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# Company data API: prices compared for 2026 | SpecStream

Compared on Nov 8, 2026.

# Company data API: SpecStream, People Data Labs, Coresignal and more compared

Most company data APIs sell records from a database they hold, by credits or by contract. SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Send the companies you want in plain words, with any condition they must meet, and Deep Search returns structured rows checked on the live web, with the source URL and read time of every value, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row. You approve the most a call can cost before it runs. SpecStream leads two public benchmarks: WideSearch, at 60.9 on the low-cost model, where the best other API scores 57.6 even on the larger model, and SimpleQA Verified, at 99. The scores and their sources are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api).

[Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-company-data-api&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api)

New accounts get $10 of credit for their first 30 days, no card.

## Company data APIs side by side

|  | SpecStream | People Data Labs | Coresignal | Crunchbase | Apollo | ZoomInfo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Companies held | Public databases read every morning at [specstream.ai/data](https://specstream.ai/data?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api): every company that filed a Form D since 2023 with its filing history, nearly 2 million US nonprofits, every US bank failure since 1934, federal rules, open federal contracts and grants, and local businesses. Signals such as funding rounds, new executives and layoffs at [specstream.ai/signals](https://specstream.ai/signals?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api). Ask for your own cut of any of them | 70MM+ companies | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Search for companies | Any condition in plain words, checked on each company | Not stated | Agentic Search, 20 or 100 credits | Search, Entity Lookup and Autocomplete. 200 requests a minute, 3 at once | Organization search, 1 credit per page of up to 100 | Not stated |
| Source for each value | Source URL and read time on every value | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| A list you already have | Import a CSV, Excel file, Google Sheet or Airtable base of up to 20,000 rows. SpecStream fills in or checks each row and matches it to one identity, with any namesakes shown alongside their evidence. Import is free. A row that matches pays its rate, and a row that does not costs 5¢ | Not stated | Not stated | Entity Lookup | Organization enrichment, 1 credit a company | Not stated |
| Unit price | A delivered row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 by how much the row needs, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. The same rate on every plan | Per record. Price per record: Not stated | A full company record is 20 credits (10 for the core record), an employee email 10, a job post 1. $0.007 a credit on Growth | Not published. Access through sales | Credits. The dollar value of a credit: Not stated | Priced on usage. Rates: Not stated |
| Free start | $10 of credit for your first 30 days, no card | Up to 100 records a month, with emails, phones and addresses hidden | 2,000 credits and a 7 day trial | Not stated | A Free plan | A free trial on six use cases |
| Paid plans | Pro $19, Scale $99 and Team $499 a month, all spent as credit at the same row rates. A yearly plan adds 20% more credit | Pro from $100 a month. Yearly saves 20%. Enterprise: custom | From Mini at $49 for 2,500 credits to Elite at $5,000 for 10,000,000 credits a month. Yearly saves 10%. Datasets from $1,000 | Enterprise keys, through sales | Basic, Professional and Custom. Dollar prices: Not stated. Yearly plans paid upfront for 12 months | Custom packages. Price: Not stated |
| Failed or empty work | Nothing. Duplicates, rows you already own and rows a page contradicts are not charged, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Before a call | The most the run can cost, quoted before it starts. Nothing runs until you approve it, and there are no automatic overages | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated. Credits reset each cycle with no rollover | Not stated |
| Updates | Hourly to yearly. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching. A changed or new row costs half its rate, an unchanged row 1¢ | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |

## Why data teams choose SpecStream for company data

### Any condition you can describe

A company database answers with the fields it already keeps. SpecStream reads your request into the conditions every company must meet and the facts to bring back, then checks each one on the live web: packaging suppliers in Portugal with more than 50 employees and a published product catalog, with their contact email, is one request.

Every value comes back with its source URL and read time, so your pipeline can store where each fact came from.

### A price per delivered row

A row costs 5¢ for up to 5 facts, 15¢ for up to 15 facts and one set of related records, and $1 for a deep row, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. The rate is the same on every plan. Duplicates, rows you already own and rows a page contradicts are not charged, and a call that finds nothing costs nothing.

Each call is quoted first. Nothing runs until the maximum is approved, and there are no automatic overages.

### Public records and signals, read every morning

SpecStream holds every company that filed a Form D since 2023 with its filing history, nearly 2 million US nonprofits, every US bank failure since 1934, and open federal contracts and grants, at [specstream.ai/data](https://specstream.ai/data?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api). Funding rounds, new executives and layoffs are at [specstream.ai/signals](https://specstream.ai/signals?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api).

Set any request to rerun from hourly to yearly. A changed or new row costs half its rate, and an unchanged row costs 1¢. Rows go to HubSpot, Salesforce and Google Sheets, or to your own systems through a signed webhook.

## How SpecStream scores

The same numbers as the benchmarks page, from the official tasks and scorers.

ResultsWideSearchCostSimpleQA Verified

|  | SpecStream | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/parallel.svg)Parallel | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/exa.svg)Exa | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/tavily.svg)Tavily | ![](https://specstream.ai/images/benchmarks/perplexity.svg)Perplexity |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Web research**WideSearch, GPT-5.6 Luna | 60.9 | 45.5 | 53.0 | 47.9 | 47.0 |
| **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Luna | 96 | 94 | 91 | 94 | 94 |
| **Factual accuracy**SimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Sol | 99 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 95 |

## How to start

Write the companies you want in plain words, or import a list of up to 20,000 rows and SpecStream fills in or checks each one. Sign up and you get $10 of credit for your first 30 days, no card. At 5¢ a row, that is up to 200 rows.

Or send the request from code. This call spends nothing: the `402` reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost.

```
curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"request": "Packaging suppliers in Portugal with more than 50 employees and a published product catalog. Include their contact email.", "count": 25}'
```

[Describe your data](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-company-data-api&utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api)

## Frequently asked questions

Something we didn't answer? [Talk to a human](https://specstream.ai/talk-to-a-human.md)

What is a company data API?

An API that returns facts about companies, such as name, website, industry, size, location and officers, for a company you name or for every company that meets your conditions. SpecStream does both, from the live web and the public databases it reads every morning, with the source URL of every value.

How much does a company data API cost?

SpecStream charges 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. Coresignal prices a full company record at 20 credits, with plans from $49 a month. People Data Labs starts at $100 a month for Pro. Crunchbase and ZoomInfo do not publish a price, and Apollo does not state what a credit costs in dollars.

Is there a free company data API?

New SpecStream accounts get $10 of credit for their first 30 days, no card, which is up to 200 rows at 5¢. People Data Labs has a free plan of up to 100 records a month with emails, phones and addresses hidden, and Coresignal gives 2,000 credits with a 7 day trial.

How accurate is SpecStream?

SpecStream leads two public benchmarks: WideSearch, at 60.9 on the low-cost model, where the best other API scores 57.6 even on the larger model, and SimpleQA Verified, at 99. The scores and their sources are on [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=company-data-api). Every value in a row carries the source URL and the time it was read.

How do I call SpecStream from code or an agent?

Use the REST API, the Python and TypeScript SDKs, the CLI or A2A, or connect an agent to the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp`. An agent can also buy one request with no account, by card or in USDC. The same account runs the Search API at $5 per 1,000 searches and the Extract API at $0.80 per 1,000 pages.

### Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. Each rival figure comes from that company's own page.

1.  [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing)specstream.ai/pricing, read Nov 8, 2026
2.  [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md)specstream.ai/agents.md, read Nov 8, 2026
3.  [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks)specstream.ai/benchmarks, read Nov 8, 2026
4.  [SpecStream data](https://specstream.ai/data)specstream.ai/data, read Nov 8, 2026
5.  [SpecStream signals](https://specstream.ai/signals)specstream.ai/signals, read Nov 8, 2026
6.  [People Data Labs company pricing](https://www.peopledatalabs.com/pricing/company)peopledatalabs.com/pricing/company, read Nov 8, 2026
7.  [Coresignal pricing](https://www.coresignal.com/pricing/)coresignal.com/pricing/, read Nov 8, 2026
8.  [Crunchbase API](https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/using-the-api)data.crunchbase.com/docs/using-the-api, read Nov 8, 2026
9.  [Apollo pricing](https://www.apollo.io/pricing)apollo.io/pricing, read Nov 8, 2026
10.  [Apollo API pricing](https://docs.apollo.io/docs/api-pricing)docs.apollo.io/docs/api-pricing, read Nov 8, 2026
11.  [ZoomInfo pricing](https://www.zoominfo.com/pricing)zoominfo.com/pricing, read Nov 8, 2026