Alternative data providers
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ProviderCategoryDatasetsGeographyDeliveryPrice band
Climate TRACE Open, independent inventory of global greenhouse-gas emissions by source.
ClinicalTrials.gov Registry of clinical studies worldwide with a free API.
CMS Data US Medicare/Medicaid claims-derived and provider datasets, free to download.
CoinGecko Crypto market data across thousands of assets with a free public API.
Common Crawl Free petabyte-scale archive of crawled web pages, refreshed monthly.
Copernicus Data Space (ESA) Free Sentinel satellite imagery and Earth-observation products from the EU programme.
CourtListener Free legal database of court opinions and PACER (RECAP) dockets.
Data.gov Catalogue of free US federal government open datasets.
Ember Energy think tank publishing open electricity datasets and policy research; annual and monthly products have different coverage and methods.
EPA Envirofacts US Environmental Protection Agency open data on emissions and facilities.
Etherscan Ethereum block explorer with a free API for on-chain transaction data.
FDIC BankFind Free data on US banks, financials, and institution health.
FiscalData (US Treasury) Free US federal financial data including debt, rates, and spending.
FRED Federal Reserve Economic Data: free macro and financial time series.
Google Earth Engine Geospatial data catalogue and cloud analysis platform, with registered noncommercial and commercial access paths.
International Energy Agency Authoritative global energy statistics: supply, demand, prices, emissions and technology deployment.
Internet Archive Open archive of web pages, media, and historical site snapshots (Wayback Machine).
MarineCadastre (NOAA AIS) Free historical AIS vessel-position data for US waters.
NASA Earthdata Open access to NASA Earth-observation satellite data across dozens of missions.
NOAA NCEI US National Centers for Environmental Information: open climate and weather archives.
Open-Meteo Free weather forecast and historical-weather API, no key required.
OpenAQ Open aggregation of air-quality sensor measurements worldwide.
OpenCorporates The largest open database of companies and corporate registry data.
openFDA FDA open APIs for drugs, devices, adverse events, and recalls.
OpenSky Network Open air-traffic (ADS-B) data on flights, free for research use.
OpenStreetMap Open, crowd-sourced global map with points of interest and place data.
SEC EDGAR Public SEC filings, search tools and structured-data APIs; reporting periods, publication times and amendments require separate interpretation.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Free US employment, wage, and labour-market statistics with a public API.
U.S. Census Bureau Free demographic, business, and economic data via public APIs.
U.S. EIA US Energy Information Administration: free energy production, consumption, and price data.
USAspending.gov Free record of US federal spending, contracts, and awards.
USDA NASS Quick Stats Free US agricultural statistics: crops, yields, livestock, and prices.
USGS EarthExplorer Free Landsat and other satellite/aerial imagery archives from the US Geological Survey.
USPTO PatentsView USPTO research datasets with processed patent records and entity linkages, now hosted on the Open Data Portal; not the official legal record.
World Bank Open Data Free global development and economic indicators by country.