Thinknum

Thinknum is an alternative data platform that collects and structures web-sourced datasets to power investment and business intelligence. It tracks metrics such as job listings, store locations, product pricing, web traffic, app reviews, and social engagement across hundreds of thousands of companies, keyed by exchange ticker. The Thinknum Data API (data.thinknum.com) exposes these datasets over a token-authenticated REST interface with Query, Historical, Company, and Upload endpoints, plus embeddable widgets and an official Python client. Backed by 500 Global.

Thinknum publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Alternative Data, Financial Data, Investment Research, and Market Intelligence.

Thinknum’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, engineering blog, support, changelog, and 17 more developer resources.

35.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
1 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyAlternative DataFinancial DataInvestment ResearchMarket IntelligenceWeb DataDatasets

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 35.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 7.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Thinknum Data API

Token-authenticated REST API over data.thinknum.com for querying Thinknum's alternative datasets. Endpoints cover dataset query (filter/group/sort/ function), historical daily a...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

thinknum-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Thinknum Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Thinknum Authentication

http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Thinknum Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: thinknum
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/thinknum.png
name: Thinknum
description: Thinknum is an alternative data platform that collects and structures web-sourced datasets to power investment
  and business intelligence. It tracks metrics such as job listings, store locations, product pricing, web traffic, app reviews,
  and social engagement across hundreds of thousands of companies, keyed by exchange ticker. The Thinknum Data API (data.thinknum.com)
  exposes these datasets over a token-authenticated REST interface with Query, Historical, Company, and Upload endpoints,
  plus embeddable widgets and an official Python client. Backed by 500 Global.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thinknum/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v1
tags:
- Company
- Alternative Data
- Financial Data
- Investment Research
- Market Intelligence
- Web Data
- Datasets
apis:
- name: Thinknum Data API
  description: Token-authenticated REST API over data.thinknum.com for querying Thinknum's alternative datasets. Endpoints
    cover dataset query (filter/group/sort/ function), historical daily and monthly feeds, company lookup by ticker or domain,
    and CSV upload.
  humanURL: https://docs.thinknum.com
  baseURL: https://data.thinknum.com
  tags:
  - Alternative Data
  - Datasets
  - Financial Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.thinknum.com
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.thinknum.com/docs/getting-started.md
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.thinknum.com/docs/query-api.md
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/thinknum-authentication.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://thinknum.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.thinknum.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.thinknum.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.thinknum.com/docs/query-api.md
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.thinknum.com/docs/getting-started.md
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/thinknum-authentication.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.thinknum.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.thinknum.com/status
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@thinknum.com
- type: Login
  url: https://www.thinknum.com/creator/account/login/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.thinknum.com/tos
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/thinknum
- type: Packages
  url: packages/thinknum-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/thinknum-packages.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/thinknum-llms.txt
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/thinknum-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/thinknum-rate-limits.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/thinknum-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/thinknum-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/thinknum-changelog.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/thinknum-components.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/thinknum-mcp.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/thinknum-data-model.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thinknum-domain-security.yml