NSE real time data price: pay for the feed, fields and rights you need

Choose the receiving route before comparing the price

1. 1

   For a chart inside your broker account

   Check the included chart service first. Dhan, for example, says active account users can use its live TradingView chart features on tv.dhan.co free. That entitlement is separate from a programmatic Data API subscription.

2. 2

   For a program using your own account

   Identify the broker's feed mode, instrument allowance and subscription. Kite Connect supplies data on its paid Connect tier; Dhan has a paid Data API; Upstox and FYERS advertise free standard data access. Brokerage and account costs remain separate.

3. 3

   For a desktop package or a vendor API

   Specify the receiving software and required interface. A desktop feed plugin price cannot establish a hosted WebSocket API price. TrueData explicitly separates those products, and Global Datafeeds asks for API requirements before quoting.

4. 4

   For a service others will see

   Ask about permitted users and display rights as well as data fields. A personal feed subscription is not sufficient evidence of permission to operate a public quote service. Obtain terms for the actual proposed use.

What the quoted prices cover

This guide compares incremental data access charges and documented data capabilities. It does not price a whole trading account or rank feed quality. A WebSocket is a persistent connection through which a server pushes updates; an API snapshot is requested when needed. Last traded price, or LTP, is a different observation from the best available bid and ask.

The cost ladder below separates chart viewing, programmatic broker feeds, desktop subscriptions and vendor APIs. Its tax column stays unresolved when a source does not establish the final amount. We have not completed a vendor checkout, obtained a private quotation or measured a live feed. The word “free” therefore concerns the stated access charge, with the account and product conditions shown alongside it.

The data cost ladder, with tax and product boundaries

Company pages opened 14 October 2026. These are different access products, not interchangeable bundles. Unknown tax-inclusive bills are withheld. Subscription figures exclude brokerage, statutory trade charges and infrastructure.

Receiving route	Published data-access charge	Tax-inclusive amount established?	Product boundary
Dhan charts on tv.dhan.co	Free charting features for active account users	No separate chart subscription amount	Viewing in the broker's chart service; not a Data API entitlement
TradingView.com chart subscription	Use the dedicated chart/data guide for plan and exchange charges	Depends on the selected plan and exchange product	Separate charting platform; retail pricing covered by F21
FYERS standard data API	Free, per support FAQ	₹0 stated access subscription	History, quotes and market data; other account and trading charges separate
Upstox standard API feed	Free access advertised	₹0 stated standard access subscription	Plus feed limits and deeper mode are a separate entitlement; Plus price not verified here
Kite Connect	₹500 per app per month	Current GST inclusion not stated; final tax bill withheld	Connect adds live/history data; Personal excludes them; eligible renewal credits separate
Dhan Data API	₹499 + applicable taxes every 30 days	Tax rate not stated by this subscription FAQ; final bill withheld	Data subscription; ordinary trading API is a separate service
TrueData Velocity	Headline starts ₹1,699/month; NSE EQ Lite cell shows ₹1,439.83/month	Complete selection/invoice not verified; difference not assigned to GST	Desktop feed plans expressly exclude programmatic API access
TrueData Market Data API	Amount depends on exchange, symbols and data type; no usable fixed quote captured	API tax total not established	Separate application, compliance review and approval; exchange-fee wording conflicts
Global Datafeeds API	Tailored quote requested on its API pricing page	Amount and tax basis not established for this setup	Real-time, history, chain and snapshot products can have different requirements

Chart row: Dhan; standard API rows: FYERS support and Upstox overview, with Plus limits from v3 docs; paid broker rows: their own subscription FAQs. TrueData desktop prices and exclusion: current pricing page; API pricing variables: API information page. Global Datafeeds: official tailored-pricing statement. TradingView is a referral to the separate guide, not a newly quoted tariff.

Sources: [23], [20], [17], [18], [11], [13], [5], [7], [9]

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“Trading Members will be provided with live feed data by NSE as a part of their ongoing membership with Exchange”

Two exact names on NSE's authorised-vendor list

List row 7

Global Financial Datafeeds LLP

Checkmarks for capital market (CM), futures and options (F&O), currency derivatives (CD) and indices.

Source: [1]

List row 23

TrueData Financial Information Private Ltd

Checkmarks for CM, F&O and indices. The PDF has no printed update date; reopened 14 October 2026.

Source: [1]

Authorised status does not select a package for you

The names above come from NSE's own published PDF, rather than a vendor's self-description. This verifies the entries and the indicated NSE segments. It does not establish a BSE or MCX agreement from the NSE list, guarantee response time, or make one company a recommendation.

Use the Indian TrueData website and its exact legal-name entry when comparing information. A similarly named overseas business is not evidence about this provider. Vendor pages contain feature and speed marketing, which we have not converted into measured rankings. In particular, a vendor's suggestion that broker feeds lack exchange authorisation should not replace NSE's description of member feeds in clause 4.1.

NSE's direct-feed page describes Level 1 as best bid/ask, Level 2 as up to five bid/ask levels and Level 3 as up to twenty. It describes tick-by-tick data as a full order book and direct delivery through a dedicated leased line, with authorised vendors as another route. Those product definitions help specify a requirement; they do not mean that every vendor subscription supplies every level.

For the chart-viewing question, see why market data is delayed. It owns TradingView plan and exchange-add-on prices. This page concentrates on receiving a programmatic feed and the terms around it.

WebSocket allowances and depth belong to particular modes

Docs checked 14 October 2026. Published capacities, not observed throughput or uptime. A connection limit, per-connection instrument limit and mixed-mode limit are different units.

Feed or mode	Documented allowance	Depth or field scope	Condition to preserve
Kite Connect WebSocket	3,000 instruments per connection; up to 3 connections per API key	Full quotes include 5 bid/offer levels	Paid Connect data entitlement
Dhan standard live feed	5,000 instruments per connection; up to 5 connections per user	Full packet includes 5 levels	Not the allowance for Dhan's separate deep feeds
Dhan 20-level depth	Up to 50 instruments per connection	20 levels	Separate endpoint; NSE equity and derivatives
Dhan 200-level depth	1 instrument per connection	200 levels	Separate endpoint; NSE equity and derivatives
Upstox normal v3	2 connections/user; single category: last traded price/close mode (LTPC) 5,000, Greeks 3,000, Full 2,000	Full mode includes 5 levels and Greeks	Mixed-category limits: LTPC 2,000; Greeks 2,000; Full 1,500. Not all maxima simultaneously
Upstox Plus Full D30	5 connections/user; Full D30 single-category 50 keys; combined column 1,500	30 levels and Greeks	Plus entitlement. Combined column is reproduced as labelled, not used to infer 1,500 deep-mode keys
FYERS v3	9 Nov 2023 staff announcement: up to 5,000 symbols with latest SDKs	Announcement mentions a separate depth socket; current reference specifies 5 levels for REST depth	REST depth count is not attributed to the WebSocket; current socket depth allowance not established here
TrueData API	Subscribed instrument allowance requires the selected API quote	Product page advertises NSE L1 and BSE L2; separate information page describes BSE 5-level depth	Product/segment specific; no latency or entitlement test
Global Datafeeds real-time API	Subscribed allowance requires the tailored quote	Published L1 feed: single best bid/ask, 1-second frequency	Published cadence is not an independently measured delivery delay

Each broker supplies its own limits. Do not multiply a user-wide allowance by connections unless the documentation gives a per-connection allowance. Deeper Dhan feeds are separate from its standard full packet. Upstox normal and Plus categories have different scope. Vendor subscribed-symbol limits remain quote dependent.

Sources: [12], [14], [15], [18], [21], [22], [6], [7], [9]

Option-chain fields change the data requirement

An option chain groups contracts by expiry and strike. Open interest, or OI, records outstanding derivative positions; implied volatility, or IV, and Greeks are model-related fields rather than promises about the next price move. Ask whether the endpoint returns those fields directly, which expiry it covers and how observations are timestamped.

A WebSocket quote feed can update subscribed option contracts without providing a single chain response. Conversely, a chain endpoint can return a snapshot while imposing a request throttle. Paying for either one does not establish that the other is included. For an explanation of the fields themselves, use what an option chain is.

NSE's official option-chain webpage includes expiry and strike selection and a CSV download control. That public page is not sufficient evidence of a supported developer API entitlement or redistribution permission. Use documented access products for programmatic requirements. This guide provides no hidden website endpoint, scraping script or access-restriction workaround.

Documented option-chain fields and refresh conditions

Official broker docs and vendor product descriptions opened 14 October 2026. Payloads were not tested. “Not established” preserves uncertainty; a request throttle is not a freshness measurement.

Service	Price, OI and volume	IV and Greeks	Expiry and timing scope
Dhan chain	LTP, OI, previous OI, volume, top bid/ask and quantities	IV plus delta, gamma, theta and vega	Underlying and expiry inputs; one unique request every 3 seconds; different underlyings/expiries can be requested concurrently
Upstox Put/Call chain	LTP, OI, previous OI, volume, bid/ask and quantities	IV plus delta, gamma, theta and vega	Underlying key and expiry; observed refresh delay not tested
FYERS option-chain reference	LTP, OI/change/previous OI, volume, best bid/ask	greeks=1 requests delta, gamma, theta, vega and IV	Expiry timestamp selectable; strikecount max 50; current feed freshness not tested
Kite quote stream	Individual instrument quotes and full depth fields	Dedicated chain/Greeks endpoint not established by the quote docs opened	Do not label a subscribed quote stream a complete chain API
TrueData API products	Whole-chain retrieval advertised; exact chain payload verified here only at product-description level	IV, delta, theta, vega and gamma advertised	Contractual product scope and observed refresh need confirmation
Global Datafeeds API products	Whole-chain API advertised; not an independently inspected live payload	Separate option-Greeks product advertises IV, delta, theta, vega and gamma	Selected API product/quote applies; no live refresh measurement

Broker rows use documented response fields. Vendor rows retain the weaker product-description scope rather than assigning a tested field-completeness score. The Dhan throttle concerns the same unique request; it is not a blanket one-call limit for all different underlying/expiry combinations.

Sources: [16], [19], [22], [12], [6], [10]

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Why an exchange licence fee is different from your API subscription

Illustrative licensing context: one capital-market Level 1 software/charting product and 100 assumed domestic end users. Use only the listed components from NSE's tariff effective 1 April 2026. This is not a quote for a personal API subscription, public website or all-in vendor service.

Fixed yearly feeNSE section 1.1 software/charting, CM, L1

₹25,50,000

Monthly equivalent of that fixed fee₹25,50,000 ÷ 12

₹2,12,500

Listed monthly user component100 assumed domestic users × ₹875 per user/month

₹87,500

These listed components per month, before taxes/levies

₹3,00,000

Source: [2]

The tariff model has a limited purpose

The example explains the units behind a published exchange charge: an annual fixed component and a monthly user component. It does not tell a retail trader to pay that amount or imply that it is a vendor's profit margin. The actual arrangement can involve other segments, different usage categories, connectivity, delivery channels and agreement conditions. Those are outside this arithmetic.

NSE's accompanying notes say the fees exclude applicable taxes and levies and require written consent and a prior licence/agreement for data delivered as feeds to vendors' clients. This is why selecting a charting row cannot establish permission or an exact price for a different API use case. The quoted ₹25,50,000 and ₹875 match the corresponding figures in our existing data-delay guide.

Broker data subscriptions have their own accounting. Dhan's recurring debit is every 30 days; Kite's stated monthly charge is per app and its renewal credits have eligibility conditions. Our API charges guide covers brokerage alongside those fees. An included feed charge does not remove the cost of executing orders.

The requirements to put in a vendor quotation

• The exact receiving product

  Identify a desktop plugin, hosted WebSocket, REST snapshots or a chain product. Ask the vendor to state which is licensed and whether the required client software costs extra.

• Segments and symbols

  List the exchanges and segments, the number of simultaneously subscribed instruments and the depth mode. An underlying plus its option contracts can be a much larger subscription universe than the index alone.

• An itemised payable amount

  Request the billing period, base fee, exchange per-user fee, applicable taxes and any additional symbols or history. Keep written answers when public pages use different fee-inclusion wording.

• Data history and continuity

  Specify whether live delivery alone is enough or whether you need backfill and expired contracts. The historical-data comparison separates those archive requirements.

• Users and permitted display

  Describe personal analysis, proprietary trading or third-party display accurately. TrueData and Global Datafeeds both describe single-subscriber restrictions; a wider use needs the applicable terms and permission.

• A verifiable operational test

  If authorised trial access is available, log the mode, market session, timestamps, reconnects and missing fields. The published cadence and capacity should remain separate from your observed delay.

A feed purchase should solve an identified receiving problem

A trader who wants charts, a programmer consuming quotes and a company displaying prices have different requirements even when all three use NSE data. Write the requirement in those terms before comparing rupee figures. That makes an excluded API interface or an unknown tax basis visible early.

For desktop software ownership and related feed costs, follow the AmiBroker, Spider and TradingView cost comparison. A historical FYERS–TrueData partnership announcement does not establish a current bundled entitlement or price; we could not verify one for this comparison. Where the public documentation stops, this page leaves a question for the quote or trial instead of inventing a total, a delay or a winner.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these. Each was checked on the date shown.

1. [1]NSE authorised real-time data vendors, undated PDF · checked 14 Oct 2026
2. [2]NSE domestic market-data tariff, effective 1 April 2026 · checked 14 Oct 2026
3. [3]NSE Data Usage and Data Sharing Policy · checked 14 Oct 2026
4. [4]NSE paid real-time data subscription overview · checked 14 Oct 2026
5. [5]TrueData India Velocity pricing · checked 14 Oct 2026
6. [6]TrueData India Market Data API product · checked 14 Oct 2026
7. [7]TrueData API information and fee conditions · checked 14 Oct 2026
8. [8]TrueData Workspace pricing and GST statement · checked 14 Oct 2026
9. [9]Global Datafeeds API pricing · checked 14 Oct 2026
10. [10]Global Datafeeds APIs and subscriber terms · checked 14 Oct 2026
11. [11]Kite plans and credits · checked 14 Oct 2026
12. [12]Kite WebSocket documentation · checked 14 Oct 2026
13. [13]Dhan Data API subscription · checked 14 Oct 2026
14. [14]Dhan standard live feed · checked 14 Oct 2026
15. [15]Dhan separate full-depth feeds · checked 14 Oct 2026
16. [16]Dhan option-chain API · checked 14 Oct 2026
17. [17]Upstox API product page · checked 14 Oct 2026
18. [18]Upstox v3 WebSocket feed · checked 14 Oct 2026
19. [19]Upstox Put/Call option chain · checked 14 Oct 2026
20. [20]FYERS API data fee FAQ · checked 14 Oct 2026
21. [21]FYERS v3 announcement, 9 November 2023 · checked 14 Oct 2026
22. [22]FYERS current developer market-data reference · checked 14 Oct 2026
23. [23]Dhan free live charts on tv.dhan.co · checked 14 Oct 2026
24. [24]NSE official option-chain page · checked 14 Oct 2026