> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.manypi.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Find companies

> Search for the companies you want to reach, then scan their websites in the background.

**Find companies** turns a description into a list of company websites and
scans the ones you pick.

**1. Search**

Type who you are looking for, for example *marketing agencies in Austin*.
Pick a country with the globe button if you want to narrow it down.

**2. Pick the sites**

ManyPI returns company websites, with directories, review sites,
marketplaces and LinkedIn left out. Untick any you do not want. **More
results** loads the next page.

**3. Scan**

**Scan sites** reads each ticked site, two at a time. It keeps going with
the panel closed; the toolbar icon shows progress and Chrome tells you
when it is done.

## Cost

Each results page costs **1 crawl credit**, whether or not it held new
companies. Scanning the sites uses no credits.

## Where the search runs

The search runs on ManyPI's servers, never in your browser, so you are not
asked to solve CAPTCHAs. The extension only opens the company sites you
ticked.

For automation, the same search is available as
[Find company websites](https://docs.manypi.com/api-reference/leads/find-company-sites.md) in the API.


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