# CelerAPI, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /v1/lei/search: Company discovery API

> Find candidate LEIs by legal-entity name in GLEIF's global LEI index.

CelerAPI's x402 pay per call plan for the company discovery API costs $0.255 per 1,000 companies. CelerAPI's docs list 2 of the 13 fields on our checklist: Type and status, Headquarters.
We haven't run CelerAPI through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,009 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 60% of the 1,009 plans.
[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/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-lei-search
- [Company discovery API: the best of 90+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.celerapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.celerapi.com/v1/lei/search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://www.celerapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: CelerAPI (https://www.celerapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.255
- Per: page of 20
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 20
- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find candidate LEIs by legal-entity name in GLEIF's global LEI index.

## Data

- Countries: Worldwide
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/lei/search

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone, with no account or API key, paying each call in USDC from a wallet (x402)

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

LEI, legal name, entity status, jurisdiction of formation, legal address, headquarters address, LEI registration status, total results, retrieved at

## CelerAPI's plans (1)

- [CelerAPI, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /v1/lei/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-lei-search/llms.txt): $0.255 per 1,000, 15% complete

## CelerAPI's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /v1/company/search`: [CelerAPI, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /v1/company/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/lei/search`: [CelerAPI, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /v1/lei/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-lei-search/llms.txt)

## CelerAPI's APIs (5)

- [CelerAPI: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/lei/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-lei-search/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/entity/profile](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-entity-profile/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/company/{companyNumber}/profile](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-companynumber-profile/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/lei/{lei}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-lei-lei/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: company hierarchy API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/company/{companyNumber}/officers](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-companynumber-officers/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/entity/officers](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-entity-officers/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/entity/owners](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-entity-owners/llms.txt)
- [CelerAPI: people search API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/company/{companyNumber}/owners](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/celerapi/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-company-companynumber-owners/llms.txt)

## CelerAPI: company discovery API alternatives

- [Skrapp, $1,499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/skrapp/1499-monthly/llms.txt): $0.25 per 1,000, 54% complete, stored
- [EveryInfra, $1,000 pack, Monthly top-up discount, 20% off from $1,000](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/everyinfra/1000-pack-monthly-top-up-discount-20-off-from-1000/llms.txt): $0.256 per 1,000, 54% complete, stored
- [AI Ark, $1,949 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/1949-monthly/llms.txt): $0.26 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [Apollo, $65 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/apollo/65-monthly/llms.txt): $0.26 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 2026-11-08.

- https://www.celerapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.celerapi.com/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.celerapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing