Is Prometiam really cheaper than Orbis?

Almost certainly, though Moody’s does not publish Orbis pricing so we will not quote a figure for them. Orbis is sold as an enterprise annual contract quoted per seat and per module, with a procurement cycle. Prometiam Professional is €29.99/month (€359.88/year), published, for the EU + UK registry coverage described below.

Does Prometiam have financial statements like Orbis?

No. Orbis aggregates filed financial statements across hundreds of jurisdictions; Prometiam does not. If your workflow requires balance-sheet and P&L data, Orbis is the right tool.

What does Prometiam cover that Orbis does not?

A REST API surface designed for fast integration, public pricing, monthly contracts, daily-fresh BORME / BODACC / Companies House / Brønnøysundregistrene, and sanctions screening — all without procurement engagement.

Is Orbis the same as Moody’s Analytics?

Orbis is the flagship product of Bureau van Dijk, which is owned by Moody’s Analytics. The product remains BvD-branded but is part of Moody’s ecosystem.

Bureau van Dijk (Orbis) Alternative

A leaner, API-first alternative to BvD Orbis for EU and UK company data. Public pricing from EUR 9.99/month, no annual contract, sanctions screening included on the Pro tier.

Two different tools

Orbis (Bureau van Dijk, now part of Moody's) is the enterprise reference for global private-company data: 400M+ entities, filed financial statements, group ownership trees, and country reports, sold via quote-based annual contracts; Moody’s does not publish a rate card. Prometiam is a REST API over official EU and UK registries built for KYB and counterparty verification. It does not offer financial statements or group-ownership trees.

What Prometiam covers

Company-registry data with daily updates: Spain (BORME), France (BODACC), United Kingdom (Companies House), Norway (Brønnøysundregistrene, companies and directors), plus Ireland (CRO) and Poland (KRS) at company level only
Corporate-event monitoring and director networks; beneficial ownership via UK PSC
Sanctions and US export-control screening across six sources: EU, UN, OFAC, UK OFSI, French gels, and the US Consolidated Screening List (BIS Entity List, Denied Persons, ITAR) — 44,000+ active entities
Public pricing (EUR 0 / 9.99 / 29.99 / Custom), monthly SMB contracts, EU data residency in Frankfurt, first API call in under 60 seconds

Who should still pick Orbis

Choose Orbis if you need normalised financial statements, cross-jurisdiction ownership trees, genuinely global coverage, or a Moody's-affiliated incumbent. Choose Prometiam if your scope is EU and UK, you want registry data, events and sanctions in one API, and no procurement cycle.

Beyond the registry record

Two derived signals on the Prometiam side, neither of them a rating: registry_compliance, which marks companies still on the register that stopped meeting their filing duties (Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Norway), and public procurement — Spanish contract awards by supplier, buyer, tax id, CPV code and date, plus a beta score for the contracting body itself in Spain and France. Both are dated facts with their source, on the published price and in the free tier; a score is a prompt to look, never a finding of wrongdoing. Public-buyer risk · Procurement screening

At a glance

	Prometiam	BvD Orbis
Coverage	ES + FR + GB + IE + PL + NO live	400M+ entities, global
Pricing	Public — €0 / €9.99 / €29.99 / Custom	Quote-based (not published)
Contract	Monthly on SMB tiers	Annual / multi-year
Procurement timeline	None — sign up, build	Quote → security review → contract → onboarding (months)
API maturity	REST, public docs, <60s to first call	Multiple APIs (Orbis API, Catalyst), enterprise-shaped
Financial statements	No	Yes (core feature)
Group ownership trees	No	Yes (core feature)
Sanctions screening	Included on Pro	Separate (Compliance Catalyst)
Corporate-event monitoring	Daily-fresh endpoint	Available, separate workflow
EU data residency	Default (Frankfurt)	Varies

Frequently asked questions

Is Prometiam really cheaper than Orbis?: Almost certainly, though Moody’s does not publish Orbis pricing so we will not quote a figure for them. Orbis is sold as an enterprise annual contract quoted per seat and per module, with a procurement cycle. Prometiam Professional is €29.99/month (€359.88/year), published, for the EU + UK registry coverage described below.
Does Prometiam have financial statements like Orbis?: No. Orbis aggregates filed financial statements across hundreds of jurisdictions; Prometiam does not. If your workflow requires balance-sheet and P&L data, Orbis is the right tool.
What does Prometiam cover that Orbis does not?: A REST API surface designed for fast integration, public pricing, monthly contracts, daily-fresh BORME / BODACC / Companies House / Brønnøysundregistrene, and sanctions screening — all without procurement engagement.
Is Orbis the same as Moody’s Analytics?: Orbis is the flagship product of Bureau van Dijk, which is owned by Moody’s Analytics. The product remains BvD-branded but is part of Moody’s ecosystem.