# Eurc402, free: Business verification API > Validate any EU VAT number against the official VIES registry, with a caching and stale-fallback layer so answers keep flowing during upstream outages. Eurc402's Free plan for the business verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. Eurc402's docs list 3: Registered name, Tax ID, Principal address. Eurc402 limits how many calls you get but gives no number. We haven't run Eurc402 through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet. We rank 1,657 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 218 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,657 plans. [See the best free business verification API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) [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 less up front than SafeDeal's ₸50,000 (about $110) 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/eurc402/free - [Business verification API: the 8 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) - Get it: https://eurc402.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - Request: `GET https://eurc402.com/api/v1/vat-validation` - API key: not needed - Its API docs: https://eurc402.com/docs/human?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - Sold by: Eurc402 (https://eurc402.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing) - Checked: 2026-11-08 ## In the answer - Completeness: 27% - Registered name: ✓ - Tax ID: ✓ - Principal address: ✓ ## Price - $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00 - Per: call - Billing: free ## Aggregators - Aggregators: none ## Charges - Also pays for: nothing else ## Not found - $ per 1,000: $0.00 ## In their words - Their pitch: Validate any EU VAT number against the official VIES registry, with a caching and stale-fallback layer so answers keep flowing during upstream outages. ## Data - Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden - Keep data: no API terms - Use data: Per-source (see each response's provenance.licence) ## Plan - Pay: $0 ## Rate limit - Batch: 1 ## Speed - Answer: in the call ## The call - You send: vat - Method: GET - Path: /api/v1/vat-validation ## About the plan - Plan: Free - Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key and no payment ## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold valid, country code, VAT number, registered name, registered address, request date, answer source, checked at ## Eurc402's plans (1) - [Eurc402, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eurc402/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete ## Eurc402's calls for this API (1) - `GET /api/v1/vat-validation`: [Eurc402, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eurc402/free/llms.txt) ## Eurc402's APIs (2) - [Eurc402: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eurc402/free/llms.txt) - [Eurc402: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/eurc402/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt) ## Eurc402: business verification API alternatives - [Latinfo, free, GET /co/rues/registry/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/latinfo/free-get-co-rues-registry-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, stored - [INSEE, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/insee/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours - [Scoris, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 18% complete, 1 week - [Milquery, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/milquery/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, stored - [datos.gov.co, free, With an app token](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/datos-gov-co/free-with-an-app-token/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 1 month ## 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://eurc402.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://eurc402.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://eurc402.com/docs/human?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://eurc402.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing - https://eurc402.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing