Alpaca
API-first retail brokerage
Developer-first brokerage and market-data APIs for algorithmic retail trading.
What it covers
Alpaca is a analysis publication focused on API-first retail brokerage. Its coverage spans Equities, Digital Assets, and it is classified under quant data with a north america orientation, based in United States.
Developer-first brokerage and market-data APIs for algorithmic retail trading.
Pricing and access
Alpaca is partly free, with the full archive behind a paid tier.
The publisher does not list public pricing, so budget for a quotation request before committing.
Track record
First published in 2015, which makes it roughly 11 years into its run. Vintage matters in research: surviving one full cycle is a different claim from surviving a bull market.
It carries a Research Authority Score of 72/100, ranked 341 of 426 publications in the index, and is classified as a independent publication.
Who it is for
Alpaca suits readers who want a thesis they can hold for quarters rather than a level to trade today. With a freemium access model and a focus on API-first retail brokerage, it fits readers who already know the sector and want depth rather than an introduction.
If your constraint is time rather than money, the question to ask is whether the publication tells you something the free feed does not: order flow, a primary-source ledger, a model, or a mechanism nobody else has priced.
How it is scored
Every publication in this index is scored 0 to 100 on the same five pillars: primary-source rigour (35%), differentiated niche edge (25%), track record and vintage (15%), institutional adoption (15%), and transparency and independence (10%). Alpaca scores 72.
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Frequently asked
- How much does Alpaca cost?
- Free.
- What does Alpaca cover?
- Alpaca covers API-first retail brokerage, across Equities, Digital Assets. It is published as a analysis publication from United States.
- How is Alpaca ranked on newsletters.markets?
- It scores 72/100, ranked 341 of 426 publications in the index. Scoring weights primary-source rigour, niche depth, track record, institutional adoption and transparency. Paid placement never changes the score.
- Is there a free tier of Alpaca?
- Yes. Alpaca operates a freemium model, so you can read the free output before paying for the full archive.