# Clay vs Dropcontact API + MCP (slim)

> Clay scores 57.7 (C) to Dropcontact's 50.9 (D) for lead enrichment. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-14

Clay scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against Dropcontact API + MCP's 50.9 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Dropcontact API + MCP leads on reliability, security & auth, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do lead enrichment.

- Clay: C 57.7, rank #633 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.min.md
- Dropcontact API + MCP: D 50.9, rank #813 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropcontact.min.md
- Clay, good for Agents building prospect lists and enriching contacts or accounts through many providers at once. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 84 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 66 against 60; Maintenance & community, 75 against 18.
- Dropcontact API + MCP, good for European teams cleaning and completing contact lists where GDPR handling matters more than coverage. Ahead on Reliability, 57 against 45; Security & auth, 59 against 48; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Transparency & trust, 71 against 64. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Clay | Dropcontact API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 57 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 60 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 18 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clay | Dropcontact API + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Clay Labs Inc. | Dropcontact |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.clay.com/public/v0` | `https://api.dropcontact.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Clay Terms of Service. The agent plugin repository carries no licence file | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2024-05-23 | 2025-08-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2020-09-11 | 2020-06-04 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |