# CompanyData.com, free API credits: Company discovery API

> The /api/company/search endpoint allows users to search for companies based on various criteria.

CompanyData.com's company discovery API on its Free API credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 1 of the 13 key fields we check: Headquarters.
We rank 533 plans by price. [Deepline's top-up](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/deepline/top-up/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 companies. Deepline's company discovery API costs nothing beyond the plan price.
[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 [Skrapp](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/skrapp/349-monthly/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits
- [Best company discovery API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://companydata.com/request-bold-api-credits/
- Request: `GET https://app.companydata.com/api/company/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://companydata.com/request-bold-api-credits/
- Its API docs: https://companydata.com/api-docs/request-company/#company-search
- Sold by: CompanyData.com (https://companydata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-24

## In the answer

- Completeness: 8%
- Headquarters: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: Company export call (/api/company/export), 200 download credits

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The /api/company/search endpoint allows users to search for companies based on various criteria.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 month
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 400 credits
- Enough for: 400 pages, once
- Expires: two weeks

## Rate limit

- Per second: 50
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: at least one filter parameter. Optional: page, pageSize, ID, search, sic4Digits, importExportCode, legalStatus, statusCode, subsidiaryCode, countryCode, provinceName, cityName, streetName, regionName, countryName, postalCode, postalCodeInteger, employeesHere, employeesTotal, annualSales, foundingYears, phoneNumber, email, worldwideHeadquarterID, nationalId, hasEmail, hasMarketability, hasPhone, hasFax, hasContactPerson, hasWebsite, hasNationalID, hasBusinessName, hasStreetAddress, hasPostalCode, hasCEOName
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free API credits
- Who can get it: anyone with a company email address (not Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, etc.)

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

company ID, company name, country, city, total results, total pages

## CompanyData.com's plans (11)

- [CompanyData.com, free API credits](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, free, 7-day free trial](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/free-7-day-free-trial/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/39-monthly/llms.txt): $3.12 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/99-monthly/llms.txt): $1.584 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/249-monthly/llms.txt): $0.797 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $599 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/599-monthly/llms.txt): $0.479 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $408 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/408-yearly/llms.txt): $2.72 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $948 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/948-yearly/llms.txt): $1.264 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $2,388 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/2388-yearly/llms.txt): $0.637 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, $5,748 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/5748-yearly/llms.txt): $0.383 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 month
- [CompanyData.com, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/contact-us/llms.txt): 8% complete, 1 month

## CompanyData.com's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/company/search`: [CompanyData.com, free API credits](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits/llms.txt)

## CompanyData.com's APIs (3)

- [CompanyData.com: company enrichment API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/companydata-com/free-7-day-free-trial/llms.txt)
- [CompanyData.com: company hierarchy API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/companydata-com/free-7-day-free-trial/llms.txt)
- [CompanyData.com: company discovery API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/companydata-com/free-api-credits/llms.txt)

## CompanyData.com: company discovery API alternatives

- [Snov.io, $282.15 quarterly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/snov-io/282-15-quarterly/llms.txt): $0.376 per 1,000, 38% complete, 1 month
- [Tomba, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/tomba/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.392 per 1,000, 54% complete, 1 month
- [AI Ark, $119 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/ai-ark/119-monthly/llms.txt): $0.397 per 1,000, 85% complete, 30 days
- [Pubrio, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/pubrio/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.40 per 1,000, 62% complete, 1 day

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-24.

- https://app.companydata.com/signup-api
- https://companydata.com/abn-lookup-api
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/authentication/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/disclaimer/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/pagination/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/quickstart/
- https://companydata.com/api-docs/request-company/
- https://companydata.com/company-data-api/
- https://companydata.com/data-license/
- https://companydata.com/pricing
- https://companydata.com/request-bold-api-credits/