Orbyt Intelligence.

Yes. The Orbyt Intelligence API serves compensation benchmarking data over REST and MCP: 3,445 US roles across 81 cities, each role mapped to its BLS occupation code, with published BLS wage benchmarks carried beside clearly labelled Orbyt estimates. The free tier is 1,000 requests a month at 60 a minute with an API key and no card, so a benchmarking workflow can start without a contract.

Yes, and it is permanent: 1,000 requests a month at 60 requests a minute, on the same dataset every paid tier reads. It needs an account and an API key, because the monthly limit is metered per user, and it needs no card. There is no trial, because the free tier is the evaluation path. Pro ($99/mo) adds throughput and provenance lineage; Ultra ($199/mo) adds the company leveling catalog and annual reports.

Every response carries the figure, its methodology version, and honest labelling: Orbyt estimates are marked as computed, and published BLS benchmarks name their occupation code, metro area, and release. Errors use a structured envelope with a request ID and a retry strategy. The MCP server returns decision-ready responses with a quotable answer, supporting data, a methodology citation, and stated limitations.