# OpenBB vs registercheck.de API (slim)

> OpenBB scores 60.3 (C) to registercheck.de's 52.1 (D) for company data. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenBB scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against registercheck.de API's 52.1 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. registercheck.de API leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do company data.

- OpenBB: C 60.3, rank #592 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openbb.min.md
- registercheck.de API: D 52.1, rank #863 of 1210 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/registercheck.min.md
- OpenBB, good for Agents that need free macro, regulatory and exchange data (FRED, BLS, IMF, OECD, ECB, SEC filings, Treasury, Cboe options, Deribit crypto derivatives) behind one MCP server the owner runs. Ahead on Reliability, 68 against 40; Security & auth, 46 against 40; Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Transparency & trust, 64 against 37. Also No key needed to call it; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- registercheck.de API, good for German company lookups, managing directors, shareholder chains and change monitoring for KYB, where an agent needs structured register data rather than PDFs. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 83 against 73; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 63; Maintenance & community, 68 against 62. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | OpenBB | registercheck.de API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 83 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 68 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 37 |

| Fact (where they differ) | OpenBB | registercheck.de API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | OpenBB Inc. (code stewarded by OpenBQ) | Openlaw GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.registercheck.de/v1` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 for version 5 and later (29 September 2026); earlier releases are AGPL-3.0-only. Data returned by providers is under each source's own terms | Proprietary. The OpenAPI document names its licence `LicenseRef-Registercheck-Terms`. The terms themselves sit on www.registercheck.de, which answered a bot check on 21 October 2026 and was not read |
| Tools exposed | none | 12 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `de.registercheck/registercheck` |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-10-17 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |