# Frequently asked questions

## Data

**What data do you offer?**

### What kind of data do you provide?

We provide fresh and historical web data collected exclusively from public web sources. For your convenience, there are multiple solutions for different data needs created for companies of all sizes.

You can purchase high-quality data at scale, retrieve only specific data records using an API, or work with clean or multi-source and aggregated data.

Coresignal provides three B2B data categories:

- **Company data** – Comprehensive global company profiles including firmographic data, workforce trends, funding rounds, financials, web traffic, and technographics. Designed for sales tech, investment analysis, market research, and risk assessment use cases.
- **Employee data** – Rich professional profiles covering work experience, education, skills, locations, and salary projections. Ideal for HR tech, recruitment platforms, talent intelligence, and labor market analysis.
- **Jobs data** – Fresh and historical job postings with details such as job title, location, job description, required skills, salary, hiring company, and hiring trends. This data supports competitive intelligence, market research, and strategic hiring insights.

All of this data can be processed in a way that is easier to access:

- **Base data** – Structured data freshly scraped and normalized for easier ingestion. Suitable for businesses with internal data engineering capabilities that want direct access to unprocessed records.
- **Clean data** – Parsed, deduplicated, and standardized datasets. Offers high-quality, ready-to-use records with improved consistency and accuracy, reducing the engineering workload.
- **Multi-source data** – Cleaned and enriched datasets that merge information from multiple sources. Provides a complete, aggregated view of entities and is ideal for powering data products and delivering advanced insights.

### What historical data do you have?

Historical data availability depends on the dataset and when we have started scraping it – please check [our documentation](https://docs.coresignal.com/source-documentation/product-comparison) to get the latest information. It is also possible to get [historical headcount data via API](/content/solutions/historical-headcount-api/index.html).

To learn about the availability of specific historical data, check the web pages of our data sources [here](/content/data-sources/index.html) or contact us.

### What data solutions do you provide?

We provide the following data solutions:

- **Base data.** Fresh and historical data about companies, employees, and jobs;
- **Clean data.** Clean and structured data about companies, employees, and jobs.
- **Multi-source data.** Comprehensive, AI-enriched data on companies, employees, and jobs worldwide.

**All of this data can be also accessed via data APIs:** [Company API](/content/solutions/company-data-api/index.html), [Company enrichment API](/content/solutions/company-enrichment-api/index.html), [Employee API](/content/solutions/employee-data-api/index.html), [Jobs API](/content/solutions/jobs-data-api/index.html) and [Historical headcount API](/content/solutions/historical-headcount-api/index.html);

**Compliance**

### Do you have emails or phone numbers in your database?

Coresignal **collects only publicly available**, **strictly business-related data** published or released by companies or individuals at their discretion online.  
The contact information we provide includes only professional emails.  
No sensitive or private (located within the login secured areas) information is collected or transmitted.  
Please check our [data transparency](/content/data-transparency/index.html) page to better understand what kind of data we offer.

### How can I opt-out from Coresignal selling my data?

You can [opt-out by filling out this form](/content/privacy-rights/index.html).

**Updates and deliveries**

### How often and how do you update your data?

We fully refresh most of our datasets daily, weekly, or monthly, and the refresh rates depend on the scraping speed we can achieve with available resources.

The database connected to our database APIs is refreshed in real time.

### What delivery frequency options do you offer?

Delivery options depend on the dataset.  
We deliver most of our data monthly, but daily and quarterly deliveries can be set up for specific datasets. You can also access data in real time via our data APIs.

### How do you deliver data to clients?

There are three ways how you can get data from us:

- Download it using a web link;
- Retrieve it after we upload the file to your cloud servers;
- Retrieve it on your own using our APIs.

### In what format do you deliver the data?

We offer data in four formats: JSON, JSONL, CSV, and Parquet.

**Freshness and pricing**

### What is the pricing?

We offer multiple data solutions and flexible pricing based on different data needs, suitable for small businesses as well as large enterprises.

- **Datasets**. Dataset pricing is determined by contract length, dataset locations, and source tier.
- **Database** **APIs**. A free plan, monthly plans starting at $49/month, and annual plans.

Check out our [pricing page](/content/pricing/index.html) for more information.

## APIs

### What APIs do you offer?

[Company API](/content/solutions/company-data-api/index.html), [Employee API](/content/solutions/employee-data-api/index.html), and [Jobs API](/content/solutions/jobs-data-api/index.html). These APIs allow you to conveniently search and get public web data records of professionals, companies, and jobs.

[Company enrichment API](/content/solutions/company-enrichment-api/index.html) enables you to enhance your existing data and fill in the gaps effortlessly.

[Historical headcount API](/content/solutions/historical-headcount-api/index.html) to request and get data on the historical headcount of specific companies.

### In what format will I get the data using your APIs?

Using our APIs, you can download data in JSON or CSV format.

### What is the API self-service tool?

The self-service API tool allows you to search and enrich data with instant access to 1B+ fresh company, employee, and job posting data records.  
This semi-automated tool is an excellent way to explore our database, test our data, and get relevant data records on demand. It has a built-in search query builder and detailed tutorials that explain how you can get started and how you can use our APIs directly.

### How do credits work?

We offer two types of credits: Search and Collect credits. You can use these credits to create search queries and download data records.

- One successfully executed search query costs one Search credit
- One successfully collected data record costs one Collect credit
- A successfully executed multi-source data API search query costs 2 Search credits
- A successfully collected multi-source data record costs 2 Collect credits
- Data enrichment requests use Collect credits

### How to buy API credits?

You can buy database API credits without talking to sales. The easiest way to buy is to sign up for the [self-service tool](https://dashboard.coresignal.com/sign-up) and get an API subscription plan.

## Trials and samples

### Can I see Coresignal’s data before purchasing?

You can get access to our documentation, see our data statistics, or get a data sample from our website. If needed, our sales team can provide you with a custom data sample.

When you're interested in buying data from us, we encourage you to ask questions. Share what information is needed for you to evaluate our data. We're ready to discuss options and provide the resources that would be most helpful in your case.

### Do you offer a free API trial?

Yes, you can try Coresignal for free with 200 free credits.  
[Sign up](https://dashboard.coresignal.com/sign-up) to get started, and credits will be automatically added to your account.

### Do you offer data samples?

Yes. [Contact our](/content/contact-us/index.html) sales representatives to receive the data sample that you need.

## Historical data

### How much historical data do you have?

We have up to 5 years of historical data, depending on the dataset.

### In what formats is the historical data available?

Historical data is available in CSV and JSON formats.*  
_*Historical headcount data is only available in CSV format._