Comparison · Einforma

Einforma Alternative

A REST-API alternative to Einforma for Spanish company data, KYB, and sanctions screening — with French and UK coverage included.

TL;DR

Einforma is the right call if you need ad-hoc bureau-style PDF reports on Spanish companies and you're already in the INFORMA D&B / DUNS ecosystem. If your shape is "look up companies via API, monitor for events, screen against sanctions (beta)" — Prometiam is built for that, with public pricing from €9.99/month, a free developer tier, and one response shape across every registry the API covers.

Why teams look for an Einforma alternative

1. Per-report pricing breaks at API scale. Einforma's pay-as-you-go reports work for occasional human-driven lookups but get expensive fast for any automated workflow.
2. API access is enterprise-tier. The good API is reserved for upper tiers and is quote-based; the free side gives previews, not integration.
3. You only need Spain. If your portfolio crosses into France or the UK, Einforma's tie-in to D&B for "global coverage" is overkill.

Einforma vs Prometiam — at a glance

Where Einforma fits and Prometiam doesn't

If your team is buying occasional bureau-style report PDFs on Spanish companies — for legal evidence, ad-hoc due diligence, or a procurement file — Einforma's pay-as-you-go model is fine and Prometiam doesn't directly replicate it. We don't issue branded PDF reports.

If you're a Dun & Bradstreet customer globally and DUNS-number continuity is a procurement requirement, Einforma's tie-in to D&B's data graph is genuine value. Prometiam doesn't issue or resolve DUNS numbers.

Where Prometiam is a better fit

For any team whose use case is "integrate company data into our software" — onboarding flows, CRM enrichment, supplier monitoring, KYB — Einforma's per-report model is uneconomical and the enterprise-API path is gated behind sales. For Spanish companies, the Spain company registry API guide shows what a single NIF call returns.

• Predictable volume pricing. €29.99/mo for 10,000 credits/month vs €10–€60 per individual report.
• Free developer tier. Sign up, get a key in your inbox, run requests in 60 seconds.
• Sanctions (beta) & export-control screening included on Professional (7 sources: EU, OFAC, UN, UK, Australia (DFAT), FR gels, plus the US Consolidated Screening List, refreshed daily). With Einforma you'd need a separate sanctions vendor.
• One REST shape across every registry the API covers. Going to D&B for FR, GB or NO coverage is overkill if your portfolio is EU-focused.
• Modern API ergonomics. Bearer token, JSON, cursor pagination.

Coverage and freshness

Both Einforma and Prometiam draw on BORME daily for Spanish data. Einforma adds INFORMA D&B's commercial-information enrichment (group structures, parent-subsidiary, sectorial classifications). Prometiam normalizes BORME into a clean entity model with corporate-event extraction across the same daily window.

For French (BODACC), UK (Companies House), Norwegian (Brønnøysundregistrene) and the other live countries' data, Prometiam draws on the official registries directly. Einforma routes through D&B partner data, which can be slower and less consistent.

API and developer experience

Einforma's web portal is the primary delivery surface; the API is an enterprise upsell with sales-led onboarding. Prometiam: sign up at /signup, your key in the dashboard, open /risk-api/docs, run requests. Bearer-token + JSON + cursor pagination, predictable per-tier rate limits.

Who should choose Einforma

• You need bureau-style PDF reports for legal or procurement files
• You're already in the D&B / DUNS-number ecosystem and need continuity
• Your use case is occasional ad-hoc Spanish-company lookups, not API integration
• You value INFORMA D&B's commercial-information enrichment (group structures, sector benchmarks)

Who should choose Prometiam

• You're integrating company data into software, not pulling reports manually
• Predictable volume pricing matters more than per-report PDFs
• You want to start with a 14-day free trial and scale via public pricing
• Your scope crosses Spain and other European countries
• Sanctions screening should live in the same API
• Engineering speed and modern API ergonomics matter

Migrating from Einforma

1. Sign up free at prometiam.com/signup — rk_live_* key in your inbox
2. Map use cases. Ad-hoc reports map to /companies/search?nif=… + /companies/{id} for the full profile (officers, capital, address, registry coordinates).
3. Cost-model the switch. Calculate monthly Einforma spend (per-report cost × volume, or contract value ÷ 12). Compare against €29.99/mo Professional or €9.99/mo Starter.
4. Add sanctions screening. If you previously paired Einforma with a separate sanctions vendor, replace that flow with /sanctions/screen?name=…&threshold=80
5. Keep Einforma for one thing only, if you must — DUNS-number continuity or PDF report generation

Beyond the registry record

Two derived signals, neither of them a rating. Both are dated facts carrying the source they came from, so whoever reviews your file can check them.

• Companies that stopped filing. A company that quietly stops trading rarely dissolves; the register notices first. The registry_compliance flag returns that state in one shape for Spain (provisional closure of the registry sheet), the United Kingdom (a strike-off proposal, or annual accounts overdue), Ireland (the strike-off list) and Norway (compulsory liquidation). Read it on GET /companies/{id}?include=risk_flags, or list those companies with risk_flag_type=registry_compliance. It is a compliance signal, not an insolvency: read it together with status.
• Public contracts, and the buyer behind them. GET /procurement/awards returns public-contract awards from Spain, France, the UK, Ireland, Poland and Norway by supplier, buyer, identifier, CPV code and date, linked to the supplier’s registry record where the identifier resolves. GET /procurement/buyer/{id} scores the contracting body itself: the probability that its next award draws a single bid, and the probability that a supplier it awards to enters insolvency within two years.

Both are ordinary REST calls on the published price and included in the 14-day trial. Procurement awards cover Spain, France, the UK, Ireland, Poland and Norway (Ireland, Poland and Norway above the EU thresholds only), the buyer scores are Spain and France and in beta, and a score is a prompt to look, never a finding of wrongdoing.

FAQ

Is there a free alternative to Einforma?
Prometiam has a free trial — 500 credits over 14 days, card required, nothing charged for 14 days. A real developer tier (full API), not a watermarked preview.

Does Prometiam provide DUNS numbers?
No. DUNS numbers are issued by Dun & Bradstreet. If DUNS is a hard requirement, keep Einforma. Prometiam exposes BORME registry identifiers (NIF, CIF, registro coordinates).

Can Prometiam replace Einforma for KYB onboarding?
Yes for the API integration leg. If KYB requires a downloadable bureau-style PDF for the audit file, Prometiam doesn't generate those.

Is Prometiam cheaper than Einforma?
For automated/API workloads, dramatically — typically 80–95% cheaper at SMB and mid-market scale.

Does Prometiam have BORME data going back as far as Einforma?
Earliest filings reach back to 2009 in the live dataset; coverage is published at /coverage.

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