# Eko, top-up, Pay per use, POST /tools/kyc/gstin: Business verification API

> Verify GSTIN status, legal name, trade name, taxpayer type, registration details, and principal address in real time for vendor onboarding, merchant verification, KYB, and compliance workflows.

Eko's Pay per use plan for the business verification API costs $7.582 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. Eko's docs list 3: Registered name, Status, Formation date.
₹720.00 per 1,000 companies is $7.582 at the European Central Bank's rate of $0.01053 for ₹1.
We haven't run Eko through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,422 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 50% of the 1,422 plans.
[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. [ApiZero's CNY 399 yearly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/apizero/cny-399-yearly-diamond-membership-get-api-company-search/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 companies a month: about $4.97.
[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), [CompanyData.com](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companydata-com/249-monthly/llms.txt) and [Didit](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/didit/top-up-from-50/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/eko/top-up-pay-per-use-post-tools-kyc-gstin
- [Business verification API: the 14 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://eps.eko.in/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.eko.in/ekoicici/v3/tools/kyc/gstin`
- API key: with the plan, on https://eps.eko.in/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://eps.eko.in/docs/verify-gstin?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: Eko (https://eko.in?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Registered name: ✓
- Status: ✓
- Formation date: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $7.582
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Fetch PAN Details · PAN Lite · PAN Advanced · Bulk PAN Verification · Get DigiLocker Document · DigiLocker Verification Status · Bank Account Verification · Bank Account Verification (Pennyless) · Bulk Bank Account Verification · Fetch GSTINs by PAN · Driving License Verification · Vehicle & RC Verification · Employee Verification (Advance) · Reverse Geocoding · Voter ID Verification · Passport Application Validation · CIN Verification · IP Verification · Name Match API · ITR Compliance Check · DIN Verification · E-Challan Verification · Email Verification · FSSAI License Verification · Send OTP

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Verify GSTIN status, legal name, trade name, taxpayer type, registration details, and principal address in real time for vendor onboarding, merchant verification, KYB, and compliance workflows.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: India
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: initiator_id, gstin, business_name, content-type header "application/json". Optional: client_ref_id
- Method: POST
- Path: /tools/kyc/gstin

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay per use
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up with a mobile number and passes KYC with PAN and address details, a one-time setup fee of ₹6,000 per verification API applies, ₹4,500 at the current 25% off

## The 24 fields the plan's answer can hold

GSTIN, GSTIN valid, registration status, legal name, taxpayer type, constitution of business, registration date, last update date, cancellation date, business activities, state jurisdiction, centre jurisdiction, principal place address, principal place flat number, principal place building name, principal place street, principal place location, principal place city, principal place district, principal place state, principal place PIN code, principal place latitude, principal place longitude, additional addresses

## Eko's plans (1)

- [Eko, top-up, Pay per use, POST /tools/kyc/gstin](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eko/top-up-pay-per-use-post-tools-kyc-gstin/llms.txt): $7.582 per 1,000, 27% complete, live

## Eko's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /tools/kyc/cin`: [Eko, top-up, Pay per use, POST /tools/kyc/cin](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eko/top-up-pay-per-use-post-tools-kyc-cin/llms.txt)
- `POST /tools/kyc/gstin-with-pan`: [Eko, top-up, Pay per use, POST /tools/kyc/gstin-with-pan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eko/top-up-pay-per-use-post-tools-kyc-gstin-with-pan/llms.txt)
- `POST /tools/kyc/fetch-fssai`: [Eko, top-up, Pay per use, POST /tools/kyc/fetch-fssai](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eko/top-up-pay-per-use-post-tools-kyc-fetch-fssai/llms.txt)
- `POST /tools/kyc/gstin`: [Eko, top-up, Pay per use, POST /tools/kyc/gstin](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eko/top-up-pay-per-use-post-tools-kyc-gstin/llms.txt)

## Eko's APIs (2)

- [Eko: email verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/eko/top-up/llms.txt)
- [Eko: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, POST /tools/kyc/gstin](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eko/top-up-pay-per-use-post-tools-kyc-gstin/llms.txt)

## Eko: business verification API alternatives

- [OpenVerbs, pay as you go, x402 per call, POST /v1/poland](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/openverbs/pay-as-you-go-x402-per-call-post-v1-poland/llms.txt): $6.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [W System EU Business Data, €599 monthly, Peppol Scale, GET /company](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/w-system-eu-business-data/599-monthly-peppol-scale-get-company/llms.txt): $6.740 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Croma, $799 monthly, Scale, POST /us/delaware/entity/v1](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/croma/799-monthly-scale-post-us-delaware-entity-v1/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [TusFacturasAPP, ARS 265,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/tusfacturasapp/ars-265000-monthly/llms.txt): $8.729 per 1,000, 36% 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 2026-11-08.

- https://eko.in/tnc?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eps.eko.in/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eps.eko.in/docs.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eps.eko.in/docs/error-codes?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eps.eko.in/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eps.eko.in/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eps.eko.in/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://eps.eko.in/products/gst-verification-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing