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Find companies

Discovery is how Verentis finds businesses at all. It is the only stage that can spend money with a data provider, so it always shows the cost first and nothing is called until you press Run.

Section titled “Run a search”
  1. Open Find companies.
  2. Under Source, choose a provider. Each one shows what it does, what it costs, its free tier and whether it is Ready or Needs a key.
  3. Under Search, fill in:
    • Cities: separate with semicolons, for example Denver, CO; Austin, TX. Leave blank to use the geography in your ideal customer profile.
    • Results per query: the most records to fetch per search.
    • Search depth: how many ranking positions to read. 20 to 30 is right for most work.
    • Spend cap (USD): a hard limit for this run.
  4. Press Estimate. Verentis prices the search without calling anything.
  5. If the estimate is under your cap, press Run. If it is over, the page says so: raise the cap or narrow the search.

Find companies, with the providers on the left and the search on the right

New companies appear in Companies. The run log is on Activity.

Which source to use

Section titled “Which source to use”
Source Cost Free tier Best for
OpenStreetMap Free Unlimited, no account Trying the whole pipeline. Thin coverage for businesses without premises.
DataForSEO Business Listings $0.372 per 1,000 businesses $1 credit Local trades and clinics, including businesses with no website.
DataForSEO SERP $0.0018 a search at depth 30 $1 credit and a free sandbox Search rank as the buying signal.
Serper About $0.30 to $1.00 per 1,000 searches 2,500 free, no card The easiest paid source to try.

Review companies

Section titled “Review companies”

Open Companies to see every account Verentis has found or mapped. Search, filter by industry, and select a company to open its detail panel: overview, people and their committee roles, what Verentis is watching, and what changed.

A company’s detail panel, with its people, watchlists and recent changes

From the terminal

Section titled “From the terminal”
Terminal window
verentis discover --providers          # every provider, with prices
verentis discover --estimate           # projected spend, then exit
verentis discover                      # free OpenStreetMap source
verentis discover --provider dataforseo_listings --max-spend 2.00
verentis profile                       # read found companies' websites (free)