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Fundable vs Ocean.io

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Fundable
Fundable
85
VS
Ocean.io
95
Ocean.io
Metric Fundable Ocean.io
Category Company Search Company Search
Pricing Freemium Subscription
Auth API Key API Key
Format JSON JSON
Bot Blocking None None
OpenAPI Spec No Yes
Credit Card Not required Required
Rate Limit Not publicly documented; contact sales for Enterprise API limits 60 req/min default across most endpoints. Returns Retry-After and X-RateLimit-Limit headers when exceeded. Higher limits available on request.
Score Component Fundable Ocean.io
Base +50 +50
OpenAPI Spec 0 (No) +15 (Yes)
Auth +10 (API Key) +10 (API Key)
Format +10 (JSON) +10 (JSON)
Bot Blocking +10 (None) +10 (None)
No CC +5 (Yes) 0 (No)
Free 0 (No) 0 (No)
Total 85 95
Fundable Ocean.io
Pros
  • + First-class AI agent support — offers MCP server, natural language semantic search, and deal alerts that map well to agentic workflows
  • + Rich structured data (50+ datapoints per startup, 400K people, 60K investors) returned as JSON — ideal for LLM function calling and downstream processing
  • + Surfaces new VC deals before competitors and provides sourced datapoints, giving agents access to timely, verifiable funding intelligence
  • + Lookalike search endpoint lets agents find companies similar to a target — unique capability for ICP-driven prospecting that most enrichment APIs lack
  • + Simple API key auth via x-api-token header or apiToken query param, JSON in/out, clean REST design at api.ocean.io/v2/* — trivial to integrate in any agent framework
  • + Swagger/OpenAPI spec available at docs.oceanio.com, enabling auto-generated typed clients and agent tool discovery
Cons
  • - Full API access requires Enterprise plan with custom pricing — Pro/Pro+ tiers are export-limited and may not cover programmatic agent usage at scale
  • - No public OpenAPI spec, so agents cannot auto-discover endpoints or generate typed clients without manual setup
  • - No free tier — 14-day trial requires credit card and annual contracts on paid plans, making it expensive to experiment with in agent workflows
  • - Credit-based pricing for email/phone reveals adds budget-tracking complexity for autonomous agents that need to manage costs per action
Badges
API KeyFreemiumJSONBot Blocking: NoneNo CCvc-dealsstartup-datainvestor-searchfunding-roundscompany-searchsemantic-searchmcpcrunchbase-alternative
OpenAPI SpecAPI KeySubscriptionJSONBot Blocking: Nonecompany-searchpeople-searchcompany-enrichmentpeople-enrichmentlookalike-searchemail-finderphone-finderb2b-datalead-generation

Fundable Integration

example.py
import requests
headers = {    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",    "Content-Type": "application/json"}
# Search investors by nameresp = requests.get(    "https://tryfundable.ai/api/v1/investor/search",    headers=headers,    params={"query": "Sequoia Capital"})investors = resp.json()for inv in investors.get("results", []):    print(inv["name"], inv.get("domain", ""))

Ocean.io Integration

example.py
import requests
API_TOKEN = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"BASE = "https://api.ocean.io/v2"
# Enrich a company by domainresp = requests.post(    f"{BASE}/enrich/company",    params={"apiToken": API_TOKEN},    json={"domain": "stripe.com"})company = resp.json()print(company["name"], company["size"], company["industry"])