# AgentKey, free: Company discovery API

> Name / keyword search over business-data providers. RootData (crypto projects and funds, plus many non-crypto companies) is tried first, Crunchbase is the fallback. Company.id is provider-scoped (RootData digits, Crunchbase permalink) and routes business.company.get / business.company.funding to the same provider.

AgentKey's Free plan for the company discovery API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. AgentKey's docs list 6: Description, Type and status, Images, Employees, Locations, Funding.
We haven't run AgentKey through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,326 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.498 or less per 1,000 companies. [See the best free company discovery API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
[StackScan's $189 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/stackscan/189-monthly-enterprise-post-v1-tech-lookup-lists/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. StackScan's $189 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as StackScan's rate limit allows. [Seltz's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/seltz/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-base/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 companies a month: $0.03.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly-starter-post-discover/llms.txt) and [PeopleSearch.im](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/free
- [Company discovery API in 2026: the best of 100+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://agentkey.app/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.agentkey.app/v2/ops/business.company.search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://agentkey.app/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.agentkey.app/api-reference/scenario/methods/business-company-search.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: AgentKey (https://agentkey.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 46%
- Description: ✓
- Type and status: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Employees: ✓
- Locations: ✓
- Funding: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 20
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 166 other AgentKey calls

## Not found

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

## In their words

- Their pitch: Name / keyword search over business-data providers. RootData (crypto projects and funds, plus many non-crypto companies) is tried first, Crunchbase is the fallback. Company.id is provider-scoped (RootData digits, Crunchbase permalink) and routes business.company.get / business.company.funding to the same provider.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not use the Service to: Collect, process, or compile personal data in violation of applicable privacy laws or without appropriate legal basis, Violate or circumvent the terms of service, robots.txt, or access controls of any third-party platform or website, Scrape, harvest, or extract personal identifiable information (PII) for unauthorized purposes, Build shadow profiles, databases, or surveillance systems targeting individuals without their consent, Engage in unauthorized automated access to platforms that prohibit such access, Facilitate spam, phishing, social engineering, or any deceptive practices, Infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party, Engage in market manipulation, financial fraud, or any activity that violates securities laws, Use the Service to buy, sell, exchange, custody, transfer, or otherwise trade cryptocurrencies, digital assets, or securities, or to provide regulated financial, money-transmission, or payment services, Access, use, or pay for the Service from, or on behalf of any person or entity located in or ordinarily resident in, any country or territory subject to comprehensive economic sanctions or trade embargoes [...], Access or attempt to access data sources in a manner that constitutes unauthorized computer access under applicable law, Resell or redistribute raw Third-Party Data in a manner that violates the originating provider's terms, Use the Service in any way that causes or may cause harm to any individual, entity, or the Service itself.

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: cursor, limit
- Method: POST
- Path: /v2/ops/business.company.search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

company ID, company name, description, categories, employee range, founded date, total funding, total funding currency, last funding type, location, logo, status, website, profile URL, next page

## AgentKey's plans (7)

- [AgentKey, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [AgentKey, $12.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/12-90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.129 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [AgentKey, $39.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/39-90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.133 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [AgentKey, $129.90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/129-90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.108 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [AgentKey, $118.80 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/118-80-yearly/llms.txt): $0.099 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [AgentKey, $358.80 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/358-80-yearly/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [AgentKey, $1,198.80 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/1198-80-yearly/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 46% complete

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

- `POST /v2/ops/business.company.search`: [AgentKey, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/agentkey/free/llms.txt)

## AgentKey's APIs (41)

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## AgentKey: company discovery API alternatives

- [VCBacked, $299 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/vcbacked/299-yearly/llms.txt): $0.082 per 1,000, 38% complete, 1 month
- [GetLeads, $497 monthly, Unlimited, POST /api/v1/companies/search/export](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getleads/497-monthly-unlimited-post-api-v1-companies-search-export/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 46% complete, 1 month
- [Context.dev, $5,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/5000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 54% complete
- [LeadMagic, $849 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/leadmagic/849-monthly/llms.txt): $0.085 per 1,000, 69% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://agentkey.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://agentkey.app/pricing.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://agentkey.app/terms.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.agentkey.app/v2/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://docs.agentkey.app/api-reference/scenario/methods/business-company-search.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://docs.agentkey.app/api-reference/scenario/requests.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://docs.agentkey.app/api-reference/scenario/routing-and-pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://docs.agentkey.app/concepts/subscription.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://docs.agentkey.app/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing