# X-RAY, free, GET /x402/list_companies: Company discovery API

> companies by name

X-RAY's Free plan for the company discovery API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields: Description, Industry, Type and status, Images and 9 more. X-RAY's docs list none of the 13.
We haven't run X-RAY through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 1,178 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.50 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/x-ray/free-get-x402-list-companies
- [Company discovery API: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://x-ray.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://mcp.x-ray.me/x402/list_companies`
- API key: with the plan, on https://x-ray.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://mcp.x-ray.me/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing#/paths/~1x402~1list_companies
- Sold by: X-RAY (https://x-ray.me?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-09

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 200
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: search_entities · get_actor · list_actors · get_scope · get_scope_metrics · list_scopes · compare · list_recent_events · get_company_events · get_company_metrics · hiring_trend · salary_stats · top_hiring_companies · company_hiring_activity · top_skills_for_company · top_skills_for_sector · vacancy_stats_by_blockchain · vacancy_stats_by_grade · vacancy_stats_by_sector · vacancy_stats_by_skill · list_narratives · get_narrative · get_landscape · get_landscape_brief · list_landscape_events · list_vacancies · search_vacancies · get_vacancy · vacancy_skills · list_skill_clusters · get_company · list_blockchains · list_sectors · list_company_blockchains · list_company_sectors

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: companies by name

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 25 requests
- Enough for: 25 pages, once

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: search, limit, offset
- Method: GET
- Path: /x402/list_companies

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs in to the MCP server (OAuth sign-in)

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

total results, limit, offset, name, slug

## X-RAY's plans (7)

- [X-RAY, free, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [X-RAY, pay as you go, x402 pay per call, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/pay-as-you-go-x402-pay-per-call-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [X-RAY, $199 monthly, Pro, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/199-monthly-pro-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt): $0.199 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [X-RAY, $990 monthly, Team, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/990-monthly-team-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt): $0.165 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [X-RAY, $1,990 yearly, Pro, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/1990-yearly-pro-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt): $0.166 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [X-RAY, $9,900 yearly, Team, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/9900-yearly-team-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt): $0.138 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [X-RAY, contact us, Enterprise, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/contact-us-enterprise-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt): 0% complete

## X-RAY's calls for this API (3)

- `GET /x402/list_actors`: [X-RAY, free, GET /x402/list_actors](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-list-actors/llms.txt)
- `GET /x402/list_companies`: [X-RAY, free, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt)
- `GET /x402/search_entities`: [X-RAY, free, GET /x402/search_entities](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-search-entities/llms.txt)

## X-RAY's APIs (6)

- [X-RAY: company funding API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-funding-apis/x-ray/free/llms.txt)
- [X-RAY: company open jobs API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/x-ray/free/llms.txt)
- [X-RAY: job posting details API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/x-ray/free/llms.txt)
- [X-RAY: company enrichment API pricing, 7 plans, GET /x402/get_actor](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-get-actor/llms.txt)
- [X-RAY: company enrichment API pricing, 7 plans, GET /x402/get_company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-get-company/llms.txt)
- [X-RAY: company discovery API pricing, 7 plans, GET /x402/list_companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-list-companies/llms.txt)
- [X-RAY: job postings API pricing, 7 plans, GET /x402/list_vacancies](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-list-vacancies/llms.txt)
- [X-RAY: job postings API pricing, 7 plans, GET /x402/search_vacancies](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/x-ray/free-get-x402-search-vacancies/llms.txt)

## X-RAY: company discovery API alternatives

- [TechnologyChecker, $249 monthly, Scale, GET /v1/signals/{type}](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/technologychecker/249-monthly-scale-get-v1-signals-type/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 38% complete, stored
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly, POST /google-maps/v1/place/nearby](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-google-maps-v1-place-nearby/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [Funding Signals, $299 monthly, Pro, GET /v1/signals](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/funding-signals/299-monthly-pro-get-v1-signals/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 8% complete, 1 day
- [Seltz, pay as you go, Pay-as-you-go, POST /v1/search, Search, pro](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/seltz/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-search-search-pro/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 38% complete, 1 month

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-09.

- https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402/discovery/resources?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mcp.x-ray.me/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://mcp.x-ray.me/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://x-ray.me/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://x-ray.me/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://x-ray.me/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing