# Datacil, free: Business verification API

> Resuelve RUCs a partir del nombre de la empresa buscando entre los proveedores del Estado (SERCOP). Es el paso previo cuando lo único que tienes es cómo se llama.

Datacil's Free plan for the business verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. Datacil's docs list 2 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Registered name, Tax ID.
You get 40 credits a month. You spend the credits on Datacil's other calls. This call is free. Datacil limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run Datacil through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,062 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 per 1,000 companies or less. [See how many business verification API plans are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
[CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/charityapi/15-monthly-paid-get-api-organizations-ein/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. CharityAPI's plan covers companies in the United States only. CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as CharityAPI's rate limit allows.
[Scoris's €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris's €19 pack costs more up front than CharityAPI's $15 monthly plan.
[GovFiles](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/govfiles/top-up/llms.txt), [Didit](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/didit/top-up-from-50/llms.txt) and [CompanyData.com](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/249-monthly/llms.txt) are the best business verification API providers in the Datacircle benchmark for companies in any country.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/free
- [Business verification API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://datacil.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.datacil.com/v1/ecuador/search/ruc-by-name`
- API key: with the plan, on https://datacil.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://datacil.com/docs/api/ruc-by-name?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: Datacil (https://datacil.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 18%
- Registered name: ✓
- Tax ID: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Resuelve RUCs a partir del nombre de la empresa buscando entre los proveedores del Estado (SERCOP). Es el paso previo cuando lo único que tienes es cómo se llama.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Ecuador
- Keep data: solo por el tiempo necesario para la finalidad declarada
- Use data: "El Usuario podra utilizar el Servicio unicamente para las siguientes finalidades, por ser las compatibles con las razones que motivaron la publicacion de la informacion: Verificacion de identidad de una contraparte en una relacion comercial o contractual existente o en formacion. Validacion tributaria e integracion en sistemas contables, administrativos y de facturacion electronica. Evaluacion de riesgo crediticio o comercial respecto de contrapartes propias. Prevencion de fraude y cumplimiento de obligaciones de diligencia debida y prevencion de lavado de activos. Monitoreo de contrapartes propias: clientes, proveedores y socios comerciales del Usuario. Inteligencia comercial sobre personas juridicas: prospeccion, analisis de mercado y seguimiento de contratacion publica." "Queda terminantemente prohibido utilizar el Servicio para: Mercadeo directo dirigido a personas naturales, o construccion de listas de contacto de personas naturales con fines publicitarios. Elaboracion de perfiles de personas naturales sin base legal propia. Revender, redistribuir o sublicenciar los datos obtenidos, ni incorporarlos a un producto que los ponga a disposicion de terceros. Construir bases de datos de personas naturales mediante consultas masivas o sistematicas del Servicio. Discriminacion de cualquier tipo, acoso, hostigamiento, localizacion de personas contra su voluntad o cualquier finalidad que atente contra su seguridad o dignidad. Consultar datos de personas menores de edad. Cualquier finalidad ilicita, fraudulenta o contraria al orden publico." "Como condicion para acceder al Servicio, el Usuario debera declarar la finalidad concreta para la que utilizara la informacion y la base legal que lo habilita a tratarla conforme a la Ley Organica de Proteccion de Datos Personales."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 40 credits a month
- Expires: at the end of each month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/ecuador/search/ruc-by-name

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up and declares the purpose and legal basis of use

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

RUC, legal name, first public contract date, public contracts seen, total results

## Datacil's plans (12)

- [Datacil, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $9 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/9-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $23 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/23-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $65 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/65-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $175 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/175-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/1000-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $1,500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/1500-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $2,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/2000-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $2,550 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/2550-pack/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/19-monthly/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/69-monthly/llms.txt): 18% complete, live
- [Datacil, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/249-monthly/llms.txt): 18% complete, live

## Datacil's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/ecuador/search/ruc-by-name`: [Datacil, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/free/llms.txt)

## Datacil's APIs (3)

- [Datacil: business verification API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datacil/free/llms.txt)
- [Datacil: company hierarchy API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/datacil/free/llms.txt)
- [Datacil: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/ecuador/data/ruc/{ruc}/details](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datacil/free-get-v1-ecuador-data-ruc-ruc-details/llms.txt)
- [Datacil: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/ecuador/data/company-full/{ruc}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datacil/free-get-v1-ecuador-data-company-full-ruc/llms.txt)
- [Datacil: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/ecuador/data/empresas/{ruc}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datacil/free-get-v1-ecuador-data-empresas-ruc/llms.txt)
- [Datacil: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/ecuador/company/{id}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datacil/free-get-v1-ecuador-company-id/llms.txt)
- [Datacil: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/ecuador/data/ruc-full/{ruc}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datacil/free-get-v1-ecuador-data-ruc-full-ruc/llms.txt)
- [Datacil: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/ecuador/data/ruc/{ruc}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datacil/free-get-v1-ecuador-data-ruc-ruc/llms.txt)

## Datacil: business verification API alternatives

- [eucompliance.tools, free, no key, GET /free/company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eucompliance-tools/free-no-key-get-free-company/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Brreg, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/brreg/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [Charity Commission, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/charity-commission/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [W System EU Business Data, free, Without a key, POST /company/batch](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/w-system-eu-business-data/free-without-a-key-post-company-batch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://api.datacil.com/v1/usage/costs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://datacil.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://datacil.com/docs/api/errors?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://datacil.com/docs/api/ruc-by-name?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://datacil.com/docs/como-funciona?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://datacil.com/producto/api-empresas-ecuador?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://datacil.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing