# Compabase, free: People search API

> Searches for natural persons by name (first name, last name, or both). Returns a deduplicated list of matching persons with their person_id key and the number of companies they are linked to.

Compabase's people search API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. Compabase's docs list none of the 13 key fields we check: Experience, Education, Skills, Headline and 9 more.
We haven't run Compabase through [our people search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 650 plans for people search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.564 per 1,000 people or less.
[Coresignal's $49 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/coresignal/49-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 people. Coresignal's $49 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many people as Coresignal's rate limit allows.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack (/api/v1/search)](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack-starter-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt) covers any number of people. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than Coresignal's $49 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-people-search-people-search/llms.txt), [QuickEnrich](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/quickenrich/29-monthly-starter-post-api-employees-contact-finder/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-people-search-quickenrich/llms.txt) are the best people search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/compabase/free
- [People lookup API: 40+ people search providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://compabase.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://compabase.com/api/v1/persons/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://compabase.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://compabase.com/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing#tag/Persons/paths/~1persons~1search/get
- Sold by: Compabase (https://compabase.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 41 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Searches for natural persons by name (first name, last name, or both). Returns a deduplicated list of matching persons with their person_id key and the number of companies they are linked to.

## Data

- Countries: Poland
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The User may use exported datasets internally and for legitimate business purposes. [...] Without written consent, the User may not: [...] resell raw datasets, create competing databases, redistribute data at scale, provide public mirrors of the datasets. [...] The User shall not: use exported data for unsolicited mass marketing communications, create bulk mailing lists for automated outreach in violation of applicable electronic communications or data protection laws, resell or redistribute personal data as a standalone dataset, create publicly accessible mirrors of the exported data

## Plan

- Pay: PLN 0
- You get: 100 requests a month
- Enough for: 100 pages a month
- Expires: resets with the UTC calendar month

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /persons/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: businesses only: Compabase is sold to business users, not consumers

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

person ID, name, birth year, company count, total results, result truncation note

## Compabase's plans (4)

- [Compabase, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/compabase/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Compabase, PLN 99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/compabase/pln-99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.102 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Compabase, PLN 999 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/compabase/pln-999-monthly/llms.txt): $0.051 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [Compabase, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/compabase/contact-us/llms.txt): 0% complete

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

- `GET /persons/search`: [Compabase, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/compabase/free/llms.txt)

## Compabase's APIs (3)

- [Compabase: people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/compabase/free/llms.txt)
- [Compabase: company discovery API pricing, 4 plans, GET /companies/export](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/compabase/free-get-companies-export/llms.txt)
- [Compabase: company discovery API pricing, 4 plans, GET /companies](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/compabase/free-get-companies/llms.txt)
- [Compabase: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /ceidg/nip/{nip}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/compabase/free-get-ceidg-nip-nip/llms.txt)
- [Compabase: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /companies/krs/{krs}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/compabase/free-get-companies-krs-krs/llms.txt)

## Compabase: people search API alternatives

- [LeadFuze, $500 monthly, Growth, POST /leads-database/searches/{search}/reveal](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/leadfuze/500-monthly-growth-post-leads-database-searches-search-reveal/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 23% complete, 1 month
- [StartupHub.ai, pay as you go, GET /people](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/startuphub-ai/pay-as-you-go-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 23% complete
- [Parallel, top-up, Pay as you go, POST /v1beta/findall/entity-search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/parallel/top-up-pay-as-you-go-post-v1beta-findall-entity-search/llms.txt): $0.05 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [AI Ark, $79 monthly, Usage-Based Plan, 15,000 Credits / Month, POST /v1/people/preview](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/ai-ark/79-monthly-usage-based-plan-15000-credits-month-post-v1-people-preview/llms.txt): $0.053 per 1,000, 23% complete, 30 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 2026-11-05.

- https://compabase.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://compabase.com/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://compabase.com/openapi/v1.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://compabase.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://compabase.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing