# RedTape, pay as you go: Company discovery API

> Search Colombian legal entities / ESAL in RUES by razón social substring (case-insensitive). Returns up to 10 matches.

RedTape's x402 pay per call plan for the company discovery API costs $0.50 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields: Description, Industry, Type and status, Images and 9 more. RedTape's docs list none of the 13.
We haven't run RedTape through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,326 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.498 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan costs less per 1,000 companies than 49% of the 1,326 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/redtape/pay-as-you-go
- [Company discovery API in 2026: the best of 100+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://co.redtapeapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://co.redtapeapi.com/v1/company/search`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://co.redtapeapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing#/paths/~1v1~1company~1search
- Sold by: RedTape (https://co.redtapeapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## 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: Search Colombian legal entities / ESAL in RUES by razón social substring (case-insensitive). Returns up to 10 matches.

## Data

- Countries: Colombia
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: Attribute Confecámaras / datos.gov.co under CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/company/search

## About the plan

- Plan: x402 pay per call
- Who can get it: anyone with a wallet paying each call in USDC through x402 on Base, with no account or API key

## The 2 fields the plan's answer can hold

legal name, NIT

## RedTape's plans (1)

- [RedTape, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/redtape/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 0% complete

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

- `GET /v1/company/search`: [RedTape, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/redtape/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## RedTape's APIs (3)

- [RedTape: company enrichment API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/redtape/free/llms.txt)
- [RedTape: business verification API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/company/{nit}/status](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/redtape/free-tier-get-v1-company-nit-status/llms.txt)
- [RedTape: business verification API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/mx/rfc/validate](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/redtape/free-tier-get-v1-mx-rfc-validate/llms.txt)
- [RedTape: business verification API pricing, 2 plans, GET /v1/mx/sat/69b](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/redtape/free-tier-get-v1-mx-sat-69b/llms.txt)
- [RedTape: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/redtape/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

## RedTape: company discovery API alternatives

- [Perigon, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/perigon/250-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 62% complete, stored
- [Date Firme, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /v1/caen/{code}/comparatie](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/date-firme/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-v1-caen-code-comparatie/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [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
- [BuyerCaddy, $1,000 monthly, Starter, POST /ai/find-customers-of-products](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/buyercaddy/1000-monthly-starter-post-ai-find-customers-of-products/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 15% 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 2026-11-10.

- https://co.redtapeapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://co.redtapeapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://co.redtapeapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://co.redtapeapi.com/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://es.redtapeapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://es.redtapeapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mx.redtapeapi.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mx.redtapeapi.com/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mx.redtapeapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing