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Company search for the long tail

Find the companies
others miss.

Describe the companies. Canonical returns structured, verified shortlists instead of a page of links. It works in the app, the API, or any agent.

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Model Context Protocol

Find companies without leaving the chat.

Add Canonical to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client. Ask in plain English; your assistant runs a verified company search and works with the results, right in the conversation.

Claude
One-click install. OAuth handles sign-in.
1Open in Claude
2Sign in with your Canonical account when prompted.
3Or add it manually with the server URL below.
https://trycanonical.ai/mcp/

Works in any MCP-compatible client, not just these six.

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Self-serve onboarding

Start in minutes, not quarters.

No demos to sit through, no quotes to chase, no annual contract to sign. Create an account, get 250 free credits, and run your first search right away. Add credits in any amount or move to a plan whenever it suits you.

The usual way Weeks to months
  1. 1. Request a demo
  2. 2. Wait for a custom quote
  3. 3. Negotiate an annual contract
  4. 4. Procurement & legal sign-off
  5. 5. Wait for onboarding
With Canonical Minutes
  1. 1. Sign up without a credit card
  2. 2. 250 free credits, instantly
  3. 3. Run your first search
  4. 4. Top up or upgrade anytime, yourself
You're searching.
  • No credit card to start
  • Transparent, published pricing
  • Pay only for what you use
  • Add credits in any amount
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime
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How it works

Use it in the app, or build on the API.

Plain-English query in. Structured, verified companies out.

01Input

Plain-English query

“Vertical SaaS in Germany with 100–500 employees”

02Engine

Canonical interpreter

Industry, geography, size, funding stage, signals.

03Output

Structured shortlist

Ranked companies with funding, leadership, and firmographics.

In the app

For analysts and operators. Type a query, review the criteria, run the search, and open a full profile per company.

Open the product

Through the API

For code, agents, and tools. The same engine over HTTP, Python SDK, and MCP. Drop into any backend or workflow.

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Capabilities

What Canonical understands

Search the way you already think about companies: by profile, funding, leadership, similarity, job openings, and exclusions.

“Private fintech companies in Singapore with 100–500 employees”
IndustryFintech
OwnershipPrivate
HQSingapore

Examples

Explore real company searches

Preview public searches built from natural-language criteria. See the top results, review the interpreted criteria, and run your own when you want to go deeper.

Energy Services
Companies similar to Gowell International, Llc
20 matches PropTech
Companies similar to Oficea
10 matches AI
Companies similar to Go.AI
20 matches Real Estate
Companies similar to Prestige Group
13 matches Automotive
Companies similar to Nio
20 matches Real Estate
Companies similar to Embassy REIT
15 matches
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Benchmark

They search the same web. We find different companies.

Same query across Canonical, Exa, and Parallel. Canonical surfaced 48 companies the others missed.

50 companies found by Canonical.

The broadest shortlist from the same query.

48 only found by Canonical.

Long-tail companies missing from the other result sets.

96 pooled companies across all platforms
3 appeared on 2+ platforms
<10s Canonical response time

What they found

Canonical returned the broadest shortlist from the same query.

The benchmark pooled 96 companies across all platforms. Canonical surfaced 50 of them, more than either alternative.

Canonical
50 companies
Exa
31 companies
Parallel
18 companies

Different indexes, different companies.

A sample of what each platform surfaced for the same query.

Canonical Most unique finds

Niche companies purpose-built for the query.

  1. 01Schematic
  2. 02Togai
  3. 03Andra Labs
  4. 04Flowglad
  5. 05Kickplan
  6. 06Stykite
  7. 07Amberflo
  8. 08RevenueCat
  9. 09DevCycle
+ 41 more
Exa

Mid-tier developer tools with strong web presence.

  1. 01Ably
  2. 02Replit
  3. 03Cursor
  4. 04Weights & Biases
  5. 05Contentful
  6. 06n8n
  7. 07Tabnine
  8. 08AssemblyAI
  9. 09Chargebee
+ 22 more
Parallel

Large, well-known companies many developers could name from memory.

  1. 01AWS
  2. 02Microsoft Azure
  3. 03Google Cloud Platform
  4. 04Stripe
  5. 05Twilio
  6. 06OpenAI
  7. 07Docker
  8. 08Sentry
  9. 09Vercel
+ 9 more

Query: “Companies with a usage-based pricing model in developer tools” Claude Opus judge

Workflow

From question to shortlist

…Fast-growing vertical SaaS companies in Germany with 100–500 employees

What can you search?

Company profile Funding People Similar Exclude

Pricing

Pay for what you find.

Start with 250 free credits. Scale on usage, not seats.

Lite
$10 /month

666 credits

Most popular
Starter
$20 /month

2,000 credits

Pro
$100 /month

12,500 credits

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Integrations

Available everywhere your team builds.

REST API

HTTP for any backend.
Python SDK

Notebooks, scripts, and pipelines.
MCP Server

Agents and internal tools.
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Get started

Find the companies others miss.

Start with a plain-English query. Review the criteria, open full company profiles, and build a shortlist you can trust.

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