# Clay vs RocketReach API (slim)

> Clay scores 57.7 (C) to RocketReach's 51.2 (D) for lead search. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Clay scores 57.7 (C) on agent readiness against RocketReach API's 51.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. RocketReach API leads on reliability and agent ergonomics. Both do lead search.

- Clay: C 57.7, rank #633 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.min.md
- RocketReach API: D 51.2, rank #805 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rocketreach.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 72; Security & auth, 48 against 34; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Maintenance & community, 75 against 31; Transparency & trust, 64 against 58.
- RocketReach API, good for Teams that already hold a RocketReach plan and want an agent to search people and companies, reveal emails and phones, and verify single addresses over MCP. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 72 against 66.

| Category | Clay | RocketReach API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 45 | 64 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 72 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 48 | 34 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Clay | RocketReach API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Clay Labs Inc. | RocketReach, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.clay.com/public/v0` | `https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2` |
| 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 | Proprietary service under RocketReach's Terms of Service. The Python SDK on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 9 |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2024-05-23 | 2024-01-31 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2020-09-11 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |