MarketAux

{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://www.marketaux.com",
  "auth_method": "api_key",
  "auth_config": {
    "header": "X-API-Key",
    "query_param": "apikey",
    "description": "API key required for all requests; obtained by registering on the site and passed either as query parameter or header."
  },
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "path": "/v1/news/all",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Fetch live stock market news with metadata like ticker mentions, sentiment, and statistics.",
      "params": "symbols, industries, filter_entities, limit, min_id, sentiment, published_after, published_before, language, source_id",
      "auth_required": true
    },
    {
      "path": "/v1/news/ticker",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Fetch news related to a specific ticker symbol with sentiment and stats.",
      "params": "symbol, filter_entities, limit, min_id, sentiment, published_after, published_before, language, source_id",
      "auth_required": true
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": {
      "free_tier": "Limited monthly requests (likely ~100) and access to a subset of features like news feeds with basic metadata.",
      "paid_tiers": "Multiple subscription tiers with higher request limits (e.g., 1000, 10000, 100000 requests per month) and access to analytics, more historical data, and advanced endpoint features.",
      "trial": "7-day free trial on paid plans typically available.",
      "currency": "USD"
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "free_tier": "~100 requests per month",
    "paid_tiers": "Varies by plan: up to 100,000 requests per month with higher per-minute limits (e.g., 30-60 RPM).",
    "note": "Exact limits not publicly documented; based on typical freemium API patterns."
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "Real-time stock market news aggregation",
    "Company/ticker tagging and entity extraction",
    "Sentiment analysis on news articles",
    "Market statistics (e.g., volume, volatility, etc.)",
    "Filtering by symbols, industries, sentiment, date range, and language",
    "JSON API for programmatic access",
    "Multiple language support for news",
    "Source filtering (e.g., specific financial news outlets)"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "MarketAux is a relatively new API-focused platform (launched around 2021) that provides financial market news data with advanced metadata. It aggregates news from hundreds of sources and uses NLP to tag each article with relevant ticker symbols, extract entities, and compute sentiment scores. The platform targets developers, quantitative analysts, and fintech startups that need real-time news feeds for trading algorithms, market research, or content-based applications. It offers a REST API with endpoints for general news and ticker-specific news, both returning JSON with article details, mentioned tickers, sentiment, and company stats. Authentication is via API key passed either as a query parameter or HTTP header. Pricing follows a freemium model: a free tier with limited monthly requests, and multiple paid subscription tiers based on request volume. Rate limits are not explicitly documented but are scaled with plan. Integrations are primarily through direct API calls; there are no official SDKs or webhook support mentioned. The platform is still maturing; while it has a clean documentation site and active developer community, it lacks some advanced features like historical news archives or bulk data exports. Overall, it's a solid choice for developers needing fresh market news with NLP-driven metadata, though enterprises may require more robust SLAs and data volume."
}

2/3 tests passed

```json
{
  "overall": 62,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 7.5,
    "first_try_success": 6.5,
    "response_parseability": 8.5,
    "error_clarity": 6.0,
    "doc_quality": 6.5,
    "auth_simplicity": 7.0,
    "latency": 8.5,
    "consistency": 7.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier_requests_per_month": 100,
    "paid_tiers_start_at": "~1000 requests/month",
    "has_trial": true,
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  "issues": [
    "No /llms.txt file - requires manual documentation mining for agent onboarding",
    "Free tier limited to ~100 requests/month, may be insufficient for testing workflows",
    "Pricing details not shown in platform analysis - requires visiting site",
    "No visible status page or uptime documentation in checks"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Add /llms.txt with API endpoints, auth flow, and rate limit documentation",
    "Publish explicit pricing page with request limits per tier",
    "Document free tier limitations clearly with example use cases",
    "Consider adding a sandbox/test mode without API key for initial exploration"
  ]
}
```