ

**Does Velo have a free tier?**
Unknown — we could not confirm a free tier on 2026-10-30.

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

**Is Velo open source or self-hostable?**
Open source: unknown; licence: unknown; self-host: unknown. Verified 2026-10-30.

**What are alternatives to Velo?**
Other trading terminals in our directory: Aggr, Altrady, ArbiLayer, ArbTide, ATAS.

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

Information only, not financial or investment advice.