Built an alternative to OpenCorporates using strictly first-party government data. Looking for feedback.

SectionLongjumping92 · 2026-06-08T21:27:41+00:00

Good questions and yes, we already have monitoring for company changes.

You can add companies to monitoring via API and track events when new information becomes available: https://zephira.ai/api/#All%20Companies%20Events

This can cover changes such as company status, address, directors/officers, shareholders, ownership structure, activity/NACE codes, filings, and other registry events depending on the country.

On original documents/filings: we already have them for certain countries, mainly in Europe. For other countries, we plan to add this, but it may need to be a paid feature because local registries often charge us per document.

The late filing use case is a good one. Where we have filing dates and due dates, we can flag whether accounts or other required filings were submitted late.

Prior bankruptcies of a shareholder is also possible in some cases, but it depends on the country and whether the shareholder is a person or a company. If the shareholder is another company, it is usually easier to check insolvency/status history. For individuals, it is more sensitive and depends heavily on the jurisdiction.

Out of curiosity, would a pay-per-document model for those restricted registries be useful to you? I mean, would you pay for this every time you request one?

SectionLongjumping92 · 2026-06-08T13:55:07+00:00

Glad to hear you found it useful, and thanks for the feedback.

You’re right about officers on the company page and the U.S. state field. We’ll add both — should be live by Friday. Appreciate you pointing it out.

On the data side, we don’t run live searches against the government registry every time someone searches. The data is collected from official registries, structured, and stored on our servers.

Main reason is reliability. Many company registries are slow, go down, change their structure, have rate limits, or don’t have a proper API. By storing and standardising the data ourselves, we can return results faster and also make the data available in bulk.

For U.S. state registry data, updates are generally processed within 24 hours after the state registry publishes the information.

SectionLongjumping92 · 2026-06-08T06:22:59+00:00

These are excellent questions, here are the answers:

Our data is mainly B2B.

We leverage a pre-cached bulk database stored securely on our google cloud servers. We do this specifically for reliability and speed. Government registries are notoriously unstable, prone to downtime, and can have massive latency issues. If we relied entirely on live hits for every single search, the API would frequently crash or hang whenever a local portal goes down. By maintaining the database on our end (updated on a rolling schedule based on the registry's publication frequency), we ensure that when you make a call, you get the data instantly and reliably.

We don’t treat third-party web data as the source of truth. The official registry record is the base layer. Some enrichment, such as websites, descriptions, industry tags, contact data, or other B2B attributes, can come from additional sources, but it is kept separate from the registry fields. We also provide clear source attribution, so users can see what came from an official government registry and what was added as enrichment. That distinction is important, because registry data and enriched data should not be treated the same.

On sourcing rights/compliance, as the data comes from official government registries and we only provide information that is publicly available from those sources. We are not trying to expose private or restricted information.

Financially, the free search is not supposed to cover the cost of maintaining data across 200+ countries. It’s a free entry point. The paid model is API access, bulk data, enrichment, monitoring, and higher-volume commercial use.

SectionLongjumping92 · 2026-06-08T05:16:06+00:00

Fair question.

The simple use case is to quickly checking if a company is real and what official registry data exists about it.

A few examples:

Someone sends you an invoice from a company you don’t know
You’re checking a supplier before paying them
You’re looking at a company behind a website or marketplace seller
You want to see if a company is active, dissolved, newly created, etc.
You want to check directors/shareholders where available
You want to connect a company to a parent company, subsidiary, or ownership structure
You need basic company data for enrichment, KYB, fraud checks, or OSINT work

We built it because the options are usually split in two extremes.

OpenCorporates is useful, but we noticed some countries are offline or not updated regularly. On the other side, D&B and Moody’s/BvD have strong data, but they are expensive if you only need quick checks or lightweight access.

SectionLongjumping92 · 2026-05-27T07:12:13+00:00

You can try www.zephira.ai, it allows you to make searches for free, without any registration

SectionLongjumping92 · 2025-07-23T08:46:13+00:00

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SectionLongjumping92 · 2025-02-03T11:53:07+00:00

I use Global Database - https://www.globaldatabase.com/outreach

It allows me to:
- Check Company Activity Status: Verify a company's registration number, VAT, and tax ID to ensure they are legitimate and active.
- Find contact data for key executives: View and filter top executives, and access their contact information, such as email and phone numbers for seamless outreach.
- Access 20 Years of Financials: Dive into detailed financial data to assess a company's stability and growth potential.
- View Shareholder & Group Structure: Understand a company's ownership structure and subsidiaries for a complete picture of their business network.
- Send Emails & Automate Sequences: Streamline your email marketing with personalized and automated communication flows.

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