Can Prometiam replace Cerved for Italian companies?

No. Italy on Prometiam is LEI-registered entities only. For the Registro Imprese depth, groups, scores and real estate, use Cerved or a provider with that coverage.

Does Cerved publish prices?

The pages read on 29 October 2026 show no prices; they offer free registration to try the APIs. Ask Cerved for its terms.

Does Prometiam have credit scores for Italy?

No. It returns register facts, insolvency notices for other countries and sanctions matches (beta).

Where would Prometiam help an Italian team?

When the same flow also checks companies in other countries and you want one schema and published prices.

Cerved alternative

Cerved is the Italian information provider with a catalogue of APIs for search, profiles, groups, scores and credit risk. Prometiam is a multi-country register API and holds only a thin Italian layer. This page says where Cerved is the right tool, which for Italy is most of the time.

Facts about Cerved read on 29 October 2026

Also available in: Italiano

In short

For Italian company depth, ownership and credit risk, Cerved is the better choice.

Prometiam is the lighter way to put Italian LEI holders next to other countries in one schema with published prices.

At a glance

	Prometiam	Cerved
Italian coverage	Companies that hold a Legal Entity Identifier (SRL, SPA and other forms); sole proprietors never served; not the Registro Imprese	Italian companies and people through its Search and Profile APIs; its Atoka Marketing Brain page claims about 6 million active and over 11 million inactive Italian companies
Groups and ownership	None for Italy	Network API: economic groups, officer roles and shareholding stakes
Credit and risk	None: no score, no rating	Score API (proprietary scores and statistical models), Risk API (negative events and prejudicial records), Collection API (recovery probability of overdue receivables)
Real estate	None	Real Estate API: cadastral and property data and a synthetic score tied to a subject's properties
Access	Start a 14-day trial yourself; card required, nothing charged during it	Free registration on the developer portal to try the APIs; custom needs and the Bulk service by contacting Cerved
Price	Published: EUR 9.99, 29.99 or 99.99 a month	No prices on the pages read
Other countries	Company records from the live countries, one JSON schema	The catalogue pages read describe Italian data

When Cerved is the better choice

You need Italian company depth: groups, shareholdings, officer roles and real estate. Prometiam has none of these for Italy.
You need scores and credit risk on Italian counterparties, or a recovery estimate on overdue receivables.
You want bulk delivery of Italian data to update an archive.
Your workload is almost entirely Italian companies, including sole proprietors, which Prometiam never serves.

When Prometiam is the better fit

You need Italian LEI holders next to other countries in one schema, without a separate Italian integration.
You want published prices and a trial you start yourself.
You want sanctions screening (beta), insolvency notices and corporate events for other countries in the same API.

Prometiam prices and trial

Prometiam publishes its prices. Free trial: 14 days, card required, nothing charged during it, 500 credits. Starter EUR 9.99 a month (1,000 credits a month, 60 requests a minute), Professional EUR 29.99 (10,000 credits, 120 requests a minute), Scale EUR 99.99 (50,000 credits, 300 requests a minute), Enterprise on request. A successful call costs credits: 1 for a company search or record, 2 for events, officers or insolvency notices, 3 for a sanctions screen (beta); errors are free. Annual accounts cost 25 credits per company and need Scale or above (Starter, Professional and trial keys: 10 calls a month).

What Prometiam covers here, and its limits

Italy on Prometiam is a layer of LEI-registered entities only, not the Italian company register: SRL, SRLS, SPA, SAPA, SCARL, SCPA, SE, STP, SNC, SAS and the cooperative forms. A holder that states no legal form is served only when its name carries an Italian form designation, and sole proprietors, civil partnerships, estates, parishes, associations and professional studios are never served. No officers, groups or scores. Contains LEI data from the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), available under CC0 1.0. LEI-registered entities only; not an extract of the Italian company register.

Sources

Cerved API catalogue (accessed 29 October 2026): API families, free registration, bulk service, no prices stated
Cerved: Atoka Marketing Brain (accessed 29 October 2026): about 6 million active and over 11 million inactive Italian companies, API and batch access, demo and free trial
Prometiam coverage and pricing (accessed 29 October 2026): Prometiam plans, credits and trial

Statements about Cerved come from its own public pages, read on the dates in the sources list; they can change, so check Cerved's current terms before you decide. Cerved and the other product names belong to their owners, and Prometiam is not affiliated with Cerved. Prometiam facts are as at 29 October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Can Prometiam replace Cerved for Italian companies?: No. Italy on Prometiam is LEI-registered entities only. For the Registro Imprese depth, groups, scores and real estate, use Cerved or a provider with that coverage.
Does Cerved publish prices?: The pages read on 29 October 2026 show no prices; they offer free registration to try the APIs. Ask Cerved for its terms.
Does Prometiam have credit scores for Italy?: No. It returns register facts, insolvency notices for other countries and sanctions matches (beta).
Where would Prometiam help an Italian team?: When the same flow also checks companies in other countries and you want one schema and published prices.