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The public web,
mapped into data.

114 APIs for search results, maps, reviews, domains, web pages, contacts, e-commerce, social and video, app stores, jobs and AI extraction, on one key and one credit wallet. Credits never expire. Failed requests are free.

Start free with 1,000 credits Find the right API
$1.00
per 1,000 credits, falling to $0.30
76
of 114 engines live today
0
credits charged for failed calls
api.gridlode.com/v1/domain/rdap
sample
domain=
{
  "request_id": "req_example",
  "engine": "domain.rdap",
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "domain": "example.com",
    "registered": true,
    "registrar": {
      "name": "RESERVED-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority",
      "iana_id": "376"
    },
    "dates": {
      "registered": "1995-08-14T04:00:00Z"
    },
    "nameservers": [
      "a.iana-servers.net",
      "b.iana-servers.net"
    ]
  }
}
curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/domain/rdap?domain=example.com" \

This console calls the live API. Try your own domain.

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Popular:Google MapsWHOISEmailsReviewsMarkdownYouTubeShopifyJobs
For sales teams, agencies, founders10 of 10 APIs live

Lead generation

I need a list of businesses in a niche and location, with their website, email, phone and the tools they use.

  1. Step 1: Find businesses

    Pull businesses by category and city from Google Maps, Bing Maps or BBB, or start from your own list of company names.

    Try it free: Bing Maps Business Search

  2. Step 2: Enrich each company

    Turn every domain or company name into a profile: emails, phones, socials, tech stack, company age and hosting.

    Try it free: Website Contact Finder

  3. Step 3: Find and check people's emails

    Guess and score a person's work email from the company's email pattern, then check deliverability signals.

    Try it free: Email Address Checker
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13 categories, one key for all of them.

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Live today

76 engines in production.

Every engine runs health checks against the real internet every few minutes. Status is public, prices are public, and the response envelope is identical across all of them.

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Why teams switch

Pricing you can predict, data you can trust.

Credits never expire

Buy once, use whenever. Subscriptions only make each credit cheaper.

Failed requests are free

Blocks, timeouts and target errors cost nothing. Holds are released automatically.

Half price for cached data

Accept data up to max_age seconds old and pay 50%. Every response states its age.

Hard spend caps

Set a monthly limit and jobs stop there. No surprise invoices, ever.

One wallet, every engine

Search, maps, reviews, domains, pages and social engines all draw from the same credit balance.

Compliance built in

Personal data redacted by default, robots.txt respected, a public opt-out, and a DPA on request.

Developers

One request. Any language. Same envelope.

Every engine answers with the same shape: request_id, credits charged, cache age, normalized parameters and data. Errors use one shape too, and they never cost credits.

  • Bearer-token auth or ?api_key= for drop-in compatibility
  • OpenAPI 3.1 spec and llms.txt for AI coding agents
  • GET with query params or POST with a JSON body
  • Rate limits and credit balance in every response
Read the docs MCP server for AI agents
curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/domain/dns?domain=gridlode.com&types=A,MX,TXT" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"
Side by side

How Gridlode compares.

Based on each vendor's public pages on 9 Nov 2026. We update this table every quarter.

FeatureGridlodeOutscraperSearchAPITabAPI
Places, search and domain data in one APIPlaces onlySearch onlyDomains only
Credits never expire
Volume discount across all enginesUp to 10%
Failed requests free3-day refund
Cached results at 50%
Hard monthly spend cap
Speed included (no 2× tier)
Bulk jobs, webhooks and no-code UI
Change monitors and alerts
MCP server for AI agents
Free monthly credits500 / monthPer service100 once100 once
Outscraper alternative →SearchAPI alternative →TabAPI alternative →
Pricing

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What do you need each month?
50,000
1k2M
Gridlode$45.50
TabAPI$50.00

You'd save $4.50 a month (9% less).

Estimates from each vendor's public price list on 9 Nov 2026, cheapest plan that covers the volume.

Full pricing and plans
FAQ

Questions people ask before switching.

Something else? Write to [email protected].

What is Gridlode?

Gridlode is one API for public-web data: domain intelligence, web pages and crawling, search results, contacts and company enrichment, app stores and reviews, YouTube and public social profiles, e-commerce catalogs and job boards. Google search, Google Maps and AI extraction switch on next. Everything uses one API key and one credit wallet.

How much does it cost?

Credits cost $1.00 per 1,000 on the smallest pack and fall to $0.30 per 1,000 on enterprise plans. Domain and URL calls cost 1 credit. New accounts get 1,000 free credits, and packs never expire.

Am I charged for failed requests?

No. We place a hold on your credits when a request starts and only capture it when the request succeeds. Blocks, timeouts, target errors and our own errors release the hold in full.

How is Gridlode different from Outscraper, SearchAPI or TabAPI?

Each of them covers one slice: business data, search results or domain lookups. Gridlode combines all three behind one key, with cheaper credits at most volumes, never-expiring packs, half-price cached results and hard spend caps.

Do you respect robots.txt and privacy law?

Yes. URL engines respect robots.txt by default, WHOIS output redacts personal emails and phone numbers, RDAP never returns registrant names, and anyone can request removal of their data through our public opt-out page.

Can AI agents use Gridlode?

Yes. Connect Claude, Cursor or any MCP client to our remote MCP server at api.gridlode.com/mcp and every engine becomes a tool. The API is also plain JSON over HTTPS with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec and an llms.txt file.

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