Bring country indicators, release dates and FX into one application with Narwhal's REST and hosted MCP access. Financial Modeling Prep offers economics and commodity datasets through REST. The example below compares US consumer-price requests using each provider's documented interface.
Choose Narwhal for country economics and calendars under one account, with commercial app use on Free and a shared quota for REST and hosted MCP.
The pricing comparison is for US CPI access, with personal and commercial licensing identified separately.
| Requirement | Narwhal API | Financial Modeling Prep |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ✓ 3,000 requests/month | ✓ Basic: 250 calls/day |
| Cheapest paid plan | Basic: $60/month; $600/year available | Not published for CPI access |
| Update speed | Dataset schedule; timestamps retained | Free: end of day |
| History | Free: 12 months; Basic: 5 years; available records only | Starter: 5 years; Premium: 30 years |
| Coverage | Economics, FX, holidays and published commodities | Economics, treasury rates and commodities |
| Interfaces | REST and MCP; WebSocket not published | REST; MCP listed in docs; WebSocket not published |
| SDKs | Not published | Not published |
| Commercial use on free tier | ✓ Commercial apps; resale needs Enterprise | ✗ Individual plans are personal use |
Prices cover US CPI requests.
| Requests per month | Narwhal API | Financial Modeling Prep |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | Free: $0/month | Not published for CPI access |
| 10,000 | Basic: $60/month | Not published for CPI access |
| 100,000 | Basic: $60/month | Not published for CPI access |
Read US consumer prices
# Change: URL and key
url="https://financialmodelingprep.com"
url="$url/stable/economic-indicators"
curl --get \
"$url" \
--data-urlencode "name=CPI" \
--data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"# Change: URL and key
curl \
"https://api.narwhalapi.com/v1/economics/USA/cpi" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Narwhal Free includes 3,000 successful requests each month and permits commercial apps. Use that allowance for a dashboard, scheduled data fetches or an agent integration. Move to Basic for 100,000 monthly requests as usage grows, with the same account and authentication.
REST and hosted MCP reach the same data through one account. Your application can fetch JSON while an agent uses the hosted tools, with every successful call counted once against the shared allowance. One quota makes the combined workload straightforward to budget.
Narwhal's economics catalogue spans 36 countries, with a coverage table for each indicator. Country and indicator paths organize requests around the data your application uses. Combine observations with FX, public holidays and release dates to build country dashboards through the same account.
FMP is the better pick for commodity quotes and intraday charts across metals, energy and agriculture, or for treasury-rate workflows. Those datasets give market-focused applications a broader starting point than Narwhal's country indicators and calendars. Its individual plans are for personal use; commercial display or redistribution requires a separate agreement. The published Starter price does not establish the cheapest plan with CPI access.
Yes. Narwhal Free includes 3,000 successful requests per month, commercial app use and both REST and hosted MCP access. The CPI request shown here is a direct starting point for a country economics dashboard.
FMP labels its individual plans for personal use. Displaying or redistributing data requires a separate Data Display and Licensing Agreement. The annual Starter price alone does not establish permission to publish its data in a customer application.
Replace the request URL and authentication, then map the JSON response into your application's fields. The examples use standard fetch in JavaScript and requests in Python, so integration fits an ordinary HTTP client. Keep your key on the server and carry the response's units, dates and missing values into your display or calculations.
The shared cap applies to successful REST and MCP requests together. There are no automatic overage charges. Basic includes 100,000 monthly requests; quotas reset each month even when you pay yearly.
The comparison uses Narwhal's current public contract and the following first-party competitor pages.
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