specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: The Companies API
providerId: thecompaniesapi
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Company Data
- Data Enrichment
- Firmographics
- Web Intelligence
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of The Companies API spend. The service is billed on a monthly
  subscription that bundles a fixed credit allowance (Startup 50k, Scaleup
  250k, Enterprise 500k) with metered overage priced per 1,000 additional
  credits. Work is denominated in credits, so cost tracks the volume and type
  of search, enrichment, and bulk (Actions) calls an account makes. New
  accounts receive 500 free credits. Annual billing yields two months free.
notes: >-
  Subscription prices, credit allowances, and overage rates captured from the
  public pricing page on 2026-07-11; verify against the live page during
  reconciliation. Per-operation credit costs are not fully enumerated here and
  should be confirmed in the developer docs.
sources:
- https://www.thecompaniesapi.com/pricing
- https://www.thecompaniesapi.com/api
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: The Companies API
serviceCategory: Data and Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: The Companies API
  ServiceCategory: Data and Analytics
  ProviderName: The Companies API
  PublisherName: The Companies API
  InvoiceIssuerName: The Companies API
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Based
meters:
- name: monthly_subscription
  description: Flat monthly plan fee bundling a fixed credit allowance (Startup/Scaleup/Enterprise).
  unit: subscription
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: included_credits
  description: Credits included in the monthly plan allowance and consumed by API calls.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: overage_credits
  description: Credits consumed beyond the plan allowance, billed per 1,000 additional credits.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - plan
- name: free_credits
  description: One-time 500 free credits granted to new accounts for evaluation.
  unit: credits
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track credit burn per API token and per endpoint (search vs enrichment vs Actions) to see where spend concentrates.
- name: Allocation
  description: Issue separate API tokens per team/workload and map credit consumption to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Batch large jobs through the Actions queue, cache enrichment results by domain, size the plan to actual monthly credit burn, and use annual billing (two months free) for steady workloads.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners per token; review monthly credit consumption against the plan allowance to avoid overage surprises.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com