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Kaiko API guide

When a strategy spans many exchanges, stitching their APIs together is painful. Kaiko sells the stitched, normalized version with consistent instrument codes.

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Quick answer

Kaiko is an institutional crypto data provider that normalizes trades, order books, OHLCV, reference data and derived prices across centralized and decentralized exchanges, via REST, streaming and file delivery. Access is by subscription with an API key; published product prices range from about $750/month into the thousands.

Kaiko API at a glance

Pricing
From ~$750/mo; custom licensing
Availability
Worldwide (enterprise)
Paper trading
Not applicable (data only)
Integration type
REST + API key
In AlgoGP
Design and backtest in AlgoGP, connect the exported code
Data
Trades, books, OHLCV, VWAP, reference, DEX
Delivery
REST, streaming, files
Auth
X-Api-Key header
Pricing
From ~$750/mo; custom licensing

When Kaiko is worth it

Use it for cross-venue research, best-execution analysis or regulated reporting. For a single-exchange bot, that exchange’s free public API is usually enough.

Build a Kaiko strategy with AlgoGP

AlgoGP does not connect to Kaiko natively yet. Kaiko uses plain HTTPS with an API key, so it is a good candidate for a native adapter; it is not built in yet.

  1. 1

    Design and backtest in AlgoGP

    Describe the strategy to the copilot and backtest it on years of normalized history. The result does not depend on any vendor.

  2. 2

    Export the Python project

    Every project exports strategy.py, market_data.py, brokers.py and live.py. The strategy only sees bars, cash, positions and orders, never a vendor’s wire format.

  3. 3

    Plug in Kaiko

    Implement the four adapter methods (account, positions, submit_market_order and a candle fetcher) with Kaiko’s SDK, or keep a built-in platform for paper trading and add Kaiko when you go live.

Built-in data sources for the same markets: Alpaca, Binance, Coinbase Exchange, Yahoo Finance.

Kaiko API: frequently asked questions

Is there a free Kaiko API?

Kaiko is subscription-based; trials are available through sales.

Design and backtest your Kaiko strategy first

AlgoGP turns an idea into Python and tests it on years of history before you connect it to Kaiko. The exported code keeps the broker behind four small adapter methods.

  • AI copilot writes and revises the rules
  • Backtests with realistic costs
  • Exported Python ready to wire to Kaiko
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Kaiko alternatives

Independent guide. AlgoGP is not affiliated with Kaiko. Limits, prices and availability change; confirm them in the official documentation. Nothing here is investment advice.