# Maxwell International, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/gov/fr/companies: Company discovery API

> French companies from the Recherche d'entreprises register (INSEE Sirene and RNE data): by SIREN one company, or by name up to 10 matches, each with registered name, status, legal form (INSEE code), head-office address, founding date, activity and the official page.

Maxwell International's x402 plan for the company discovery API costs $0.50 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. Maxwell International's docs list 2: Type and status, Headquarters.
We haven't run Maxwell International through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,252 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.40 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 48% of the 1,252 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/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-fr-companies
- [Company discovery API in 2026: the best of 100+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.maxwellinternational.ai/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.maxwellinternational.ai/v1/gov/fr/companies`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://api.maxwellinternational.ai/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Sold by: Maxwell International (https://maxwellinternational.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.50
- Per: page of 10
- Billing: pay as you go

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 10
- Also pays for: nothing else

## In their words

- Their pitch: French companies from the Recherche d'entreprises register (INSEE Sirene and RNE data): by SIREN one company, or by name up to 10 matches, each with registered name, status, legal form (INSEE code), head-office address, founding date, activity and the official page.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Countries: France
- Keep data: 24 hours
- Use data: Every paid answer is licensed, not sold. You may use it for one task for one end user (for example planning one trip or finding one provider). You may not keep it longer than 24 hours, resell or redistribute it, build a competing directory or dataset from it, or use it to train or fine-tune AI models. [...] Our databases are protected by the EU sui generis database right, extracting or re-using a substantial part is prohibited.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/gov/fr/companies

## About the plan

- Plan: x402
- Who can get it: anyone paying each call in USDC on Base or Solana over x402, with no account or API key

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

SIREN, legal name, legal form, status, active, head office address, creation date, official page URL, total results

## Maxwell International's plans (1)

- [Maxwell International, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/gov/fr/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-fr-companies/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored

## Maxwell International's calls for this API (5)

- `GET /v1/gov/br/companies`: [Maxwell International, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/gov/br/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-br-companies/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/gov/fr/companies`: [Maxwell International, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/gov/fr/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-fr-companies/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/gov/pl/companies`: [Maxwell International, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/gov/pl/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-pl-companies/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/edgar/search`: [Maxwell International, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/edgar/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-edgar-search/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/gov/sk/companies`: [Maxwell International, pay as you go, x402, GET /v1/gov/sk/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-sk-companies/llms.txt)

## Maxwell International's APIs (5)

- [Maxwell International: domain WHOIS API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: local business search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/br/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-br-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/ca/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-ca-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/gb/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-gb-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/cz/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-cz-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/fr/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-fr-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/pl/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-pl-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/edgar/company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-edgar-company/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/sk/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-sk-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/ch/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-ch-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/fr/companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-fr-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/gb/companies](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-gb-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/cz/companies](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-cz-companies/llms.txt)
- [Maxwell International: business verification API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/gov/ch/companies](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/maxwell-international/pay-as-you-go-x402-get-v1-gov-ch-companies/llms.txt)

## Maxwell International: company discovery API alternatives

- [Prospeo, $2,241 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/prospeo/2241-yearly/llms.txt): $0.498 per 1,000, 85% complete, stored
- [Perigon, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/perigon/250-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 62% complete, stored
- [HSH Intelligence, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hsh-intelligence/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 23% complete, stored
- [Firmainfo, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/firmainfo/contact-us/llms.txt): $0.505 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://api.maxwellinternational.ai/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.maxwellinternational.ai/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.maxwellinternational.ai/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.maxwellinternational.ai/terms.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://maxwellinternational.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing