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      "slug": "clay",
      "name": "Clay",
      "vendor": "Clay Labs Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.clay.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "lead-data",
      "summary": "Clay is a go-to-market data and automation platform that searches its own database of companies and people and runs enrichment across 150+ data providers. Agents use it through the Public API v0, the clay CLI and a coding-agent plugin.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clay.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/clay-run/agent-plugins",
      "license": "Proprietary service under the Clay Terms of Service. The agent plugin repository carries no licence file",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.clay.com/public/v0",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "The Public API takes a personal API key in the clay-api-key header, tied to a Clay user and their workspace access, created in the app, with the CLI (clay api-keys create) or by an agent through the plugin. The CLI signs in with OAuth in a browser or with a device code (clay login --device), one workspace per sign-in. Custom functions need API or MCP access switched on per function (https://developers.clay.com/public-api/authentication).",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 100 data credits and 500 actions a month. Launch from $167 a month and Growth from $446 a month on the plan cards, while the FAQ on the same page says $185 and $495. Data credits start at $0.05 and actions at under a cent. Failed enrichments aren't charged. The FAQ lists Clay API access under Enterprise, while the developer docs give search limits for Free, Trial and paid plans (https://www.clay.com/pricing, https://developers.clay.com/searches, checked 2026-10-14).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.05 / credit",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer docs, the OpenAPI spec or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-14).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://developers.clay.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://developers.clay.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://developers.clay.com/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "lead.search",
        "lead.enrichment",
        "email.finder",
        "data.company"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "api-key",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "cli",
        "closed-source",
        "lead-search",
        "enrichment",
        "soc2",
        "webhooks"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-06",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 57.7,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 633,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1076,
        "categoryRank": 8,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 84,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "A documented Public API with an OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and plan-capped search, plus a JSON-first CLI released several times a fortnight, give agents Clay's people search and multi-provider enrichment. Keys have no scopes, the Claude Code plugin auto-approves most CLI calls, and the privacy policy dates from 2020.",
        "bestFor": "Agents building prospect lists and enriching contacts or accounts through many providers at once.",
        "strengths": [
          "Public OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and Markdown copies of the docs",
          "Search and enrichment across Clay's database and 150+ providers through one API",
          "Failed enrichments use no credits or actions",
          "CLI with JSON output and typed exit codes, released five times between 25 September and 6 October 2026",
          "Valid security.txt and SOC 2 Type II listed"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "API keys carry no scopes and act with the user's workspace access",
          "The Claude Code plugin auto-approves most clay CLI commands, including ones that spend credits",
          "No request-rate number published, and error bodies have no stable codes",
          "Privacy policy dated September 2020 with no retention periods",
          "Pricing page gives two different prices for Launch and Growth, and says API access is Enterprise"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Fetch GET /search/query-mode/reference before writing a search query",
          "Poll routine results until a terminal 200, since 202 means still running",
          "Expect HTTP 402 when a plan's search cap is hit, and tell the user the reset date",
          "Check GET /credits/balance before large batch runs",
          "Ask the user before enabling the plugin's auto-approve hook in a shared workspace"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 57.7
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 66,
          "maintenance": 75,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 45,
          "schema": 84,
          "security": 48,
          "transparency": 28
        },
        "provenanceScore": 99
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.clay.com/public/v0/me \\\n  -H \"clay-api-key: $CLAY_PUBLIC_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "Set up the Clay plugin by following the steps in https://github.com/clay-run/agent-plugins"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/clay"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Data credit",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.05,
          "note": "Starting price per the pricing FAQ. Used when buying data from Clay's providers. Cheaper at volume"
        },
        {
          "item": "Launch plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 167,
          "note": "Plan card headline. The FAQ says from $185 a month"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Clay Labs Inc.",
        "domain": "clay.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1992-11-13",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://www.clay.com/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://www.clay.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.clay.com",
        "changelog": "https://www.clay.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-14",
        "notes": [
          "The terms (last updated 23 May 2024) name Clay Labs Inc. with New York law. The privacy policy is dated 11 September 2020.",
          "clay.com/.well-known/security.txt names security@clay.com and trust.clay.com, expiring 2027-07-31.",
          "status.clay.com answered with a bot check to both curl and WebFetch, so its components and history weren't read.",
          "The API answers at api.clay.com and the docs at developers.clay.com.",
          "RDAP gives clay.com a registration date of 1992-11-13."
        ],
        "score": 99
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "clay",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.clay.com/public/v0",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-14T09:41:46.249843895Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 152,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 149,
          "p95ms24h": 229,
          "samples24h": 17,
          "samples30d": 17,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-14",
              "probes": 17,
              "ok": 17
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.clay.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T08:52:50.29728454Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:41:46.249843895Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "LeadMagic API + MCP scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Clay's 57.7 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Clay leads on agent ergonomics, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "leadmagic",
      "name": "LeadMagic API + MCP",
      "vendor": "LeadMagic",
      "vendorUrl": "https://leadmagic.io",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "lead-data",
      "summary": "Email validation, email and mobile finders, people and company search, company intelligence, job postings and ad data over one REST API with a published OpenAPI file.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leadmagic",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leadmagic.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leadmagic.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/leadmagic.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.leadmagic.io",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "REST calls take an X-API-Key header with a key starting `lm_`. The hosted MCP server at https://mcp.leadmagic.io/mcp is OAuth only and doesn't accept static keys. The lm-tui terminal client signs in through browser OAuth.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "No free credits, with a 14-day money-back guarantee on the first payment. Essential $99 a month for 5,000 credits, Growth $249 for 20,000, Professional $499 for 50,000 and Ultimate $849 for 100,000, with monthly rollover capped at 2x the allocation. Email validation costs 0.25 credit for a definite valid or invalid (unknown is free), email finder 1 credit when found, mobile finder 5, profile search 1. Professional and Ultimate get credit-free people, company and job search at 5 or 10 requests a second (https://leadmagic.io/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$99 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 48,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://leadmagic.io/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://leadmagic.io/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://leadmagic.io/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "lead.search",
        "lead.enrichment",
        "email.verification",
        "email.finder",
        "data.person",
        "data.company"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "card-required",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "async-jobs",
        "closed-source",
        "lead-search",
        "enrichment",
        "email-verification"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 60.2,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 555,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1076,
        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 61,
          "maintenance": 65,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 60,
          "transparency": 63
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "RFC 9457 problem-details errors with `request_id`, and Retry-After on 429. No free tier or trial credits, plans from $99 a month.",
        "bestFor": "Verification and email or mobile finding in automated pipelines, especially at volume on the plans with credit-free search.",
        "strengths": [
          "RFC 9457 problem-details errors with `request_id`, and Retry-After on 429",
          "`X-Credits-Cost` and `X-Credits-Remaining` on every response",
          "Email validation bills 0.25 credit only for a definite answer",
          "Credit-free search on the $499 and $849 plans",
          "Dated, component-versioned changelog with four entries since 19 July"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No free tier or trial credits, plans from $99 a month",
          "The service-level policy disclaims any uptime guarantee",
          "Status page has no incident history",
          "48 MCP tools with no toolsets or read-only subset",
          "Privacy policy states no legal basis, data sources or retention periods that we could find"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `preview_cost` before bulk work. It's free",
          "Read `X-Credits-Remaining` after each call instead of polling the balance",
          "Treat 402 as out of credits and wait out Retry-After on 429",
          "Keep credit-free search under 13,333 calls a day per account",
          "Retry `unknown` validations later. They cost nothing"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 60.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 61,
          "maintenance": 65,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 93,
          "security": 60,
          "transparency": 47
        },
        "provenanceScore": 79
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.leadmagic.io/v1/credits -H \"X-API-Key: $LEADMAGIC_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http leadmagic https://mcp.leadmagic.io/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "leadmagic": {
              "url": "https://mcp.leadmagic.io/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/leadmagic"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Essential",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 99,
          "note": "5,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 249,
          "note": "20,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Professional",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 499,
          "note": "50,000 credits, credit-free search"
        },
        {
          "item": "Ultimate",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 849,
          "note": "100,000 credits, credit-free search"
        },
        {
          "item": "Credit on Essential",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.0198,
          "note": "one found email, or 4 definite validations"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Lead Magic Corporation",
        "domain": "leadmagic.io",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://leadmagic.io/legal/terms",
        "privacy": "https://leadmagic.io/legal/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://leadmagic.io/status",
        "changelog": "https://leadmagic.io/docs/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "score": 79
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leadmagic.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "leadmagic",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.leadmagic.io",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-14T09:41:55.756747462Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 1165,
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          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
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          "p95ms24h": 1308,
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          "samples30d": 3525,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
              "probes": 35,
              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-06",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-07",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 268,
              "ok": 268
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 250,
              "ok": 250
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-11",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-12",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-13",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-14",
              "probes": 100,
              "ok": 100
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://leadmagic.io/status",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T08:53:21.548093645Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://leadmagic.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "expires": "2027-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T15:44:56.190725821Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://leadmagic.io/docs/llms.txt",
          "ok": false,
          "status": 404,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T14:11:51.387537134Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "leadmagic.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:26:29.901297577Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://leadmagic.io/docs/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:32.734001845Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-12T19:53:50.587453392Z",
            "fingerprint": "ee49f532b5c5"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://leadmagic.io/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:39.373075785Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:39.373075785Z",
            "fingerprint": "76be9a447387"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://leadmagic.io/legal/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:35.271685581Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:35.271685581Z",
            "fingerprint": "29adb0ae0494"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://leadmagic.io/legal/terms",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:37.620632284Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-13T20:18:37.620632284Z",
            "fingerprint": "573513a5cefb"
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T09:41:55.756747462Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "HTTP API",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Clay Labs Inc.",
        "b": "LeadMagic",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "https://api.clay.com/public/v0",
        "b": "https://api.leadmagic.io",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP",
        "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Paid",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "Proprietary service under the Clay Terms of Service. The agent plugin repository carries no licence file",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "48",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "2026-10-06",
        "b": "2026-09-17",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "2024-05-23",
        "b": "2026-08-31",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "2020-09-11",
        "b": "2026-09-20",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "not found in the text",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "not found in the text",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "3.5/5 (2)",
        "name": "Agent reviews"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "LeadMagic API + MCP scores 60.2 (C) on agent readiness against Clay's 57.7 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Clay leads on agent ergonomics, payments \u0026 pricing and maintenance \u0026 community.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Clay or LeadMagic API + MCP?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.",
        "question": "Do Clay and LeadMagic API + MCP need an API key?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "Yes. Clay has a hosted endpoint at https://api.clay.com/public/v0 and LeadMagic API + MCP at https://api.leadmagic.io.",
        "question": "Can an agent call Clay and LeadMagic API + MCP without installing anything?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": [
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leadmagic.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/leadmagic.json\n- Best lead, contact and company data APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/lead-data/index.md\n- All 171 leads comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lead-data/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Clay (C)\n\nGood for: Agents building prospect lists and enriching contacts or accounts through many providers at once.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 66 against 61\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 65\n\nWatch for: API keys carry no scopes and act with the user's workspace access\n\n### LeadMagic API + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Verification and email or mobile finding in automated pipelines, especially at volume on the plans with credit-free search.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 45\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 93 against 84\n- Security \u0026 auth, 60 against 48\n\nWatch for: No free tier or trial credits, plans from $99 a month\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Clay | LeadMagic API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 55 | LeadMagic API + MCP +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 84 | 93 | LeadMagic API + MCP +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 66 | 61 | Clay +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 60 | LeadMagic API + MCP +12 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Clay +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 65 | Clay +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 63 | Clay +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.7 · C** | **60.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Clay | LeadMagic API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Clay Labs Inc. | LeadMagic |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.clay.com/public/v0` | `https://api.leadmagic.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Clay Terms of Service. The agent plugin repository carries no licence file | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 48 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-17 |\n| Terms last updated | 2024-05-23 | 2026-08-31 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2020-09-11 | 2026-09-20 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Clay.** A documented Public API with an OpenAPI spec, llms.txt and plan-capped search, plus a JSON-first CLI released several times a fortnight, give agents Clay's people search and multi-provider enrichment. Keys have no scopes, the Claude Code plugin auto-approves most CLI calls, and the privacy policy dates from 2020.\n\n**LeadMagic API + MCP.** RFC 9457 problem-details errors with `request_id`, and Retry-After on 429. No free tier or trial credits, plans from $99 a month.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Clay\n\n1. Fetch GET /search/query-mode/reference before writing a search query\n2. Poll routine results until a terminal 200, since 202 means still running\n3. Expect HTTP 402 when a plan's search cap is hit, and tell the user the reset date\n4. Check GET /credits/balance before large batch runs\n5. Ask the user before enabling the plugin's auto-approve hook in a shared workspace\n\n### LeadMagic API + MCP\n\n1. Call `preview_cost` before bulk work. It's free\n2. Read `X-Credits-Remaining` after each call instead of polling the balance\n3. Treat 402 as out of credits and wait out Retry-After on 429\n4. Keep credit-free search under 13,333 calls a day per account\n5. 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