# opendata

Screen sanctions, verify companies, query permits, and export regulatory records from one self-serve public data API catalog.

Canonical site: https://opendata.best
Legacy host: https://data.myskillstore.dev

## Crawler guidance
The public site is crawlable. Private workspace and auth pages are intentionally excluded from indexing.

Allowed AI crawler user-agents: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot.

Private paths:
  - /account
  - /billing
  - /billing/cancel
  - /billing/success
  - /keys
  - /login
  - /signup
  - /forgot-password

Legacy public host: https://data.myskillstore.dev redirects public pages to https://opendata.best, while API compatibility remains available on the legacy host during the transition.

## Best entry points
- https://opendata.best/about — Public entity and trust page for brand, purpose, and operating model.
- https://opendata.best/contact — Direct operator contact page for partnerships, support, and listings.
- https://opendata.best/docs — Quick start, scenario guides, product reference, and API reference.
- https://opendata.best/solutions — High-level jobs to be done for screening, bids, KYB, and monitoring.
- https://opendata.best/products — Packaged commercial products built from the underlying modules.
- https://opendata.best/catalog — Raw data catalog with source mode, refresh, and schema reference.
- https://opendata.best/playground — Live query builder for testing search and export flows.
- https://opendata.best/pricing — Plans, quotas, and upgrade paths.
- https://opendata.best/compare — Comparison pages for packaged workflows versus manual or source-only approaches.
- https://opendata.best/free — Free public evaluation paths before signup or paid plans.
- https://opendata.best/sitemap.xml — Complete public URL inventory.
- https://opendata.best/robots.txt — Crawler directives for public and private areas.

## Documentation workflow
- https://opendata.best/docs for quick start and reference material.
- https://opendata.best/playground to test live requests before wiring automation.
- https://opendata.best/pricing to compare self-serve plans and upgrades.
- https://opendata.best/solutions to choose the right workflow by job-to-be-done.
- https://opendata.best/compare to read direct comparisons against manual or source-only workflows.
- https://opendata.best/free to start with lower-friction evaluation pages.

## Featured solution paths
- Supplier Screening & Sourcing (https://opendata.best/solutions/supplier_screening_sourcing)
  - Job: Check who the supplier is, whether they are restricted, and how they fit a sourcing workflow.
  - Customer: Import-export consultants, sourcing agents, and marketplace operators
  - Modules: identity_kyb, risk_restrictions
  - Outputs: supplier dossier, restricted-party screen, screening CSV

- Bid Opportunity Intelligence (https://opendata.best/solutions/bid_opportunity_intelligence)
  - Job: Find new bids, understand buyer history, and export contract intelligence fast.
  - Customer: Proposal consultants, capture freelancers, and small government contractors
  - Modules: procurement_intelligence, identity_kyb
  - Outputs: opportunity list, award history, buyer dossier

- KYB & Due Diligence (https://opendata.best/solutions/kyb_due_diligence)
  - Job: Create a fast background dossier on a company or counterparty from public sources.
  - Customer: KYB freelancers, boutique due diligence teams, and compliance analysts
  - Modules: identity_kyb, risk_restrictions, legal_regulatory_change
  - Outputs: KYB dossier, screening summary, watchlist

- Regulatory Change Briefing (https://opendata.best/solutions/regulatory_change_briefing)
  - Job: Find important changes, package them into updates, and export them for reporting.
  - Customer: Independent lawyers, policy researchers, and newsletter operators
  - Modules: legal_regulatory_change, risk_restrictions, market_reference
  - Outputs: change log, briefing pack, monitoring CSV

## Featured products
- Global Entity Lookup (https://opendata.best/products/global-entity-lookup)
  - Scenario: KYB & Due Diligence
  - Audience: For consultants who need a faster public-registry lookup layer than manually checking country portals.
  - Queries: name search | registration lookup | country lookup
  - Exports: json | csv | entity dossier
  - Playground: https://opendata.best/playground?scenario=kyb_due_diligence&product=global-entity-lookup&rawProduct=uk_charity_commission_register&q=Acme

- Supplier Risk Dossier (https://opendata.best/products/supplier-risk-dossier)
  - Scenario: Supplier Screening & Sourcing
  - Audience: For sourcing agents and screening consultants who need a compact vendor risk surface.
  - Queries: company screening | restricted-party check | cross-border supplier lookup
  - Exports: json | csv | screening dossier
  - Playground: https://opendata.best/playground?scenario=supplier_screening_sourcing&product=supplier-risk-dossier&rawProduct=uk_charity_commission_register&q=sanctioned+supplier

- Sanctions & Restricted Parties (https://opendata.best/products/sanctions-restricted-parties)
  - Scenario: KYB & Due Diligence
  - Audience: For KYB, AML, and third-party risk workflows that start with public watchlist visibility.
  - Queries: name screening | programme search | authority filter
  - Exports: json | csv | watchlist export
  - Playground: https://opendata.best/playground?scenario=kyb_due_diligence&product=sanctions-restricted-parties&rawProduct=us_caiso_day_ahead_lmp&q=Atabekov

- Government Opportunity Feed (https://opendata.best/products/government-opportunity-feed)
  - Scenario: Bid Opportunity Intelligence
  - Audience: For bid teams who need public opportunities in one reusable query surface.
  - Queries: buyer search | notice search | deadline filtering
  - Exports: json | csv | opportunity feed
  - Playground: https://opendata.best/playground?scenario=bid_opportunity_intelligence&product=government-opportunity-feed&rawProduct=ca_canadabuys_award_notices&q=framework+agreement

## Public API surface
- Base API: https://opendata.best/api/v1
- Authentication: X-API-Key
- Core reads: /api/v1/scenarios, /api/v1/products, /api/v1/modules, /api/v1/billing/plans
- Product detail: /api/v1/products/{product_id}, /api/v1/data/products/{product_id}, /api/v1/data/products/{product_id}/schema

## Plans
- Business (business)
  - High-volume tier for commercial customers and multi-team usage.
  - Limits: daily 20000, monthly 200000, export, monitoring
  - PayPal: not configured

- Free (free)
  - Trial access for evaluation and early integration work.
  - Limits: daily 20, monthly 100, no export, no monitoring
  - PayPal: not configured

- Pro (pro)
  - Growth tier with higher request ceilings and monitoring access.
  - Limits: daily 2000, monthly 20000, export, monitoring
  - PayPal: not configured

- Starter (starter)
  - Entry commercial tier for low-volume production use.
  - Limits: daily 200, monthly 2000, export, no monitoring
  - PayPal: configured

## Content note
The public site is optimized for human readers and machine consumers. Private pages such as /account, /billing, /billing/cancel, /billing/success, /keys, /login, /signup, /forgot-password remain excluded from indexing and should not be treated as canonical public content.