Switch from Bloomberg Terminal

The Bloomberg Terminal alternative: no seat, no subscription — just econ and trade data.

A Bloomberg Terminal is reportedly around $30,000 per seat, per year, bundled with markets, chat, news, and a proprietary keyboard. If what you need is economic and trade data, you don't need any of that. Ours is usage-based: 100 free API calls a month, pay per call after that, and go deep on any country — macro and bilateral trade in one API and MCP server.

As of September 2026.

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Why teams switch

No seat, no subscription

We don't sell seats or annual plans. 100 free calls a month, then pay per call from a $50 deposit — that's the whole model.

Econ to trade, any country

GDP, inflation, labour, rates, and debt, plus bilateral trade by product and partner — same key, same schema, 2015 to the present.

Built for software

REST and a hosted MCP server. No terminal to install, no UI to log into, no provisioning call.

Bloomberg Terminal vs EconomicsAPI, line by line.

Public information only. Bloomberg does not publish list pricing; the ~$30,000 figure is the widely reported per-seat annual cost.

 EconomicsAPIBloomberg Terminal
Cost
  • 100 free API calls every month
  • Usage-based from a $50 deposit
  • No seat, no subscription, no contract
  • Self-serve signup in minutes
  • Reported ~$30,000 per seat, per year
  • Typical multi-year enterprise contract
  • No free tier
  • Sales and provisioning process
Getting the data
  • REST API and hosted MCP server
  • Built for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code
  • No UI to log into
  • Proprietary terminal software and keyboard
  • Excel add-in and BLPAPI for enterprise
  • Human-first interface
Depth per country
  • Econ for 50 countries
  • Bilateral trade by product and partner, 41 countries
  • Monthly trade, 2015 to the present
  • Equities, fixed income, FX, commodities, news, chat, and more
  • Real-time market data at global scale
Fit
  • Economics and trade data for software and AI agents
  • Not a trading desk — and we don't pretend to be
  • The full trading desk, if that's what you need

Public pricing, line by line.

Bloomberg doesn't publish list prices; the figure below is publicly reported and widely cited.

 EconomicsAPIBloomberg Terminal
Free tier100 API calls every monthNone
How you payUsage-based from a $50 depositReported ~$30,000 per seat / year
CommitmentNoneTypically multi-year
API accessIncluded, self-serveBLPAPI / enterprise, negotiated
MCP / agent accessHosted MCP server includedNo native MCP (third-party bridges only)

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