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The Companies API compared with VPNDetection
DetailThe Companies API logo The Companies APIVPNDetection logo VPNDetection
What it doesSearch and enrich millions of companies with 300+ data points via API Identify an IP as VPN, residential proxy, hosting, Tor, CDN or relay, with the operator and evidence behind each flag.
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2026
Based inFR PK
Pricing modelNot given Freemium
PricingNot given Free: 50,000 lookups a month. Starter: $19.00/mo (250,000 lookups, then $0.09 per 1,000) or $190.00/year. Scale: $99.00/mo (2,000,000 lookups, then $0.07 per 1,000) or $990.00/year. Max: $199.00/mo (5,000,000 lookups, then $0.05 per 1,000) or $1,990.00/year. Enterprise: Custom pricing, annual.
Key features
  • Enrich companies by domain name, email address, or social network URL
  • 300+ data points per company including industry, employees, revenue, and social profiles
  • Search 50M+ companies using filters and natural language prompts
  • Find similar companies to target accounts
  • AI-powered questions and context fetching about companies
  • Real-time data updates and on-demand re-analysis
  • SDKs for JavaScript, Python, PHP, Go, and Ruby
  • Rate limits from 50 to 1,000 requests per second depending on plan
  • Public, GDPR-compliant data sourced from internet-visible information
  • Detects VPNs with operator identification - tracks over 2,200 providers
  • Detects Tor nodes with daily updates
  • Identifies privacy relays and enterprise web gateways
  • Confidence scoring for each classification
  • Downloadable databases in CSVGZ and MMDB formats
  • Location and ASN data with every lookup
  • SDKs for 13 programming languages
  • Real-time API with batch processing up to 1,000 addresses
What makes it different
  • Best pricing on the market at 1 credit ($0.00119) per company
  • Own infrastructure and not a reseller, ensuring lowest costs
  • Comprehensive company schema refined over years with 1000+ companies using it
  • AI-ready context access for LLM integration without crawling
  • Live customer support with custom data point implementation within 15 days
  • Evidence-backed classifications - every flag includes the operator, confidence level, last seen date, and for proxies, persistence metrics across 90 days
  • Daily data refresh to keep classifications current
  • Distinguishes between legitimate privacy services and anonymity threats
  • Open datasets under Creative Commons - Tor IP and Relay IP free for all accounts
  • Downloadable databases for on-premises deployment without API calls
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)50 −1 (down) since last check1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)81
Citation Flow (Majestic)4325
Referring domains (Majestic)12932

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