1lookupData and validation APIs
From $6.00
per 1,000 sanctions screenings; $14.85 on Starter
Sanctions screening data
500 credits for €50 (€0.10 a query), excluding VAT
opensanctions.org
Global sanctions and PEP data vs US government lists
OpenSanctions screens 470+ sources from €0.03 to €0.10 a query, and 1Lookup screens 12 US government lists for $0.015 a name.
Looking for a OpenSanctions alternative? This page sets OpenSanctions pricing beside 1Lookup, with every OpenSanctions figure taken from its own published pages, checked October 2026.
- 7-day free trial on every plan
- No contract and no minimum volume
3
Credits per screening
about $0.01 on Starter
12
US government lists in one call
Treasury, Commerce and State
Up to 10
Ranked matches per answer
strongest first, with aliases and addresses
0
Credits when the lists cannot be read
never answered as clear
At a glance
Here is where 1Lookup wins against OpenSanctions, and where OpenSanctions still wins.
Both screen a name through an API. OpenSanctions is the broad one: 470+ sources and 1.7mn+ entities across sanctions, politically exposed persons and global watchlists, matched on names, dates of birth, nationalities and identifiers, with an explanation behind every score, sold as prepaid credit bundles in euros. 1Lookup is the narrow one: it checks 12 US government sanctions and export-control lists and returns a verdict of clear, possible match or match, at a flat credit price on a balance that also pays for phone, email and IP checks.
1lookupWhere 1Lookup wins- A verdict of clear, possible match or match with a recommended action, where OpenSanctions returns hits for your own workflow to review and decide
- A flat credit price in dollars with no bundle to size, on a plan with a 7-day free trial
- Treasury, Commerce and State lists in one pass, 12 in all, with up to ten ranked matches and an optional country that ranks matches without removing any
- A CSV with a name column screens a whole list in one job, on the same balance that pays for phone, email and IP checks
What it costs
From $6.00
per 1,000 sanctions screenings; $14.85 on Starter
Where OpenSanctions wins- Breadth no single government list has: 470+ sources and 1.7mn+ entities across sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEPs) and global watchlists, with a choice of 'sanctions, PEPs only, or a single list' per query.
- Richer matching: it matches on dates of birth, nationalities and identifiers, an LEI, IMO, ISIN, BIC or wallet address confirms a match 'whatever the name looks like', fuzzy matching handles 'any language, any script', and every hit has an auditable explanation.
- Published method and fast updates: weights and matching rules are open source, and the page lists updates 4 times a day.
- Flexible deployment: the same open-source API can run on your own infrastructure with a bulk data license and no metering, and a /match request can carry up to 100 queries.
- Queries are not kept: the FAQ says names, dates of birth and identifiers in a /match query are held in memory only, never written to a database or logs, and the API runs in a Frankfurt region.
What it costs
500 credits for €50 (€0.10 a query), excluding VAT
Short answer
OpenSanctions sells its screening API as prepaid credit bundles, one credit per query: 500 credits for €50 (€0.10 each) down to 500,000 for €15,000 (€0.03 each), excluding VAT, valid for a year. It covers 470+ sources including politically exposed persons. 1Lookup's Sanctions Screening covers 12 US government lists and costs 3 credits a screening, about $0.015 on Starter.
What replaces what
Here is which 1Lookup product matches each OpenSanctions job.
OpenSanctions bills one credit for each query that returns a result, from bundles you buy up front. This is the same unit on 1Lookup, one name screened, billed for every completed screening, a clear one included, from a balance that also pays for other lookups.
Side by side
Both products are measured on the same criteria, using OpenSanctions's own published numbers.
| Criteria | 1lookup | |
|---|---|---|
| Contact-data coverage | EmailPhoneIP | EmailPhoneIP |
| Pricing model | Monthly plans with universal credits; core phone, email and IP lookups cost 1 credit, enrichment and intelligence products cost more | Prepaid credit bundles, one credit per screening query: 500 credits for €50, 5,000 for €400, 30,000 for €2,000, 100,000 for €5,000 and 500,000 for €15,000, with 1,000,000 and above priced by sales. The page prints €0.10 a query on the smallest bundle and €0.03 on the largest, and says prices exclude VAT. Credits stay valid for one year from purchase. |
| Starting price | $99/mo for 20,000 credits. At 3 credits each (Sanctions Screening API), that is $14.85 per 1,000 sanctions screenings on Starter, down to $6.00 on Enterprise. | 500 credits for €50 (€0.10 a query), excluding VAT. |
| Free option | Free single lookups via the online tools at 1lookup.io/tools, no account required | Free non-commercial use of the data, and free API access for journalists, academic researchers and public-interest organizations that qualify; businesses must buy credits or a data license. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise, with no payment today | 2,000 free credits when you sign up with a business email address, per the API page. |
| Do credits expire? | Unused monthly credits roll over for 3 months; separately purchased credits last 1 year | Yes: credits are valid for a year from purchase, and unused credits at the end of the term 'are not carried over or refunded'. |
At volume
This is what OpenSanctions charges at each volume it publishes.
| Volume | Price | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
 1Lookup Sanctions Screening API, every plan | $99 to $1,999 a month | $6.00 to $14.85 |
| 500 queries (smallest bundle) | €50 (€0.10 a query) | €100.00 |
| 5,000 queries | €400 (€0.08 a query) | €80.00 |
| 100,000 queries | €5,000 (€0.05 a query) | €50.00 |
| 500,000 queries (largest printed bundle) | €15,000 (€0.03 a query) | €30.00 |
OpenSanctions figures verified October 2026 against opensanctions.org.
How you buy
This is how you buy from 1Lookup and from OpenSanctions.
1lookupHow it is sold
Monthly plans with universal credits; core phone, email and IP lookups cost 1 credit, enrichment and intelligence products cost more
What it starts at
$99/mo for 20,000 credits
How you try it
7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise, with no payment today
How it is sold
Prepaid credit bundles, one credit per screening query: 500 credits for €50, 5,000 for €400, 30,000 for €2,000, 100,000 for €5,000 and 500,000 for €15,000, with 1,000,000 and above priced by sales
What it starts at
500 credits for €50 (€0.10 a query), excluding VAT
How you try it
2,000 free credits when you sign up with a business email address, per the API page
A real result
This is what one 1Lookup result looks like.
Send a name
POST a person's, company's or vessel's name of 2 to 150 characters, with a two-letter country if you have one. A name that cannot be screened, such as an empty one or one with no Latin letters, is refused with a clear error and costs nothing.
We search the 12 lists
The name is reduced to its words, so word order, accents and legal forms do not matter, and a near spelling still matches. Every record on the Treasury, Commerce and State lists that shares a word is scored, and the best matches are ranked.
Get the verdict, flat and structured
The outcome, the recommended action and the matches arrive in one JSON payload. Every completed screening bills 3 credits, a clear one included, and a name that cannot be screened bills nothing.
One call returns a verdict and the closest records for a name
- Name screened
- Sample Trading Company
- Outcome
- Possible match
- Recommended action
- VERIFY
- Closest match
- SAMPLE TRADING CO
- Match score
- 0.86
- List
- Entity List
- Agency
- Bureau of Industry and Security
- Alias
- Sample Trade Limited
- Address on the list
- 1 Example Road, Sampletown, XX
200 OK, 3 creditsShowHide
{
"classification": {
"screened": true,
"outcome": "possible_match",
"strong_match_count": 0,
"possible_match_count": 1,
"top_match_name": "SAMPLE TRADING CO",
"top_match_list": "EL (Entity List)",
"lists_checked": 12,
"list_updated": "2026-10-25"
},
"insights": {
"sanctions_screening_result": {
"matches": [{ "match_strength": "possible", "score": 0.86, "list_code": "EL" }],
"data_source": "us_consolidated_screening_list"
}
},
"metadata": { "credits_used": 3 }
}Try the Free Sanctions List Search, one of 1Lookup's free tools.
Run one lookup in your browser and see the result before you decide.
The evidence
Here is the evidence behind every number on this page.
Here are OpenSanctions and 1Lookup side by side on the terms you check before you sign.
The terms that decide what a year actually costs, rather than what the first month does. “Not listed” means we could not verify it on either product’s published pages, not that the answer is nothing.
| Term | 1Lookup | OpenSanctions |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum commitment | None. Monthly plans with no contract and no minimum volume; cancel any time | No subscription or contract lock-in is described for the API: credits are bought as prepaid bundles. Larger volumes and the screening license are priced individually by sales. |
| Going over your quota | Not listed | Volumes beyond the published bundles are priced individually: talk to sales. Auto-recharge, which buys a new bundle once usage crosses a threshold you define, is opt-in. |
| API access | Included on every plan and during the free trial; there is no tier that unlocks it | An API key sent in the Authorization header as 'ApiKey' followed by the key; a business email address starts a free trial. |
| Rate limit | 200 requests per 10 seconds for each API key on standard lookups and 1,000 requests a minute for each key on number type, HLR and MNP, and each account can make up to 1,000 requests a minute in total across all its keys; higher limits are available on request | Each API key has a request quota separate from its credit balance; beyond it requests get a 429 status until the quota window resets. The customer portal shows the quota and support can raise it. Above 2 million queries a month or 200,000 requests an hour, OpenSanctions asks to be contacted first. |
| Support | Starter: Email Support; Growth: Priority Email & Chat Support; Professional: Chat + Live Meeting; Enterprise: Dedicated CSM | A support team that replies 'usually within one business day', and a community discussion forum. |
This is the OpenSanctions fine print worth reading twice.
Published terms that change what OpenSanctions costs or what you can do with it. Each one links to the OpenSanctions page it was read on, because a claim about somebody else’s contract should be checkable in one click.
Prices exclude VAT, and EU customers need a valid EU VAT number to sign up.
Read it on OpenSanctions’s siteUnused credits at the end of the one-year term are not carried over or refunded.
Read it on OpenSanctions’s site
1Lookup
OpenSanctions
OpenSanctions pricing and product facts verified against opensanctions.org as of October 2026. Prices change, so confirm on the vendor’s site. 1Lookup numbers come from the live rate card.
Who it is for
Pick 1Lookup or stay with OpenSanctions depending on the job in front of you.
1lookupChoose 1Lookup if
you want US sanctions and export-control lists checked for a name and a plain verdict in return, on a balance with no bundle to size and the same key as your other lookups.
OpenSanctionsConsider OpenSanctions instead if
you need sanctions screening beyond US lists: OpenSanctions covers 470+ sources and 1.7mn+ entities, includes politically exposed persons, matches on dates of birth and identifiers, explains every score and can run on your own servers under a data license.
Questions
People ask these questions before they switch from OpenSanctions.
What is OpenSanctions used for?
Screening people and companies against a global database of sanctions, politically exposed persons and watchlists. OpenSanctions lists 470+ sources and 1.7mn+ entities, updated 4 times a day, in a single data model. Its API returns hits and the reasons behind them, and its commercial FAQ says alert management, review and decisions live in your own workflow.
How does OpenSanctions pricing work?
Prepaid credit bundles, one credit per query: 500 credits for €50 (€0.10 each), 5,000 for €400 (€0.08), 30,000 for €2,000 (€0.067), 100,000 for €5,000 (€0.05) and 500,000 for €15,000 (€0.03), with 1,000,000 and above through sales. Prices exclude VAT, credits stay valid for a year from purchase, and signing up with a business email address starts you with 2,000 free credits. There is no subscription or contract lock-in. Checked October 2026.
How much does 1Lookup charge for the same screening?
3 credits per completed screening, billed for every completed screening, a clear one included. On the Starter plan ($99 a month for 20,000 credits) a screening is about $0.015, which covers 6,666 names a month and is $14.85 per 1,000. At the Enterprise end of the rate card it is about $0.006.
Is 1Lookup cheaper than OpenSanctions per query?
On the numbers printed, yes. OpenSanctions' lowest printed price is €0.03 a query. Read as a bare number, that is still above 1Lookup's Starter price of about $0.015 a screening, and the euro is worth more than a dollar. The two sell different coverage: one OpenSanctions query screens 470+ sources, and one 1Lookup screening checks 12 US government lists. Also, OpenSanctions bundles are one-off purchases, while Starter is a monthly plan.
What does OpenSanctions return, and what does 1Lookup add?
OpenSanctions returns hits with a score and an explanation for each, and can match on dates of birth, nationalities and identifiers such as an LEI, ISIN or wallet address. 1Lookup returns a verdict of clear, possible match or match with a recommended action, and up to ten ranked matches, each with the list, agency, programs, aliases and addresses. It takes a name and an optional country, with no date of birth or ID input.
Where does OpenSanctions beat 1Lookup?
On coverage and matching. It spans 470+ sources worldwide, includes politically exposed persons, matches on dates of birth, nationalities and identifiers to cut false positives, handles names in any script, publishes its matching rules as open source and can run on your own servers under a bulk data license. 1Lookup checks 12 US government lists, Latin-letter names only, and does not monitor a name after the check.
Do credits expire on each service?
OpenSanctions credits are valid for a year from purchase, and its FAQ says unused credits at the end of the term are not carried over or refunded. Only successful calls count, so a failed request is free. 1Lookup subscription credits roll over for up to 3 months, and a request that is refused or cannot be answered because the lists are unreadable costs nothing.
How current is each source?
OpenSanctions lists updates 4 times a day. 1Lookup refreshes its copy of the US lists every 6 hours and shows the list's update date in every answer. When the lists cannot be read, the request fails without a charge and is never answered as clear. A repeat of the same screening by the same user within 24 hours comes from the cache at no charge.
What is the best OpenSanctions alternative?
If you need global sanctions, politically exposed persons and watchlists, matched on more than a name, OpenSanctions is the broader product. If a name check against US government lists is what you need, with a clear, possible match or match answer, bulk CSV files and no bundle to size, 1Lookup's Sanctions Screening bills 3 credits for every completed screening.
Is OpenSanctions worth it in 2026?
Yes, if your screening has to reach beyond US lists or use dates of birth and identifiers to separate people with similar names: nothing here matches its 470+ sources. Plan for the VAT line, the one-year credit term, and the fact that the data is licensed for non-commercial use unless you buy credits or a license. If US government lists are enough, compare the per-screening price of 1Lookup.
1lookupScreen a name against 12 US government lists and see the verdict
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