Alpha Vantage vs Brazil CVM Filings API
Alpha Vantage vs CVM filings API is a category mix-up worth clarifying. Alpha Vantage serves market data time series and related endpoints. apicvm serves Brazilian CVM regulatory filings over HTTP. Complementary — never "replace Alpha Vantage".
Side-by-side
| Capability | Alpha Vantage | apicvm |
|---|---|---|
| Quotes / time series | Core product | No |
| CVM DFP/ITR/FRE PDF download by document ID | Not the product shape | Yes |
| Company resolve by Brazilian ticker / CNPJ | Not a CVM filings API | Yes |
| Async page markdown extraction | No | Yes (Pro) |
Developer shape
import os, requests
BASE = os.environ["APICVM_URL"]
H = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['APICVM_KEY']}"}
company = requests.get(
f"{BASE}/v1/companies/resolve",
headers=H,
params={"query": "VALE3", "by": "ticker"},
).json()Pair Alpha Vantage (or any quotes API) with apicvm when models need the filing PDF. See Quotes APIs vs filings.
When apicvm is the better fit
- Regulatory document archives for Brazil
- Agent tools that must cite CVM document UUIDs
- FRE section retrieval
When Alpha Vantage is the better fit
- Intraday/daily series and technical indicators
- Non-Brazil-first market data workloads
- Teams without a filings compliance need
Current limitations
- apicvm does not ship OHLCV endpoints
- We do not document Alpha Vantage's Brazil symbol coverage
- Filings availability follows ingestion, not tick prints
Next steps
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