EDGARAPI.AIFind an API
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Embedding similarity search, text chunks, filters and reranking across filings and a wider financial corpus.

01 / Positioning

A financial knowledge and retrieval platform for search, RAG and agents across filings, transcripts, news, research and private documents.

02 / Capabilities

Semantic retrieval

  • Query embeddings searched against a vector database
  • Relevant text chunks with entity, document, form, year and quarter filters
  • Optional second-stage cross-encoder reranking

Search modes

  • Semantic similarity and keyword search
  • Search can be limited to specified document IDs
  • Search returns evidence; Research Agent adds synthesis

Coverage

  • Includes 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, 6-K, S-1, S-3, DEF 14A and additional filing subtypes

03 / Strengths

  • Embedding search
  • Chunk retrieval
  • Reranking
  • Keyword search
  • MCP

Limitations

  • Not a complete EDGAR archive or XBRL system
  • Limited specialized SEC-form structures
  • Legacy SDK support scheduled to end Dec. 31, 2026

Pricing and provider claims

Search API provider pricing: $0.015 Fast, $0.03 Smart, $0.0075 Batch per query unit; verify current terms.

Pricing defines a query unit as up to ten text chunks.

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Choose it when

  • Cross-filing thematic research
  • Source-grounded financial assistants
  • Hybrid retrieval over filings and earnings content

Provider alternatives

sec-api.io: Pair with or choose for complete filing ingestion and XBRL.Secregate: Choose for a focused SEC-filing retrieval layer with stable source positions.

Editorial information, not investment or legal advice. Verify current coverage, pricing and licensing before procurement.

Choose with evidence

Build on SEC data without guessing.

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