# lobstr.io, free: Similar companies API

> Give it a company URL or slug, get the companies: name, industry, website, followers count, phone, description, company id, URL and 20 more fields, in a spreadsheet, in your tools, through the API or from your AI agent.

lobstr.io's similar companies API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns 3 of the 13 key fields we check: Industry and type, Images, Locations.
We haven't run lobstr.io through [our similar companies API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-similar-companies-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 119 plans for similar companies APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.20 per 1,000 companies or less.
[PublicWWW's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/publicwww/499-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 companies: $0.000055. PublicWWW charges for each page of results. We count 1,000,000 companies on each page to get the $0.000055 price.
[ZoomInfo's $45 pack](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/zoominfo/45-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. ZoomInfo's $45 pack costs less up front than PublicWWW's $499 monthly plan.
[LeadMagic](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/leadmagic/499-monthly-professional-post-v3-companies-lookalike/llms.txt), [Tomba](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/tomba/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt) and [Social Fetch](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/social-fetch/14-pack/llms.txt) are the best similar companies API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/free
- [Similar companies API: 9 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-similar-companies-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.lobstr.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.lobstr.io/v1/runs`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.lobstr.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/start-run?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- Sold by: lobstr.io (https://www.lobstr.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 23%
- Industry and type: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Locations: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 75 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Give it a company URL or slug, get the companies: name, industry, website, followers count, phone, description, company id, URL and 20 more fields, in a spreadsheet, in your tools, through the API or from your AI agent.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit, results stay on lobstr.io 7 days on Free, 45 days on Starter and Pro, 90 days on Team and Business
- Use data: The User hereby asserts and affirms that the utilization of the Platform is solely for professional activities, thereby exempting the User from being classified as a "consumer" under the governing law. [...] Squiders are obligated to: (i) Procure requisite permissions for accessing websites through Squids, (ii) Abstain from extracting substantial portions of databases, whether in terms of quality or quantity, (iii) Refrain from unauthorized access to confidential or proprietary information, (iv) Observe all third-party rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights, (v) Comply with all pertinent laws, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, inclusive of those related to the protection of personal data. [...] a global, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, and non-sublicensable right to employ the Platform for the duration of the User's active account on said Platform [...] Absent express written consent from LOBSTR, the User shall abstain—and shall prohibit any third parties acting on their behalf, including but not limited to employees, agents, affiliates, and subcontractors—from: (i) Decompiling, disassembling, or reverse-engineering the Platform, or attempting to discern its source code, foundational ideas, algorithms, file formats, or interoperability features [...], (ii) Independently or with third-party assistance, rectifying any Platform defects to render it compliant with its intended use [...], (iii) Removing or altering any notifications, labels, or references pertaining to the intellectual property rights of LOBSTR or any third parties, (iv) Engaging in the transfer, utilization, or exportation of the Platform in a manner that contravenes applicable laws, (v) Integrating, associating, or amalgamating the Platform with any other software or documents, or generating derivative works based in whole or part on the Platform, (vi) Conducting any activities with the Platform other than those explicitly sanctioned by these Terms and Conditions

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits a month
- Enough for: 100 pages a month
- Expires: credits refresh each month and don't roll over at renewal, only a paid billing-cycle reset carries unused credits over, for 30 days

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Concurrent: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling or webhook

## The call

- You send: squid (a LinkedIn Company Scraper squid, crawler a6fab652671e54f962ce9ebe48d5ffed, holding the company URLs or slugs as its tasks (url)). Optional: max_results
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/runs

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: professionals, not consumers

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

company URL, logo, name, industry, location

## lobstr.io's plans (9)

- [lobstr.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/20-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $100 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/100-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $500 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $1,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/1000-monthly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $192 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/192-yearly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $960 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/960-yearly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): 23% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/contact-us/llms.txt): 23% complete, live

## lobstr.io's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/runs`: [lobstr.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/lobstr-io/free/llms.txt)

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## lobstr.io: similar companies API alternatives

- [Social Fetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/social-fetch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete, live
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- [Mawsool International FZCO on Apify, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/mawsool-international-fzco-on-apify/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [NinjaPear, free](https://datacircle.dev/similar-company-apis/ninjapear/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://api.lobstr.io/v1/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://docs.lobstr.io/docs/concepts?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
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- https://help.lobstr.io/billing/manage-subscription?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://help.lobstr.io/billing/reset-billing-cycle?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://help.lobstr.io/core-concepts/credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://www.lobstr.io/legal/terms-of-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
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- https://www.lobstr.io/store/linkedin-company-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing
- https://www.lobstr.io/store/linkedin-profile-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=similar-companies-api-pricing