vatnode vs viesapi.eu – More Than a VIES Passthrough
viesapi.eu wraps VIES: you send a VAT number and get back what VIES says about it. vatnode starts from the same VIES answer and then adds what VIES does not have – company data from national registries, the country's VAT rates, bulk jobs of 50,000 numbers and monitoring with webhooks from the entry plan.
Last updated: October 2026
viesapi.eu facts on this page checked against its own public site, pricing page and API documentation on 5 Oct 2026. Both vendors can change pricing or scope after that date.
Where vatnode Is Stronger
First, what one response contains. VIES knows whether a number is valid and, for most countries, a name and an address. vatnode adds the registration date, legal form, company status, industry and the registry and tax numbers from national tax authorities and company registries where they publish them, plus the local VAT name, all four rate tiers and the currency. Each check also gets a checkId and a verifiedAt timestamp you can keep with the invoice.
Second, volume. A vatnode bulk job takes up to 50,000 numbers in one request. viesapi.eu caps a batch at 99 numbers and asks you to send batches one after another, waiting 2 to 10 minutes for each.
Third, monitoring. On vatnode it is part of the €19/month Starter plan, set up through the API, and a webhook tells your system when a stored customer number goes invalid or the registered name or address changes. On viesapi.eu it needs the €40/month Professional plan, lives in the web panel and delivers its results as a downloadable report.
Fourth, getting started. Every vatnode account gets 100 live checks a month without a card, authenticated with a plain Bearer key and answered in JSON. viesapi.eu has no free live checks, and its production API expects an HMAC-SHA256 signature on every request.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | vatnode | viesapi.eu |
|---|---|---|
| EU VAT validation (VIES) | Yes | Yes |
| VIES consultation number (audit reference) in API response | Yes | Yes |
| Company name + address | Yes | Yes |
| Company registration date, status, industry from national registries | Yes | No |
| Legal form | From national registries | Guessed from the company name, Business plan and up |
| Registry and tax numbers with their local names | Yes | No |
| Local VAT name, all rate tiers and currency in every response | Yes | No |
| Bulk validation | Up to 50,000 numbers per async job | 3–99 numbers per batch, one batch at a time |
| VAT monitoring | From €19/mo | From €40/mo (Professional) |
| Monitoring set up and read through the API | Yes | Web panel only |
| Webhooks on status, name or address change | Yes | No |
| Audit trail (checkId + verifiedAt timestamp) | Yes | No |
| Authentication | Bearer API key | HMAC-SHA256 signature per request |
| Response format | JSON | XML by default, JSON on request |
| Public per-country VIES availability page | Own measurements every 15 min | Links to the Commission's own page |
| Free live checks | 100 per month, no card | None — test API with 30 fixed numbers |
vatnode rows come from our own API and pricing page; viesapi.eu rows from its public site, pricing page and API documentation, checked 5 Oct 2026. Both vendors quote in EUR excluding VAT. Rows marked false mean the vendor does not document the capability publicly, which is not the same as confirming it is absent.
Questions Buyers Ask
Does viesapi.eu have a free plan?
Not for live checks. Its test API is free and needs no account, but it only answers for 30 predefined VAT numbers; every real number needs a paid plan. vatnode gives every account 100 live checks a month without a card, and any number can be checked on vatnode.dev without signing up.
What does vatnode return that viesapi.eu does not?
viesapi.eu returns the VIES answer: validity, name, address and the consultation number, with a parsed address and a legal form classified from the company name on higher plans. vatnode returns the same VIES answer and adds data from national tax authorities and company registries where they publish it: registration date, legal form, company status, industry, the registry and tax numbers with their local names. Every response also carries the country's local VAT name, all rate tiers and the currency, plus a checkId and verifiedAt you can store next to the invoice.
How does bulk validation compare?
viesapi.eu accepts 3 to 99 numbers per batch, takes 2 to 10 minutes per batch and asks you to submit batches one at a time. vatnode takes up to 50,000 numbers in one asynchronous job, so cleaning up a full customer base is one request and one result.
How does VAT monitoring compare?
On viesapi.eu monitoring starts with the €40/month Professional plan; groups and schedules are set up in the web panel, and the results come as a report you download there. On vatnode monitoring starts with the €19/month Starter plan, is managed through the API, and a webhook fires the moment a monitored number goes invalid or its registered name or address changes.
Do both return the VIES consultation number?
Yes. On vatnode the requester VAT is set once in Account settings and applies to every check, so no call has to carry it, and with a requester configured vatnode returns either a result with a consultation number or a typed error, never a silent answer without the audit reference.
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