FindIP vs PatSnap

FindIP provides patent search through a browser playground and a REST API for use in other services. It searches published patents from the US, China, Japan, Korea, and Europe; full-text coverage begins in 2001, except China, where it begins in 2010. Semantic search matches text by meaning, while drawing search finds visually similar patent illustrations. Sequence search covers similar DNA, RNA, or protein sequences. Image and sequence results can be reranked by topic. Queries may be written in English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, or German across all five jurisdictions. FindIP says each result is a publication in its database that can be checked by publication number. Its MCP connection supports Claude Desktop and Web and ChatGPT during beta. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 30 search credits and all APIs. Basic costs $45 a month, billed excluding tax, and includes 300 monthly credits. Text searches use one credit; image search, sequence search, and trend analysis use two. The listed rate limit is 60 requests per minute on Free, Basic, and Pro; Enterprise has a custom limit.

PatSnap provides AI-driven innovation intelligence for intellectual property, research and development, materials science and drug discovery. It is aimed at R&D leaders, IP professionals, engineers, scientists and researchers. PatSnap says its data covers more than 2 billion structured data points across patents, science, litigation and technology; its Open Platform provides more than 210 million global patent and science records. Open Platform use cases include patent search and analysis, competitive intelligence, R&D innovation and patent application support. Developers can connect through REST APIs, MCP servers, UI widgets and Agent Skills. Listed options include Python, Node.js and Java SDKs, MCP support for Claude Desktop and Cursor, React and Vue widgets, and Agent Skills for LangChain and AutoGen with more than 140 atomic tools. PatSnap states that products are available in cloud or on-premises deployments. It says it holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification and meets ISO 27001:2022 standards, and that user data is encrypted in transit and at rest using TLS 1.3 and AES-256. Its proprietary LLM does not use customer data for pretraining or retraining. Plans include a free Basic tier; the pricing note lists a starting price of $200/mo and a 14-day trial.