# Crustdata, free, $20 free credits, POST /company/search, Search Companies: Company discovery API

> Search the Crustdata company database using structured filters, a natural-language query, or both.

Crustdata's company discovery API on its $20 free credits plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 10 of the 13 key fields we check. 8 are in the plan's price: Description, Type and status, Images, Employees, Social profiles, Headquarters, Locations, Revenue and budgets. 2 cost extra: Industry, Funding.
We rank 538 plans by price. [Coresignal's $49 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/coresignal/49-monthly-mini-post-v2-company-multi-source-search-es-dsl/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies: as little as $0.0000038. Coresignal's $49 monthly plan covers up to 12,960,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 1,000 companies.
[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 to start than Coresignal's $49 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 [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/crustdata/free-20-free-credits-post-company-search-search-companies
- [Best company discovery API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://crustdata.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.crustdata.com/company/search`, Search Companies
- API key: with the plan, on https://crustdata.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.crustdata.com/api-reference/company-apis/search-companies-with-indexed-fields-only
- Sold by: Crustdata (https://crustdata.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-23

## In the answer

- Completeness: 77%
- Description: ✓
- Industry: ✓ costs more
- Type and status: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Employees: ✓
- Social profiles: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Locations: ✓
- Funding: ✓ costs more
- Revenue and budgets: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: no limit
- Extra fields: industry, industries, categories, specialities, NAICS code, NAICS sector, NAICS sub-sector, NAICS industry group, NAICS industry, NAICS year, SIC code, SIC industry, SIC year: +$0.00 · followers, followers month-over-month growth, followers quarter-over-quarter growth, followers 6-month growth, followers year-over-year growth: +$0.00 · headcount, largest headcount country, headcount growth percent 1 month, headcount growth percent 3 months, headcount growth percent 6 months, headcount growth percent 12 months, headcount growth absolute 1 month, headcount growth absolute 3 months, headcount growth absolute 6 months, headcount growth absolute 12 months: +$0.00 · total funding, last round amount, last fundraise date, last round type, investors: +$0.00 · job openings, job openings growth percent, job openings growth by function: +$0.00 · software review count, software average rating, software review count month-over-month growth, software review count quarter-over-quarter growth, software review count year-over-year growth: +$0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: People enrich (/person/enrich) · People search (/person/search) · People identify (/person/identify) · Person verify (/batch/person/verify) · Company enrich (/company/enrich) · Job search (/job/search) · Web search (/web/search/live) · Web fetch (/web/enrich/live) · Social post search (/social_post/search) · People search watcher (/watch/person/search) · Job search watcher (/watch/job/search) · Social post search watcher (/watch/social_post/search) · Person watcher (/watch/person) · Company watcher (/watch/company)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search the Crustdata company database using structured filters, a natural-language query, or both.

## Data

- Freshness: 30 days
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.13 s

## The call

- You send: one of filters or search, and x-api-version header "2025-11-01". Optional: fields, sorts, limit, cursor, search.mode
- Method: POST
- Path: /company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: $20 free credits
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

Crustdata company ID, company name, primary domain, all domains, website, profile URL, profile ID, profile name, logo, description, company type, status, year founded, employee count range, markets, estimated revenue lower bound, estimated revenue upper bound, IPO date, stock symbols, fiscal year end, acquisition status, country, headquarters, street address, state, city, all office addresses, Crunchbase URL, Crunchbase UUID, Twitter URL, total results

## Crustdata's plans (4)

- [Crustdata, free, $20 free credits, POST /company/search, Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits-post-company-search-search-companies/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 77% complete, 30 days
- [Crustdata, free, Crustdata University Program, POST /company/search, Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/free-crustdata-university-program-post-company-search-search-companies/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 77% complete, 30 days
- [Crustdata, contact us, Real-time API access, POST /company/search, Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-company-search-search-companies/llms.txt): 77% complete, 30 days
- [Crustdata, contact us, In-DB API access, POST /company/search, Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/contact-us-in-db-api-access-post-company-search-search-companies/llms.txt): 77% complete, 30 days

## Crustdata's calls for this API (4)

- `POST /company/search`, Search Companies: [Crustdata, free, $20 free credits, POST /company/search, Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits-post-company-search-search-companies/llms.txt)
- `POST /company/search`, Search Companies, full: [Crustdata, free, $20 free credits, POST /company/search, Search Companies, full](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits-post-company-search-search-companies-full/llms.txt)
- `POST /batch/company/search`, Batch Search Companies: [Crustdata, contact us, Real-time API access, POST /batch/company/search, Batch Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-company-search-batch-search-companies/llms.txt)
- `POST /batch/company/search`, Batch Search Companies, full: [Crustdata, contact us, Real-time API access, POST /batch/company/search, Batch Search Companies, full](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-company-search-batch-search-companies-full/llms.txt)

## Crustdata's APIs (9)

- [Crustdata: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: job postings API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: web search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: company discovery API pricing, 4 plans, POST /company/search, Search Companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/crustdata/free-20-free-credits-post-company-search-search-companies/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /batch/person, Batch Contact Enrich](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-person-contact-enrich-batch-contact-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /batch/person, Batch Contact Enrich, full](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-person-contact-enrich-batch-contact-enrich-full/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /person, Contact Enrich](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-person-contact-enrich-contact-enrich/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: email finder API pricing, 1 plan, POST /person, Contact Enrich, full](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-person-contact-enrich-contact-enrich-full/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: reverse email lookup API pricing, 2 plans, POST /batch/person/identify](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-batch-person-identify/llms.txt)
- [Crustdata: reverse email lookup API pricing, 2 plans, POST /person/identify](https://datacircle.dev/reverse-email-lookup-apis/crustdata/contact-us-real-time-api-access-post-person-identify/llms.txt)

## Crustdata: company discovery API alternatives

- [AnVendor, free, POST /v1/scans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/anvendor/free-post-v1-scans/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, 30 days
- [AnyAPI, free trial key, POST /v1/run/company_search.ai_ark](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/anyapi/free-trial-key-post-v1-run-company-search-ai-ark/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, 30 days
- [GetLeads, free, 1,000 credits, POST /api/v1/companies/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getleads/free-1000-credits-post-api-v1-companies-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete, 1 month
- [Bloomberry, free API key, GET /accounts/tech.json](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/bloomberry/free-api-key-get-accounts-tech-json/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, 14 days

## 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://crustdata.com/apis/people-enrichment
- https://crustdata.com/pricing
- https://crustdata.com/terms
- https://docs.crustdata.com/api-reference/company-apis/search-companies-with-indexed-fields-only
- https://docs.crustdata.com/company-docs/search/introduction
- https://docs.crustdata.com/company-docs/search/reference
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/credits
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/data-updates
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/pricing
- https://docs.crustdata.com/general/rate-limits