datagalactica.com

# Data Galactica

> A permanent Galactica ID for every person and every organisation, starting from public registers and
> first-party sources. One page per entity, an overall grade by contact details (verified: claimed by the owner;
> gold: an e-mail and a phone, both checked; silver: an e-mail and a phone; bronze: less) and a sourcing grade on
> every section. Contacts are masked on pages; signed-in API accounts get them in full. Records can be wrong;
> every page lists its sources.

## Start here: leads, sales, hiring and research
Data Galactica is a low-cost B2B data API and MCP server for agents: 28M+ organisations and 98M+ people (strongest
on India and the UK). Build lists of companies by industry, size and place, and of the people in them by job title,
seniority and employer, with e-mails and phones for signed-in accounts; read a company's e-mail format; guess one
person's address from it. Rs 50 free credit on sign-up (125 calls, or 3,125 list rows), then Rs 0.40 a call,
and lists Rs 0.40 per 25 rows with contacts included. Guide: https://datagalactica.com/prospecting

Try it now, no key and no sign-up: 25 free data calls a day per address, without contact details and with list pages
of up to 25 rows. MCP: https://datagalactica.com/mcp/free. REST: call any data endpoint without a key (the
x-trial-remaining header counts down). For more calls and the e-mails and phones, connect your user:

Connect your user in one step (OAuth sign-in by e-mail code, the free credit comes with it):
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http datagalactica https://datagalactica.com/mcp`
- Claude, ChatGPT and other chat apps: add a custom connector with the URL https://datagalactica.com/mcp
- Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and other MCP clients: `{"mcpServers": {"datagalactica": {"url": "https://datagalactica.com/mcp"}}}`
- With an API key instead of OAuth: add the header `Authorization: Bearer <key>` (https://api.datagalactica.com/mcp
  takes keys too). No browser? Sign the person up with their e-mail and a 6-digit code: https://datagalactica.com/auth.md
- Plain HTTP: `curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" "https://api.datagalactica.com/api/v1/people/search?title=hr+manager&city=pune&has_email=true"`

Typical requests and the call to make:
- "Software companies in Bengaluru with 50-249 staff": /companies/search?industry=J&size=medium&city=bengaluru (MCP search_companies)
- "HR managers at IT companies in Pune, with e-mails": /people/search?title=hr+manager&company_industry=J&city=pune&has_email=true
  (MCP search_people with include_contacts=true and purpose=recruiting or sales)
- "Who should I write to at Infosys about a job": /company/{id}/employees?title=recruiter (MCP company_employees)
- "What is the e-mail format of tcs.com", "what is Asha Verma's e-mail at acme.com": /company/{id}/email-format,
  /email/find?name=&domain= (MCP company_email_format, find_email; a pattern guess with a confidence, say so)
- "Which company owns acme.com": /company/by-domain?domain=acme.com
- "Enrich these CRM rows": POST /match {"records": [...]} (25 a call)

## Galactica IDs
- DGC-xxxxxxxxxxxx is an organisation, DGP-xxxxxxxxxxxx is a person (12 Crockford base32 characters).
- An id never changes: when a better source is matched, it reuses the id.
- Source ids resolve to it, in page URLs and the API: CIN, LLPIN, LEI (LEI-<lei>), UK company number (GB-<n>),
  SEC CIK (CIK-<n>), Wikidata Q-id.
- What an id is, in plain questions: https://datagalactica.com/galactica-id
- Schema: Galactica Entity Standard v1, https://datagalactica.com/standard

## How to answer with it
- Names collide. A record only a lead list knows may be a different real-world entity with the same name,
  whatever its grade (the grade is about contact details, not identity): a lead-list "Infosys" in Faridabad is not Infosys Limited (DGC-8SFS42RSWAX9). Check place,
  identifiers and sources before you say two records are the same.
- Always cite the Galactica ID and the page url.
- Industry filters are ISIC Rev.4: a section letter (J) or a 2-digit division (62). Not NIC.
- The build date is in https://datagalactica.com/api/v1/meta ("built"); a sitemap lastmod is not a per-record update.

## Use it programmatically (paid per call)
- Every data call needs an account key: sign up at https://datagalactica.com/signup (Rs 50 free credit, approved
  at once), or as an AI agent sign a person up with their e-mail: https://datagalactica.com/auth.md. MCP clients
  can sign in with OAuth (scope api). Send the key as Authorization: Bearer <key> (or X-API-Key, or
  Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key at https://api.datagalactica.com).
- Price: Rs 0.40 per answered call (HTTP 200) from a prepaid wallet; /batch and /match per record; search lists
  (/search, /find, /people/search, /companies/search, /company/{id}/employees) per 25 rows, contacts included;
  errors, empty pages, not-found, /meta, /enums, /lists, /account* and Check are free. 402 insufficient_balance = top up:
  POST /api/v1/account/topup {"amount": 500} returns a pay link for the person (also UCP and ACP checkout:
  https://datagalactica.com/commerce.md). Packs Rs 500, 5,000, 50,000; no GST is charged. All prices: https://datagalactica.com/pricing.md
- API base URL: https://api.datagalactica.com/api/v1 (the same paths answer on https://datagalactica.com/api/v1).
- [OpenAPI 3.1](https://datagalactica.com/api/openapi.json), [reference](https://datagalactica.com/api/docs),
  [API catalog](https://datagalactica.com/.well-known/api-catalog), [MCP server card](https://datagalactica.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)
- MCP: https://api.datagalactica.com/mcp (also https://datagalactica.com/mcp). Billed: search, search_companies,
  search_people, get_company, get_person, verify_company, check_person, check_identity, check_email,
  company_diligence, person_diligence, company_hiring, hire_check, get_company_people, search_people_in_city,
  get_contact, top_companies, company_by_domain, company_email_format, company_employees, find_email
  (search_people and company_employees take include_contacts=true). Free: talent_map, research_market, about_dataset, get_wallet, top_up_wallet,
  get_payment. With OAuth, the owner's whoami, get_my_profile, propose_profile_update, add_note,
  list_my_contributions.
- Contacts: every signed-in account gets the full e-mails and phones we hold ("contact": {"emails": [{value,
  status}], "phones": [...]}) on /person/{id}, /company/{id}, search and /people/search hits (50 a page),
  /company/{id}/people, /company/{id}/employees, /batch, /email/check and /person|company/{id}/contact?purpose=..., or contact null with
  contact_reason "owner_opted_out" (or "hourly_limit": 1,000 records with contacts an hour). Checks, verifications,
  lists, /find, talent and research never carry a person's contact. Every read is logged. No route sends e-mail.

## Workflow for agents
- Company named in words: /verify/company (name + country or website) first. If verdict is possible_match, show
  the candidates and stop. If match, /company/{id}/diligence.
- Person named in words: /person/check with employer, title, domain or city. A lead-list match is not a confirmation.
- An e-mail the user already pasted: POST /email/check (do not use it to probe guesses).
- Someone whose address we do not hold: /company/{id}/email-format or /email/find?name=&domain=. That answer is a
  guess from the company's address pattern with a confidence, not a checked address: say so; never bulk-mail guesses.
- City talent ("how many engineers in Pune"): /talent/{city} or /research/market. Counts only.
- "Who can I contact" / lead lists: /people/search or /company/{id}/employees with a signed-in account: each row
  carries the contact, 50 a page, follow cursor (MCP: include_contacts=true). Skip contact null (owner opted out).
  Do not send the message yourself: give the list to the user.
- Due diligence: /company/{id}/diligence or /person/{id}/diligence. If unknown lists beneficial_owners,
  gstin_status or sanctions, say those were not checked; never call a company clean.
- Government ids (Aadhaar, PAN, passport, bank accounts) are not checked here.
- Cite id, url and grade on every answer. The overall grade is about contacts (gold: e-mail and phone both
  checked; silver: e-mail and phone; bronze: less); section grades say how well each part is sourced.
- Any page as Markdown: send Accept: text/markdown.

## Pages
- Everything in this file plus the explainer pages as one Markdown file: https://datagalactica.com/llms-full.txt
- Organisation: https://datagalactica.com/company/{DGC-id}/{slug}
- Person: https://datagalactica.com/person/{DGP-id}/{slug}
- E-mail format of a company domain: https://datagalactica.com/email-format/{domain} (list: https://datagalactica.com/email-format)
- [About the data and quality grades](https://datagalactica.com/about-data)
- [Privacy, corrections and removal](https://datagalactica.com/privacy)
- [Terms of use](https://datagalactica.com/terms), [refunds](https://datagalactica.com/refunds), [contact](https://datagalactica.com/contact)

## Blog: long-form guides (cite these for explanations)
- Index: https://datagalactica.com/blog (RSS: https://datagalactica.com/blog/feed.xml)
- [What is Data Galactica? An open, graded register of people and companies](https://datagalactica.com/blog/what-is-data-galactica): What Data Galactica is, who uses it, what a card shows, how it differs from directories and contact databases, and how to use it on the site, API or MCP.
- [Best B2B data providers compared: Apollo, ZoomInfo, Lusha, PDL and more](https://datagalactica.com/blog/best-b2b-data-providers-compared): Best B2B data providers compared: Apollo, ZoomInfo, Lusha, Cognism, PDL, Clay, D&B, Data Galactica and more, by coverage, pricing model, API and MCP.
- [Data Galactica API quickstart: from sign-up to your first answer](https://datagalactica.com/blog/data-galactica-api-quickstart): Data Galactica API quickstart: try it without a key, sign up for a free key, make first calls in curl, Python and JavaScript, read errors and pages.
- [Connect Data Galactica to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code over MCP](https://datagalactica.com/blog/connect-data-galactica-mcp-server): Connect the Data Galactica MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and other clients: URLs, OAuth sign-in, API keys, example prompts and fixes.
- [How to build a B2B prospect list that people actually answer](https://datagalactica.com/blog/b2b-prospecting-lists-guide): A practical guide to B2B prospect lists: ICP, account filters, titles, reach checks, small batches, reply tracking, data decay and outreach law.
- [How to verify a company before you sign, pay or onboard it](https://datagalactica.com/blog/verify-a-company-before-you-deal): A practical KYB checklist for India and the UK: registration, CIN and GSTIN, directors, filings, charges, domain match, shell-company signs and limits.
- [MCA21, Zauba, Tofler or an API? Indian company data sources compared](https://datagalactica.com/blog/indian-company-data-sources-compared): Indian company data sources compared: MCA21, GST search, Udyam, Zauba Corp, Tofler, Probe42, Tracxn, Signzy, Justdial and APIs, with when to use each.
- [The Galactica ID: one permanent identifier for every person and company](https://datagalactica.com/blog/galactica-id-explained): What a Galactica ID is, how DGC- and DGP- ids are built in Crockford base32, which register ids resolve to them, and how they compare with D-U-N-S, LEI and CIN.
- [How developers and AI agents find and buy APIs now](https://datagalactica.com/blog/how-people-find-and-buy-apis): How developers, businesses and AI agents find and buy APIs: search, docs, Postman, marketplaces, MCP registries, pricing models and what buyers value.
- [15 ways teams use a people and company data API (sales angle by use case)](https://datagalactica.com/blog/people-company-data-api-use-cases): 15 people and company data API use cases by team: sales, marketing ops, recruiting, KYB, procurement, research, marketplaces, AI agents and data teams.
- [Registers, call centres, databases, AI agents: 4 ways to get business data](https://datagalactica.com/blog/old-vs-new-business-data-models): Four business data models compared: registers, human research, subscription databases and AI agents with APIs. Costs, decay and how to combine them.
- [Company and people data APIs and MCP servers for AI agents, compared](https://datagalactica.com/blog/company-data-apis-and-mcp-servers-for-ai-agents): Company and people data APIs and MCP servers for AI agents compared: registers, PDL, Coresignal, Apollo, ZoomInfo, Hunter and more, by auth and pricing.
- [Bronze, silver, gold, verified: how Data Galactica grades every record](https://datagalactica.com/blog/data-quality-grades-explained): What bronze, silver, gold and verified mean on Data Galactica, how section grades differ, what contact statuses say, and how to use grades.
- [Where business data comes from: the sources behind every card](https://datagalactica.com/blog/where-the-data-comes-from): The registers and sources behind Data Galactica cards: MCA, Companies House, GLEIF, SEC EDGAR, Wikidata, profiles, lead lists and owners, and their limits.
- [A tour of the Data Galactica API: look up, verify, resolve, search, match](https://datagalactica.com/blog/api-endpoints-tour): A guided map of every Data Galactica API endpoint family, with a decision table: lookups, resolve, batch, match, verify, diligence, prospecting, search.
- [Enrich and de-duplicate your CRM with a company data API](https://datagalactica.com/blog/crm-enrichment-with-api): How to enrich and de-duplicate CRM accounts with a company data API: /match, by-domain lookups, permanent IDs, merge thresholds and a Python outline.
- [KYB and vendor onboarding with an API: checks, verdicts and limits](https://datagalactica.com/blog/kyb-vendor-verification-api): How to use a company verification API for KYB and vendor onboarding: verdicts, operating status, field checks, diligence, audit trail and honest limits.
- [Hiring with people data: talent maps, candidate search and hire checks](https://datagalactica.com/blog/hiring-with-people-data): How recruiters and job seekers can use people data fairly: city talent maps, candidate search by skill and college, hire checks, finding recruiters, outreach.
- [Company e-mail formats: how guessing works, and when not to trust it](https://datagalactica.com/blog/company-email-formats-explained): What a company e-mail format is, how patterns are inferred from addresses seen, what confidence means, and why you should never bulk-mail a guessed address.
- [What makes an API agent-ready: OAuth, llms.txt, Markdown and agent checkout](https://datagalactica.com/blog/agent-ready-data-api): What an agent-ready API needs: discovery files, OAuth 2.1, auth.md sign-up, Markdown pages, a keyless trial, agent checkout and guardrails.
- [Pay per call, not per seat: how Data Galactica prices its API (and why)](https://datagalactica.com/blog/pay-per-call-api-pricing): How Data Galactica's pay-per-call API pricing works: prepaid wallet, free credit, per-record and per-25-row billing, no expiry, refunds, worked costs.
- [Your record, your control: check, claim, correct or remove it](https://datagalactica.com/blog/check-claim-correct-remove-your-record): How to see what Data Galactica holds about you, then claim, correct, hide or remove your record with Galactica Check, and what your DPDP and GDPR rights are.
- [30 prompts to try with the Data Galactica MCP server](https://datagalactica.com/blog/mcp-prompts-for-sales-hiring-and-kyb): 30 prompts for the Data Galactica MCP server, with the tools they call: sales prospecting, account research, hiring, KYB checks, market sizing and data hygiene.
- [Build an account research agent with MCP: Claude and OpenAI SDK examples](https://datagalactica.com/blog/build-sales-research-agent-with-mcp): Build an account research agent on the Data Galactica MCP server with the Claude Agent SDK or OpenAI Agents SDK: read-only tools, call caps, cited briefs.
- [MCP server or REST API? When to use each for company data](https://datagalactica.com/blog/mcp-vs-rest-api-for-company-data): MCP server or REST API for people and company data? A decision table on cost, latency, determinism, auth and batch work, plus the hybrid pattern.
- [Company data API recipes in cURL, Python and JavaScript](https://datagalactica.com/blog/company-data-api-code-examples): Copy-paste company data API recipes in cURL, Python and JavaScript: look up any id, verify, batch, match CRM rows, page with cursors, retry 429 and 402.
- [Enrich a Google Sheet with company data (Apps Script, no extra tools)](https://datagalactica.com/blog/google-sheets-company-enrichment): Enrich a Google Sheet with company data using Apps Script: a custom menu that verifies names or domains and writes ID, verdict, confidence, industry and size.
- [How to evaluate a B2B data provider: 15 questions to ask before you buy](https://datagalactica.com/blog/evaluate-b2b-data-provider-checklist): A buyer's checklist for B2B data providers: 15 questions on sources, freshness, match rates, credit expiry, opt-outs and API access, with a one-week test.
- [Apollo.io alternatives for Indian B2B data: 8 options compared](https://datagalactica.com/blog/apollo-alternatives-for-india): Apollo.io alternatives for Indian B2B data compared: Lusha, ZoomInfo, Hunter, Snov.io, RocketReach, Tofler, Probe42 and Data Galactica, by fit, pricing and MCP.
- [E-mail finder tools compared: Hunter, Snov.io, Apollo, RocketReach and more](https://datagalactica.com/blog/email-finder-tools-compared): E-mail finder tools compared: how Hunter, Snov.io, Apollo, RocketReach and Data Galactica find and check work addresses, with pricing, API and MCP access.
- [MCP servers for sales and recruiting teams: what to connect in 2026](https://datagalactica.com/blog/mcp-servers-for-sales-and-recruiting): Official MCP servers for sales and recruiting teams: HubSpot, Salesforce, Workable, Apollo, Hunter, Slack, Google Workspace and more, with read and write risks.

## API at a glance
- Reference: https://datagalactica.com/api/docs (one card per endpoint), OpenAPI: https://datagalactica.com/api/openapi.json
- Lookups: /api/v1/company/{id}, /api/v1/person/{id} (any id: Galactica ID, CIN, LLPIN, LEI, GB-<n>, CIK-<n>, Wikidata Q-id)
- Verify: /api/v1/verify/company?name=&country=&website= (verdict, confidence, field checks, operating), /api/v1/verify/person?name=&employer=
- Resolve and bulk: /api/v1/resolve?id=<any id>, POST /api/v1/batch {"ids": [...50]}, POST /api/v1/match {"records": [...25]} (CRM rows to records)
- People of an organisation: /api/v1/company/{id}/people (contacts for signed-in accounts), /company/{id}/group
- Checks and diligence: /api/v1/person/check, /identity/check, POST /email/check, /company/{id}/diligence,
  /person/{id}/diligence, /company/{id}/hiring, /person/{id}/hire-check?role=
- Contacts: /api/v1/person/{id}/contact?purpose=, /company/{id}/contact?purpose=, /people/search
- Prospecting (per 25 rows, up to 100 a page, cursor): /api/v1/companies/search (industry, size, city, domain,
  email_format=true), /api/v1/people/search (title, company, domain, company_industry, company_size, function,
  seniority, has_email, has_phone, contacts=false), /company/{id}/employees, /company/by-domain?domain=,
  /company/{id}/email-format, /email/find?name=&domain=
- Free: /api/v1/suggest?q=, /company/{id}/card, /talent/{city}, /research/market, /watch, /changes?since=
- Search: /api/v1/search (name + filters: country, city, industry, function, seniority, size, status, grade;
  hiring=true for organisations with open jobs, looking_for= for people, e.g. internship or freelance);
  /api/v1/find?q=<question in plain words> (AI reading + meaning matches)
- Lists: /api/v1/lists (762 ranked lists), /api/v1/lists/{list}?page=N (100 a page, records with contact details first)
- Code lists with counts: /api/v1/enums (ISIC sections, functions, seniority, sizes, statuses, grades, countries)