Cashfree does not publish a per-lookup price for GST verification, so most teams weighing it against gstinapi.in are really comparing "ask sales" with "read the price list". Here is what each side shows on its own website, checked today.
| Cashfree | gstinapi.in | |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | ₹100 in trial credits for new accounts. | Up to 100 free lookups — 25 on signup, 25 for each of three setup steps. Never expire. |
| Price per lookup | No per-lookup rate published. The page says pay-per-verification with no setup or maintenance fees; the rate itself is not shown. | ₹0.40 to ₹0.80, by pack. ₹0.40 on the 6,250-credit pack. |
| How you get pricing | Contact sales for the GST verification rate. | Published, self-serve. Buy a pack, no sales call. |
| Return-filing data | Not listed. The returned fields on their page are status, legal name, taxpayer type, constitution of business, registration date, jurisdiction, principal place of business, last-updated date and nature of business. | Yes — GET /v1/gstin/{gstin}/returns lists every GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filed in a financial year with dates and ARNs; /compliance summarises it; /filing-preference gives the QRMP cadence. |
| Integration | Part of Cashfree’s wider verification suite, under one Cashfree account. | One header (x-api-key), official Node.js and Python libraries, OpenAPI spec, a free test GSTIN that never spends a credit. |
Cashfree details are what its own page states, read on September 19, 2026; where the page shows nothing we say so rather than guess. Source: www.cashfree.com/gst-verification/. Providers change their pricing — check with them before committing volume, and tell us if anything here is out of date.
The fastest honest comparison is your own vendor list through both. Sign up, copy the key and run this. The test GSTIN 00AAAAA0000A1ZT returns a fixed response and never spends a credit.
curl "https://www.gstinapi.in/v1/gstin/22AAAAA0000A1Z5" \ -H "x-api-key: gak_your_api_key"
No credit card. Credits never expire.
Not on its GST verification page, as of September 19, 2026. The page describes a pay-per-verification model with no setup or maintenance fees and offers ₹100 of free trial credits, but it does not show a per-lookup rate — you would ask Cashfree for one. gstinapi.in publishes its rates: ₹0.40 to ₹0.80 per lookup depending on the pack, prepaid, with the lowest rate on the 6,250-credit pack. Prices exclude 18% GST.
According to its own page: GSTIN status, legal name, taxpayer type, constitution of business, registration date, centre and state jurisdiction, principal place of business address, last-updated date, nature of business activities and a validity flag. Return-filing status is not among the listed fields.
Yes. The returns endpoint lists every GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filed in a financial year with filing dates and ARNs, and the compliance endpoint summarises filed counts, last filed period and average filing delay. Both use the same API key and credits as a GSTIN lookup.
No. gstinapi.in is GST-focused: GSTIN verification, return filing, HSN/SAC lookup, vendor monitoring and e-way bill / e-invoice. If you need PAN, bank-account or other identity checks from the same vendor, that is a reason to stay with a wider suite.
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