# ADS-B Exchange

The [ADS-B Exchange](https://www.adsbexchange.com) is the world's largest source of unfiltered flight data. It embraces the enthusiast community and is not focused on profit.

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Other services, such as FlightAware and FlightRadar24 are profit-focused corporations who use your data primarily to make millions of dollars per month. We have kept this guide Exchange-agnostic since these companies do maintain an interest from the community, but we highly recommend you contribute first to ADB-S Exchange since it has the community's interests at heart.
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### Benefits of Feeding

Feeding data to ADS-B Exchange offers some useful benefits:

* Allows enthusiasts to get access to the data in your region
* Access to the API and data for free as long as it is used for non-commercial purposes
* The warm fuzzy feeling that you are helping others
* Knowing your data is put to good use beyond profit, such as by research organizations that are helping to reduce human trafficking and criminal enterprises

### Partnerships

* [C4ADS](https://c4ads.org) - a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing data-driven analysis and evidence-based reporting on global conflict and transnational security issues.
* [Dictator Alert](https://dictatoralert.org) - a project that tracks the aircrafts of authoritarian regimes [all over the world](https://data.dictatoralert.org/).