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Middesk vs Recordwire

Middesk is a KYB platform. It verifies a business across all 50 states and D.C., adds TIN, watchlist, and lien checks, and monitors the businesses you verify, with webhooks and an MCP server. Its pricing is not published.[1][2][3][4] Recordwire is the registry data itself: every formation and change in twelve states, at flat published prices.[5][6] Pick Middesk for verification decisions. Pick Recordwire for the change data.

Vendor facts from each vendor's own public pages, read 2026-10-16. Sources are listed below.

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MiddeskRecordwire
ModelKYB verification platform with ongoing monitoring: dashboard, REST API, and MCP server.[7]Change feed plus lookup. Each new state file is compared with the last, and every difference is stored as a dated event. REST API, MCP server, and webhooks.[8]
U.S. state coverageSearches all 50 states and D.C. for every business it verifies.[1]12 states. Florida, New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut, and Oregon from official bulk files and open data. Massachusetts, Idaho, Wyoming, and Missouri from the state's public search, new formations only. Delaware from a licensed data partner, new formations only.[5]
FreshnessSearched when you order a verification. Without monitoring, the timeline is current as of the last order.[1][9]As often as each state publishes: daily in Florida, New York, Colorado, and Oregon, monthly in Pennsylvania, weekly in Virginia, nightly in Connecticut, every 3 hours in Massachusetts and Missouri, every 6 hours in Idaho, continuously in Wyoming, and several times a day in Delaware.[5]
Change events and historyYes, per verified business: a timeline of status, address, name, and officer changes, plus watchlist, lien, bankruptcy, and TIN events.[9][10]Six event types: formed, renamed, status, address, registered agent, officers. Full change events in the seven file states; new formations only in the other five. Virginia and Florida include state-published history.[11][5]
WebhooksYes, plus email notifications for monitoring events.[12][10]Yes. Signed webhooks per subscription, filtered by state, event type, or up to 10,000 company IDs.[8]
MCP serverYes, official, over HTTP and SSE with OAuth or an API key; access through sales.[3]Yes. Remote server at api.recordwirehq.com/mcp: five read tools and three for webhook subscriptions, one bearer key.[13]
OfficersYes, and registered agents.[14]Where the state publishes them: Florida, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wyoming; partly in New York, Virginia, Oregon. None in Colorado, Idaho, Missouri.[5]
Published pricingNot published; sold through a contact form.[4]$100 a month for one state, $200 for any three, $500 for all. No free trial.[6]

When to pick Middesk

You onboard businesses and want the verification done for you: Secretary of State searches in every state, IRS TIN matching, sanctions and adverse media screening, and ongoing monitoring with webhook and email alerts.[1][2][10] Middesk says 70% of its verifications resolve without an analyst.[2]

When to pick Recordwire

You need to know what changed, not just what a record says today. Recordwire compares each state file with the last, so formations, status changes, and new registered agents arrive as dated events through webhooks, REST, or MCP, with no lookup per company. Prices are flat and published. It covers twelve states, so check the coverage page first.[11][6][5]

Questions

How much does Middesk cost?

Middesk does not publish prices; its pricing links lead to a contact form.[4] Recordwire is $100 a month for one state, $200 for three, and $500 for all.[6]

Does Middesk have an MCP server?

Yes. It offers HTTP and SSE endpoints with OAuth or an API key, and access goes through your account manager or sales.[3] Recordwire’s MCP server works with any paid key.[13]

Does Middesk monitor businesses after onboarding?

Yes. Monitoring sends a webhook event and an email when a monitored business changes, and the business timeline records status, address, name, and officer changes.[10][9]

Is Recordwire a Middesk alternative?

Only for the registry part. Recordwire does no TIN matching, watchlist screening, or verification decisions. It reports what each state published and when, across every company in a covered state, not just the ones you verified.[11][5]

Can I use Middesk and Recordwire together?

Yes. Use Recordwire events to learn which companies changed in the states it covers, then use Middesk for anything Recordwire does not cover.[5]

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Sources

  1. Middesk docs: registration. https://docs.middesk.com/verify-business/registration. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  2. Middesk: business verification. https://www.middesk.com/solutions/verification. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  3. Middesk docs: MCP server. https://docs.middesk.com/build/mcp-server. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  4. Middesk: talk to an expert. https://www.middesk.com/contact. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  5. Recordwire coverage by state. https://recordwirehq.com/states. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  6. Recordwire pricing. https://recordwirehq.com/#pricing. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  7. Middesk llms.txt. https://www.middesk.com/llms.txt. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  8. Recordwire API docs. https://recordwirehq.com/docs. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  9. Middesk docs: business timeline. https://docs.middesk.com/monitor-activity/timeline. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  10. Middesk docs: how monitoring works. https://docs.middesk.com/monitor-activity/how-monitoring-works. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  11. Recordwire change events. https://recordwirehq.com/change-events. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  12. Middesk docs: webhooks. https://docs.middesk.com/build/webhooks. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  13. Recordwire MCP server. https://recordwirehq.com/mcp. Accessed 2026-10-16.
  14. Middesk docs: owners and officers. https://docs.middesk.com/verify-business/owners-officers. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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