# goMeta, free, With an API key: Business verification API

> Simply send a GET request to https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/[YOUR QUERY HERE], and you'll get some JSON back with your search results. It really couldn't be any simpler, I think.

goMeta's With an API key plan for the business verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields: Registered name, Entity number, Tax ID, Entity type and 7 more. goMeta's docs list none of the 11.
goMeta limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
In [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt), this plan scores 87.1 out of 100.
We rank 1,735 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $7.895 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 227 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,735 plans. [See the best free business verification API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
[Scoris' €19 pack](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/scoris/19-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies in 8 countries only. Scoris' €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/gometa/free-with-an-api-key
- [Business verification API in 2026: the 8 best compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/signup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/{query}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/signup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: goMeta (https://gometa.org?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Score

- Overall score: 87.1
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 93
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0

## 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 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Simply send a GET request to https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/[YOUR QUERY HERE], and you'll get some JSON back with your search results. It really couldn't be any simpler, I think.

## Data

- Freshness: 7 days
- Countries: Costa Rica
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: "This is a free service, using publically available data that was licensed to 'los contribuyentes de Costa Rica'. I make no guarantees of any part of the functioanlity or the results of this service, either explicit or implied. Use at your own risk." Its answers name the licence: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware".

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.00 s

## The call

- You send: query
- Method: GET
- Path: /cedulas/{query}

## About the plan

- Plan: With an API key
- Who can get it: anyone with an email address: "Please enter you email address below. You will receive an email with an API key."

## The 35 fields the plan's answer can hold

taxpayer name, cédula, cédula with check digits, identification type, tax status, delinquent taxpayer, non-filer, tax administration office, tax regime, tax regime code, activity description, activity code, activity type, activity status, activity CIIU3 code, activity CIIU3 description, activity CIIU4 code, activity CIIU4 description, database date, answer source, cached at, cache age, total results, full name, given names, first given name, second given name, surnames, first surname, second surname, taxpayer type, guessed identification type, guessed identification type code, administration code, record class

## goMeta's plans (2)

- [goMeta, free, With an API key](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gometa/free-with-an-api-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, 7 days
- [goMeta, free, Without an API key](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gometa/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, 7 days

## goMeta's calls (1)

- `GET /cedulas/{query}`: [goMeta, free, With an API key](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gometa/free-with-an-api-key/llms.txt)

## goMeta's APIs (1)

- [goMeta: business verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/gometa/free-with-an-api-key/llms.txt)

## goMeta: business verification API alternatives

- [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
- [Paianjenul, free, check_vat](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/paianjenul/free-check-vat/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [CompanyVerify, free pilot, GET /v1/uk/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/companyverify/free-pilot-get-v1-uk-company-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, 24 hours

## 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://apis.gometa.org/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/1234567890?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/3101000046?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/OSCAR?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://apis.gometa.org/cedulas/signup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing