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BuiltWith

Tracks the technology stacks of your leads in real time, identifies new sales opportunities based on software installs, and maps competitor shifts across the web.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native BuiltWith integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right BuiltWith calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your BuiltWith data, across all 10 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke BuiltWith access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in BuiltWith, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when BuiltWith is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach BuiltWith.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every BuiltWith action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on BuiltWith, and when to use it.

Create Domain List File
Use this when preparing a domain list for bulk or firehose lookups by creating a txt or zip file.
Datasets Lookup
Pull historical technology usage trends for a domain from 2000 to today.
Domain API Lookup
Retrieve current and historical technology information for a specific website.
Financial API Lookup
Fetch company financial data for websites registered in the US or UK.
Free API Lookup
Pull a snapshot of technology usage timing and last updated dates for a domain.
Get List With Meta
Retrieve a list of websites using a specific technology including detailed company metadata.
Get Technology List
Find all websites currently leveraging a particular technology or software.
MCP API Lookup
Query live web technologies for a root domain to get the most current state.
Product API Lookup
Discover online retailers selling specific products or query a domain for its product listings.
Recommendations API Lookup
Generate a list of websites that share similar technology profiles to a given domain.
Redirects API Lookup
Retrieve live and historical inbound and outbound redirects for a root domain.
Social API Lookup
Map social media profile urls back to their associated root domains.
Lists API Get List With Meta
Tool to retrieve a list of websites using a specified technology, including metadata. use when you need detailed company and site information for sites using a particular technology.
Lists API Get List
Tool to retrieve a list of websites using a specific technology. use when you want to find sites leveraging a particular tech.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven acts as a pass through for your existing BuiltWith API subscription. We do not provide the credits ourselves. Every time an agent runs a lookup or a bulk scan, it consumes credits from your account based on the specific endpoint used. Some lookups like the Free API are low cost, while full domain lookups are more expensive. You can monitor your remaining credit balance directly in your BuiltWith dashboard. To prevent unexpected costs, you can set a credit cap within the Ceven integration settings so the agent stops making requests once a certain threshold is reached during a bulk workflow.
Yes. Ceven uses the Social API Lookup tool to bridge the gap between social profiles and web domains. When you provide a social media URL, the agent queries BuiltWith to find the root domain associated with that profile. Once the domain is identified, the agent can then trigger a full Domain API Lookup to reveal the entire technology stack, hosting provider, and analytics tools used by that company. This is particularly useful for sales teams who find prospects on LinkedIn or X and need to understand their technical infrastructure before reaching out with a tailored pitch.
BuiltWith is highly accurate but relies on public facing signals like script tags, CSS classes, and HTTP headers. If a company uses a proxy or a very strict content security policy that hides these signals, the detection might be incomplete. Some technologies are easier to detect than others. For example, a visible Shopify store is easy to spot, but a backend database like MongoDB is harder to verify unless it leaks a specific header. Ceven handles this by allowing you to cross reference the Domain API with the MCP API for a more live view of the site.
No. The Financial API Lookup is specifically limited to websites registered in the US and the UK. For domains registered in other countries, the financial data field will return empty. If your workflow targets a global market, we recommend combining BuiltWith with other data providers for non US and UK regions. Ceven can be configured to automatically switch to an alternative financial data provider if the BuiltWith lookup returns no results for a specific country, ensuring your lead enrichment process remains consistent regardless of where the target company is based.
BuiltWith enforces strict rate limits that vary by your subscription tier. If an agent attempts to run a massive bulk lookup too quickly, BuiltWith will return a 429 error. Ceven manages this by implementing an automatic retry logic with exponential backoff. This means if the agent hits a rate limit, it will pause for a few seconds before trying again. For very large datasets, we recommend using the Create Domain List File tool to batch your requests, as this is more efficient than making thousands of individual API calls and reduces the risk of getting throttled.
Yes. By using the Datasets Lookup or the historical data provided by the Domain API, Ceven can compare the current state of a website against its state from a previous scan. You can set up a workflow that runs every week and compares the list of installed technologies. If a specific tool disappears from the list, the agent can flag this as a churn event. This is a powerful way to track competitor migrations or identify when a target account has stopped using a product they previously relied on, creating a perfect opening for a sales pitch.
The Recommendations API Lookup looks for websites that have a similar technology fingerprint to your target domain. This is not based on industry keywords but on the actual software they use. For example, if you find a highly successful site that uses a specific combination of a headless CMS, a certain CDN, and a specific payment gateway, the agent can find other sites using that exact same stack. This allows you to find high value targets who have the same technical maturity and needs as your best existing customers, regardless of their stated industry.
Yes. You can use the Get Technology List action to pull a comprehensive list of domains utilizing a specific software. You can further refine this by using the Get List With Meta action to include company details and contact information. This is ideal for building cold outreach lists. For example, you can ask Ceven to find every site using an outdated version of a plugin and then draft an email explaining why they should upgrade to your modern alternative, effectively automating the top of your sales funnel.

Alternatives to BuiltWith

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