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  "generated_at": "2026-05-02T12:41:31.267Z",
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      "competitor": "CoinGecko Pro",
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      "notes": "CoinGecko Pro charges per-call beyond included quota; DataFood day pass covers any volume."
    },
    {
      "data_type": "crypto-price",
      "competitor": "CoinMarketCap Hobbyist",
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      "notes": "CMC free tier limited to 333 calls/day. DataFood day pass = unlimited."
    },
    {
      "data_type": "stock-quote",
      "competitor": "Polygon.io Stocks Starter",
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      "datafood_per_call_usd": 0.0005,
      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 96.6,
      "notes": "Polygon delayed for free; DataFood uses Stooq EOD."
    },
    {
      "data_type": "stock-quote",
      "competitor": "Alpha Vantage Premium",
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      "savings_pct_day_pass": 98,
      "notes": "Alpha Vantage rate-limits on free; DataFood same data without quota."
    },
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      "data_type": "weather",
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      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 97.5,
      "notes": "OpenWeather paid tier needed for current+forecast; DataFood uses Open-Meteo for free underlying."
    },
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      "data_type": "news-hn-top",
      "competitor": "News API Business",
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      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 99,
      "notes": "News API restricts commercial use on free tier."
    },
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      "data_type": "news-reddit",
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      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 100,
      "notes": "Reddit requires app registration + token refresh; DataFood handles."
    },
    {
      "data_type": "defi-yield",
      "competitor": "DefiLlama Pro",
      "competitor_price_monthly_usd": 99,
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      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 99,
      "notes": "DefiLlama Pro = unlimited but paid; DataFood gives same top-pool answer per query."
    },
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      "data_type": "gas-prices-eth",
      "competitor": "Etherscan Pro",
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      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 99.5,
      "notes": "Etherscan Pro starts at $200/mo for higher rate; DataFood hits gas oracle directly."
    },
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      "data_type": "token-risk",
      "competitor": "GoPlus Labs paid tier",
      "competitor_price_monthly_usd": 99,
      "datafood_per_call_usd": 0.0005,
      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 99,
      "notes": "GoPlus free has rate limits; DataFood caches + serves."
    },
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      "data_type": "contract-risk",
      "competitor": "TLS native (no equivalent)",
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      "datafood_per_call_usd": 0.0005,
      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": null,
      "notes": "DataFood-native scoring layered on top of GoPlus + heuristics."
    },
    {
      "data_type": "flights-near",
      "competitor": "AviationStack Basic",
      "competitor_price_monthly_usd": 49.99,
      "datafood_per_call_usd": 0.0005,
      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 98,
      "notes": "AviationStack basic doesn't include real-time; DataFood uses OpenSky."
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      "data_type": "real-estate-rss",
      "competitor": "Zillow API enterprise quote",
      "competitor_price_monthly_usd": 1500,
      "datafood_per_call_usd": 0.0005,
      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
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      "notes": "Zillow doesn't offer public API; enterprise contracts only."
    },
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      "data_type": "sports-scores",
      "competitor": "ESPN API (no public)",
      "competitor_price_monthly_usd": 0,
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      "savings_pct_day_pass": 100,
      "notes": "ESPN closed public API; DataFood routes to public scoreboard JSON."
    },
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      "data_type": "forex",
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      "notes": "ExchangeRate API free is delayed; DataFood uses exchangerate.host."
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      "data_type": "github-trending",
      "competitor": "GitHub API + custom logic",
      "competitor_price_monthly_usd": 0,
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      "savings_pct_day_pass": 100,
      "notes": "Free if you build it; DataFood is free of build cost."
    },
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      "data_type": "breach",
      "competitor": "HHS OCR portal scraping",
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      "datafood_day_pass_usd": 0.99,
      "savings_pct_day_pass": 100,
      "notes": "TLS scrapes + caches HHS Wall of Shame for breach data."
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    "competitor_total_monthly_usd": 2304.97,
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    "datafood_week_pass_usd": 4.99,
    "datafood_savings_vs_full_competitor_stack_pct": 99,
    "one_line": "Stitching 17 competitor APIs costs $2304.97/mo. DataFood day pass costs $0.99 (unlimited 24h) — save ~99% for the same cross-niche coverage."
  },
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}