# FUNEL, free: Company discovery API

> Search 13M+ companies by industry, size band, HQ country, and keywords

FUNEL's Free credits plan for the company discovery API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. FUNEL's docs list 3: Industry, Employees, Headquarters.
You get 500 credits. You spend the credits on FUNEL's other calls. This call is free for up to 9,000 calls a month.
We haven't run FUNEL through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,326 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.498 or less per 1,000 companies. [See the best free company discovery API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
[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/funel/free
- [Company discovery API in 2026: the best of 100+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://funel.to/pricing?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://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://funel.to/mcp.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: FUNEL (https://funel.to?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 23%
- Industry: ✓
- Employees: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 25
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: create_lead_list · add_records · enrich_records · find_email · run_ai_column

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search 13M+ companies by industry, size band, HQ country, and keywords

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must use FUNEL only for lawful business purposes and in line with our Acceptable Use Policy. [...] Your Acceptable Use obligations include not using the platform to send unlawful, deceptive, or unsolicited messages outside what the law permits, not attempting to circumvent technical limits or security, and not reselling or redistributing data in violation of these terms or applicable law. [...] You may not copy, reverse engineer, resell, or create derivative works from the platform.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 credits
- Enough for: 9,000 calls a month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 300
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Docs behind sign-up

## About the plan

- Plan: Free credits
- Who can get it: anyone at least 18 years old, capable of forming a binding contract and using the service for business purposes

## The 5 fields the plan's answer can hold

total results, company name, industry, employee band, HQ country

## FUNEL's plans (5)

- [FUNEL, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $2.25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/2-25-pack/llms.txt): 23% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $137.20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/137-20-pack/llms.txt): 23% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $15.38 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/15-38-monthly/llms.txt): $0.068 per 1,000, 23% complete, stored
- [FUNEL, $176.26 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/176-26-yearly/llms.txt): $0.065 per 1,000, 23% complete, stored

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

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

## FUNEL's APIs (4)

- [FUNEL: company discovery API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: email finder API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/find-email-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: local business search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)
- [FUNEL: people search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/funel/free/llms.txt)

## FUNEL: company discovery API alternatives

- [Skrapp, $349 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/skrapp/349-monthly/llms.txt): $0.058 per 1,000, 54% complete, stored
- [StackScan, $1,890 yearly, Enterprise, GET /v1/tech-lookup/technologies/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/stackscan/1890-yearly-enterprise-get-v1-tech-lookup-technologies-lookup/llms.txt): $0.063 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [LeadMagic, $8,490 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/leadmagic/8490-yearly/llms.txt): $0.071 per 1,000, 69% complete, stored
- [TechnologyChecker, $890 yearly, Pro, GET /v1/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/technologychecker/890-yearly-pro-get-v1-companies/llms.txt): $0.074 per 1,000, 38% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://funel.to?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/mcp?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/mcp.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://funel.to/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing