# Trying to find a reliable real time Data source

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-find-a-reliable-real-time-data-source/8074>\
**Category:** Alpaca Market Data\
**Created:** [January 20, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-find-a-reliable-real-time-data-source/8074 "2022-01-20T03:07:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![NewGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@NewGuy](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/NewGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-find-a-reliable-real-time-data-source/8074/1 "2022-01-20T03:07:23Z")

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I have a paid subscription with iex but the data is not 100% accurate sometimes it pulls 0 fields… checking Alpac, i want to start with dev paid plan , is it worth it?, … how accurate is the real time data , please share your experience CONS AND PROS …

thank you