Alternative data providers
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ProviderCategoryDatasetsGeographyDeliveryPrice band
Accrue Forward-looking global event calendar and historical event database, marketed as a digital almanac for event-driven investors.
Boxoffice Media Provides daily boxoffice gross receipts. Founded in 1920; 15 employees
Cboe Global Markets Options and derivatives market statistics including VIX index data, volumes and open interest.
DataYes Chinese investment-research platform with an open data marketplace covering fundamental and quantitative datasets for institutional users.
EPFR Daily and weekly fund-flows and asset-allocation data tracking traditional and alternative funds worldwide; part of ISI Markets.
Estimize Crowdsourced consensus earnings and revenue estimates contributed by buy-side, sell-side, and independent analysts.
Exante Data Macro data and analytics on cross-border capital flows, FX, and global liquidity for macro-focused investors.
Nasdaq Data Link Data marketplace, formerly Quandl, distributing financial, economic, and alternative datasets from many publishers through a single API.
QUICK Corp Japanese financial information company, a Nikkei group member, providing QUICK Consensus estimates and market data with deep coverage of Japanese equities.
Unusual Whales US options-flow, dark-pool and congressional-trading data for retail and institutional traders.
Wall Street Horizon Forward-looking and historical corporate-event data, including earnings dates, dividends, splits, spin-offs, and investor conferences.
Woodseer Dividend forecast data covering dates and amounts for tens of thousands of securities, combining an algorithm with analyst review; now part of OptionMetrics.