The B2B data market is shifting under everyone's feet. Grand View Research projects the data enrichment solutions market to grow from $3.1B in 2026 to $6.1B by 2033. And developers and technical GTM teams don't want to sit through a demo to get structured company data. They want an API key, a docs page, and a credit card field.
But here's the gap many builders hit: most data APIs give you contacts, firmographics, maybe technographics. Few give you the full picture (earnings calls, SEC filings, clinical trials, court records, hiring signals, and news) in one structured response. We wrote about this exact build-vs-buy dilemma earlier this year, and the feedback was consistent: teams want depth, not just breadth.
Today we're launching the Account Intelligence API. Query any company. Get structured intelligence back. Start free with 100 credits.
Key Takeaways
- 8 REST endpoints covering earnings calls, SEC filings, clinical trials, job postings, news, court records, firmographics, and AI-generated account summaries, all from 1,000+ data sources
- 100 free credits, no credit card: get your API key in 30 seconds and start querying immediately
- Credit-based pricing starting at $99/month for 2,500 credits, with unused credits rolling over for 3 months
- Built for builders: AI agent developers, RevOps engineers, data teams, and consultants who need structured intelligence, not another contact database
- Two access modes: standalone API for developers, or bundled with the full platform for sales teams
What the API Does
The API exposes 8 endpoints that return structured, AI-enriched data for any company:
| Endpoint | What You Get |
|---|---|
/v1/accounts/{id}/earnings | AI summaries, full transcripts, key topics, sentiment, executive quotes |
/v1/accounts/{id}/profile | Firmographics, revenue, headcount, tech stack, funding history |
/v1/accounts/{id}/news | Aggregated from 1,000+ sources with relevance scoring |
/v1/accounts/{id}/trials | Clinical trial phases, status, investigators, sponsors |
/v1/accounts/{id}/filings | 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K parsed into structured fields with extracted risk factors |
/v1/accounts/{id}/jobs | Open roles, hiring velocity, department breakdowns, tech stack signals |
/v1/accounts/{id}/legal | Litigation, patent filings, regulatory actions |
/v1/accounts/{id}/summary | AI-generated briefs, talking points, competitive intelligence |
Every response returns structured JSON. Every AI summary includes the raw source data behind it, so nothing is a black box.
Here's what a request looks like (response abbreviated; figures from Microsoft's Q2 FY2025 earnings release):
curl -X GET "https://api.salesmotion.io/v1/accounts/MSFT/earnings?limit=1" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sm_live_your_api_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
{
"data": [
{
"company": "Microsoft Corporation",
"ticker": "MSFT",
"date": "2025-01-29",
"type": "earnings_call",
"quarter": "Q2 FY2025",
"ai_summary": "Microsoft reported $69.6B revenue (+12% YoY). Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 31%.",
"key_topics": [
"Azure AI growth",
"Copilot enterprise adoption",
"Capital expenditure increase"
],
"sentiment": "positive",
"source_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/earnings/fy-2025-q2/press-release-webcast",
"transcript_available": true
}
],
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 99
}
One call. Structured data. AI summary. Source citation. That's it.
“The Business Development team gets 80 to 90 percent of what they need in 15 minutes. That is a complete shift in how our reps work.”
Andrew Giordano
VP of Global Commercial Operations, Analytic Partners
Why Self-Serve Matters
The old model: fill out a form, wait for a sales rep, sit through a 30-minute demo, negotiate an annual contract, wait for provisioning. Two weeks later you have an API key.
Our model: sign up for a free API key, get 100 free credits, and make your first API call in under a minute. No credit card. No sales call.
This isn't a philosophical choice. It's a market reality. Fortune Business Insights projects the API management market at $8.77B in 2026, growing at a 21.7% CAGR through 2034, and technical buyers evaluate tools by building with them, not by watching slide decks. If your API requires a conversation with sales before someone can test it, you've already lost the developer.
Credit-based pricing keeps it simple. One credit equals one successful API response. If a request fails or returns no data, you don't get charged. See full pricing details.
Who We Built This For
AI Agent Builders
You're building autonomous agents that need current, structured company context, not whatever a web search happens to return. Feed structured account intelligence into your agent's tool layer. When a target account files an 8-K or posts 15 engineering roles in a week, your agent knows before your competitor's does.
The API pairs naturally with our Research Agent and MCP Server for teams that want both programmatic access and conversational intelligence.
RevOps Engineers
Your CRM data goes stale every month (here is how teams keep it current). You've been duct-taping enrichment workflows together with 3-4 tools that each cover one data type. One API replaces that patchwork: firmographics, hiring signals, earnings data, and news from one provider, one authentication, one credit pool.
Data Teams & Analysts
You need structured intelligence for account scoring models, territory planning, or competitive analysis. The API returns clean JSON with consistent schemas across all 8 endpoints: the kind of structured data that plugs directly into scoring models and enrichment pipelines without manual transformation. No scraping. No parsing HTML. No cleaning up inconsistent field names across vendors.
Consultants & Agencies
Run account research for clients without buying a full platform seat for every engagement. Spin up a project, burn through 100 free credits to prototype, then scale to a paid plan when the work is real.
How Credits Work
The model is straightforward:
- 1 credit = 1 successful API response (failed requests are free)
- 100 free credits per month on the Free plan, enough to evaluate every endpoint
- Paid plans start at $99/month for 2,500 credits ($0.04 per credit)
- Unused credits roll over for 3 months, so there's no use-it-or-lose-it pressure
- Rate limits scale with plan: 10 req/min on Free, 60 req/min on Build, 120 req/min on Scale, 300 req/min on Pro (as of October 2026, see API pricing)
All 8 endpoints cost 1 credit per call. Whether you pull an earnings transcript or a full AI account summary, it's the same cost. No tiered endpoint pricing, no surprise surcharges.
Two Ways to Access
API Only (Self-Serve): Sign up, get a key, start building. This is for developers who want raw structured data piped into their own systems. No platform UI required.
API + Platform: If you're on the Enterprise plan, API access is included. Your platform account intelligence, signals, and Research Agent are all powered by the same data layer the API exposes. The API lets you pull that intelligence into custom workflows, internal tools, or third-party integrations.
What We Build Next
We ship based on what builders ask for. If you have a use case that isn't covered, tell us.
Get Started
Grab your free API key. You'll have structured intelligence on any company in under 60 seconds.
Read the full API documentation for endpoint details, response schemas, and integration guides. Check API pricing if you're ready to scale past the free tier.
Build something interesting? We want to hear about it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from contact enrichment APIs like Clearbit or People Data Labs?
Contact enrichment APIs give you people data: emails, titles, LinkedIn profiles. This API gives you account intelligence: earnings calls, SEC filings, clinical trials, hiring signals, court records, and AI-generated research briefs. These are fundamentally different data types. Most teams need both, but account intelligence is what tells you why to reach out, not just who to reach. For how it compares with a company search API, see Salesmotion API vs Crustdata.
Do I need a Salesmotion platform account to use the API?
No. The API is fully standalone. Sign up, get your key, and start making calls. You never need to touch the platform UI. If you do want the full experience (signal monitoring, CRM integration, the Research Agent, and the MCP Server), you can move to a platform plan anytime; platform pricing starts at $85/month for individuals.
What happens if an API call returns no data for a company?
You don't get charged. Credits are only deducted for successful responses that return data. If we don't have earnings data for a private startup, for example, the response tells you that and your credit balance stays the same.
Can I use the API to build and resell a product?
Building a product that serves Salesmotion data to your own customers is a contract question, so talk to us first: Enterprise plans include custom terms for high-volume and redistribution use cases. Teams building in-house agents can start with the guide to AI for company research with an API.
