Usage-based pricing and credits

Usage-based pricing

Every dataset or data feed is priced in $/GB. Every month, you pay only for the data that you've used. There is no monthly subscription fee.

Historical and live data

Historical data is billed per byte consumed, and live data is billed per message. Databento meters data by its uncompressed size in binary encoding. For no additional charge, you can also request data in CSV and JSON encodings. We convert the data from binary, so you only pay for the data sized in the smaller encoding. For historical data, all delivery methods (like HTTP and FTPS) incur no additional charge — with the exception of physical delivery by hard disk drive.

Streaming and batch download

You can receive data through either streaming or batch download. Here's how billing works for each method:

• Streaming. You're billed for every outbound byte of data that's sent on our network. If connection cuts out in the middle of a streaming request, you won't be charged for the remaining unsent data that you had requested.
• Batch download. You're billed once for the request. Then, you can download the data as many times as you want over 30 days — with no charge.

Pricing quotes

You can find estimated quotes for datasets by searching for them on the Browse page of your Databento portal, and then clicking on the dataset detail page. For a definitive quote, select and then customize your data request on the Data request page.

Data credits

After April 30, 2023, both new and existing Databento users will receive $125 in free data credits for historical data. These credits are shared across your team and expire in 6 months. Each team is eligible for one set of credits.

• If you registered for Databento before April 30, 2023, your original credits will expire at 11:59 PM UTC on April 30, and you will receive $125 in new data credits beginning on May 1.
• If you registered for Databento after April 30, 2023, you will receive $125 in free data credits for historical data. You will only be billed after exceeding $125 in data requests.