# PakDataHub vs FinHisaab

FinHisaab and PakDataHub both work with Pakistani economic data, but they serve different
people. FinHisaab is aimed at consumers - calculators and personal-finance tools (an inflation
calculator and similar). PakDataHub is aimed at developers, analysts and teams who need the
underlying data itself, through an API.

## The short version

- **FinHisaab** - great if you want a ready-made calculator to answer a personal-finance
  question in your browser.
- **PakDataHub** - the right tool if you need the **raw, complete data** to power your own app,
  model, dashboard or research.

## What PakDataHub gives you that a calculator can't

- **The data, via API.** 16,964 official series - inflation, exchange rates, interest rates,
  trade, commodities, payments, funds - as JSON or CSV, queryable by date, with server-side
  transforms. Build your own calculator, or feed a model.
- **Depth and history.** CPI by group, prices by city, USD/PKR from 1947, fund NAVs from 1996, KIBOR
  by tenor, Raast volumes - not just a headline number.
- **Free tools too.** If you *do* want ready-made calculators, PakDataHub has ungated ones -
  an [inflation calculator](https://pakdatahub.com/tools/inflation-calculator), [USD/PKR history](https://pakdatahub.com/tools/usd-pkr-history),
  a [cost-of-living index](https://pakdatahub.com/tools/cost-of-living) and a [fund screener](https://pakdatahub.com/tools/fund-screener) -
  all built on the same live API you can call yourself.

## When to pick which

- **FinHisaab** - a quick consumer calculation in the browser.
- **PakDataHub** - the natural choice when you need the actual data, at scale, in your own
  code: self-serve API, transparent pricing, a key in minutes.

Browse the [catalog](https://pakdatahub.com/coverage) or [get a free key](https://pakdatahub.com/signup) to start.

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Published 2026-09-23 - https://pakdatahub.com/blog/pakdata-vs-finhisaab