# LookTwice, free: Business verification API

> Validate an EU VAT number against VIES and keep the timestamp and request evidence.

LookTwice's Free plan for the business verification API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. LookTwice's docs list 1: Tax ID.
We haven't run LookTwice through [our business verification API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 719 plans for business verification APIs by price. Half the plans cost $10.00 or less per 1,000 companies. [211 business verification API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt) [GovFiles](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/govfiles/free/llms.txt) has a free plan with 1,000 results. GovFiles is the best business verification API in our benchmark for companies in any country.
[Jsonpage's €129 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/jsonpage/129-monthly-pro-get-v2-validate/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies, for 33 countries only, with no charge per call. You get as many companies as Jsonpage'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.
[eucompliance.tools' €20 monthly plan (/v1/vat)](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/eucompliance-tools/20-monthly-business-get-v1-vat/llms.txt) covers any number of companies, and costs less up front than Jsonpage's €129 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/looktwice/free
- [Business verification API in 2026: the 8 best compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-business-verification-api.txt)
- Get it: https://looktwice.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.looktwice.dev/v1/vat/check`
- API key: with the plan, on https://looktwice.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://looktwice.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- Sold by: LookTwice (https://looktwice.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-11

## In the answer

- Completeness: 9%
- Tax ID: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Email Check · IBAN Check · CPSC Recall Match · Knowledge Watch

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Validate an EU VAT number against VIES and keep the timestamp and request evidence.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must comply with the LookTwice Acceptable Use Policy and applicable law. You may not interfere with the Service, bypass usage or security controls, access private networks, resell access to the Service as a standalone competing API, or use results to make prohibited high-impact decisions. [...] You may use LookTwice inside your own product or workflow, but may not sublicense API keys, sell raw access to the Service, pool allowances between unrelated customers, or reproduce LookTwice as a standalone competing API without written permission. [...] Do not use LookTwice for spam, harassment, stalking, surveillance, skip tracing, unlawful discrimination, credential attacks, malware, security exploitation, sanctions evasion, or decisions about employment, housing, credit, insurance, medical treatment, or other high-impact rights.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month
- Expires: the allowance refreshes every month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5 (30 a minute)
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: country_code, vat_number, Idempotency-Key header, Content-Type header "application/json"
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/vat/check

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone legally able to enter into a contract

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

valid, country code, VAT number, VIES availability, verified at, request evidence

## LookTwice's plans (4)

- [LookTwice, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/looktwice/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [LookTwice, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/looktwice/49-monthly/llms.txt): $8.909 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [LookTwice, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/looktwice/199-monthly/llms.txt): $8.292 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [LookTwice, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/looktwice/499-monthly/llms.txt): $7.677 per 1,000, 9% complete, live

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

- `POST /v1/vat/check`: [LookTwice, free](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/looktwice/free/llms.txt)

## LookTwice's APIs (2)

- [LookTwice Business verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/looktwice/free/llms.txt)
- [LookTwice Email verification API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-email-apis/looktwice/free/llms.txt)

## LookTwice: business verification API alternatives

[LookTwice alternatives: other business verification API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/looktwice-alternatives.txt)

We list LookTwice's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to LookTwice in price per 1,000 companies. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [LookTwice, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/looktwice/499-monthly/llms.txt): $7.677 per 1,000, 9% complete, live
- [RFCCheck, $449 monthly, Growth, POST /v1/rfc/verify](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/rfccheck/449-monthly-growth-post-v1-rfc-verify/llms.txt): $7.483 per 1,000, 0% complete, live
- [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
- [Verif Entreprise FR, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, POST /v1/verify/batch](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/verif-entreprise-fr/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-post-v1-verify-batch/llms.txt): $8.00 per 1,000, 64% 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

## Sources

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

- https://looktwice.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://looktwice.dev/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://looktwice.dev/guides/store-vies-vat-validation-evidence?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://looktwice.dev/guides/vies-vat-number-validation-api-guide?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://looktwice.dev/legal/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://looktwice.dev/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing
- https://looktwice.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=business-verification-api-pricing