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What Pappers is
Pappers is a French company information service for looking up legal, corporate, and financial records. Its coverage includes company statutes and accounts, brands, executives, and shareholders. Advanced search can filter companies, executives, beneficial owners, documents, and BODACC publications, as well as search text within legal documents; results can be downloaded in Excel format. The service is available on the web and through an API that provides company records, search results, and documents, with a Zapier connector for workflow automation. New API accounts created with a professional email receive 100 free credits, and API access stops when the account's credits are used. Company and executive monitoring offers customizable email or webhook alerts, with Zapier and Make integrations. Pappers Pro combines monitoring and exports with an AI assistant, solvency reports, credit limits, and beneficial-owner information for companies in 14 European countries. Surveillance plans include Basic at no cost, Starter at €200 a year, and Business at €480 a year. Enterprise pricing is on quote.
Who it suits
Pappers suits people or organizations looking up French company records, searching legal documents, or monitoring companies and executives. Teams needing API access should account for credit use and the stated MCP access condition for Pappers Justice.
What it does well
- Free Basic surveillance plan.
- Search can filter several record and document types.
- Search results can be downloaded in Excel.
- Monitoring supports email and webhook alerts.
- API provides company records, search results, and documents.
What to know first
- API stops working when account credits are exhausted.
- Pappers does not guarantee site information is complete or accurate.
- Pappers Justice MCP access requires an API subscription of at least 5K credits per month.
- Enterprise surveillance pricing is on quote.
Limits
The free Basic surveillance plan covers 10 monitored companies, one alert recipient, three lists and 100 favorite companies. A new API account created with a professional email receives 100 free credits; API access stops when all account credits are used.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Basic (Surveillance) | 10 entreprises surveillées · 1 destinataire d’alertes · 3 listes · 100 entreprises favorites | Free |
| Starter (Surveillance) | 200 € / an · 300 entreprises surveillées · 300 dirigeants surveillés · 3 destinataires d’alertes · listes et favoris illimités | €200 a year |
| Business (Surveillance) | 480 € / an · 1 000 entreprises surveillées · 1 000 dirigeants surveillés · 5 destinataires d’alertes · listes et favoris illimités | €480 a year |
| Entreprise (Surveillance) | Sur devis · Entreprises et dirigeants surveillés sur devis · destinataires illimités · listes et favoris illimités | On request |
As pappers.fr lists them, read 5 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Pappers website.
- Use the web search to look up company information, or download results in Excel.
- For API access, create an API account; a professional email account receives 100 free credits.
- Choose a surveillance plan if you need company or executive monitoring.
- Set up customizable email or webhook alerts, with Zapier or Make integrations if needed.
Verdict
Pappers brings company search, downloadable results, API access, and monitoring together for French company information. Its stated information caveat and API credit limits matter when relying on the service.
Questions
Does Pappers have a free plan?
Yes. Basic surveillance is listed as free and includes 10 monitored companies, one alert recipient, three lists and 100 favorite companies.
What do the paid surveillance plans cost?
Starter (Surveillance) is €200 a year, and Business (Surveillance) is €480 a year. The Entreprise plan is available on quote.
What information can I search on Pappers?
Pappers provides legal, corporate and financial information about French companies, including statutes, accounts, brands, executives and shareholders. Search can also filter beneficial owners, documents and BODACC publications, and search within legal documents.
Does Pappers offer an API?
Yes. The API provides company records, search results and documents, and offers a Zapier connector. A new API account created with a professional email receives 100 free credits; access stops when its credits are used.
Who makes Pappers, and where is it based?
The listed headquarters are 99 avenue Achille Peretti, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Pappers was founded in 2020.
What integrations does Pappers support?
The API offers a Zapier connector, and company and executive monitoring can integrate with Zapier and Make. Pappers MCP connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Mistral and HuggingChat; access to Pappers Justice through MCP requires an API subscription of at least 5K credits per month.
Facts from Pappers's own pages
- Advanced search
- Its search can filter companies, executives, beneficial owners, documents and BODACC publications, and search text in legal documents. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- API
- The API provides company records, search results and documents, and offers a Zapier connector for automating workflows. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- API free credits
- A new API account created with a professional email receives 100 free credits. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- API support
- Technical support is available to customers on a paid API tier throughout their subscription. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- API usage limit
- The API stops working when all account credits have been used. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- Company information
- Pappers lets users look up legal, corporate and financial information about French companies, including statutes, accounts, brands, executives and shareholders. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- Data updates
- Pappers says its company data is updated daily from official sources including INSEE, INPI and BODACC. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Search results can be downloaded in Excel format. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2020 · pappers.fr, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- 99 avenue Achille Peretti, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France · pappers.fr, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The Pappers MCP connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Mistral and HuggingChat, and can work alongside other MCP servers such as Data Gouv, a CRM or an internal database. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- MCP access limit
- MCP access to Pappers Justice is available only with API subscriptions of at least 5K credits per month. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Company and executive monitoring supports customizable alerts by email or webhooks, with integrations for Zapier and Make. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- Pro product
- Pappers Pro combines monitoring, exports, an AI assistant, solvency reports, credit limits and beneficial-owner information for companies in 14 European countries. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
- Security and data caveat
- Pappers says it does not guarantee that site information is exhaustive, accurate, up to date, error-free or complete. · pappers.fr, 5 Oct 2026
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