CongressInvests vs OpenFIGI

CongressInvests tracks U.S. congressional stock trades from official Senate EFD and House Clerk disclosures, refreshed every six hours, with per-ticker trade history, a global feed, and a Pro-only AI-generated trend narrative (sentiment plus notable member patterns, cached 24 hours per ticker). The core REST API is keyless for up to 100 requests/day; a $29/month Pro plan adds an X-Api-Key header for webhook alerts, the AI trend endpoint, and higher limits. It ships official Python and Node.js SDKs and markets itself against paid-only competitors like QuiverQuant and Unusual Whales.

OpenFIGI is Bloomberg's free public API for the Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI) standard, mapping third-party symbology (tickers, ISINs, CUSIPs, SEDOLs) to FIGIs across equities, options, futures, and indices, plus full-text search and a bulk spreadsheet-upload tool. A live test of the mapping endpoint returned real data with zero API key supplied, capped at 25 requests per 60 seconds — the entry's stored `API Key` auth is corrected to `None`, since registering for a free key only raises that throughput ceiling rather than gating access. A live Origin-header probe (an OPTIONS preflight and a real POST) found no Access-Control-Allow-Origin header on either response, correcting the stored `cors: yes` to `no`.