handelsregister.ai alternative
handelsregister.ai is a Germany-only commercial register API sold as a monthly credit subscription, starting at EUR 69/month for 8,000 credits. getregdata reads the same Handelsregister plus the Insolvenzbekanntmachungen and charges per result, with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Below roughly a thousand lookups a month, that difference decides it.
handelsregister.ai figures read from handelsregister.ai on 22 August 2026. Prices change - check theirs before deciding.
| Criterion | handelsregister.ai | getregdata |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Germany only - Handelsregister and Bundesanzeiger, in real depth | 16 jurisdictions, Germany among them, at shallower depth per country |
| Commercial model | Monthly credit subscription: Plus EUR 69, Pro EUR 129, Max EUR 499 | Pay per result on Apify - no subscription, no monthly minimum |
| Entry cost | EUR 69/month for 8,000 credits, or EUR 699/year | USD 0.0072 per Handelsregister result, billed as you use it |
| Free tier | 150 credits on registration, no card required | Free to install; you pay only for results returned |
| Unused capacity | Credits expire after 31 days without an active subscription | Nothing to expire - there is no balance to hold |
| German depth | Financial KPIs, company networks, shareholders, M&A and UBO signals | Register entry and insolvency announcements; no financial KPI layer |
| Beyond Germany | Not offered | Same call shape across Poland, Spain, Italy, France, Austria and 10 more |
Where handelsregister.ai is the better tool
If Germany is the whole job, they go deeper than we do. Financial KPIs, company network graphs, shareholder and M&A signals are a real product built on one country, and we have no equivalent layer.
At volume the subscription wins on unit cost. Somewhere above a few thousand German lookups a month their credit bundles are simply cheaper than paying per result, and pretending otherwise would not survive a spreadsheet.
They are a German company serving a German market in German, with a documented playground and a mature API. For a German team that is a shorter path than an Apify actor.
Where getregdata fits better
- →Your German volume is irregular or low. A subscription bills the same in a quiet month; per-result billing does not.
- →Germany is one of several countries you need. The same call shape covers the Polish KRS, the Spanish Registro Mercantil, the Italian Registro Imprese and thirteen more - one integration instead of a vendor per border.
- →You want the insolvency signal alongside identity. Insolvenzbekanntmachungen monitoring is its own lookup here, priced per search session rather than bundled into a tier.
- →You are wiring this into an agent. Every registry is exposed as an MCP tool and an installable skill, not only as a REST endpoint.
Is getregdata cheaper than handelsregister.ai?
It depends on volume, and the crossover is real. handelsregister.ai charges EUR 69/month for 8,000 credits on their Plus tier; getregdata charges per result with no floor. At a few hundred German lookups a month, pay-per-result costs a fraction of the subscription. At several thousand a month, their bundle is the cheaper unit rate. Work out your monthly volume before choosing on price.
Does getregdata cover the Bundesanzeiger?
No. We read the Handelsregister for the register entry and the Insolvenzbekanntmachungen for insolvency announcements. Filed annual accounts from the Bundesanzeiger, and the financial KPI layer derived from them, are handelsregister.ai territory rather than ours.
Can I use both?
Yes, and some should. Use handelsregister.ai where you need German financial depth, and getregdata for the other fifteen jurisdictions on the same call shape. They are not substitutes at the edges - the overlap is the plain register lookup.
What identifier do I query Germany with?
An HRB number together with its registering court, or a company name. The number is only unique within the court that issued it, which is why an HRB is properly written with the court attached.