specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Barchart
providerId: barchart
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Market Data
- Financial Data
- Commodities
- Futures
- Reference Data
- Plans
description: >-
  Barchart OnDemand is commercially licensed and sold as packaged subscriptions
  and custom enterprise agreements rather than published pay-as-you-go rates.
  Barchart states it builds a custom package - small, medium, large, or
  enterprise - and directs prospective customers to contact sales. A limited
  free trial API key is available for evaluation. Pricing is not publicly
  posted; real-time exchange data carries additional exchange licensing fees
  beyond the Barchart subscription. Delayed and end-of-day data are typically
  more accessible than real-time.
notes: >-
  Exact prices are not published by Barchart. Tiers below are honestly modeled
  from Barchart's stated custom-package and free-trial language; confirm scope,
  entitlements, and exchange fees directly with Barchart sales during
  reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/api
- https://www.barchart.com/ondemand/faq
- https://www.barchart.com/solutions/services/ondemand
plans:
- id: barchart-free-trial
  name: Free Trial
  type: trial
  description: >-
    Limited evaluation API key for testing the OnDemand endpoints with a capped
    number of requests and restricted data before committing to a subscription.
  entries:
  - label: Trial Requests
    name: trial_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free (limited requests / restricted data)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: apikey Access
  - name: Delayed / End-of-Day Data
  - name: Selected Endpoints
- id: barchart-subscription
  name: OnDemand Subscription
  type: subscription
  description: >-
    Packaged subscription scoped to the endpoints, asset classes, and data
    timeliness (delayed, end-of-day, or real-time) the customer needs. Barchart
    assembles a small/medium/large package; price is quoted per package.
  entries:
  - label: Subscription Package
    name: subscription_package
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: quoted per package (contact sales)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Scoped Endpoint Access
  - name: Quotes and History
  - name: Fundamentals and Corporate Actions
  - name: Futures, Options, and Commodities
  - name: News and Reference Data
- id: barchart-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Custom enterprise agreement for high-volume or wide-coverage usage,
    real-time streaming (Event-Based API / streaming market data), redistribution,
    negotiated SLAs, and full asset-class and exchange coverage. Real-time
    exchange data requires additional exchange licensing/fees.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Real-Time Market Data
  - name: Streaming / Event-Based API
  - name: Full Asset-Class Coverage
  - name: Redistribution Rights
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com