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sec-api.io
Raw filings, search, section extraction, XBRL conversion, specialized forms and real-time delivery in one commercial stack.
01 / Positioning
A commercial EDGAR specialist designed to replace much of the ingestion, archive, parsing and delivery layer.
02 / Capabilities
Filings & parsing
- — Query by ticker, CIK, form and date
- — Raw documents and exhibits in HTML, TXT, XML, PDF, Excel and images
- — Item extraction for 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, including amendments
Structured & specialized data
- — XBRL-to-JSON by filing URL, XBRL URL or accession number
- — Forms 3/4/5, 13F, N-PORT, N-CEN, N-PX, Form 144 and Form ADV
Search & delivery
- — Classic full-text search—not documented semantic/vector search
- — Historical backfills, archive APIs and push-based WebSocket filings
03 / Strengths
- ✓ Raw + parsed filings
- ✓ Full-text search
- ✓ XBRL
- ✓ WebSocket stream
- ✓ Ownership data
Limitations
- — No documented Bigdata-like vector search or cross-encoder reranking
- — Section extraction is strongest for 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K
- — Lower tiers have usage and licensing boundaries
Pricing and provider claims
Personal: $49/mo annual or $55 monthly; Business Internal Use: $199 annual or $239 monthly; Enterprise custom.
Provider reports 20M+ filings and 100M+ exhibits back to 1993.
Official API catalog ↗Provider claim · not independently benchmarked
Provider reports roughly 300 ms indexing for new filings; not independently benchmarked.
Real-Time Filing Stream API ↗Provider claim · not independently benchmarked
Choose it when
- Production filing search and monitoring
- Section-aware research applications
- Ownership and regulatory data feeds
Provider alternatives
EdgarTools + edgar.tools: Prefer an open-source Python core and lower lock-in.Bigdata.com: Add or choose for explicit embedding search and reranking.Editorial information, not investment or legal advice. Verify current coverage, pricing and licensing before procurement.
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