Skip the €24,000/year per-seat licence and the annual contract. Nordic Data delivers the same Norwegian company foundation — identity, accounts, ownership, M&A signals — as a developer-grade API from €0/month. Native MCP for AI agents. No sales call.
Bureau van Dijk Orbis is the gold standard for cross-border M&A research, but it's priced for enterprise — €24,000+/year per seat, annual contracts, sales-led procurement. Nordic Data delivers the same Norwegian (and rest-of-Nordic, soon all-EU) company foundation as a self-serve API from €0/mo.
| Feature | Nordic Data | Orbis (BvD) |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian company registry (Brønnøysund) | ● 1.4M companies, 30-min refresh | ● Yes — quarterly refresh |
| Cross-border ownership chains | Norway depth (full); EU rollout in progress | ● 200+ jurisdictions — Orbis's core strength |
| Annual accounts + ratios | ● Multi-year, computed ratios | ● Yes |
| Officer + board data | ● With change tracking | ● Yes |
| Shareholder registry | ● Aksjonærregisteret, annual snapshots | ● Yes (where filed) |
| M&A deal database | ○ Not included | ● Zephyr (BvD's M&A product) |
| Sanctions screening (OFAC + EU + UN) | ● Company + every officer in one call | Compliance Catalyst (separate product) |
| Public contract awards (TED + Doffin) | ● All Nordic, incl. sub-EU threshold | ○ Not included |
| EU R&D grants (Horizon) | ● Per-orgnr, with EC contributions | ○ Not included |
| LEI codes (GLEIF) | ● Auto-joined | ○ Not auto-joined |
| Logos, descriptions, founding date | ● For all major companies (Wikidata) | ○ Limited |
| Bankruptcy webhooks | ● HMAC-signed | ○ Not real-time |
| AI-generated narrative | ● Cached per company | ○ Not included |
| Native MCP server (28 tools) | ● Plug into Claude / Cursor in 30s | ○ Not available |
| Modern REST API | ● OpenAPI 3.1, JSON | OData / SOAP, complex |
| Self-serve signup | ● 60 seconds, no sales call | ○ Sales call + annual contract |
| Free tier | ● 5,000 requests/month, no card | ○ No free tier |
| Pricing | ● €0/mo Free · €499/mo Business — no seat licence | ○ From €24,000/yr per seat, annual contract |
If you're evaluating Nordic Data against Orbis, these are the answers most teams ask first.
For Norwegian-specific use cases, Nordic Data offers more — fresher data (30-min vs. quarterly refresh), all Nordic public-contract awards (including sub-EU threshold tenders), EU R&D grants, LEI codes, AI summaries, sanctions screening, and a native MCP server for agents — at €499/mo vs. €24,000/year per seat for Orbis. If your use case is purely Norwegian or Nordic, Nordic Data is the better fit.
Nordic Data starts at €0 (5,000 requests/month). Pro €149/mo, Business €499/mo, unlimited users on every plan. Orbis is licenced per seat starting around €24,000/year per user, with annual contracts. A typical 5-person research team pays Orbis €120,000/year — Nordic Data Business covers the same team for €5,988/year (a 95% reduction).
Today: only for Norwegian deals. Orbis's strength is cross-jurisdiction ownership chains across 200+ countries — that's where it earns its price. Nordic Data has full Norwegian depth and is rolling out Nordic, then EU markets through 2026. If your dealflow is Nordic-heavy, switch now. If it's pan-European, run both during transition.
Yes for Norwegian companies — via Aksjonærregisteret (full annual share registry) joined to Brønnøysund officer/role data. Cross-border chains are joined on LEI and EUID where available. Pure cross-jurisdiction depth (e.g., tracing a Norwegian subsidiary up through 7 layers of holding companies in Cyprus, Bermuda, etc.) is still Orbis territory.
Orbis focuses on corporate identity + financials; public procurement is a separate data domain Orbis doesn't index. We index Doffin and TED directly — every Norwegian municipal tender (including the ones below the EU threshold most providers miss) plus every TED award notice. Useful for competitive intel, lead generation, and supplier discovery in a way Orbis can't replicate.
Yes. Our /agent/subscribe endpoint lets an agent enrol, select a plan, and pay via Stripe with no human in the loop. Combined with the MCP server, an agent can discover Nordic Data, subscribe, and start enriching companies in under a minute — Orbis requires a sales process measured in weeks.
5,000 requests/month, all read endpoints, native MCP, no card. Cancel any time via the API or customer portal.
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