IndianFirmData vs Probe42
Last updated 11 November 2026 · by Venu Gopal Reddy Muvva, founder
Choose IndianFirmData if you want to start today without a sales call and use Indian company data from code or an AI agent: enrich by CIN, LEI, ISIN, NSE symbol, website or name, search 87 fields or in plain English, check any CIN, GSTIN, PAN or Udyam number for free, and see the source and age of every field, with an MCP server and open-source Python and JavaScript clients. Choose Probe42 if you need deep MCA-based records of unlisted companies, such as financials, charges and legal data, for credit or vendor due diligence; its site claims coverage of 17 lakh active unlisted companies.
Probe42 sells Indian company and LLP data intelligence for businesses, banks and NBFCs, including an API. IndianFirmData is a self-serve Indian company data API and MCP server with a source on every field, free for 3 months.
| Feature | IndianFirmData | Probe42 |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Indian company data API, MCP server and dashboard | Company and LLP data intelligence: Probe42 Business, Probe42 Banking (for banks and NBFCs) and Probe42 API |
| Price | Free for 3 months, then pay per use at cost (about ₹1.5 per 1,000 credits, est.) | Not listed publicly |
| Start | Self-serve sign-up, no card; create an API key in the dashboard | Contact Us forms; the API through a developer-portal login |
| Coverage | India; NSE, Nifty index lists, GLEIF and Wikidata (live counts on the Data sources page) | 17L (1.7 million) active unlisted companies (Probe42's own claim) |
| Financials, charges and legal data | No | Mentioned on its site (financial ratios, open charges, legal data) |
| Director (DIN) data | No (public business roles from Wikidata only) | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| CIN, GSTIN, PAN, Udyam check | Free offline check and decode (0 credits) | Not stated |
| Search 87 fields or in plain English | Yes | Not stated |
| Source, licence and freshness per field | Yes, every field | Says it curates data from 743 validated public-domain sources; per-field sources not stated |
| MCP server for AI agents | Yes (16 tools, HTTP + stdio) | Not mentioned |
| Open-source clients | Python and JavaScript (MIT, GitHub) | Not stated |
Who IndianFirmData is best for
Pick IndianFirmData if you are a developer, analyst or small KYB team that wants Indian company identifiers, status and a named source for each field in your own code or AI agent, and wants to try it the same day without a contract. A call that finds nothing costs nothing, and ?dry_run=true shows the cost of any call first.
When Probe42 is the better pick
Pick Probe42 if your job is credit or vendor due diligence on unlisted Indian companies and you need financial statements, ratios, charges and legal data in one report or API, and a sales-led contract suits you.
Where IndianFirmData falls short
IndianFirmData does not have financial statements, charges, legal cases or director (DIN) data, and does not hold MCA master data yet, so many unlisted private companies are missing. Live GST status is built but not switched on until we sign a licensed GSP.
Questions
Is IndianFirmData a Probe42 alternative?
For self-serve company lookups, search and ID checks from code or an AI agent, yes. For financials, charges and legal data on unlisted companies, no: IndianFirmData does not offer those, and Probe42 says it does.
Does Probe42 publish its prices?
We did not find prices on probe42.in when we checked on 11 Nov 2026. IndianFirmData is free for 3 months and then pay per use at cost.
Do they have an MCP server?
IndianFirmData has one with 16 tools. We did not find an MCP server mentioned on probe42.in.
Probe42 facts from probe42.in (home page: products, "17L active unlisted companies", "743 validated public domain sources", financial, charges and legal data) and its API section, checked 11 Nov 2026. Its developer portal (apiportal.probe42.in) did not load for us. Not stated means we did not find it on those pages, not that Probe42 cannot do it. Tell us if anything is out of date: [email protected]. Probe42 is a trademark of its owner. IndianFirmData is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Probe42.