Get country economics, FX and calendars through straightforward REST paths and hosted MCP tools. Narwhal organizes those datasets under one account and monthly allowance. Nasdaq Data Link offers financial, economic and alternative datasets with subscriptions tied to the selected data product.
Choose Narwhal for a focused economics catalogue, documented country and indicator routes, and usage pricing that covers both your application and hosted agent requests.
Nasdaq subscriptions are dataset-specific; the Narwhal example reads US consumer prices.
| Requirement | Narwhal API | Nasdaq Data Link |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ✓ 3,000 requests/month | Not published |
| Cheapest paid plan | Basic: $60/month; $600/year available | Not published |
| Update speed | Dataset schedule; timestamps retained | Dataset dependent |
| History | Free: 12 months; Basic: 5 years; available records only | Dataset dependent |
| Coverage | Economics, FX, holidays and published commodities | Financial, economic and alternative datasets |
| Interfaces | REST and MCP; WebSocket not published | REST; WebSocket and MCP not published here |
| SDKs | Not published | Python, R and Excel tools |
| Commercial use on free tier | ✓ Commercial apps; resale needs Enterprise | Not published across datasets |
Nasdaq prices depend on the dataset subscription; a qualifying CPI price is not published.
| Requests per month | Narwhal API | Nasdaq Data Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | Free: $0/month | Not published |
| 10,000 | Basic: $60/month | Not published |
| 100,000 | Basic: $60/month | Not published |
Read US consumer prices
Nasdaq Data Link's product pages publish no qualifying US CPI dataset or price.
# 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.
Nasdaq Data Link is the better pick when a particular financial or alternative dataset drives your application. Its dataset marketplace gives researchers a route to products outside Narwhal's country economics and calendars. Access plans, update schedules and licences follow the selected dataset. The cited material does not establish an equivalent CPI subscription or request example, so this page shows Narwhal's concrete CPI request and leaves Nasdaq's qualifying price unpublished.
Yes. Narwhal Free includes 3,000 successful requests per month, commercial app use and both REST and hosted MCP access. Narwhal's country and indicator routes provide a direct way to request the economics catalogue.
Nasdaq Data Link subscriptions are tied to datasets, so price and access follow the selected product. The cited product pages do not establish a qualifying US CPI plan. Narwhal's table prices its published economics catalogue by monthly successful requests, with one allowance shared across REST and hosted MCP calls.
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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