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RealMarketAPI vs Alpaca Markets Data

Real Market API vs Alpaca — broader instruments, no brokerage required

Alpaca's market data is built around a US equities brokerage. Real Market API is a standalone data API covering Forex, Metals, Crypto, Oil, Indices, and Stocks — no account approval, no per-feed surcharges.

Start free — no credit cardView pricing
Free plan includedSub-150ms latencyMCP Server for AI agentsNo brokerage required

Why developers switch from Alpaca Markets Data

Four key reasons to choose RealMarketAPI

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Forex, Metals, Oil, and Indices — Alpaca has none

Alpaca covers US/crypto only. Forex pairs (EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, 14 total), Gold (XAUUSD), Silver (XAGUSD), WTI Oil, Brent, and global indices like DE30, UK100, and JP225 are all missing. Real Market API includes all of them.

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No brokerage account or approval process

Alpaca's live SIP data feed costs $9/user/mo on top of a brokerage sign-up. Real Market API issues a standalone API key in seconds — free plan, no credit card, no KYC, no brokerage relationship.

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MCP Server for LLM agents — built in

Real Market API ships a native Model Context Protocol server with 34 quota-free tools. Your LLM agents can call `get_price`, `get_candles`, or `get_volatility` as native tool calls — no custom wrapper.

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Published latency SLA on the free plan

Alpaca publishes no latency guarantee. Real Market API documents sub-150ms average response times from the free tier upward, on the same infrastructure used by paid customers.

RealMarketAPI vs Alpaca Markets Data — feature comparison

Side-by-side breakdown of what matters most

Feature
RealMarketAPI
Alpaca Markets Data
Free plan
Yes — no credit card
Free for paper trading only; live SIP data $9/user/mo
Forex pairs
14 pairs (EURUSD, GBPUSD…)
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Gold / Silver
XAUUSD, XAGUSD
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Crypto
BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL…
BTC, ETH, and ~20 coins
US Stocks
30 selected symbols
Full US market (NYSE + NASDAQ)
Oil & Commodities
WTI, Brent, Nat. Gas, Platinum
—
Global Indices
S&P500, NASDAQ, DAX, FTSE…
—
REST API
✓
✓
WebSocket streaming
✓ (Plus plan, $14.99/mo)
✓ (included)
MCP Server
✓ (Pro plan, $34.99/mo)
—
Telegram Bot
✓ on every plan
—
OHLC candle history
Up to 10 years (H1)
Up to 5 years for stocks
Latency SLA
<150ms documented
Not published
Brokerage required
No
Yes for live feeds
Entry paid plan
$4.99/mo
$9/mo (SIP data add-on)

Alpaca's free data uses the IEX exchange feed (≈15–20% of NASDAQ volume). Consolidated SIP data costs $9/user/mo extra. Real Market API's free plan covers 6 live instruments across multiple asset classes with no add-on fees.

Migration checklist from Alpaca Markets Data

  • Map your current symbol list to the Real Market API equivalent instrument set.
  • Validate endpoint parity in the playground before switching production traffic.
  • Define retry and timeout budgets for both REST and WebSocket flows.
  • Run one-day dual-read verification before cutting over alert workflows.
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REST API

Standard JSON responses for price, OHLC candles, and market snapshots.

Plus plan+

WebSocket Streaming

Persistent real-time feed for price ticks, candle updates, and order-flow streams.

Pro plan+

MCP Server

34 quota-free tools for LLM agents via Model Context Protocol.

All plans

Telegram Bot

Price alerts, candle signals, and market summaries delivered to Telegram.

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