{ "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-14", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "tool": { "slug": "clearbit", "name": "Clearbit", "vendor": "HubSpot, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://clearbit.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "lead-data", "summary": "Clearbit is a B2B data provider for company, contact and IP intelligence, acquired by HubSpot. It still runs enrichment, reveal and prospecting APIs for existing customers, and HubSpot's Breeze Intelligence carries its data for new buyers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clearbit", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clearbit.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clearbit.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clearbit.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the Clearbit Terms of Service (30 May 2025), provided by HubSpot, Inc. under the Clearbit brand", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API access is for existing Clearbit customers through their dashboard, and dashboard.clearbit.com/docs redirects to a login. The home page links only to a customer login, with no sign-up for new customers (checked 2026-10-14).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public prices. clearbit.com/pricing redirects to the home page. The free tools (Free Clearbit Platform, Weekly Visitor Report, Clearbit Connect, TAM Calculator and the free Slack integration) were discontinued on 30 April 2025, and the free Logo API was shut down on 8 December 2025 (https://clearbit.com/changelog, checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the public Clearbit pages (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "capabilities": [ "lead.enrichment", "data.company" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "not-for-agents", "sales-led", "closed-source", "enrichment", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2025-12-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 13.5, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1056, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 0, "reliability": 30, "schema": 0, "security": 8, "transparency": 66 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "breakdown": [ { "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16, "effectiveWeight": 20, "score": 30, "points": 6, "reason": "Read with the hosted lines. An Atlassian Statuspage with 22 components and incident history (20). Since 16 July 2026 it shows a minor Salesforce synchronisation incident from 18 September to 23 September and authentication errors on 31 August marked no impact, so minor only. These affect existing customers, since no outside agent can reach the APIs (10 of 30, reduced from 20 because the history covers a service closed to new users). No published limits for an outside agent (0). No overload or retry guidance on a public page (0). No SLA found (0). The standalone service is closed to new sign-ups, so the general-availability line scores nothing (0)." }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Latency is measured per call by our probes, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until the first probe window closes." }, { "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 0, "points": 0, "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. The API docs sit behind the customer login and there is no sign-up, so the contract, description, typed-input, example and versioning lines score nothing. clearbit.com/llms.txt returns 404 (0). This says nothing about the service for existing customers." }, { "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13, "effectiveWeight": 16.25, "score": 0, "points": 0, "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. With none open to a new user, every line scores nothing (0)." }, { "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14, "effectiveWeight": 17.5, "score": 8, "points": 1.4, "reason": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use, so the credential, least-privilege, injection and audit lines score nothing (0). The trust page says Clearbit is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and runs annual penetration tests. No security.txt, bug bounty or disclosure policy was found (8 of 20)." }, { "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 12.5, "score": 0, "points": 0, "reason": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). No public prices, and /pricing redirects to the home page (0). The free tools ended on 30 April 2025 (0). No sign-up route at all (0)." }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "weight": 10, "effectiveWeight": 0, "pending": true, "points": 0, "reason": "Pending. Task success needs the category task suites run through each tool, which haven't run yet, so this run doesn't score it. Its weight is shared across the assessed categories until then. A data provider's data-quality score is published on its listing now and becomes half of this category when it's scored." }, { "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 4, "points": 0.35, "reason": "Read for a closed service. The latest changelog entry is the Logo API shutdown after 8 December 2025, more than 180 days ago (0). No dated entries in the last 90 days (0). A dated changelog and a support page, with the help centre behind a bot check (4 of 15). No current SDK or MCP server (0). No package to judge (0)." }, { "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7, "effectiveWeight": 8.75, "score": 66, "points": 5.78, "note": "editorial 61, provenance 71", "reason": "Closed service under terms dated 30 May 2025 that name HubSpot, Inc. (15). The privacy policy, updated 31 August 2026, lists public, customer and third-party sources, and the trust page commits to deleting a terminated customer's account associations within 90 days (22 of 30). Dated sunset notices with months of warning, such as the Logo API announced in February 2025 for December (16 of 20). A sub-processor page listing locations, which we didn't read in full (8 of 20)." } ], "assessment": { "date": "2026-10-14", "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "notes": { "ergonomics": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. With none open to a new user, every line scores nothing (0).", "maintenance": "Read for a closed service. The latest changelog entry is the Logo API shutdown after 8 December 2025, more than 180 days ago (0). No dated entries in the last 90 days (0). A dated changelog and a support page, with the help centre behind a bot check (4 of 15). No current SDK or MCP server (0). No package to judge (0).", "payments": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). No public prices, and /pricing redirects to the home page (0). The free tools ended on 30 April 2025 (0). No sign-up route at all (0).", "reliability": "Read with the hosted lines. An Atlassian Statuspage with 22 components and incident history (20). Since 16 July 2026 it shows a minor Salesforce synchronisation incident from 18 September to 23 September and authentication errors on 31 August marked no impact, so minor only. These affect existing customers, since no outside agent can reach the APIs (10 of 30, reduced from 20 because the history covers a service closed to new users). No published limits for an outside agent (0). No overload or retry guidance on a public page (0). No SLA found (0). The standalone service is closed to new sign-ups, so the general-availability line scores nothing (0).", "schema": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use. The API docs sit behind the customer login and there is no sign-up, so the contract, description, typed-input, example and versioning lines score nothing. clearbit.com/llms.txt returns 404 (0). This says nothing about the service for existing customers.", "security": "Graded on the interface an outside agent can use, so the credential, least-privilege, injection and audit lines score nothing (0). The trust page says Clearbit is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and runs annual penetration tests. No security.txt, bug bounty or disclosure policy was found (8 of 20).", "transparency": "Closed service under terms dated 30 May 2025 that name HubSpot, Inc. (15). The privacy policy, updated 31 August 2026, lists public, customer and third-party sources, and the trust page commits to deleting a terminated customer's account associations within 90 days (22 of 30). Dated sunset notices with months of warning, such as the Logo API announced in February 2025 for December (16 of 20). A sub-processor page listing locations, which we didn't read in full (8 of 20)." }, "sources": [ { "what": "home page", "url": "https://clearbit.com", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "release notes", "url": "https://clearbit.com/changelog", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "terms of service", "url": "https://clearbit.com/legal", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "privacy policy", "url": "https://clearbit.com/privacy-policy", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "trust page", "url": "https://clearbit.com/trust", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "status components and incidents", "url": "https://clearbit.statuspage.io/api/v2/summary.json", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "docs redirect to login", "url": "https://dashboard.clearbit.com/docs", "seen": "2026-10-14" }, { "what": "help centre (bot check, not read)", "url": "https://help.clearbit.com/hc/en-us/articles/20717192156695-How-Can-I-Buy-Clearbit", "seen": "2026-10-14" } ], "openQuestions": [ "unchecked: the help centre article on buying Clearbit, behind a bot check, which a search result quoted as saying new standalone subscriptions are no longer offered", "Whether existing customers' API keys and endpoints have an end date", "unchecked: the full sub-processor list and the Breeze Intelligence API surface inside HubSpot" ] }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "There is no public API or MCP server an outside agent can call today. Clearbit's APIs still run for existing customers behind a login, and its free tools and Logo API were retired in 2025. HubSpot's Breeze Intelligence is the route for new buyers, through HubSpot rather than Clearbit.", "bestFor": "Only for teams that already hold a Clearbit contract.", "strengths": [ "Public status page with 22 components and incident history", "Dated sunset notices with months of warning, such as the Logo API", "Privacy policy updated 31 August 2026 and a sub-processor page with locations" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public API or MCP server an outside agent can call", "No sign-up or public prices, and the home page links only to a customer login", "Free tools retired on 30 April 2025 and the Logo API after 8 December 2025", "No security.txt, and the help centre sits behind a bot check" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't plan to call Clearbit. Hand the task to a person with an existing Clearbit account, or use HubSpot's Breeze Intelligence through HubSpot", "Replace logo.clearbit.com links, which stopped working after 8 December 2025" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 13.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 0, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 0, "reliability": 30, "schema": 0, "security": 8, "transparency": 61 }, "provenanceScore": 71 }, "connect": {}, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.enrichment", "tool": "https://letme.dev/clearbit" }, "notable": [ "The home page reads \"Clearbit has joined HubSpot!\" and links only to a customer login (https://clearbit.com)", "The free Logo API at logo.clearbit.com was taken offline for 24 hours on 12 November 2025 and shut down after 8 December 2025, after a sunset first announced for 1 December (https://clearbit.com/changelog)", "The status page still lists 22 components, among them the Person, Company, Enrichment, Reveal, Prospector and Discovery APIs, with a minor Salesforce sync incident on 18 September 2026 (https://status.clearbit.com)", "The terms say APIHub, Inc. dba Clearbit assigned them to HubSpot, Inc., which runs Clearbit Services under the Clearbit brand (https://clearbit.com/legal)", "The February 2025 announcement points users of the free tools to HubSpot's Breeze Intelligence (https://clearbit.com/changelog)" ], "area": "web-data", "details": [ { "label": "Surface listed", "value": "The public site, changelog, terms, privacy policy, trust page and status page, read on 14 October 2026. API docs are behind the customer login" }, { "label": "Access", "value": "Existing customers only. No sign-up on the home page, and pricing redirects to the home page" }, { "label": "Status components", "value": "22, including Person API, Company API, Enrichment API, Reveal API, Prospector API, Discovery API, Watchlist API, Batch and Webhooks" }, { "label": "Retired", "value": "Free tools on 30 April 2025, free Logo API after 8 December 2025" }, { "label": "Successor", "value": "HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, inside HubSpot (see the hubspot-mcp listing for HubSpot's agent surface)" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "HubSpot, Inc.", "domain": "clearbit.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://clearbit.com/legal", "privacy": "https://clearbit.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.clearbit.com", "changelog": "https://clearbit.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms were last updated on 30 May 2025 and the privacy policy on 31 August 2026. Both name HubSpot, Inc. under its Clearbit brand.", "clearbit.com/.well-known/security.txt answers with an HTML page, not a security.txt file.", "help.clearbit.com answered with a Cloudflare bot check, so its article on buying Clearbit wasn't read. A search result quoted it as saying new standalone subscriptions are no longer offered, which we couldn't confirm first-hand.", "status.clearbit.com is an Atlassian Statuspage (clearbit.statuspage.io).", "No RDAP lookup was made for clearbit.com." ], "score": 71, "checks": [ { "check": "Legal entity named", "value": "HubSpot, Inc.", "points": 20, "max": 20, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Domain age", "value": "clearbit.com, no registry record we could read", "points": 0, "max": 15, "state": "no" }, { "check": "Endpoint on the vendor's domain", "value": "clearbit.com", "points": 15, "max": 15, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Terms of service", "value": "read, states 6 of the 7 things a reader expects, and has 1 clause that costs points", "points": 7.1, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Privacy policy", "value": "read, states 7 of the 8 things a reader expects", "points": 9.3, "max": 10, "state": "part" }, { "check": "Status page", "value": "status.clearbit.com", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "Changelog", "value": "published", "points": 10, "max": 10, "state": "ok" }, { "check": "security.txt", "value": "not found", "points": 0, "max": 10, "state": "no" } ], "policies": [ { "kind": "terms", "url": "https://clearbit.com/legal", "state": "read", "readAt": "2026-10-14", "statedDate": "2025-05-30", "words": 15135, "points": 7.1, "max": 10, "expected": [ { "key": "terms.date", "label": "Gives the date it was last updated", "found": true, "quote": "These terms were last updated on May 30, 2025.", "says": "Last updated 2025-05-30" }, { "key": "terms.law", "label": "Names the governing law or courts", "found": true, "quote": "Governing Law: These Terms are governed by the laws of Delaware, with exclusive jurisdiction in Delaware courts and without regard to its conflicts of law rules.", "says": "The law of Delaware" }, { "key": "terms.liability", "label": "States a limit on its liability", "found": true, "quote": "…CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR CONNECTED WITH THESE TERMS, REGARDLESS OF THE DAMAGES THEORY, WILL NOT EXCEED THE FEES PAID OR OWING TO CLEARBIT UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE THE CLAIM AROSE.", "says": "Capped at the fees paid in the 12 months before the claim" }, { "key": "terms.termination", "label": "Says how the agreement or account can be ended", "found": true, "quote": "…Data or the Services in violation of these Terms or applicable law, Clearbit, in its sole discretion, may immediately suspend or limit Your access to the Product Data and/or Services until such violation is resolved to Clearbit’s reasonable satisfaction." }, { "key": "terms.changes", "label": "Says how changes to the terms are announced", "found": true, "quote": "Any material adverse changes to these Terms will become effective on the next business day date set forth in such notice.", "says": "Says it gives notice of a change" }, { "key": "terms.use", "label": "Lists what users may not do", "found": true, "quote": "If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with these Terms, you must not accept these Terms and may not use the Clearbit Services." }, { "key": "terms.sla", "label": "Refers to a service level or uptime commitment", "found": false } ], "toKnow": [ { "key": "training", "label": "Says it may use customer content to train or improve models, and no opt-out was found", "found": true, "quote": "(ii) Each party acknowledges and agrees that any Customer Data collected by the Clearbit Tags (“Website Data”) may be used by Clearbit and its Affiliates for improvement, development (including through the use of techniques such as machine learning), provision, and enhancement of Clearbit Services.", "costsPoints": true } ], "notes": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "text": "Unless the customer opts out, the licence over Customer Data includes sharing it with Clearbit and its affiliates for other customers' use.", "quote": "the Customer License to Customer Data and purposes described in this Section includes your authorization to share Customer Data with Clearbit and its Affiliates for other customers’ use" }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "text": "Clearbit owns the Usage Data it collects from customers, including Customer Data, which it may use for research, marketing and benchmarking.", "quote": "As between the parties, Clearbit and its Affiliates exclusively owns and reserves all right, title, and interest in and to the Usage Data." }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "text": "Clearbit may name the customer in customer listings on its website and in promotional or marketing materials.", "quote": "Clearbit may identify Customer as such, in general listings of customers that Clearbit may make available on its website or in promotional or marketing materials." } ] }, { "kind": "privacy", "url": "https://clearbit.com/privacy-policy", "state": "read", "readAt": "2026-10-14", "statedDate": "2026-08-31", "words": 5093, "points": 9.3, "max": 10, "expected": [ { "key": "privacy.date", "label": "Gives the date it was last updated", "found": true, "quote": "Last updated: August 31, 2026", "says": "Last updated 2026-08-31" }, { "key": "privacy.collected", "label": "Says what personal data is collected", "found": true, "quote": "This Privacy Policy describes how we process, handle, or otherwise maintain data we collect, including in connection with your use of our products, services, APIs, apps, and websites that link to this policy (we refer to these collectively as our \"Services\")." }, { "key": "privacy.retention", "label": "Says how long data is kept", "found": false }, { "key": "privacy.processors", "label": "Says who else receives the data", "found": true, "quote": "In certain circumstances, we act as a processor or service provider on behalf of our customers, and in those circumstances, it is the customer that is responsible for the processing of your personal information." }, { "key": "privacy.sale", "label": "Says whether personal data is sold or shared for advertising", "found": true, "quote": "To opt out of such sales and targeted advertising, please visit this link: Do Not Sell Or Share My Personal Information.", "says": "Says it does not sell personal data" }, { "key": "privacy.rights", "label": "Says what rights people have over their data", "found": true, "quote": "If you have questions or concerns regarding Clearbit's collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, or if you wish to exercise your rights, including the right to be removed from our Database, please complete this form." }, { "key": "privacy.contact", "label": "Gives a privacy contact", "found": true, "quote": "EU, UK, or Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy should first contact Clearbit at privacy@hubspot.com.", "says": "privacy@hubspot.com" }, { "key": "privacy.transfers", "label": "Says where data is transferred or stored", "found": true, "quote": "** Data Privacy Framework Notice.** Clearbit complies 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