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      "slug": "apollo",
      "name": "Apollo API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Apollo.io",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.apollo.io",
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      "category": "lead-data",
      "summary": "People and company search over Apollo's database of about 240 million contacts and 30 million companies, person and company enrichment with email and mobile reveal, and the Apollo CRM and sequence objects.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apollo",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apollo.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apollo.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apollo.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.apollo.io/api/v1",
      "packages": [],
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      "authNotes": "REST uses the `x-api-key` header. Keys can be limited to chosen endpoints, and a master key reaches everything. Partners use OAuth 2.0. The hosted MCP at mcp.apollo.io uses OAuth, and headless clients send a master key in `X-Api-Key`. Calls act as the workspace's longest-standing active admin, whoever made the key.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan, then Basic $49, Professional $79 and Organization $119 a user a month billed yearly ($59, $99 and $149 monthly; the Organization plan needs 3 seats). People search costs 0 credits. Person enrichment is 1 credit for email and demographics plus 8 for a mobile number, and waterfall lookups through third-party vendors can reach 20 or more credits for an email and 45 or more for a phone. Company enrichment is 1 credit per company, company search 1 credit per page of up to 100. The pricing FAQ says custom integrations need a Custom plan, while the API docs list rate limits for the Free through Organization plans (https://www.apollo.io/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$49 / seat-mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 mention in the API docs, MCP docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 25,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
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      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.apollo.io",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.apollo.io/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.apollo.io/openapi/apollo-rest-api.json",
      "registryName": "io.github.apolloio/apollo-mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "lead.search",
        "lead.enrichment",
        "email.finder",
        "data.company",
        "data.person"
      ],
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        "lead-search",
        "enrichment",
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "closed-source"
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      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 63.6,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 199,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 65,
          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 60,
          "transparency": 75
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "People search costs 0 credits, up to 100 records a page and 50,000 a query. Headless MCP use needs a master key that reaches every endpoint.",
        "strengths": [
          "People search costs 0 credits, up to 100 records a page and 50,000 a query",
          "`error_details` carries a stable code, ordered fix suggestions and `retry_after_seconds`",
          "Scoped API keys limited to chosen endpoints, with regenerate and delete",
          "ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2, with a public subprocessor list in the trust centre",
          "Listed in the official MCP registry under io.github.apolloio"
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          "Headless MCP use needs a master key that reaches every endpoint",
          "MCP write actions include sending email, sequence enrolment and buying domains, with no read-only mode",
          "Status page has no API or MCP component, and logged background-job downtimes of 1 h 16 min and 2 h 49 min in the last 90 days",
          "Pricing FAQ says API access is on Custom plans, while the API docs list limits for Free through the Organization plan",
          "One changelog entry and no SLA found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Search people first at 0 credits, then enrich only the people you'll contact",
          "Branch on `error_details.code` and wait `retry_after_seconds` from the suggestions after a 429",
          "Limits are per team, so read the `x-minute-usage` and remaining headers before a bulk run",
          "Use a scoped key with only the endpoints the job needs. A master key reaches everything",
          "Get a person's approval before adding contacts to a sequence, since enrolment can start sending"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 2.5,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
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              "tasks"
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          "maintenance": 58,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 60,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "provenanceScore": 86
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      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.apollo.io/api/v1/mixed_people/api_search -H \"x-api-key: $APOLLO_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"person_titles\":[\"head of sales\"],\"per_page\":5}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http apollo https://mcp.apollo.io/mcp"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/apollo"
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      "unitPrices": [
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          "item": "Basic plan",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "billed yearly, $59 monthly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Professional plan",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 79,
          "note": "billed yearly, $99 monthly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Organization plan",
          "unit": "seat-month",
          "usd": 119,
          "note": "billed yearly, $149 monthly, 3 seats minimum"
        }
      ],
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        "legalEntity": "ZenLeads Inc. d/b/a Apollo.io",
        "domain": "apollo.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2018-01-09",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.apollo.io/terms",
        "privacy": "https://www.apollo.io/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.apollo.io",
        "changelog": "https://docs.apollo.io/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "Plan prices come from the pricing page's structured data and third-party reports. The plan table itself renders client-side"
        ],
        "score": 86
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apollo.json",
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        "slug": "apollo",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.apollo.io/api/v1",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:21.822904297Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
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          "p95ms24h": 412,
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          "samples30d": 1140,
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              "ok": 35
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              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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              "ok": 271
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
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              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 38,
              "ok": 38
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.apollo.io",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:48.55084474Z"
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            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "io.github.apolloio/apollo-mcp",
            "version": "0.1.1",
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        ],
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          "url": "https://apollo.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:56.204269797Z"
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          "url": "https://docs.apollo.io/llms.txt",
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          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:15.184779947Z"
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          "domain": "apollo.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:44.956777073Z"
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            "url": "https://www.apollo.io/terms",
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      "slug": "lusha",
      "name": "Lusha API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Lusha",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.lusha.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "lead-data",
      "summary": "Contact and company enrichment, filter-based prospecting, lookalikes, job-change and company signals, and webhooks over a versioned REST API with OpenAPI files.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lusha",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lusha.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lusha.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lusha.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.lusha.com",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "REST calls take an `api_key` header (lowercase, underscore). Keys belong to users and can carry per-key credit caps set by admins. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.lusha.com takes OAuth in chat clients or an x-api-key header elsewhere. Webhooks are signed with HMAC-SHA256.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 40 credits a month. Starter $49.90 a month for 400 credits, Pro $69.90 for 600, Premium $399.90 for 3,400, with about 25 per cent off billed yearly, and Scale on quote. An email costs 1 credit, a phone 5 and company data 1, plus 1 credit per request (per 25 results in bulk), charged even when nothing matches (https://www.lusha.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$49.90 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
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      "toolCount": 50,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.lusha.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.lusha.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.lusha.com/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "com.lusha.mcp/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "lead.search",
        "lead.enrichment",
        "email.finder",
        "data.person",
        "data.company"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "closed-source",
        "enterprise",
        "lead-search",
        "enrichment"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-09-23",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 62.6,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 215,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 51,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 84
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        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "On 2026-09-04 version 2.8.0 retired the Decision Makers API, launched on 2026-06-08 in 2.4.0, and removed it from the reference in a minor version with no notice period found (https://docs.lusha.com/changelog/overview)",
          "On 2026-03-10 version 2.2.0 moved Contact Lookalikes to `/v3/lookalike/contacts` with replaced schemas, marked not backwards compatible, in a minor version (https://docs.lusha.com/changelog/overview)"
        ],
        "verdict": "API key on every plan, including Free with 40 credits a month. At least 1 credit per request even when nothing matches.",
        "strengths": [
          "API key on every plan, including Free with 40 credits a month",
          "Admins can cap each key's monthly credits",
          "Ten dated releases since 8 June 2026",
          "Privacy notice names sources, a DPO and an EU representative, with a removal page and subprocessor list",
          "SOC 2 Type II and a 99.95 per cent uptime SLA stated in the trust centre"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "At least 1 credit per request even when nothing matches",
          "Decision Makers API removed 88 days after launch, and Contact Lookalikes changed incompatibly, both in minor versions",
          "50 MCP tools with no toolsets or read-only mode, including table writes and CRM export",
          "Free plan capped at 100 requests a day",
          "Contact data partly comes from members' shared CRM, email and calendar data"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Batch up to 25 contacts a request. A single bulk request costs 1 credit, not 1 per contact",
          "Ask for phones only when needed. A phone is 5 credits against 1 for an email",
          "Use the Buying Group endpoint. Decision Makers was retired on 2026-09-04",
          "Use `/v3/lookalike/contacts` for contact lookalikes",
          "Back off exponentially on 429. Free keys stop at 100 requests a day"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 62.6
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        "editorialScores": {
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          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 83,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 67
        },
        "provenanceScore": 100
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.lusha.com/account/usage -H \"api_key: $LUSHA_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http lusha https://mcp.lusha.com",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "lusha": {
              "headers": {
                "x-api-key": "${LUSHA_API_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://mcp.lusha.com"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/lusha"
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      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Starter",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49.9,
          "note": "400 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 69.9,
          "note": "600 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Premium",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 399.9,
          "note": "3,400 credits"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Lusha Systems Inc.",
        "domain": "lusha.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1999-07-09",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.lusha.com/legal/terms_and_conditions-2/",
        "privacy": "https://www.lusha.com/legal/privacy_policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.lusha.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.lusha.com/changelog/overview",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "lusha.com was registered in 1999, long before Lusha was founded. The Delaware entity works with its Israeli affiliate Lusha Systems Ltd."
        ],
        "score": 100
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lusha.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "lusha",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.lusha.com",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-05T03:17:28.648104219Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
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          "samples30d": 1140,
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
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              "ok": 35
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
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              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
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              "ok": 271
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 38,
              "ok": 38
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          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.lusha.com",
          "indicator": "none",
          "summary": "All Systems Operational",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-05T03:19:08.580509998Z"
        },
        "versions": [
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            "name": "com.lusha.mcp/mcp",
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z"
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        ],
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://lusha.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-05-01T14:48:00Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:37.519456655Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.lusha.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:57.560226426Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "lusha.com",
          "registered": "1999-07-09",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/lusha.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:25.928147432Z"
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          {
            "url": "https://docs.lusha.com/changelog/overview",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:43:47.999672117Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "fc5a76e2e9e9"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.lusha.com/pricing/",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:11.498897679Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "f08a29786476"
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          {
            "url": "https://www.lusha.com/legal/privacy_policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:07.151214689Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "f02acae6094e"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.lusha.com/legal/terms_and_conditions-2/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:51:09.981654589Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "f0614f5f443f"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T03:19:08.580509998Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Apollo API + MCP has a score of 63.6 (B) against Lusha API + MCP's 62.6 (B). Both do lead search. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 24 points."
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  "links": {
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    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apollo-vs-lusha",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lusha.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/lusha.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Apollo API + MCP for agent ergonomics (+14).\n\nPick Lusha API + MCP for reliability (+10), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+24), transparency \u0026 trust (+9).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Apollo API + MCP | Lusha API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 75 | Lusha API + MCP +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 83 | Apollo API + MCP +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 51 | Apollo API + MCP +14 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 59 | Apollo API + MCP +1 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Lusha API + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 58 | 82 | Lusha API + MCP +24 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 84 | Lusha API + MCP +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.6 · B** | **62.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Apollo API + MCP | Lusha API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Apollo.io | Lusha |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.apollo.io/api/v1` | `https://api.lusha.com` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 50 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.apolloio/apollo-mcp` | `com.lusha.mcp/mcp` |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-23 |\n| Popularity | 25 stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Apollo API + MCP.** People search costs 0 credits, up to 100 records a page and 50,000 a query. Headless MCP use needs a master key that reaches every endpoint.\n\n**Lusha API + MCP.** API key on every plan, including Free with 40 credits a month. At least 1 credit per request even when nothing matches.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Apollo API + MCP\n\n1. Search people first at 0 credits, then enrich only the people you'll contact\n2. Branch on `error_details.code` and wait `retry_after_seconds` from the suggestions after a 429\n3. Limits are per team, so read the `x-minute-usage` and remaining headers before a bulk run\n4. Use a scoped key with only the endpoints the job needs. A master key reaches everything\n5. Get a person's approval before adding contacts to a sequence, since enrolment can start sending\n\n### Lusha API + MCP\n\n1. Batch up to 25 contacts a request. A single bulk request costs 1 credit, not 1 per contact\n2. Ask for phones only when needed. A phone is 5 credits against 1 for an email\n3. Use the Buying Group endpoint. Decision Makers was retired on 2026-09-04\n4. Use `/v3/lookalike/contacts` for contact lookalikes\n5. Back off exponentially on 429. 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