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Zerodha Kite Connect Pricing

Kite Connect API pricing

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Kite Connect API pricing has two plans: a free Personal plan without market data, and a Connect plan at Rs 500 a month per API key that includes real-time and historical data.

Plans

PlanPriceIncludes
PersonalFreeOrder placement, portfolio and account APIs; no live market data and no historical data
ConnectRs 500 a month per API keyEverything in Personal, plus real-time streaming quotes and historical candle data at no extra cost

Source: support.zerodha.com, Kite Connect API FAQs, and zerodha.com/charges, read 18 October 2026.

Zerodha’s Z-Connect post “What’s new at Zerodha: June 2025”, published 18 July 2025, says the order and account APIs have been free since March 2025 and that the data plan was cut from Rs 2,000 to Rs 500 a month. The earlier Rs 2,000 price, and a separate paid historical-data add-on, no longer apply. The platform itself is described in Kite .

What’s included

  • Order placement, modification and cancellation API (both plans).
  • Portfolio, positions and funds APIs (both plans).
  • Margin calculator API (both plans).
  • Live tick streaming over WebSocket (Connect plan only).
  • Historical candle data (Connect plan only, no separate charge).

Activation

  1. Sign up at kite.trade.
  2. Create app (Zerodha approval).
  3. Subscribe to monthly plan.
  4. Subscription billed via Zerodha.

See also

External references

References

  1. Zerodha, Kite Connect pricing, kite.trade.
  2. Zerodha Support, API subscription, support.zerodha.com.

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