OpenCorporates vs OpenSanctions

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OpenCorporates compared with OpenSanctions
Detail	OpenCorporates	OpenSanctions
What it does	Legal-entity data you can trust	The open database of sanctions, PEPs and watchlists
Stage	Established	Established
Founded	2010	2015
Based in	GB	DE
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	API plans from £2,250/year (Essentials) to £12,000/year (Basic), with enterprise bulk-data delivery available. Free access for public-benefit projects including journalists, NGOs, universities and anti-crime research groups.	Free for non-commercial users. Commercial users must acquire a data license or subscribe to the API service at 0.10 € per query.
Key features	Company record search across 140+ jurisdictions API access with real-time data Bulk data delivery via SFTP Entity verification and onboarding Master data management and cleansing Third-party risk monitoring Investigation tools for financial crime Advanced search functionality	Entity search across sanctions, watchlists, and PEP data Screening tool with multi-property matcher Bulk data download and self-hosting Screening API for integration Entity resolution across sources Data enrichment with identifiers and relationships Real-time updates from sanctions authorities Coverage of 469+ global data sources
What makes it different	World's largest open legal-entity database with records from over 140 government registries Data sourced direct from primary sources with clear decision-making and open identifiers Legal-Entity Data Principles that set industry standards Over 5 million monthly searches from trusted users Used by 80% of North America and Europe's largest banks	Open source methodology with full transparency and auditability Comprehensive entity graph with relationships and identifiers Self-hosting capability for data security and privacy Curated for investigative standards and quality
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	79 no change since last check	72 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	59	32
Citation Flow (Majestic)	51	45
Referring domains (Majestic)	7470	5048

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