# AI Ark, free: Cached company discovery API

> Searches 70+ million enriched, verified and active company profiles using account filters — ideal for building target-account (ABM) lists.

AI Ark's cached company discovery API on its Free Plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 11 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Industry, Type and status, Images, Technologies, Employees, Social profiles, Headquarters, Locations, Funding, Revenue and budgets.
The cheapest of the 460 priced plans is [Deepline, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/deepline/top-up/llms.txt), at $0.00 per 1,000.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/free
- Get it: https://ai-ark.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.ai-ark.com/reference/company-search-1
- Sold by: AI Ark (https://ai-ark.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-23

## In the answer

- Completeness: 85%
- Description: ✓
- Industry: ✓
- Type and status: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Technologies: ✓
- Employees: ✓
- Social profiles: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Locations: ✓
- Funding: ✓
- Revenue and budgets: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000: $0.00
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Repeat free: no limit
- Per: result
- Most per search: 10,000
- Also pays for: from the same budget: People Preview · People Search · Find Emails by Track ID · Export People with Email · Export Single Person with Email · Mobile Phone Finder · Reverse People Lookup · Personality Analysis

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Searches 70+ million enriched, verified and active company profiles using account filters — ideal for building target-account (ABM) lists.

## Data

- Freshness: 30 days
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Subject to your compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license during the Subscription Term to: Access and use the Service for your internal business purposes, and Use and store data exported from the Service (“Exported Data”) solely in connection with your internal sales, marketing, recruiting, and other B2B outreach activities. You may not resell, rent, lease, license, or otherwise distribute Exported Data as a stand-alone asset or use it to create, improve, or enrich a competing product, database, or service. [...] You expressly agree that your use of Exported Data will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including, where applicable, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, CAN-SPAM, CASL, TCPA, and PECR. [...] Data provided by the Service may not be used for determining any consumer’s eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, housing, tenant screening, or any other purpose regulated by the FCRA. [...] You agree not to use the Service or Exported Data to: Harass, stalk, phish, or otherwise abuse individuals, Promote or facilitate illegal activity, Distribute malware, viruses, or other harmful code, Misrepresent your identity or affiliation, including by impersonating AI Ark or another entity, or Resell or redistribute AI Ark data to third parties except as incidental to your internal business processes (e.g., sharing with your sales agents). [...] You must not: Use the Service or Exported Data to build, train, or improve any competing database, sales intelligence platform, lead generation tool, or similar service, Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Service to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without our prior written consent.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits a month
- Enough for: 1,000 results a month
- Expires: rolls over month to month, up to 2× the monthly allowance

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.74 s

## The call

- You send: page, size, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: account, lists
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/companies

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Plan
- Who can get it: anyone 18 or over with authority to bind the company or organization the account is for, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list

## The 106 fields the plan's answer can hold

company ID, name, legal name, description, overview, SEO description, founded, type, industry, employee count, employee range, logo, website, domain, domain LTD, LinkedIn URL, Facebook URL, Twitter URL, Crunchbase URL, revenue range, revenue min, revenue max, funding type, total funding, last funding amount, investor count, funding count, latest funding date, funding rounds, funding round date, funding round amount, funding round type, funding round investors, stock ticker, stock URL, IPO amount raised, IPO valuation, IPO share price, IPO date, exit count, exits, exit ID, exit name, exit image, exit description, acquisition count, acquisitions, acquisition ID, acquisition name, acquisition image, acquisition role, acquisition date, investment count, lead investment count, investments, investment ID, investment name, investment image, investment is lead, investment round ID, investment round name, investment round type, investment round amount, diversity investment count, diversity investments, diversity investment ID, diversity investment name, diversity investment image, diversity investment round ID, diversity investment round name, diversity investment round type, diversity investment round amount, diversity investment spotlights, diversity investment date, IT spend, HQ continent, HQ country, HQ state, HQ city, HQ street, HQ postal code, HQ address, HQ coordinates, locations, location continent, location country, location city, location street, location postal code, location address, location coordinates, technologies, technology name, technology category, industries, keywords, hashtags, languages, sub-organizations, SIC code, NAICS code, updated at, total results, total pages, page, results per page

## AI Ark's plans (26)

- [AI Ark, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.98 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.527 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $119 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/119-monthly/llms.txt): $0.397 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $219 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/219-monthly/llms.txt): $0.365 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $399 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/399-monthly/llms.txt): $0.333 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $649 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/649-monthly/llms.txt): $0.309 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $879 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/879-monthly/llms.txt): $0.293 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $1,249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/1249-monthly/llms.txt): $0.278 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $1,949 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/1949-monthly/llms.txt): $0.26 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $2,449 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/2449-monthly/llms.txt): $0.245 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $4,449 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/4449-monthly/llms.txt): $0.223 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $9,999 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/9999-monthly/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $470 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/470-yearly/llms.txt): $0.783 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $758 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/758-yearly/llms.txt): $0.421 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $1,142 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/1142-yearly/llms.txt): $0.317 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $2,102 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/2102-yearly/llms.txt): $0.292 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $3,830 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/3830-yearly/llms.txt): $0.266 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $6,230 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/6230-yearly/llms.txt): $0.247 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $8,438 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/8438-yearly/llms.txt): $0.234 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $11,990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/11990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.222 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $18,710 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/18710-yearly/llms.txt): $0.208 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $23,510 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/23510-yearly/llms.txt): $0.196 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $42,710 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/42710-yearly/llms.txt): $0.178 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, $95,990 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/95990-yearly/llms.txt): $0.16 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [AI Ark, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/contact-us/llms.txt): 85% complete, 30 days

## AI Ark's calls (1)

- `POST /v1/companies`: [AI Ark, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/free/llms.txt)

## AI Ark's APIs (7)

- [AI Ark: cached company discovery API pricing, 26 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/free/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: similar companies API pricing, 26 plans](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/ai-ark/free/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached reverse email lookup API pricing, 26 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-reverse-email-lookup-apis/ai-ark/free/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached people search API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v1/people/export](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v1-people-export/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached people search API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v1/people/preview](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v1-people-preview/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached people search API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v1/people](https://datacircle.dev/cached-people-search-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v1-people/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: email finder API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v1/people/export/single](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/ai-ark/free/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: email finder API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v2/people/export/single](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v2-people-export-single/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: email finder API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v1/people/email-finder](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v1-people-email-finder/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v1/people/export/single](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/ai-ark/free/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v2/people/export/single](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v2-people-export-single/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached phone finder API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v1/people/mobile-phone-finder](https://datacircle.dev/find-cached-phone-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v1-people-mobile-phone-finder/llms.txt)
- [AI Ark: cached phone finder API pricing, 26 plans, POST /v2/people/mobile-phone-finder](https://datacircle.dev/find-cached-phone-apis/ai-ark/free-plan-post-v2-people-mobile-phone-finder/llms.txt)

## AI Ark: cached company discovery API alternatives

- [AnyAPI, free, trial key, POST /v1/run/company_search.ai_ark](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key-post-v1-run-company-search-ai-ark/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, 30 days
- [Lusha, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/lusha/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, 1 week
- [Bloomberry, free, API key, GET /accounts/tech.json](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/bloomberry/free-api-key-get-accounts-tech-json/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, 14 days
- [Diffbot, free, Free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/diffbot/free-free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, 5 days
- [Tomba, free](https://datacircle.dev/cached-company-discovery-apis/tomba/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% 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 2026-10-23.

- https://ai-ark.com/faq
- https://ai-ark.com/llms.txt
- https://ai-ark.com/platform/enrichment-api
- https://ai-ark.com/pricing
- https://ai-ark.com/terms
- https://docs.ai-ark.com/
- https://docs.ai-ark.com/docs/ai-agents
- https://docs.ai-ark.com/reference/company-search-1
- https://docs.ai-ark.com/reference/fetch-credit