COMPARISON

Filingrail vs Finnhub

Finnhub is a real-time market-data API with strong global fundamentals and some SEC coverage — filings, financials, insider transactions, and fund ownership (13F). Filingrail is SEC-EDGAR-only. This compares the two where they overlap: the SEC-filings surface.

Plain facts in both columns. Where a value depends on the other provider’s current plan, we say so rather than pin a number that might drift — verify the live figures on their own pricing page before you commit.

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AT A GLANCE

The short version

Finnhub's center of gravity is real-time market data and global fundamentals — SEC filings are one feature among many, and it has no equivalent to a source-filing URL on every response. Its pricing is modular and page-specific (a generous free 60 calls/minute; paid fundamentals from roughly $50/mo; an all-inclusive plan that is enterprise-priced). Filingrail is the simpler call if you want SEC EDGAR only, at a predictable $9/mo, with per-response filing provenance and a first-party MCP server.

SIDE BY SIDE

Filingrail and Finnhub, dimension by dimension

Comparison of Filingrail and Finnhub.
Dimension Filingrail Finnhub
Free tier $0 — 50 requests/day. $0 — 60 API calls/minute (personal use).
Entry paid price $9/mo (Pro) — 5,000 requests/month. Modular — Fundamental from ~$50/mo; the all-inclusive plan is enterprise-priced (~$3,500/mo billed annually). Verify on Finnhub’s product pages.
Data scope / SEC coverage SEC EDGAR only — search, filings, XBRL financials, history, Form 4, 8-K, 13F. SEC filings, financials (as-reported), insider transactions, fund ownership (13F) — plus real-time market data and global fundamentals.
Source-filing traceability filing_url on every record; meta.source_filing_url + meta.source_filing_date on company financials. Not a documented per-response field; confirm in Finnhub’s schema.
Billing surface RapidAPI (merchant of record). Direct — a Finnhub account and card; enterprise plan is contact-sales.
Freshness Refreshed daily from EDGAR. Real-time market data; filing/fundamental freshness varies by dataset.
Formats & tooling JSON REST, Python SDK, first-party MCP server. JSON REST + WebSocket streaming; many official SDKs.
Non-US / market data None — US SEC filings only. Extensive — 60+ exchanges, real-time quotes, forex, crypto, alternative data.

Finnhub is a separate, independent company; nothing here is endorsed by them. Finnhub’s pricing is modular and lives across several product pages, and non-free figures change — treat the numbers here as indicative (as of August 2026) and confirm the exact Fundamental and all-inclusive prices on Finnhub’s own pages before deciding.

HONEST CALL

When each one is the better fit

Pick Filingrail when…

  • You want SEC EDGAR data only, priced simply, without buying market-data modules.
  • You need per-response filing provenance for citation or audit.
  • Your budget is small — $9/mo vs Finnhub’s higher fundamentals/all-inclusive tiers.
  • You want one predictable price rather than modular per-dataset pricing.

Pick Finnhub when…

  • You need real-time stock quotes or streaming market data — Filingrail has none.
  • You need global exchange coverage and international fundamentals.
  • You want alternative data (sentiment, ESG, congressional trading) alongside filings.
  • You're fine with direct/contact-sales billing and modular pricing.

FAQ

Common questions

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Is Filingrail a drop-in replacement for Finnhub?
No, unless you only use Finnhub's SEC-filings and financials endpoints. Filingrail is EDGAR-only and has no real-time quotes, market data, forex, or crypto — which are core Finnhub features.
How do the prices compare?
Both have a $0 tier (Finnhub’s free 60 calls/minute is generous for personal use). Filingrail’s paid entry is $9/mo. Finnhub is modular — fundamentals start around $50/mo and the all-inclusive plan is enterprise-priced. Verify Finnhub’s current numbers on the relevant product page.
Does Filingrail cover the same data?
For SEC EDGAR — company search, filings, XBRL financials, history, Form 4, 8-K, 13F — largely yes. It does not cover Finnhub’s real-time market data, global fundamentals, or alternative datasets.
What does source-traceability mean?
Filingrail attaches a link to the source filing — filing_url on each record, or meta.source_filing_url and meta.source_filing_date on company financials — so each value maps to the exact SEC filing. Check Finnhub’s response schema for an equivalent.
Who handles billing?
Filingrail bills through RapidAPI (merchant of record). Finnhub bills directly, with contact-sales for its top plan.
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