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title: "eBay Finding API (findCompletedItems) alternatives"
url: https://www.soldcomps.io/alternatives/ebay-finding-api
updated: 2026-11-14
answer: "eBay decommissioned the Finding API, including findCompletedItems, on 2025-02-04, its Browse API searches items for sale rather than sold ones, and Marketplace Insights is a limited release not open to new users, so sold prices in code now come from third-party APIs such as SoldComps.io, sold-comps.com, CompSniper, CompsAPI and Soldgraph."
publisher: SoldComps.io (https://www.soldcomps.io)
---

# eBay Finding API (findCompletedItems) alternatives

> eBay decommissioned the Finding API, including findCompletedItems, on 2025-02-04, its Browse API searches items for sale rather than sold ones, and Marketplace Insights is a limited release not open to new users, so sold prices in code now come from third-party APIs such as SoldComps.io, sold-comps.com, CompSniper, CompsAPI and Soldgraph.

Rival facts checked on 2026-11-14 on each company's own pages (sources below). SoldComps.io is our product; we sell an eBay sold comps API.

## Comparison

| Product | Sold data? | History window | Sales per call | Free tier | Price per 1,000 searches | MCP server | Best Offer accepted prices | Marketplaces | API access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [eBay Finding API (findCompletedItems)](https://developer.ebay.com/develop/get-started/api-deprecation-status) | It did; now retired [1] | n/a (retired) [1] | n/a (retired) [1] | n/a (retired) [1] | n/a (retired) [1] | No [1] | n/a (retired) [1] | eBay [1] | Decommissioned 2025-02-04; eBay names the Browse API as its replacement [1] |
| [eBay Browse API](https://developer.ebay.com/develop/api/buy/browse_api) | No; it searches items for sale (the sold-date filter is Marketplace Insights only) [2][3] | n/a (no sold data) [3] | n/a (no sold data) [2] | Not stated on the pages checked [2] | n/a (no sold data) [2] | Not stated [2] | n/a (no sold data) [2] | eBay [2] | Open; every method needs an application access token [2] |
| [eBay Marketplace Insights API](https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/buy/marketplace-insights/static/overview.html) | Yes, sales history of items sold on eBay [4] | Not stated on the pages we could read [4] | Not stated on the pages we could read [4] | Not stated [4] | n/a (not open to new users) [3] | Not stated [4] | Not stated [4] | eBay [4] | Limited Release for select approved developers; "restricted and not open to new users at this time" [4][3] |
| [SoldComps.io](https://www.soldcomps.io) | Yes, eBay sold listings [17] | 90 days (days=1 to 90) [17] | Up to 200 (you set limit; default 50); stats use every match [17] | 2,000 credits a month, no card (about 28 searches of 50 sales) [18] | $7.00 on Starter ($5 for 50,000 credits), $6.51 on Scale; prepaid $8.40 [18] | Yes, remote at https://www.soldcomps.io/mcp; no key needed to try [19] | No. Accepted Best Offers whose price eBay hides are flagged and left out of the median, not shown [17] | eBay US, UK and Germany (eBay only) [17] | REST GET /v1/sold with a Bearer key, OpenAPI 3.1, MCP [17][19] |
| [sold-comps.com](https://sold-comps.com/) | Yes, eBay sold listings, plus Poshmark, Mercari and TCGPlayer sales [5][6] | Up to 90 days [5] | Up to 240 (60, 120 or 240 per page); same price for 10 or 240 [5][6] | 100 requests a month, no card [5] | $4.50 on Starter ($9 for 2,000), $1.58 on Scale, $0.50 on the 2M plan; credits $3.00 [5][6] | Not stated [6][7] | Yes, with hydrateBoa=true (eBay Price Guide; listings on ebay.com, .co.uk and .de; 1 extra request when found) [6] | 8 eBay sites (US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, CA, AU), Poshmark, Mercari, TCGPlayer [5][6] | REST with a Bearer key, RapidAPI, bulk search, async Max Mode, image search [6][7] |
| [CompSniper](https://compsniper.com/) | Yes, eBay sold listings plus other marketplaces [8] | About 90 days on /v1/scrape; up to 3 years on /v1/research/sold [8][9] | Up to 240 (history endpoint: 10, 20 or 50 rows a page) [8][9] | 100 requests a month, no card [10] | $4.50 on Starter ($9 for 2,000), $1.58 on Scale, $1.10 at 500K; credits $5.00 [10] | Yes, hosted; ChatGPT and Claude connectors with sign-in, or your key in other clients [8][11] | Yes, on every plan [10] | 8 eBay sites; TCGplayer, PSA, Grailed, Poshmark, Mercari, Depop; Goldin, Fanatics Collect, Pristine, MySlabs results [10] | REST with a Bearer key, RapidAPI, Max Mode [8] |
| [CompsAPI](https://compsapi.com/) | Yes, eBay sold listings [12] | Up to 1,095 days (3 years) on every plan [13] | Up to 240 (size 10 to 240) [13][14] | 100 requests a month, no card (paging to page 10) [13] | $1.80 on Starter ($9 for 5,000), $0.79 on Pro; less on annual billing; no overage (quota pauses) [13] | Yes, hosted at api.compsapi.com/mcp with your API key [14] | Yes, best_offer=1 returns the price the sale closed at, on every plan [13][14] | eBay US with other eBay sites merged in; pin US, UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, CA or AU; prices in USD [14] | REST with a Bearer key, Google Sheets template [12][14] |
| [Soldgraph](https://soldgraph.com/) | Yes, eBay, Poshmark and Mercari sold listings [15] | No fixed window; one page of the most recent results [16] | Up to 200 eBay rows with count=200 (40 without) [15] | 100 requests, one-time (they don't refill) [16] | $4.50 on Lite ($9 for 2,000), $1.49 on Business; pay as you go $10.00, or $3.00 on a paid plan [16] | Yes, hosted, with your API key [16] | Not stated; it says displayed prices can differ from what the buyer paid [16] | 8 eBay countries, Poshmark, Mercari (sold and active); Depop, Whatnot, OfferUp, Facebook Marketplace, Vinted (active); TCGplayer sample [15][16] | REST with a Bearer key; async jobs (202, then poll); batches; 15-minute cache [15][16] |

Price per 1,000 searches assumes 50 sales per search and one request per search. eBay Finding API (findCompletedItems): Retired; no price. eBay Browse API: The Browse API returns items for sale, not sold prices, so a price per sold-data search doesn't apply. eBay Marketplace Insights API: Marketplace Insights is not open to new users, so there is no price to compute. SoldComps.io: A 50-sale search costs 20 + 50 × 1 = 70 credits; Starter: 50,000 credits ÷ 70 = 714 searches for $5, so $7.00 per 1,000 searches; Growth: 300,000 credits ÷ 70 = 4,285 searches for $29, so $6.77 per 1,000 searches; Scale: 850,000 credits ÷ 70 = 12,142 searches for $79, so $6.51 per 1,000 searches; Pay as you go: 50,000 credits ÷ 70 = 714 searches for $6, so $8.40 per 1,000 searches; Fewer sales cost less: a 20-sale search is 40 credits, $4.00 per 1,000 on Starter. sold-comps.com: Starter: $9 ÷ 2,000 requests × 1,000 = $4.50; Growth: $29 ÷ 10,000 requests × 1,000 = $2.90; Scale: $79 ÷ 50,000 requests × 1,000 = $1.58; high-volume plans as listed: $1.29 at 100,000 down to $0.499 at 2,000,000; credits: $3 per 1,000 requests CompSniper: Starter: $9 ÷ 2,000 requests × 1,000 = $4.50; Growth: $29 ÷ 10,000 requests × 1,000 = $2.90; Scale: $79 ÷ 50,000 requests × 1,000 = $1.58; 500K: $549 ÷ 500,000 requests × 1,000 = $1.10; credits: $5.00 per 1,000 requests CompsAPI: Starter: $9 ÷ 5,000 requests × 1,000 = $1.80; Growth: $29 ÷ 25,000 requests × 1,000 = $1.16; Pro: $79 ÷ 100,000 requests × 1,000 = $0.79; annual billing lists Starter at $7.50/mo, so lower still Soldgraph: Lite: $9 ÷ 2,000 requests × 1,000 = $4.50; Starter: $19 ÷ 5,000 requests × 1,000 = $3.80; Pro: $49 ÷ 20,000 requests × 1,000 = $2.45; Business: $149 ÷ 100,000 requests × 1,000 = $1.49; pay as you go: $10 per 1,000 with no plan, $3 per 1,000 on any paid plan

## Where eBay's own APIs are better

- eBay's Browse API is open to developers and is the right tool for active listings: if you don't need sold prices, use it.
- Marketplace Insights is eBay's own sold-data API, if you are one of the approved developers.

## Where SoldComps.io is different

- SoldComps.io maps closely to a findCompletedItems keyword search: one GET with q, condition, price range, buying format and days, returning sold items with price, date, condition, shipping and link.
- SoldComps.io returns the median and middle half (p25 to p75) with lots, for-parts units, replicas, accessories and outliers flagged and left out of the stats.
- SoldComps.io has a remote MCP server at https://www.soldcomps.io/mcp that Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can use with no key; add a Bearer key to bill your own credits.
- Errors are never billed, and every response reports what it cost.

## When to pick which

- **Use the Browse API** for active listings only.
- **Pick SoldComps.io** for a drop-in sold search on eBay US, UK or Germany with the median worked out, or for AI agents through MCP.
- **Pick sold-comps.com or Soldgraph** for more eBay sites and other marketplaces.
- **Pick CompsAPI or CompSniper** for sold history beyond 90 days or accepted Best Offer prices.

## Frequently asked questions

### When was findCompletedItems retired?

eBay's API deprecation status page lists the whole Finding API as decommissioned on 2025-02-04, replaced by the Browse API.

### Does the Browse API return sold items?

No. It searches items for sale; the lastSoldDate filter in eBay's Buy API filter reference applies to Marketplace Insights only.

### Can I get access to Marketplace Insights?

eBay's docs call it a Limited Release API for select approved developers, and its filter reference says it is "restricted and not open to new users at this time".

### What's the closest replacement for findCompletedItems?

Any of the third-party sold APIs in the table. SoldComps.io is one GET request: GET /v1/sold?q=... returns up to 200 sold eBay listings plus the median, with 2,000 free credits a month.

## Sources

1. [eBay Developers: API deprecation status (Finding API decommissioned 2025-02-04)](https://developer.ebay.com/develop/get-started/api-deprecation-status) (checked 2026-11-14)
2. [eBay Developers: Browse API (search items for sale, application token)](https://developer.ebay.com/develop/api/buy/browse_api) (checked 2026-11-14)
3. [eBay Developers: Buy API field filters (Marketplace Insights restricted; lastSoldDate is Marketplace Insights only)](https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/buy/static/ref-buy-browse-filters.html) (checked 2026-11-14)
4. [eBay Developers: Marketplace Insights API overview ("Limited Release"; read via Google's snippet, page needs sign-in)](https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/buy/marketplace-insights/static/overview.html) (checked 2026-11-14)
5. [sold-comps.com: home page and pricing](https://sold-comps.com/) (checked 2026-11-14)
6. [sold-comps.com: API docs (hydrateBoa, credits, rate limits, Mercari, Poshmark, TCGPlayer)](https://sold-comps.com/docs) (checked 2026-11-14)
7. [sold-comps.com: changelog (image search, sellerCountry, high-volume plans)](https://sold-comps.com/changelog) (checked 2026-11-14)
8. [CompSniper: documentation (service basics, history, MCP)](https://compsniper.com/docs) (checked 2026-11-14)
9. [CompSniper: ebay-sold-history-api on GitHub (3-year history endpoint)](https://github.com/CompSniper/ebay-sold-history-api) (checked 2026-11-14)
10. [CompSniper: pricing](https://compsniper.com/pricing) (checked 2026-11-14)
11. [CompSniper: home page and FAQ (ChatGPT and Claude connectors)](https://compsniper.com/) (checked 2026-11-14)
12. [CompsAPI: home page and FAQ](https://compsapi.com/) (checked 2026-11-14)
13. [CompsAPI: pricing](https://compsapi.com/pricing) (checked 2026-11-14)
14. [CompsAPI: API docs (site, best_offer, MCP server)](https://compsapi.com/docs) (checked 2026-11-14)
15. [Soldgraph: API docs (endpoints and marketplaces)](https://soldgraph.com/docs) (checked 2026-11-14)
16. [Soldgraph: home page, pricing and FAQ](https://soldgraph.com/) (checked 2026-11-14)
17. [SoldComps.io API docs (GET /v1/sold)](https://www.soldcomps.io/docs) (checked 2026-11-14)
18. [SoldComps.io pricing](https://www.soldcomps.io/pricing) (checked 2026-11-14)
19. [SoldComps.io MCP server](https://www.soldcomps.io/mcp-server) (checked 2026-11-14)

Try SoldComps.io: free lookup https://www.soldcomps.io · API docs https://www.soldcomps.io/docs.md · MCP https://www.soldcomps.io/mcp · other comparisons https://www.soldcomps.io/vs. Corrections: hello@soldcomps.io