# Clay vs Clearbit (slim)

> Clay scores 57.7 (C) to Clearbit's 13.5 (F) for lead enrichment. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Clay scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Clearbit's 13.5 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do lead enrichment.

- Clay: C 57.7, rank #633 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.min.md
- Clearbit: F 13.5, rank #1056 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clearbit.min.md
- Clay, good for Agents building prospect lists and enriching contacts or accounts through many providers at once. Ahead on Reliability, 45 against 30; Schema & documentation, 84 against 0; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 0; Security & auth, 48 against 8; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 75 against 4. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Clearbit, good for Only for teams that already hold a Clearbit contract.

| Category | Clay | Clearbit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 0 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 0 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 8 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 4 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clay | Clearbit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Clay Labs Inc. | HubSpot, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.clay.com/public/v0` | no (local only) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Clay Terms of Service. The agent plugin repository carries no licence file | Proprietary service under the Clearbit Terms of Service (30 May 2025), provided by HubSpot, Inc. under the Clearbit brand |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2025-12-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-05-23 | 2025-05-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2020-09-11 | 2026-08-31 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |