# CDQ, free: Company discovery API

> search up to 70 external data sources simultaneously and get the best matches in a uniform format.

CDQ's company discovery API on its Free trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. CDQ's docs list 2 of the 13 key fields we check: Type and status, Headquarters.
CDQ limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run CDQ through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 881 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 companies or less.
[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.
[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/cdq/free
- [Company discovery API: the best of 70+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.cdq.com/free-trial?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: Docs behind sign-up
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.cdq.com/free-trial?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://developer.cdq.com/documentation/api/referencedata/quickstart?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: CDQ (https://www.cdq.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 15%
- Type and status: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: search up to 70 external data sources simultaneously and get the best matches in a uniform format.

## Data

- Countries: Worldwide
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: 8.2 The Client is hereby granted the non-exclusive, non-licensable, non-transferable, license in the Intellectual Property Rights to use the Licensed Software of CDQ for its own internal use restricted to the Intellectual Property Rights required to access the Platform and to use the Cloud Suite, including the API during the agreed term but only insofar as necessary for the purposes of these Terms of Use. [...] 7.2 [...] Client must comply with the following requirements when using the Cloud Suite: Client may not purchase, use, or access the Cloud Suite for the purpose of building a competitive product or service or for any other competitive purposes, [...] Unless authorized by CDQ in writing, Client may not use any manual or automated system or software to extract or scrape data from the websites or other interfaces through which we make our Cloud Suite available, [...] Unless authorized by CDQ in writing, Client may not resell or lease the Cloud Suite, [...]

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.56
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Docs behind sign-up

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial
- Who can get it: anyone who registers with a business email or a LinkedIn account, 30 days, no credit card

## The 7 fields the plan's answer can hold

CDQ ID, name, address, identifiers, status, source of record, matching score

## CDQ's plans (2)

- [CDQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/cdq/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete
- [CDQ, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/cdq/contact-us/llms.txt): 15% complete

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

- Docs behind sign-up: [CDQ, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/cdq/free/llms.txt)

## CDQ's APIs (3)

- [CDQ: business verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/cdq/free/llms.txt)
- [CDQ: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/cdq/free/llms.txt)
- [CDQ: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/cdq/free/llms.txt)

## CDQ: company discovery API alternatives

- [GetProspect, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, stored
- [Hunter, free, POST /discover](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/free-post-discover/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, stored
- [PeopleSearch.im, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, stored
- [AnVendor, free, POST /v1/leads/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/anvendor/free-post-v1-leads-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% 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 2026-11-05.

- https://developer.cdq.com/documentation/_public/developer-guidelines?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://developer.cdq.com/documentation/_public/instructions/authentication?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://developer.cdq.com/documentation/mcp/cdq-mcp/quickstart?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.cdq.com/cdq-cloud-suite-terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.cdq.com/free-trial?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.cdq.com/products/cdq-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.cdq.com/technologies/reference-data-sources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing