# Historical Stock Data: 19 Sources Ranked

> Historical stock data ranges from raw ticks to 40 years of adjusted daily bars. We ranked 19 sources on depth, price and options history, every figure sourced.

Source: https://www.marketdata.app/alternatives/historical-stock-data/

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-   [Alternatives](/alternatives/)

# Historical Stock Data: 19 Sources of US Price History, Ranked

Historical stock data ranges from raw ticks to 40 years of adjusted daily bars. We ranked 19 sources on depth, price and options history, every figure sourced.

-   [Max Nowak](/about/), Operations Manager
-   Last updated September 26, 2026

Historical stock data is not one product. Some providers sell raw, tick-by-tick trades; others sell a single adjusted daily bar, smoothed for splits and dividends before you ever see it. We ranked 19 sources of historical stock data on depth and cost, and on whether it adjusts prices and how much options history it keeps, then priced what 10 years of it actually costs at each.

We sell candles back to 2010, split-adjusted by default, with a raw format available on request. That default caused our one verified pricing dispute of 2026, below, and it’s the reason we rank second rather than first.

## How did we rank the sources of historical stock data?

Each provider was scored from 0 to 10 on six criteria: how far back its history reaches and whether it includes intraday bars; its price and whether it offers unadjusted prices as a choice; bulk delivery and options history depth. Every criterion counts once, except intraday and options history, which count one and a half.

EODHD ranks first here on 40 years of history for $16.58 a month; we rank second.

## Which historical stock data provider ranks best?

| Rank | Provider | Score | Best for | Cost of 10+ years of daily history |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | EODHD | 7.4 | Deepest, cheapest daily history here | $16.58/mo (annual) |
| 2 | Market Data | 6.3 | Cheap unlimited US history since 2010 | $30/mo (annual) |
| 3 | Nasdaq Data Link | 6.1 | Cheap 28-year history, adjusted or raw | $16.58/mo (annual) |
| 3 | Tiingo | 6.1 | Free 30+ years of history, no options | Free |
| 5 | Finnhub | 5.9 | Deep bulk minute/tick data since 1994 | $49.99/mo |
| 6 | Databento | 5.5 | Nanosecond tick-level backtesting, at a price | Not offered |
| 7 | Massive | 5.3 | 20+ years of history with flat-file bulk | $63.2/mo (annual) |
| 7 | ThetaData | 5.3 | Tick-level options history since 2012 | Price not published |
| 9 | ORATS | 4.9 | Deep options history, no free tier | $199/mo |
| 9 | Tradier | 4.9 | Free full-lifetime daily history via a brokerage | Free |
| 11 | Twelve Data | 4.4 | Longest daily depth, no options | $66/mo (annual) |
| 12 | Alpha Vantage | 4.3 | Global symbols needing adjusted daily series | $41.58/mo (annual) |
| 13 | Wisesheets | 4.2 | Cheap 15-year history via a Stock API | $15.01/mo |
| 14 | Financial Modeling Prep | 3.9 | Cheap tiered history, no options at all | $59/mo |
| 15 | Marketstack | 3.6 | Cheapest entry price, unreliable adjustments | $8.99/mo (annual) |
| 16 | Yahoo Finance | 3.4 | 40 years of history, consumer tier only | Not offered |
| 17 | Alpaca | 2.9 | Free but short, unreliable adjusted history | Free, partial |
| 17 | Intrinio | 2.9 | Deep options history buyers with budget | $150/mo |
| 19 | Barchart | 2.4 | Bulk futures/options history buyers on contract | Price not published |

The six highest-ranked sources, side by side:

| Feature | EODHD | Market Data | Nasdaq Data Link | Tiingo | Finnhub | Databento |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stock price history | 40+ yrs US; 20+ yrs intl 1 | 2010 onward; 1-5yr free, unlimited paid | Since Jan 1998, 21,000+ companies 2 | 30+ yrs EOD; 1-min bars since 2017 3 | Premium; bulk data from 1994 4 | 16+ yrs L0; 1yr L1 5 |
| Options history | Since Q4 2023 (2.5+ yrs) 6 | EOD chains since 2010, unadjusted | Basic, per-exchange EOD only 7 | No | No | Excellent, since 2013 8 |
| Bulk files | Yes, whole-exchange downloads 9 | No (multi-symbol calls only) | Yes, Tables API export 10 | Not published | Yes (bulk downloads, SEC dataset) 11 | Yes, batch downloads + PCAP 5 |
| Free tier | 20 calls/day, 1yr history 12 | 100 credits/day, 1yr history, delayed | Yes, free key, premium is gated 13 | 1,000 req/day, DOW 30 fundamentals 14 | Undocumented; ~60 calls/min (3rd-party) 15 | No; $125 signup credit, 6mo 5 |
| Cost of 10+ years of daily history | $16.58/mo (annual) 12 | $30/mo (annual) 16 | $16.58/mo (annual) 17 | Free 14 | $49.99/mo 18 | Not offered 19 |
| Cost of 5+ years of options history | Not offered 6 | $12/mo (annual) 16 | Not offered 7 | Not offered 3 | Not offered 4 | Price not published 8 |

Sources for this table, checked 2026-09-26

1.  [eodhd.com/lp/historical-eod-api](https://eodhd.com/lp/historical-eod-api)
2.  [data.nasdaq.com/databases/SEP](https://data.nasdaq.com/databases/SEP)
3.  [tiingo.com/products/](https://www.tiingo.com/products/)
4.  [finnhub.io/static/swagger.json](https://finnhub.io/static/swagger.json)
5.  [databento.com/pricing](https://databento.com/pricing)
6.  [eodhd.com/lp/us-stock-options-api](https://eodhd.com/lp/us-stock-options-api)
7.  [data.nasdaq.com/databases/PHOTOEOD](https://data.nasdaq.com/databases/PHOTOEOD)
8.  [databento.com/options](https://databento.com/options)
9.  [eodhd.com/financial-apis/api-limits](https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/api-limits)
10.  [data.nasdaq.com/databases/SF1](https://data.nasdaq.com/databases/SF1)
11.  [finnhub.io/docs/api](https://finnhub.io/docs/api)
12.  [eodhd.com/pricing](https://eodhd.com/pricing)
13.  [data.nasdaq.com/tools/python](https://data.nasdaq.com/tools/python)
14.  [tiingo.com/about/pricing](https://www.tiingo.com/about/pricing)
15.  [apicostcalc.com/finnhub.html](https://apicostcalc.com/finnhub.html)
16.  [marketdata.app/docs/account/plan-limits/index.md](/docs/account/plan-limits/index.md)
17.  [sharadar.com/subscribe](https://sharadar.com/subscribe)
18.  [finnhub.io/pricing](https://finnhub.io/pricing)
19.  [databento.com/equities](https://databento.com/equities)

**EODHD**

7.4/10 40+ years of US history for $16.58/month is the deepest, cheapest combination here, but its options history only reaches back to Q4 2023.

Years of daily history ×2

10/10

Intraday history ×1.5

4/10

Cost of deep history ×2

9/10

Adjustment control ×1

7/10

Bulk delivery ×1

8/10

Options history ×1

4/10

Strengths

-   40+ years of US history, 20+ years international
-   $16.58/mo (annual) EOD tier includes adjusted and delisted-ticker data
-   Whole-exchange bulk downloads available

Weaknesses

-   Options history only since Q4 2023 (2.5+ years)
-   Intraday history depth for stocks is not clearly published outside the Extended add-on tier

EODHD reaches 40-plus years of US history, adjusted and delisted tickers included, for $16.58 a month billed annually. Its options history only reaches back to the fourth quarter of 2023, about two and a half years.

**Market Data**

6.3/10 Daily history back to 2010 is unlimited on Trader at $30 a month billed annually, with adjustment switchable per request and options chains back to 2010, but Starter stops at 5 years and there are no flat files.

Years of daily history ×2

6/10

Intraday history ×1.5

3/10

Cost of deep history ×2

8/10

Adjustment control ×1

9/10

Bulk delivery ×1

4/10

Options history ×1

8/10

Strengths

-   Unlimited history from Trader, $30/mo annual
-   Split and dividend adjustment can be turned off per request
-   End-of-day options chains back to 2010

Weaknesses

-   Starter caps history at 5 years
-   No flat-file bulk delivery; multi-symbol calls only

Our candles run back to 2010, unlimited depth on the Trader plan at $30 a month billed annually, split-adjusted by default with the unadjusted series available on request. We have no bulk or flat-file delivery, and our options history is unadjusted with no historical greeks.

**Nasdaq Data Link**

6.1/10 Sharadar prices US equities back to January 1998 with both adjusted and unadjusted series, your choice, for $16.58/month, but options coverage is fragmented single-exchange EOD with no consolidated OPRA chain.

Years of daily history ×2

7/10

Intraday history ×1.5

1/10

Cost of deep history ×2

9/10

Adjustment control ×1

9/10

Bulk delivery ×1

7/10

Options history ×1

2/10

Strengths

-   Sharadar Equity Prices: since January 1998, 21,000+ companies
-   Both adjusted and unadjusted EOD prices offered, your choice
-   Tables API export for bulk delivery
-   $16.58/mo (annual) Sharadar Prices tier reaches the 10-year bar

Weaknesses

-   Options data is fragmented, no consolidated OPRA chain
-   No intraday/minute-level history found -- Sharadar is EOD only
-   Almost every other catalog listing hides its price behind login

Nasdaq Data Link’s Sharadar tables price US equities back to January 1998, adjusted or unadjusted, your choice, for $16.58 a month billed annually. Its options coverage is fragmented, single-exchange EOD data with no consolidated OPRA chain.

**Tiingo**

6.1/10 30+ years of EOD history and 1-minute bars since 2017 are included on the $0 Starter free tier itself, but there is no options product at all.

Years of daily history ×2

8/10

Intraday history ×1.5

7/10

Cost of deep history ×2

10/10

Adjustment control ×1

3/10

Bulk delivery ×1

2/10

Options history ×1

0/10

Strengths

-   30+ years of US equity history, included free on the Starter tier
-   1-minute bars since 2017
-   70M+ news articles indexed alongside the price history

Weaknesses

-   No options product at all, not even end-of-day
-   No bulk/flat-file delivery published
-   Full real-time TOPS feed needs a separate signed IEX Exchange agreement since 2025-02-01

Tiingo includes 30-plus years of US history and one-minute bars since 2017 on its free, $0-a-month Starter tier. It sells no options product at any price.

**Finnhub**

5.9/10 Bulk 1-minute/BBO/trade downloads reach back to 1994, but there is zero options endpoint anywhere in its 116-path Swagger schema.

Years of daily history ×2

8/10

Intraday history ×1.5

9/10

Cost of deep history ×2

4/10

Adjustment control ×1

4/10

Bulk delivery ×1

9/10

Options history ×1

0/10

Strengths

-   Bulk data (1-minute/BBO/trade) back to 1994-01
-   /stock/candle daily data is split-adjusted
-   Bulk downloads plus a separate SEC dataset

Weaknesses

-   Zero options endpoints found (0 of 116 Swagger paths)
-   Reaching the premium-flagged history endpoint needs the $49.99/mo marketdata-basic SKU, with no published annual discount
-   Intraday /stock/candle data is unadjusted

Finnhub’s bulk one-minute and trade downloads reach back to 1994, deeper than most on this list, but it has zero options endpoints in its own published schema.

**Databento**

5.5/10 16+ years of nanosecond-timestamped tick history exists on Plus/Unlimited, but the named US-equities dataset itself only reaches back to 2018, and there is no flat 10-year plan at any price -- access.history\_10y is flatly 'no'.

Years of daily history ×2

6/10

Intraday history ×1.5

10/10

Cost of deep history ×2

0/10

Adjustment control ×1

2/10

Bulk delivery ×1

9/10

Options history ×1

9/10

Strengths

-   16+ years of L0 (trade/OHLCV) history on Plus/Unlimited plans
-   Batch downloads plus PCAP bulk delivery
-   Tick-level options history since 2013

Weaknesses

-   No 10-year daily US-stock history product at any flat published price
-   The named 'Databento US Equities' dataset itself only reaches back to 2018 (DBEQ Basic: April 2023)
-   Cheapest flat real-time plan is $199/month with no free tier

Databento’s tick history is nanosecond-timestamped, but its named US-equities dataset itself only reaches back to 2018, so it’s the one provider here that doesn’t clear the 10-year bar at any price.

## What does 10 years of historical stock data cost, with options history too?

Comparable access, the full plan a 10-year daily history needs:

| Provider | What you must buy | Per month, billed monthly | Per month, billed annually | What it includes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alpaca 1 | Free Basic plan (partial) | Free | Free | Free plan: about 7 to 10 years of history; official pages disagree on the exact depth. |
| Tiingo 2 | Starter (Free) | Free | Free | Free Starter tier includes 30+ years of EOD history, capped at 1,000 requests/day. |
| Tradier 3 | Lite | Free | No annual plan | Free with any account: daily history for a company's entire lifetime, past 10 years. |
| Marketstack 4 | Basic | $9.99/mo | $8.99/mo | Basic gives 10 years of daily EOD history; an open issue reports ETF history truncated. |
| Wisesheets 5 | Stock API Pro | Not published | $15.01/mo | Stock API Pro gives 15 years of history via REST API, billed annually; data is delayed. |
| EODHD 6 | EOD Historical Data - All World | $19.99/mo | $16.58/mo | Cheapest paid tier includes 40+ years of US stock history, well past 10 years. |
| Nasdaq Data Link 7 | Sharadar Prices, 10-year tier | $19/mo | $16.58/mo | Sharadar's direct 10-year tier gives 10+ years of daily EOD prices, personal-use license. |
| Market Data 8 | Trader | $75/mo | $30/mo | Trader gives unlimited history back to 2010; Starter caps history at 5 years. |
| Alpha Vantage 9 | Premium 1 (or any higher premium tier) | $49.99/mo | $41.58/mo | Premium 1 unlocks full history back to 1999; the free tier caps at 100 daily bars. |
| Finnhub 10 | marketdata-basic | $49.99/mo | No annual plan | Cheapest paid SKU unlocks history to 1994; the exact tier and price are not published. |
| Financial Modeling Prep 11 | Professional (also called Premium) | Not published | $59/mo | Professional/Premium ($59/mo) gives up to 30 years of daily history; Starter caps at 5. |
| Massive 12 | Stocks Developer | $79/mo | $63.2/mo | Stocks Developer gives 10 years of daily history via API; live quote is 15-min delayed. |
| Twelve Data 13 | Grow (Individual) | $79/mo | $66/mo | Grow reaches full history back to about 1980; free Basic is limited to trial symbols. |
| Intrinio 14 | Individual | $150/mo | No annual plan | Individual plan includes US EOD history; the data itself covers over 50 years. |
| ORATS 15 | Delayed Data API | $199/mo | No annual plan | Delayed Data API gives 19 years of daily stock history, bundled with the options pipeline. |
| Barchart 16 | OnDemand (API) | Not published | Not published | OnDemand gives daily history; depth and price are not published, sales-assisted. |
| ThetaData 17 | Stocks retail tier | Not published | Not published | Stocks retail tier gives history back to 2012; price for full depth is not published. |

Price sources for this table

1.  [alpaca.markets/data](https://alpaca.markets/data)
2.  [tiingo.com/about/pricing](https://www.tiingo.com/about/pricing)
3.  [docs.tradier.com/docs/historical-data.md](https://docs.tradier.com/docs/historical-data.md)
4.  [marketstack.com/pricing](https://marketstack.com/pricing)
5.  [wisesheets.io/api](https://www.wisesheets.io/api)
6.  [eodhd.com/pricing](https://eodhd.com/pricing)
7.  [sharadar.com/subscribe](https://sharadar.com/subscribe)
8.  [marketdata.app/docs/account/plan-limits/index.md](/docs/account/plan-limits/index.md)
9.  [alphavantage.co/documentation/](https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/)
10.  [finnhub.io/pricing](https://finnhub.io/pricing)
11.  [site.financialmodelingprep.com/developer/docs/pricing](https://site.financialmodelingprep.com/developer/docs/pricing)
12.  [massive.com/pricing](https://massive.com/pricing)
13.  [twelvedata.com/pricing](https://twelvedata.com/pricing)
14.  [intrinio.com/financial-market-data/stock-prices-eod](https://intrinio.com/financial-market-data/stock-prices-eod)
15.  [orats.com/data-api](https://orats.com/data-api)
16.  [barchart.com/ondemand/api](https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api)
17.  [thetadata.net/pricing](https://thetadata.net/pricing)

EODHD and Nasdaq Data Link both land near $16.58 a month billed annually; ours is $30. Five or more years of end-of-day options chains on top of that costs:

| Provider | What you must buy | Per month, billed monthly | Per month, billed annually | What it includes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Market Data 1 | Starter | $30/mo | $12/mo | Starter includes 5 years of unadjusted EOD options history, from data back to 2010. |
| Barchart 2 | Premier (partial) | $19.99/mo | $19.99/mo | Premier gives historical options data; years of depth and price are not published. |
| Alpha Vantage 3 | Premium 1 (or any higher premium tier) | $49.99/mo | $41.58/mo | Premium 1 unlocks historical options back to 2008; not on the free tier. |
| Sheets Finance 4 | Options | $98/mo | $78/mo | The standalone Options product gives 20+ years of EOD OPRA history, expired included. |
| ThetaData 5 | Options Standard | $80/mo | No annual plan | Options Standard gives 8 years of EOD and tick-level options history with full NBBO. |
| Cboe DataShop 6 | Option EOD Summary — full market | $300/mo | $125/mo | Full-market EOD options history since 2012; price is an estimate, not a published rate. |
| Massive 7 | Options Advanced | $199/mo | $159.2/mo | Options Advanced gives 5+ years of EOD options history, bundled with real-time delivery. |
| ORATS 8 | Delayed Data API | $199/mo | No annual plan | Delayed Data API gives EOD options chains with greeks and IV back to 2007. |
| Databento 9 | Usage-based OPRA.PILLAR history | Not published | Not published | Usage-based OPRA history back to 2013, billed from $0.04/GB; no flat monthly price. |
| Intrinio 10 | Individual plus a bulk-history purchase | Not published | Not published | Individual includes about 2 years of options history; 5+ years needs an unpriced bulk buy. |

Price sources for this table

1.  [marketdata.app/docs/account/plan-limits/index.md](/docs/account/plan-limits/index.md)
2.  [barchart.com/get-barchart-premier](https://www.barchart.com/get-barchart-premier)
3.  [alphavantage.co/documentation/](https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/)
4.  [sheetsfinance.com/docs/pricing-and-plans-xgwqy](https://sheetsfinance.com/docs/pricing-and-plans-xgwqy)
5.  [thetadata.net/pricing](https://thetadata.net/pricing)
6.  [datashop.cboe.com/option-eod-summary](https://datashop.cboe.com/option-eod-summary)
7.  [massive.com/pricing?product=options](https://massive.com/pricing?product=options)
8.  [orats.com/data-api](https://orats.com/data-api)
9.  [databento.com/options](https://databento.com/options)
10.  [intrinio.com/options/eod-historical-options](https://intrinio.com/options/eod-historical-options)

Our Starter plan, $12 a month billed annually, already includes five years of options history out of data that itself runs back to 2010.

## Why did our historical stock prices not match another provider’s numbers?

Our biggest verified pricing dispute of 2026 involved an institution’s software team valuing donated stock for tax purposes under IRS Publication 561. Their engineer reported our candles didn’t match other quoting services on specific dates, and a re-query of the same historical date weeks later returned different numbers than the first query had.

With our agreement, the customer withheld a subscription payment for five weeks, from mid-April to May 20, 2026, until the dispute closed.

The fix was two query parameters: adding `adjustsplits=false&adjustdividends=false` to the request made all five reported discrepancies disappear, because a value already adjusted for a split or dividend is not the price that traded on that date, and it changes again whenever a new corporate action occurs. We also found and disclosed a separate, real defect: a small number of OHLC values were losing their third significant decimal, filed and tracked internally as `api#106`.

## How do we adjust historical stock prices for splits and dividends?

An adjusted price is rewritten so a chart looks continuous across a split or spin-off. We adjust daily candles for splits and corporate actions by default and never for dividends, and the as-traded, unadjusted series sits on the same endpoint, one parameter away.

## When should you not use Market Data for historical stock prices?

Use another provider if you need bulk flat-file delivery or historical greeks for an options backtest. Nasdaq Data Link and EODHD sell the first; ThetaData sells the second, and we sell neither.

Our own [historical stock data API](/api/stocks/historical-stock-data-api/) documents the adjustment parameters named above, and the [overall ranking of financial data providers](/alternatives/financial-data-providers/) compares all 19 sources on more than history. For options history specifically, our [options data providers ranking](/alternatives/options-data-providers/) goes deeper. The IRS’s own [Publication 561](https://www.irs.gov/publications/p561) sets the valuation rule the institutional case above was built on.