Summary
Databento offers usage-based pricing ($/GB) and subscription plans starting at $179/month (Standard) for CME data, scaling to $4,000/month (Unlimited) for full historical and live data. Bloomberg terminal costs $20,000-$27,000 per seat/year. Databento covers 70+ exchanges across futures, options, equities, and equity options, including CME, Eurex, ICE, and OPRA. The company is expanding to 20+ data centers worldwide and has secured 100+ petabytes of storage. New asset classes in expansion include European and Asia-Pacific markets. Databento serves 3,000+ firms including hedge funds, prop trading shops, and AI labs (Nvidia is both customer and technology partner). The company reached profitability with 24 employees and 6.65x YoY revenue growth.
Key Points
- Pricing: $179/mo Standard (CME), $1,500/mo Plus, $4,000/mo Unlimited
- Bloomberg terminal: $20K-$27K/seat/year
- Coverage: 70+ exchanges (CME, Eurex, ICE, OPRA, CFE, EEX)
- Asset classes: futures, options on futures, equities, equity options
- Expansion: 20+ data centers, 100+ PB storage, European and APAC markets
- Customers: 3,000+ firms (hedge funds, prop trading, AI labs)
- Nvidia: customer and technology partner
- Revenue: 6.65x YoY growth, profitable with 24 employees
- Enterprise retention: 97%+ since inception
- Global market data spending: $50B+ in 2025