# Barchart OnDemand

Seventy-odd REST endpoints covering equities, options and physical commodities.

*https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/barchart-ondemand · Stock Market Data APIs*

## Facts

### At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | Barchart |
| Category | Stock Market Data APIs |
| Job | realtime |
| Website | https://www.barchart.com/ondemand |
| Pricing model | usage |
| Free tier | false |
| Open source | false |
| Licence | none |
| Self-hosted | false |
| Tested hands-on | false |
| Last updated | 2026-09-13 |

### Pricing

| Tier | USD | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Custom | on request | month |

### Coverage

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Asset classes | stocks, etf, options, futures, forex, crypto, indices, mutual_funds, commodities |
| Markets | us, ca, uk, eu, asia, au |
| Works outside the US | true |
| Data latency | realtime |
| Platforms | library |
| AI features | none |

### Interfaces

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| API | true |
| Webhooks | false |
| Scripting | none |
| Python | true |
| Spreadsheet add-in | false |
| MCP server | false |
| Export | csv, json |

### Capabilities

Yes: charting, screening, alerts, news, options_analysis

No: scanning, backtesting, automation, live_trading, paper_trading, portfolio_tracking, broker_import, tax_reporting

*Verified: pricing 2026-09-13; capabilities 2026-09-13; coverage 2026-09-13.*

## What it is

Barchart OnDemand is the developer half of Barchart: seventy-odd named REST endpoints —
`getQuote`, `getHistory`, `getEquityOptions`, `getNews`, `getCmdtyStats` — on one host, keyed by
an `apikey` query parameter, answering in JSON, XML or CSV. A separate event-based API pushes
alerts over REST or Socket.IO when a user-defined condition fires.

Breadth is the pitch, and it goes somewhere unusual: next to the equities endpoints sit grain
cash bids, USDA grain prices, refined fuel prices, crop factors and weather — Barchart's
agricultural data business, sold through the same key.

## Pricing

There is no price list. Barchart's own product overview offers to build "a custom package for
you" whether you want a small, medium, large or enterprise solution, and the quick start tells
you to fill in a contact form to be issued a key rather than to sign up. A trial exists, but it
has to be asked for and its length is not published.

## Data & coverage

Equities by exchange covers Aequitas, ASX, Cboe, CSE, Euronext, LSE Group, Nasdaq, ICE/NYSE and
TMX; the futures and commodities side reaches further, with Hong Kong, Osaka, Shanghai, Tokyo and
NSE India in the exchange list. Quotes are real-time, delayed or end-of-day by entitlement;
history is tick, minute or daily bars.

One documented limit to design around: `getEquitiesByExchange` refuses a `fileDate` more than 30
days back, so the bulk-by-exchange route is for recent snapshots rather than backfill. `getHistory`
publishes no record cap at all — the response follows your date range unless you set `maxRecords`.

## Integrations

Official clients exist for Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python and MATLAB, and the docs ship an OpenAPI
specification. Treat them as sample code rather than maintained SDKs: the Python client's most
recent release is v1.1.1 from April 2023, and the Java client has had no commit since February
2019.

## Limitations

- Redistribution is expressly prohibited: the docs say data is for internal use only. That rules
  out the obvious consumer product unless you negotiate separately.
- No self-serve signup, no published price, no trial you can start yourself. Evaluating it means
  a sales call, which prices out the weekend project entirely.
- Rate limits are published nowhere — they are whatever the contract says.
- The screening and charting endpoints are narrow: an options screener and a server-rendered
  chart image, not something you would hand a user.

## Alternatives

[Massive](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/massive) (formerly Polygon.io) and [Alpha Vantage](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/alpha-vantage) publish their prices and hand over a key in a minute, which matters
more than breadth while you are prototyping. What Barchart has that they do not is the
physical-commodity side — no close substitute among the other
[market data APIs](https://stockmarketstack.com/categories/market-data-apis).

## FAQ

### Does Barchart OnDemand have a free tier?

No. The old free market data API was retired — its host now answers HTTP 410 with "The Free Market Data API service is no longer available." Every endpoint page ends in a contact form, and a trial has to be asked for.

### Can I redistribute Barchart OnDemand data in my own product?

Not on the standard terms. The documentation states that data is for internal use only and that redistribution is expressly prohibited, so a consumer-facing product needs a separate commercial agreement.

### How is Barchart OnDemand different from Barchart.com?

They are two products from the same vendor with different audiences. OnDemand is the REST API you buy a key for and call from your own code; it is sold and priced separately from the consumer site.

### How far back does Barchart OnDemand history go, and in what granularity?

getHistory serves tick, minute and end-of-day bars across stocks, indices, funds, ETFs, futures, forex and crypto. How many records come back is set by the startDate/endDate range unless you cap it with maxRecords; the docs publish no fixed per-call limit. The vendor does not publish a history depth per exchange — that comes out of the sales conversation.

## Also from Barchart

- [Barchart.com](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/barchart-com.md)

## Also worth comparing

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- [Finnhub](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/finnhub.md) — Real-time US quotes and a live trade stream on a free key. OHLC candles are not free.
- [IQFeed](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/iqfeed.md) — Tick-by-tick data into a local Windows socket, with exchange fees billed on top.
- [Massive](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/massive.md) — Full-tick US equities, options and futures from a direct exchange feed.
- [Twelve Data](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/twelve-data.md) — Global stocks, forex and crypto over REST and WebSocket, billed in credits per minute.
- [Bigdata.com](https://stockmarketstack.com/tools/bigdata-com.md) — RavenPack's self-serve retrieval API over premium news and filings, billed per token.