# Context.dev, free: Company discovery API

> Find companies with a natural-language query.

Context.dev's company discovery API on its Free Tier plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 6 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Industry, Type and status, Employees, Headquarters, Funding.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/free
- Get it: https://www.context.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/company/search
- Sold by: Context.dev (https://www.context.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-23

## In the answer

- Completeness: 46%
- Description: ✓
- Industry: ✓
- Type and status: ✓
- Employees: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Funding: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Per: page of 100
- Also pays for: Logo Link · from the same budget: Scrape · Map URLs · Crawl Website · Search Web · Answers · Retrieve Brand · Search Brands · Extract Styleguide · Search News · Parse File · Batches · Monitor runs · Enrich Person

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find companies with a natural-language query.

## Data

- Keep data: As a user of the Services, you agree not to: [...] Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Services to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database, or directory without written permission from us.
- Use data: The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. [...] As a user of the Services, you agree not to: [...] Use the Services as part of any effort to compete with us or otherwise use the Services and/or the Content for any revenue-generating endeavor or commercial enterprise. [...] "Customer IP" means the queries, prompts, URLs, instructions, and other content you submit to the Services, together with the results returned in response. You retain any rights you hold in that content. [...] API access does not grant a license to reuse third-party material.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits a month
- Enough for: 500 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: query. Optional: filters, limit, cursor, tags
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Tier
- Who can get it: anyone aged 18 or over, one unpaid organization per person

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, domain, description, industries, founded year, headquarters country code, headquarters region, headquarters city, headquarters street address, headquarters postal code, employee count, employee count minimum, employee count maximum, total funding, funding round count, latest funding round type, latest funding round date, latest funding round amount, next cursor, request ID, credits consumed, credits remaining

## Context.dev's plans (12)

- [Context.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/20-monthly/llms.txt): $0.04 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $90 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/90-monthly/llms.txt): $0.018 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/300-monthly/llms.txt): $0.012 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/500-monthly/llms.txt): $0.01 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $950 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/950-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0076 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $200 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/200-yearly/llms.txt): $0.033 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $900 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/900-yearly/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $3,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/3000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.01 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $5,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/5000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0083 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, $9,500 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/9500-yearly/llms.txt): $0.0063 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [Context.dev, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/contact-us/llms.txt): 46% complete

## Context.dev's calls (1)

- `POST /v1/company/search`: [Context.dev, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)

## Context.dev's APIs (6)

- [Context.dev: company discovery API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: people search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: person enrichment API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/person-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: cached reverse email lookup API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-reverse-email-lookup-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: cached LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/cached-linkedin-profile-apis/context-dev/free/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by domain](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-domain/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by email](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-email/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by name](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-name/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by ticker](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-ticker/llms.txt)
- [Context.dev: company enrichment API pricing, 12 plans, POST /v1/brand/retrieve, Lookup by transaction](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/context-dev/free-tier-post-v1-brand-retrieve-lookup-by-transaction/llms.txt)

## Context.dev: company discovery API alternatives

- [NinjaPear, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/ninjapear/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Findymail, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/findymail/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete, live
- [Diffbot, free, Free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/diffbot/free-free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete
- [Dropleads, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/dropleads/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 77% complete

## 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://docs.context.dev/account/billing
- https://docs.context.dev/account/credits
- https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/company/search.md
- https://docs.context.dev/api-reference/people/enrich
- https://docs.context.dev/optimization/rate-limits
- https://docs.context.dev/optimization/responsible-use
- https://docs.context.dev/people/overview
- https://www.context.dev/people-enrichment
- https://www.context.dev/pricing
- https://www.context.dev/terms