Pricing on WebNotes

Dirty price vs clean price buy average

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G-Secs trade with two prices:

Price type	What it represents
Clean price	The “quoted” price; excludes accrued interest
Dirty price	Settlement price; includes accrued interest since last coupon

Dirty price = Clean price + Accrued interest

Why this matters for buy average

Zerodha typically shows the clean price as your buy average (most common convention). Settlement happens at the dirty price.

So if you bought a 7% G-Sec at Rs 100 (clean), 3 months into the coupon cycle:

Historical vs live data pricing

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Kite Connect data offerings:

Data type	Pricing
Live WebSocket ticks	Included in base Kite Connect plan
Live quote (REST snapshot)	Included
Historical OHLC	Paid add-on
Historical tick data	Premium / institutional

For most retail algo developers:

Base plan (Rs ~2,000/month): Live data + order placement.
Historical add-on: Adds back-test capability.

When historical is needed

Backtesting strategies before live deployment.
Building analytics dashboards.
Strategy research.

For details: Kite Connect historical data API .

Kite Connect API pricing

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Kite Connect API has tiered subscription pricing. Monthly fees apply per app, with optional add-ons for historical data and other premium features.

Plans (representative; subject to change)

Plan	Approximate price per month	Includes
Personal app	Rs ~2,000	One app, retail trading
Multiple apps	Higher (per app)	Multiple distinct apps
Historical data add-on	Additional	Historical OHLC data API

Pricing varies; check kite.trade for current rates.

What’s included

Order placement / modification / cancellation API.
Live tick streaming (WebSocket).
Portfolio + positions API.
Funds API.
Margin calculator API.
Basic historical (limited).

What’s extra

Historical data: Beyond a baseline, paid separately.
High-frequency rate limits: Specific paid tiers for institutional use.

Activation

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

External references

References

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

Pricing on WebNotes

Dirty price vs clean price buy average

Why this matters for buy average

Historical vs live data pricing

When historical is needed

Kite Connect API pricing

Plans (representative; subject to change)

What’s included

What’s extra

Activation

See also

External references

References