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Benchmarks

Dated, reproducible reports on AI-in-markets tooling. Methodology is published up front; sources are linked inline; the underlying data lives in the linked tools.

Q2 release live

State of LLM Pricing for Finance — Q2 2026

Pricing-grade snapshot of every finance-relevant LLM tier as of 2026-04-23, sourced line-by-line from vendor pricing pages. Anthropic Claude Haiku 4.5 / Sonnet 4.6 / Opus 4.6 + 4.7, OpenAI GPT-5.4 family, Google Gemini 2.5 — with four worked finance scenarios.

  • 10 model tiers across 3 vendors
  • 4 worked finance scenarios with $/month
  • Cache, batch, context, and thinking rates documented
  • Downloadable CSV + JSON
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Q2 release live

State of AI Market Data 2026

The 2026 baseline for how retail and small-team AI operators source, use, and pay for market data across Databento, Polygon, Alpaca, Tiingo, FMP, and Alpha Vantage — plus MCP coverage by vendor and LLM-task price/performance.

  • 6 vendors benchmarked
  • 5 LLM models scored on finance extraction
  • MCP coverage audit
  • Downloadable CSV + JSON
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Standards

Every benchmark follows the same rules

  • Methodology first

    Every benchmark publishes its full methodology before the report.

  • Raw data shipped

    CSV + JSON downloads for independent verification on every report page.

  • Editorially independent

    No sponsors, affiliate links, or paid placements in any benchmark as of today.

  • Public corrections

    All corrections logged at /corrections/ with dated entries.

  • Frozen at publication

    Reports are dated at publication. Revisions ship as a new report.

Planning estimates only — not financial, tax, or investment advice.