Databento
Institutional-grade market data (futures, options, equities) from 45+ exchanges with pay-as-you-go historical data and $125 free credits.
Professional-quality tick data at accessible prices; the free credits are enough to test serious ideas.
Who it is for
Serious futures and options traders who need exact exchange data for backtests and live trading.
Strengths
- $125 in free historical data credits for new users (valid 6 months).
- Over 45 exchanges, including CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, OPRA, Eurex and ICE.
- Usage-based historical pricing: pay only for the data you download.
Good to know
- Tick-level data gets large fast; estimate the cost before downloading.
- Higher live plans are annual contracts through sales.
Want a bot built on Databento, or something similar?
We set it up, connect it to your accounts and keep it running.
Real-life uses
NinjaTrader strategy automation
🔥 High demandYour futures setup coded in NinjaScript, backtested and simulated before going live.
Commodity seasonality report
Statistics of how a contract behaved in each month over 15+ years.
Historical data pipeline
Clean, deduplicated candles or ticks downloaded and stored for your research.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these sources, checked on 2026-10-24. If something has changed, the source wins; tell us at contact@tradebotcheck.com.
- https://databento.com/pricing: pricing models, free credits, plans, exchange coverage
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