Econdb
- Free allowance
- No free API: the website allows 15 free views a day; the USD 400 a year subscription includes CSV downloads and API access
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatedAPI access is part of the USD 400 a year subscription; keyless calls answer 401
- Evidence
- documented8 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | No free API: the website allows 15 free views a day; the USD 400 a year subscription includes CSV downloads and API access unit none; metered on none; The API docs (released 29 July 2025) require a token in the Authorization header. Keyless calls to both the legacy series endpoint and the v1 ports endpoint answered HTTP 401. Whether a free account can mint a token is unverified: behind a sign-up. |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
Bulk path: CSV downloads are part of the subscription; Enterprise offers bulk files and feeds. Storage terms: unverified, the terms page answered HTTP 404. |
| Binding | write-gated A paid subscription, not a request count, stands between a caller and the API. |
| Identity | email The account form takes an optional email, a username and a password, or Google sign-in; no card on the form. The paid API needs a payment. |
| Egress | not metered in bytes; no request quota is stated |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Interface | rest GET https://api.econdb.com/v1/... with Authorization: Token KEY endpoint: https://api.econdb.com/v1 |
| Tooling | curl or any HTTP client; Python and R clients are published |
| Composes with | Macro series and port data need a paid token here; FRED and Fiscal Data give macro series with a free key or none. |
| Reliability | Keyless calls answer HTTP 401 Authentication credentials were not provided. |
| Notes | API needs a paid token; the free tier is website views only. Bulk path: Enterprise. Storage terms: unverified. |
| Evidence note | documented Plan and API terms are read from the vendor pages; two keyless probes answered 401; the free account's token rights were not read. |
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Evidence 8
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | www.econdb.com/pricing/ | 15 free views a day on the website |
| 2026-11-02 | www.econdb.com/pricing/ | the subscription is USD 400 a year |
| 2026-11-02 | www.econdb.com/pricing/ | API access comes with the subscription |
| 2026-11-02 | www.econdb.com/pricing/ | Enterprise offers bulk files or feeds |
| 2026-11-02 | developers.econdb.com/docs/ | the API was released on 29 July 2025 and uses a token |
| 2026-11-02 | www.econdb.com/accounts/signup/ | the account form takes an optional email, a username and a password |
| 2026-11-02 | probe: https://api.econdb.com/v1/ports/ | a keyless v1 call answered HTTP 401 |
| 2026-11-02 | probe: https://www.econdb.com/api/series/RGDPUS/?format=json | a keyless legacy series call answered HTTP 401 |
More fields 1
| bulk path | CSV exports on the subscription; bulk files on Enterprise |
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Unknown values 1
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer