The free source of truth — Valuein is the seven layers you'd otherwise build and maintain.
The official SEC EDGAR API (data.sec.gov) is free and authoritative — the literal source of truth, within the SEC's fair-access rate limit. But it gives you raw XBRL only from ~2009, with issuer-chosen tags, no point-in-time vintaging, no standardization, and no audited ratios. Valuein is the standardization, PIT, history, and provenance layer on top.
The short version, including where SEC EDGAR API (free, official) is the better pick.
EDGAR is free and authoritative — and you build everything else yourself. Valuein adds the seven layers EDGAR (and its community MCP wrappers) don't: standardized concepts, restatement-vintage PIT, a 1993 backfill (vs EDGAR's ~2009 XBRL floor), audited ratios, survivorship-free index membership, per-fact citable lineage, and AI-safety governance.
Cost: Free tier, then $49/mo for the layers.
EDGAR is free and the authoritative source of truth
Developers weighing build-vs-buy who want standardized, point-in-time, auditable SEC fundamentals without maintaining a parsing, standardization, and PIT pipeline themselves.
What you get done, not just a feature checklist.
Grouped by what you are trying to do. Scroll sideways on a phone.
| Feature | Valuein | SEC EDGAR API (free, official) |
|---|---|---|
| Data integrity and audit | ||
| Standardization | 350+ concepts, ~12K tags mapped | Raw tags + custom extensions |
| Point-in-Time | Restatement vintage (accepted_at) | Current aggregated view (look-ahead risk) |
| Audited Ratios | 164 ratios, CI-gated accuracy | None — compute it all yourself |
| Index Membership | Survivorship-free, point-in-time | Not provided |
| Agents and workflow | ||
| AI Agent Access | Agent-safe MCP | Community MCP inherits every raw gap |
| Coverage and depth | ||
| History Depth | 1993 → present | Structured XBRL from ~2009 only |
SEC EDGAR API (free, official) details and pricing are based on publicly available information as of June 2026 and may have changed; verify on their site. Where a competitor's figure is vendor-reported or estimated, we say so.
Install the SDK and read a company with no token and no card: the free sample runs the same code your plan will. Add a key later and nothing else changes.
from valuein_sdk import ValueinClient with ValueinClient() as client: # What a ticker or CIK resolves to. A CIK also reaches delisted companies. print(client.resolve(["AAPL", 320193])) # One company's rows from a table, with the point-in-time filter applied. facts = client.read_table( "fact", tickers="AAPL", columns=["standard_concept", "period_end", "fiscal_period", "numeric_value"], limit=10, ) print(facts) # Named SQL templates. Pass parameters as keyword arguments. print(client.list_templates()[:5]) df = client.run_template("fundamentals_by_ticker", ticker="AAPL") print(df.head()) # Links to the SEC filings behind the numbers. links = client.filing_links("AAPL", form_types=["10-K"], limit=3) print(links[["form_type", "filing_date", "document_url"]]) # Restatement Radar: figures a later filing changed (every plan). changed = client.restatements(ticker="AAPL", limit=5) print(changed[["standard_concept", "period_end", "first_value", "current_value", "disclosure_class"]])EDGAR gives you raw XBRL from ~2009 with issuer-chosen tags and no point-in-time vintaging. Valuein adds the seven layers you'd otherwise build and maintain: standardization, restatement-vintage PIT, a 1993 backfill, audited ratios, survivorship-free index membership, per-fact lineage, and AI-safety governance.
They wrap the raw EDGAR API, so they inherit all of its gaps — no standardization, no point-in-time, no audited ratios, no survivorship-free index membership. Valuein's MCP serves the assembled, audited, point-in-time product instead.
Start with the free sample. No card, no sales call; pricing is public.