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Free Alternatives to Find and update company information (Companies House)

Zero-cost replacements grouped by fit, tradeoffs, pricing friction, and platform access. Use this list to test Find and update company information (Companies House) before paying for another subscription.

Switching from Find and update company information (Companies House) doesn't have to cost a thing. We've curated 20 free-tier alternatives that cover similar workflows, from APIs & Data Feeds to Alerts and beyond. Each pick below is framed by fit, caveats, and access friction so you can trial replacements without opening your wallet.

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Which Alternative Should You Use?

SEC.gov (EDGAR)

Closest replacement

Best for: Anyone needing the official free source for U.S. public-company filings, fund filings, insider forms, 13F reports, XBRL company facts, and bulk EDGAR archives.

SEC.gov (EDGAR) best matches the base workflow on financial data API, fundamental research, and market monitoring.
SEC.gov (EDGAR) also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: SEC EDGAR APIs are free and require no API key for public investor/research endpoints.

Watch for: Fair-access limits: Automated users must declare a User-Agent and stay within the current 10 requests/second access limit.

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SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)

Strong runner-up

Best for: Investors, analysts, and builders needing the primary U.S. source for company, fund, insider, ownership, prospectus, and XBRL filing data.

SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) best matches the base workflow on financial data API, fundamental research, and research reports.
SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings) also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: SEC developer resources say company submissions and extracted XBRL data are available via RESTful JSON APIs on data.sec.gov.

Watch for: Fair-access limits apply: Automated access must use a descriptive User-Agent and stay within SEC fair-access guidance, currently 10 requests per second.

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Bank of Japan (BOJ)

Strong runner-up

Best for: Analysts and developers who need official Japanese monetary-policy releases, schedules, and BOJ time series.

Bank of Japan (BOJ) best matches the base workflow on financial data API, fundamental research, and market monitoring.
Bank of Japan (BOJ) also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: BOJ Time-Series Data Search and API are public and free, with JSON and CSV access.

Watch for: Official data source, not an investor app: The BOJ provides statistics, releases, calendars, charts, and APIs, but no screener, portfolio analytics, broker connection, or investment recommendations.

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Changeflow (Trackly)

Strong runner-up

Best for: Compliance, regulatory, and investment research teams monitoring filings, agency pages, policies, competitor pages, PDFs, RSS feeds, and API endpoints.

Changeflow (Trackly) best matches the base workflow on fundamental research, market monitoring, and research reports.
Changeflow (Trackly) also has a free plan, so you can try it without paying. Free-plan limits: Signup required. Every plan has a 30-day free trial with no credit card required.

Watch for: API requires Business or Enterprise: Professional does not include API access. API and webhooks are included on Business and Enterprise plans.

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Closest replacement

SEC.gov (EDGAR)

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Anyone needing the official free source for U.S. public-company filings, fund filings, insider forms, 13F reports, XBRL company facts, and bulk EDGAR archives.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Improved Filings
Insider Data
Institutional Ownership
IPO

Lose

Other coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: SEC EDGAR APIs are free and require no API key for public investor/research endpoints. SEC fair-access guidance states a current maximum access rate of 10 requests/second. A declared User-Agent is required for automated access.
Fair-access limits: Automated users must declare a User-Agent and stay within the current 10 requests/second access limit.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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Drop-in replacement

SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings)

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Investors, analysts, and builders needing the primary U.S. source for company, fund, insider, ownership, prospectus, and XBRL filing data.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
Insider Data
Institutional Ownership

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Other coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on market monitoring and portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: SEC developer resources say company submissions and extracted XBRL data are available via RESTful JSON APIs on data.sec.gov. SEC fair-access guidance limits automated requests to no more than 10 requests per second. EDGAR search and company filings are publicly accessible without a paid subscription.
Fair-access limits apply: Automated access must use a descriptive User-Agent and stay within SEC fair-access guidance, currently 10 requests per second.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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Drop-in replacement

Bank of Japan (BOJ)

Bottom line: Analysts and developers who need official Japanese monetary-policy releases, schedules, and BOJ time series.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Macro Data
Calendar
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: BOJ Time-Series Data Search and API are public and free, with JSON and CSV access. Email notifications are optional for newly uploaded website information.
Official data source, not an investor app: The BOJ provides statistics, releases, calendars, charts, and APIs, but no screener, portfolio analytics, broker connection, or investment recommendations.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)Partial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

Bottom line: Analysts, builders, and investors needing free official macroeconomic time series, release calendars, charts, Excel access, and API access from the St. Louis Fed.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Macro Data
Data Visualizations
Calendar
Sheets / Excel Add-ins

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, portfolio alerts, and filings and transcript research.
Free-plan limits: FRED account features page describes the account as free. Free account enables dashboards, saved graphs/maps, data lists, email updates, and API access. API documentation says all web service requests require an API key.
API key required: All FRED web service requests require an API key, and requesting or viewing keys requires a free FRED account.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Partial replacement

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European Central Bank (ECB) - Statistics & DataDrop-in replacementFreeFree, no signup

Drop-in replacement

European Central Bank (ECB) - Statistics & Data

Bottom line: Analysts and developers who need official euro-area macro, rate, foreign-exchange, and yield-curve data.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Macro Data
Yield Curves
Calendar
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Other coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts and filings and transcript research.
Free-plan limits: ECB Data Portal and SDMX REST web services provide free programmatic access to official ECB statistics. Optional free account enables favourites, dashboards, and email notifications.
Official data, not an investing app: The ECB provides statistics and APIs, but no screener, portfolio analytics, broker integration, alerts product, or investment recommendations.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)Drop-in replacementFreeFree, no signup

Drop-in replacement

SEDAR+ (CSA Public Filings - Canada)

Bottom line: Investors and analysts needing official Canadian issuer filings, investment fund documents, prospectuses, material changes, reporting issuer lists, cease-trade orders, and disciplined-list checks.

Keep

Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
Official Sources

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IPO
Corporate Actions & Special Situations
News
Education

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APIs & Data Feeds
Other coverage
API access

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on financial data API and portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: SEDAR+ offers public search for issuer information in Canada's capital markets. CSA describes SEDAR+ as the system for filing, disclosure, and search in Canada's capital markets. Public document search and profile search are accessible without a paid subscription.
Canada-only regulatory scope: SEDAR+ is the Canadian public filings system, not a global filings database or U.S. EDGAR replacement.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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CFPB Consumer Complaint DatabaseDrop-in replacementFreeFree, no signup

Drop-in replacement

CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Bottom line: Analysts researching consumer-finance companies, banks, lenders, credit bureaus, fintechs, and product/service complaint trends from an official U.S. regulatory source.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Data Visualizations

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Alerts

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, portfolio alerts, and portfolio tracking.
Free-plan limits: The full published dataset is available as a compressed CSV file. Filtered CSV exports are limited to 100,000 complaints. CFPB retired filtered JSON exports in July 2026. The REST API returns JSON search results and supports CSV export.
Complaints are not verified outcomes: Complaint records reflect consumer submissions and company response metadata, not adjudicated wrongdoing or investment conclusions.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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Open Payments (CMS)Drop-in replacementFreeFree, no signup

Drop-in replacement

Open Payments (CMS)

Bottom line: Healthcare, pharma, medtech, and policy analysts needing official U.S. payment, ownership, and research-payment data between manufacturers/GPOs and covered healthcare recipients.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Data Visualizations

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Alerts

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports, portfolio alerts, and portfolio tracking.
Free-plan limits: Program Year 2025 data is available through the search tool, dataset downloads, and API. CMS says full datasets for the previous program year are published on or before June 30 and refreshed in January. Detailed data from 2019 through 2025 is in the search tool. Data from 2013 through 2018 is archived.
Annual publication cadence: CMS publishes the previous program year annually and refreshes after review cycles, so the data is not a real-time payment feed.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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EMMADrop-in replacementFreeFree, no signup

Drop-in replacement

EMMA

Bottom line: Municipal-bond investors and analysts needing official trade, offering, disclosure, rating, and issuer information.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
Official Sources

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New Issues & Calendars
Credit Ratings & Outlooks
Data Visualizations

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APIs & Data Feeds
Other coverage
API access

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on financial data API and portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: Core research is available without signup. A free MyEMMA profile is required for security alerts and saved tracking. Users must accept the MSRB terms of use.
Municipal-market scope: EMMA is focused on U.S. municipal securities. Corporate, agency, and securitized TRACE research belongs on FINRA's fixed-income site.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Data & StatisticsPartial replacementFreeFree, no signup

Partial replacement

Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Data & Statistics

Bottom line: Macro investors, economists, and data teams that need official New York Fed rates, operations, survey, and market datasets.

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APIs & Data Feeds
Official Sources

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Macro Data
Yield Curves
Calendar
Newsletters

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts and filings and transcript research.
Free-plan limits: Free official Federal Reserve Bank source. Markets Data APIs are public for external users and applications. Publication times and formats vary by dataset.
Official data hub, not analytics suite: The New York Fed publishes datasets and dashboards. Users need separate analysis, alerting, and portfolio tools.

Cost: Free, no signup; Free onlyno paid tier

Fit: Partial replacement

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Trading EconomicsPartial replacementFree • From $29.99/moFree, no signup

Partial replacement

Trading Economics

Tested by us

Bottom line: Developers and analysts needing macro indicators, economic calendar data, markets data, forecasts, financials, Excel/Sheets integrations, and API/WebSocket delivery.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Macro Data
Calendar
News
Credit Ratings & Outlooks

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports and portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: API pricing page lists Standard at $199/month or $149/month equivalent billed yearly. API pricing page lists Professional at $399/month or $299/month equivalent billed yearly. Paid one-week trials are nonrefundable, auto-renew unless canceled, and allow 100 requests or 100,000 data points.
Real API use is paid: Guest credentials are limited/sample access. API plans offer monthly, quarterly, and yearly billing.

Cost

Free, no signup

$29.99/moto go paid

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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FlightAwarePartial replacementFree • From $100/moFree, no signup

Partial replacement

FlightAware

Bottom line: Investors and operators using flight activity, delays, route data, or aviation operations as logistics and travel-demand signals.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Data Visualizations
Satellite / Geospatial

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on macro and fund research.
Free-plan limits: Free web and mobile flight tracking are available. Premium subscriptions add alerts and historical lookback. AeroAPI is usage-priced; Firehose and enterprise products require licensing or sales engagement.
Aviation data, not finance data: FlightAware provides flight tracking and aviation APIs, not company fundamentals, prices, valuation models, or portfolio tools.

Cost

Free, no signup

$100/moto go paid

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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VisualpingPartial replacementFree • From $10/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Partial replacement

Visualping

Bottom line: Investors and compliance teams that need alerts when regulator, IR, pricing, terms, competitor, or news pages change.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Webhooks
Blogs
Education
Other

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Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on fundamental research, research reports, and portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free plan is available for limited website monitoring. Business 20K is $140 monthly or $1,200 annually for 20,000 checks, 200 pages, 5 users, and team integrations.
Not market data: Visualping monitors website changes. Users still need to verify page content and normalize data for investment analysis.

Cost

Free with signup

$10/moto go paid, billed yearly

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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SentiSenseDrop-in replacementFree • From $15/moFree with signup

Drop-in replacement

SentiSense

Bottom line: Active investors and developers looking for market data, news clustering, social sentiment, institutional flow, insider trades, and AI analysis in one beta workspace.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
Data Visualizations
Quant

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Official Sources
Other coverage

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on research reports.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free plan includes 1,000 API requests/month and limited market-intelligence access. PRO is listed at $15/month or $144/year with unlimited monthly API and MCP calls at up to 300 requests per minute.
Beta product with plan limits: Free and PRO quotas are now published, but the product remains young and users should verify endpoint-level access before depending on it in production.

Cost

Free with signup

$15/moto go paid

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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GuruFocusPartial replacementFree • From $45.75/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Partial replacement

GuruFocus

Analyst pickTested by us

Bottom line: Value investors looking for long historical fundamentals, GF Score, GF Value, and guru/institutional holdings.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
ETF Screeners
Top Analysts

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on market monitoring, research reports, and portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. A free account has limited access. Free members have limited portfolio capacity.
Paid access is region and tier dependent: Annual paid memberships, region add-ons, API plans, and pay-as-you-go API credits.

Cost

Free with signup

$45.75/moto go paid, billed yearly

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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TickerTrendsPartial replacementFree • From $83.17/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Partial replacement

TickerTrends

Bottom line: Investors, analysts, and funds using alternative data such as search, web traffic, app usage, social, news, reviews, and transcripts to forecast company KPIs before earnings.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Stock Ideas
Screeners
Stock Comparison
Data Visualizations

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. TickerTrends Core is $998 per year after a seven-day trial and carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. KPI Tracking Suite is custom priced with a trial available by request.
Alternative data is noisy: Search, social, traffic, and app signals are proxies for business performance. Users need modeling discipline, validation, and company-specific KPI context.

Cost

Free with signup

$83.17/moto go paid, billed yearly

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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Changeflow (Trackly)Drop-in replacementFree • From $99/mo billed yearlyFree with signup

Drop-in replacement

Changeflow (Trackly)

Bottom line: Compliance, regulatory, and investment research teams monitoring filings, agency pages, policies, competitor pages, PDFs, RSS feeds, and API endpoints.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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News
Insider Data
Institutional Ownership
Transcripts

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Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on financial data API and portfolio alerts.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Every plan has a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. Professional is listed at $99/month billed annually; Business is listed at $249/month billed annually.
API requires Business or Enterprise: Professional does not include API access. API and webhooks are included on Business and Enterprise plans.

Cost

Free with signup

$99/moto go paid, billed yearly

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Drop-in replacement

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Listen NotesPartial replacementFree • From $200/moFree with signup

Partial replacement

Listen Notes

Bottom line: Investors and builders who treat podcast mentions, executive interviews, industry podcasts, and expert conversations as alternative research inputs.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Education
Other

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts and macro and fund research.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Free API access includes 150 requests each month and requires no credit card. Pro costs $0 in a billing cycle with no successful requests and $200 once the account makes at least one successful request.
Podcast data is indirect: Podcast mentions are useful context but are not verified financial statements, market prices, or regulated disclosures.

Cost

Free with signup

$200/moto go paid

Find and update company information (Companies House) has no paid plan

Fit: Partial replacement

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OpenCorporatesPartial replacementFree • Contact for pricingFree with signup

Partial replacement

OpenCorporates

Bottom line: Researchers, investigators, and data teams that need legal-entity records linked to official sources.

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
APIs & Data Feeds

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Other

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Alerts
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts and news and alerts.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. Website access requires signup for selected company attributes. Essentials is GBP 225 monthly or GBP 2,250 annually; Starter is GBP 660 monthly or GBP 6,600 annually; Basic is GBP 1,200 monthly or GBP 12,000 annually.
Commercial use is paid: Website access is free for personal or public-benefit use. Commercial API access and bulk data require paid plans.

Cost: Free with signup; Free • Contact for pricing

Fit: Partial replacement

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MarineTrafficPartial replacementFree • Contact for pricingFree with signup

Partial replacement

MarineTraffic

Bottom line: Investors and operators using vessel movements, port calls, congestion, and AIS history as shipping, commodity, trade, or supply-chain alternative data.

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Alerts
APIs & Data Feeds

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Data Visualizations
Shipping & Trade

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Regulatory Filings Monitoring
Official Sources

Watch out

Avoid as a full replacement if you rely on portfolio alerts and macro and fund research.
Free-plan limits: Signup required. A free account is available, and Basic, Essential, and Enterprise are the named online plans; current public prices are inaccessible. The purchase flow offers a 7-day trial, requires a single-user license, and states that payments are non-refundable.
API is account-specific: MarineTraffic API services use API keys but are not included automatically with an online plan. Access depends on the account's contract.

Cost: Free with signup; Free • Contact for pricing

Fit: Partial replacement

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What This Shortlist Tells You

SEC.gov (EDGAR) is the closest drop-in replacement with overlapping coverage in Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Alerts, and APIs & Data Feeds while adding Improved Filings and Insider Data coverage and Search Filings provides free public access to EDGAR documents and search tools including Company Search, Full Text Search, Latest Filings, Mutual Fund Search, Variable Insurance Products Search, CIK Lookup, SIC lookup, EDGAR RSS feeds, and Search Assistance tutorials. and EDGAR Full-Text Search covers the full text of electronic filings since 2001, including exhibits/attachments, and filters by keyword/phrase, ticker, company name, CIK, individual/reporter name, filing category/type, filing date, location of principal executive office, and state/country of incorporation. features (workflow overlap ~100%).

Every pick keeps a free tier; start with SEC.gov (EDGAR), SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), and Bank of Japan (BOJ) to road-test Find and update company information (Companies House) workflows without paying up front.

Need mobile access? FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), Trading Economics, and FlightAware bring phone-ready workflows that Find and update company information (Companies House) lacks.

Round out your stack with new coverage areas like Improved Filings, Insider Data, Institutional Ownership, and IPO.

Coverage Snapshot

Where alternatives already align

Most shared categories across the top matches.

APIs & Data Feeds×18 Alerts×16 Official Sources×10 Regulatory Filings Monitoring×10

New angles introduced

Categories the alternatives add beyond Find and update company information (Companies House).

Data Visualizations+11 Calendar+7 Education+6 Macro Data+6 AI Research+5 Insider Data+5 Institutional Ownership+5 IPO+5

Free Access & Pricing

Free to start

All 20

All 20 have a standing free tier, not a trial.

Paid plans from

$10/mo

Visualping is the cheapest listed monthly upgrade. No comparable monthly price is listed for Find and update company information (Companies House).

Mobile app

6 of 20

6 add a mobile app that Find and update company information (Companies House) lacks.

API access

18 of 20

18 expose an API or data feed, usually on a paid plan.

Hands-on tested

4 of 20

4 tested hands-on. 3 are analyst picks.

Coverage overlap

68%

Average share of Find and update company information (Companies House) categories each alternative covers.

Free Alternatives FAQ

What are the best free alternatives to Find and update company information (Companies House)?

SEC.gov (EDGAR), SEC EDGAR - Company Filings (Full‑Text Search & Search Filings), and Bank of Japan (BOJ) cover the most Find and update company information (Companies House) workflows without a paid plan, in that order.

Do these picks stay permanently free?

Yes. Every tool listed has a standing free tier, not a trial. Expect caps on exports, seats, or history once you use it heavily.

Which Find and update company information (Companies House) workflows stay covered on the free plan?

The free plans cover Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Alerts, APIs & Data Feeds, and Official Sources. Core Find and update company information (Companies House) workflows in those areas do not need a paid upgrade.

What extra coverage do the free alternatives add?

The free alternatives add Improved Filings, Insider Data, Institutional Ownership, IPO, Corporate Actions & Special Situations, Education, Macro Data, Calendar, Data Visualizations, News, Transcripts, AI Research, AI Chat, Webhooks, Sheets / Excel Add-ins, Stock Ideas, Screeners, Quant, Watchlist, News Sentiment, Market Sentiment, Reddit, Financials, Scores, Analyst Ratings & Price Targets, Short Interest, US Government Trades, Options, Yield Curves, Blogs, Stock Comparison, Backtesting, Earnings Calls Sentiment, Analyst Forecasts, App & Website Traffic, Employee/Consumer Reviews, Custom Dashboards, Newsletters, Other, Credit Ratings & Outlooks, Dividends, Splits, Satellite / Geospatial, New Issues & Calendars, ETF Screeners, Top Analysts, ETF Comparison, Correlation, Portfolio, Flags, Valuation Models, ETF Analysis, Fund Analysis, Broker Connectors, Videos, Forums, Stock Handbook, and Shipping & Trade, which Find and update company information (Companies House) does not cover.

Where might I still rely on Find and update company information (Companies House)?

Regulatory Filings Monitoring, Official Sources, APIs & Data Feeds, and Alerts stay with Find and update company information (Companies House). Keep it for those tasks, or budget for a paid plan elsewhere if they matter.

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