Financial data companies charge $97,000+/year for this: ❌ Bloomberg — $31,980/yr (market data + credit ratings + ESG) ❌ Sensibull — ₹15,600/yr (options Greeks + Max Pain) ❌ Morningstar — $17,500/yr (MF flows) ❌ Trendlyne — ₹4,950/yr (insider trading) ❌ Screener Pro — ₹4,999/yr (fundamentals) ❌ Refinitiv — $22,000/yr (macro data) ❌ Zerodha — ₹6,000/yr (real-time API) ✅ finstack-mcp — $0 58 tools. Free. Open source. Works inside Claude. pip install finstack-mcp github.com/finstacklabs/finstack-mcp

Financial data companies collectively charge $97,000+/year for market data that's mostly derived from public sources. I spent months building finstack-mcp — an open-source MCP server that covers NSE/BSE real-time quotes (Angel One), Indian fundamentals, options Greeks, FII/DII institutional flow, insider trading, RBI rates, AMFI fund flows, G-Sec yields, credit ratings (CRISIL/ICRA/CARE), BRSR/ESG data, and 50+ more tools. Free. MIT licensed. Zero API keys needed. One command: pip install finstack-mcp If you work in finance or build AI tools — this is worth 2 minutes of your time.

Bloomberg Terminal costs $31,980/year. Two-year contract. 90-day cancellation notice. I built the same thing. Free. Open source. → NSE/BSE live data → Fundamentals, FII/DII, options → RBI rates, G-Sec yields, India macro → Works inside Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT pip install finstack-mcp Your Bloomberg rep will not like this.

Bloomberg Terminal: $31,980/year per seat. Mandatory 2-year contracts. I spent months building finstack-mcp — an open-source alternative that gives AI tools structured access to the same financial data. 58 tools. Zero subscriptions. Zero API keys. MIT licensed. Angel One SmartAPI for real-time data. It runs inside Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible AI client. Launching on Product Hunt April 1st. Would love your support.

Sensibull charges ₹1,300/month for options Greeks. I added Black-Scholes Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega to finstack-mcp. Free. No login. Works inside Claude. Just ask: "What are the Greeks for NIFTY 22500 CE this expiry?" Max Pain, PCR trend, IV summary — also free. pip install finstack-mcp #NIFTY #OptionsTrading #MCP #Free

Sensibull Pro = ₹15,600/year for options analytics 📊 finstack-mcp = FREE Ask Claude: "What's the Max Pain for NIFTY?" and get: ✅ Max Pain strike ✅ PCR (Put-Call Ratio) ✅ Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega ✅ Top OI strikes (support/resistance) Link in bio to install. #optionstrading #nifty #stockmarket #fintech #opensource #trading

Morningstar charges $17,500/year for India mutual fund data. AMFI publishes the same data for free. finstack-mcp now surfaces it inside Claude: → ₹67 lakh crore industry AUM → Monthly SIP inflow data → 7,000+ scheme database → Category-wise breakdown Ask Claude: "How is the Indian MF industry doing?" pip install finstack-mcp

There's a multi-billion dollar business built on repackaging public data. Morningstar Direct: $17,500/year for mutual fund intelligence. The source: AMFI — free, public, updated monthly. I built a tool in finstack-mcp that surfaces AMFI data inside Claude. India's ₹67 lakh crore MF industry — accessible with a natural language question. No subscription. This is what open source looks like when it's pointed at finance.

The promoter just bought ₹12 crore of their own stock. That's public data. NSE publishes every insider trade as a SAST disclosure. Trendlyne charges ₹4,950/year to show you this. finstack-mcp now has nse_insider_trading(). Free. Ask Claude: "Who bought their own stock in the last 30 days?" pip install finstack-mcp #InsiderTrading #NSE #SmartMoney #MCP

When insiders buy their own company's stock — that's a signal 🔍 Every trade is publicly disclosed on NSE. Most people just don't know where to look. finstack-mcp now gives you access to all NSE SAST insider trading data — free, inside Claude. Trendlyne charges ₹4,950/year for this. We don't. Link in bio. #stocks #investing #insidertrading #nse #stockmarket #fintech

I cancelled 4 finance subscriptions this month. ❌ Screener.in Pro — ₹4,999/yr ❌ Sensibull Pro — ₹15,600/yr ❌ Trendlyne StratQ — ₹4,950/yr ❌ Morningstar Direct — $17,500/yr Replaced every single one with: ✅ finstack-mcp — $0 58 tools. Indian fundamentals, options Greeks, insider data, MF flows. All free. Works in Claude. pip install finstack-mcp

I cancelled Screener Pro, Sensibull Pro, Trendlyne StratQ, and Morningstar Direct this month. Total annual cost I was paying: ~$19,000+ I replaced all four with finstack-mcp — an open-source MCP server I built that gives AI tools like Claude access to the same financial data. 58 tools. Free. MIT licensed. No API keys. Launching on Product Hunt April 1st. Link in comments.

I added up every subscription finstack-mcp replaces. The number is embarrassing. Bloomberg Terminal — $31,980/yr Refinitiv Workspace — $22,000/yr Morningstar Direct — $17,500/yr FactSet — $12,000/yr Sensibull Pro — ₹15,600/yr Trendlyne — ₹4,950/yr Screener Pro — ₹4,999/yr Combined: $97,000+/year finstack-mcp: pip install finstack-mcp Free. Open source. 58 tools. Here's every tool we cover in the thread 👇

Name: finstack-mcp by Arthex Tagline A: The open-source Bloomberg for Indian markets — works inside Claude Tagline B: 48 financial data tools that replace $97,000/year in subscriptions Tagline C: Bloomberg charges $32k/year. We made Indian market data free. Description: finstack-mcp is an open-source MCP server for Indian and global financial data. NSE/BSE real-time quotes (Angel One), fundamentals, FII/DII flows, options Greeks (Black-Scholes), insider trading, RBI rates, AMFI fund flows, G-Sec yields, credit ratings (CRISIL/ICRA/CARE), BRSR/ESG data — 58 tools, zero subscriptions, zero API keys. Works inside Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client.

We're live on Product Hunt today. finstack-mcp — 48 financial data tools. $0. Everything Bloomberg, Sensibull, Morningstar, Screener, Trendlyne charge for. Free. Open source. Works inside Claude. Support us here → [Product Hunt link] pip install finstack-mcp RT if you think financial data should be free 🙏

We launched finstack-mcp on Product Hunt today. The idea was simple: Bloomberg charges $32,000/year for a financial data terminal. So does Refinitiv. So does Morningstar, FactSet, Sensibull, Screener — all of them charging thousands for data that's mostly public. We built the same thing. Free. Open source. Works inside Claude. 58 tools. $0. MIT license. If this resonates with you, a vote on Product Hunt means everything today. [Product Hunt link]