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      <title>I Built a Free Clearbit Alternative — Company Enrichment API for Developers</title>
      <dc:creator>Artur Vakula</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/artur_vakula_42b3a1638563/i-built-a-free-clearbit-alternative-company-enrichment-api-for-developers-443e</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/artur_vakula_42b3a1638563/i-built-a-free-clearbit-alternative-company-enrichment-api-for-developers-443e</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Clearbit killed their free tier in April 2025. Now it's "Breeze Intelligence" — $75/month minimum, HubSpot subscription required, credits expire monthly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I needed company enrichment for a side project and didn't want to pay $0.10 per lookup. So I built my own.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  What it does
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Give it a domain → get back a full company profile. One API call, 7 data sources:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;DNS/MX records&lt;/strong&gt; → email provider (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;SSL certificate&lt;/strong&gt; → organization name, issuer&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;WHOIS&lt;/strong&gt; → registrar, creation date, country&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;HTML parsing&lt;/strong&gt; → description, social links, emails, phones&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Tech stack detection&lt;/strong&gt; → 30+ technologies (React, Shopify, Stripe, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Schema.org&lt;/strong&gt; → structured company data&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Reverse DNS&lt;/strong&gt; → hosting provider (AWS, GCP, Cloudflare, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Example: enrich apple.com
&lt;/h3&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight javascript"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="kd"&gt;const&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nx"&gt;response&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="o"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="k"&gt;await&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nf"&gt;fetch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;https://web-intelligence-api.p.rapidapi.com/enrich&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;POST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;headers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Content-Type&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;application/json&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;X-RapidAPI-Key&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;YOUR_KEY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;X-RapidAPI-Host&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;web-intelligence-api.p.rapidapi.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="p"&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="na"&gt;body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nx"&gt;JSON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nf"&gt;stringify&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;({&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="na"&gt;domain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;apple.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="dl"&gt;'&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="p"&gt;})&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="p"&gt;});&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Returns:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Company: &lt;strong&gt;Apple Inc.&lt;/strong&gt; (from SSL cert)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Email: &lt;strong&gt;Self-hosted&lt;/strong&gt; (custom MX servers)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Phone: &lt;strong&gt;1-800-692-7753&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SSL issuer: &lt;strong&gt;Apple Inc.&lt;/strong&gt; (self-signed)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;WHOIS: Created &lt;strong&gt;1987&lt;/strong&gt;, US, registrar COM LAUDE&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SPF: ✅ DMARC: ✅&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Social: YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter (from schema.org)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Pricing vs. Clearbit
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Company Intelligence API&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Clearbit / Breeze&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Per enrichment&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.005&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.09-$0.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Free tier&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50/day&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;None (removed 2025)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Requires HubSpot&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minimum cost&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$75/mo + HubSpot&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Try it
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Free tier: 50 calls/day, no credit card.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://rapidapi.com/arturvakula/api/web-intelligence-api" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Try on RapidAPI →&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It also has &lt;code&gt;/validate-email&lt;/code&gt; (DNS + disposable check) and &lt;code&gt;/extract&lt;/code&gt; (raw URL scraping).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Built this as a solo dev. Feedback welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

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