An honest comparison for teams weighing Creditsafe against Prometiam for EU + UK company data, KYB, and sanctions screening. Creditsafe is a global credit-data incumbent — the right choice if you need 240-plus-country coverage, a bureau-style credit score, or bundled credit insurance and recovery services, and you can accept quote-based annual contracts (typically €3,000–€15,000/year). Prometiam is a REST API scoped to EU + UK with public pricing and a free tier.
Common reasons: opaque quote-based pricing, annual minimums that are hard for SMB and mid-market pilots, enterprise-shaped API onboarding (IP allowlisting, slow approvals), and paying for global coverage when the scope is only EU + UK.
One schema over official registries — Spain (BORME), France (BODACC), the UK (Companies House), and Norway (Brønnøysundregistrene / Enhetsregisteret), with Ireland (CRO) and Poland (KRS) at company level only. Daily updates, corporate-event data, and sanctions plus US export-control screening across six sources (EU, UN, OFAC, UK OFSI, French gels, and the US Consolidated Screening List) covering 44,000-plus active entities. PEP screening is beta and Spain-only (no relatives or close associates); no adverse-media and no credit score.
| Prometiam | Creditsafe | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | EU + UK (ES, FR, GB, IE, PL, NO live; Sweden and Finland next) | 240+ countries |
| Pricing | Public — €0 / €9.99 / €29.99 / Custom | Quote-based (typically €3,000+/yr) |
| Free tier | Yes — 1,000 calls/month, no credit card | No |
| Contract | Monthly on SMB tiers | Annual minimum standard |
| Auth | Bearer rk_live_* | API key + IP allowlisting |
| Delivery | REST API | REST API + batch SFTP + portal |
| Sanctions screening | Included on Professional (€29.99) | Add-on |
| Daily-fresh data | Yes | Yes on premium tiers |
| EU data residency | Default (Frankfurt) | Varies by region |
| Setup time | Signup → curl in <60 seconds | Sales call → contract → onboarding (weeks) |