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      "category": "lead-data",
      "summary": "Company, employee and job posting data collected from the public web, queried with filters or Elasticsearch DSL and pulled by ID, with a real-time employee lookup, profile-change webhooks and a natural-language Agentic Search API.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coresignal",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coresignal.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coresignal.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coresignal.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "`apikey` header on REST. Hosted MCP v2 at mcp.coresignal.com uses OAuth 2.1 through the Coresignal dashboard and looks up the team's key server-side, so no key sits in the client.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "7-day free trial with 2,000 credits. Monthly plans Mini $49 (2,500 credits), Starter $199 (12,000), Pro $499 (35,000), Growth $1,000 (150,000), Premium $1,500 (1,000,000), Scale $3,000 (4,000,000), Elite $5,000 (10,000,000). Annual plans are 10 per cent off from Starter up. Search is free. Collecting a record costs 1 credit for jobs and posts, 10 for base or clean company and employee records, 20 for multi-source records, 12 for real-time employee. Agentic Search costs 20 (fast) or 100 (reasoning) (https://coresignal.com/pricing/).",
      "priceSummary": "$49 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 mention in the API docs, MCP docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 5,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 2,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.coresignal.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.coresignal.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "com.coresignal/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "lead.search",
        "lead.enrichment",
        "email.finder",
        "data.company",
        "data.person"
      ],
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        "lead-search",
        "enrichment",
        "hosted",
        "card-required",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "async-jobs",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-08-07",
      "graded": true,
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        "graded": true,
        "score": 63.1,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 208,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 2,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 73,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 86,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 73
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Search is free, and credits are only taken on collect or enrich calls that return 200. Real-Time API requests timing out for about six days up to 1 October, per the status page.",
        "strengths": [
          "Search is free, and credits are only taken on collect or enrich calls that return 200",
          "Every plan price and per-endpoint credit cost is public",
          "Hosted MCP with 5 tools, OAuth 2.1 and a confirmation step before large pulls",
          "Monthly release notes with dated entries and flagged breaking changes",
          "Privacy policy covers people in the datasets, with a five-year retention cap"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Real-Time API requests timing out for about six days up to 1 October, per the status page",
          "Main search takes Elasticsearch DSL, a free-form JSON body",
          "7-day trial with a card per the 30 September check, and no free tier",
          "Terms name Deeptrace Inc. while the privacy policy names Binary House LLC",
          "Breaking changes in August 2026 to Agentic Search and Multi-source Jobs, announced in release notes with no stated notice period"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Search for IDs first (free), then collect only the records you need",
          "Use base records at 10 credits when you don't need the 20-credit multi-source fields",
          "Use MCP v2 at /mcp/v2. The older /mcp endpoint will be deprecated",
          "Treat a 402 as out of credits, not a transient error",
          "Expect no work emails for EEA and UK people from the MCP email tool"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
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        "avgRating": 3.5,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
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            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 55,
          "schema": 86,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 55
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        "provenanceScore": 90
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        "http": "curl \"https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/company_multi_source/enrich?enrich_query=stripe.com\" -H \"apikey: $CORESIGNAL_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http coresignal https://mcp.coresignal.com/mcp/v2"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/coresignal"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
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          "item": "Mini plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "2,500 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Starter plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 199,
          "note": "12,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 499,
          "note": "35,000 credits, adds contact enrichment"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 1000,
          "note": "150,000 credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Multi-source company or employee record",
          "unit": "record",
          "usd": 0.285,
          "note": "20 credits at Pro plan rates ($499 for 35,000 credits)"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Deeptrace Inc.",
        "domain": "coresignal.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2014-12-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://coresignal.com/terms-and-conditions/",
        "privacy": "https://coresignal.com/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.coresignal.com",
        "changelog": "https://docs.coresignal.com/release-notes",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-01",
        "notes": [
          "The terms and conditions name Deeptrace Inc. (Lewes, Delaware) as the contracting company for Coresignal",
          "The privacy policy, updated 25 August 2026, names Binary House LLC as the data controller and lists Deeptrace Inc. as a processor"
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coresignal.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "coresignal",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:45.825956577Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 110,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
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          "samples24h": 272,
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          "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
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 267,
              "ok": 267
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.coresignal.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:39:55.511132851Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "mcp-registry",
            "name": "com.coresignal/mcp",
            "version": "2.0.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-03T23:29:28.630222764Z"
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        ],
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://coresignal.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:42.817319654Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://docs.coresignal.com/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:28.23764868Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "coresignal.com",
          "registered": "2014-12-16",
          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/coresignal.com",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:03:47.149939456Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://docs.coresignal.com/release-notes",
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          {
            "url": "https://coresignal.com/pricing/",
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            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:11.421973501Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:18:32.978977687Z",
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            "url": "https://coresignal.com/privacy-policy/",
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            "status": 304,
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            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:18:35.054977183Z",
            "fingerprint": "777e30111f81"
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          {
            "url": "https://coresignal.com/terms-and-conditions/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 304,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:42:15.458332866Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:18:37.038598322Z",
            "fingerprint": "582fd42b69c8"
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        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:45.825956577Z"
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    },
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      "slug": "hunter",
      "name": "Hunter API + MCP",
      "vendor": "Hunter",
      "vendorUrl": "https://hunter.io",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "lead-data",
      "summary": "Email finder, email verifier, domain search, company discovery and person and company enrichment over a REST API, plus a hosted MCP server that also drives Hunter's leads, lists and cold-email sequences.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hunter",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hunter.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hunter.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hunter.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.hunter.io/v2",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "REST takes the key in the `X-API-Key` header (the `?api_key=` query form still works but puts the key in logs). Hosted MCP at mcp.hunter.io uses OAuth for Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, or the same `X-API-Key` header for other clients. A `test-api-key` returns dummy responses on Domain Search, Email Finder and Email Verifier.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 50 credits a month and API access. Starter $49 a month ($34 billed yearly, 2,000 credits), Growth $149 ($104 yearly, 10,000 credits), Scale $299 ($209 yearly, 25,000 credits), Enterprise custom. One credit per email found by Email Finder or Domain Search (Bulk Domain Search is 1 credit per 10 emails), 0.5 per verification, nothing when no result comes back, and repeat lookups count once per billing period. Discover (company search) and Email Count are free. An API-only Data Platform sells search and verification credits in bulk, valid 12 months (https://hunter.io/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$49 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 mention in the API docs, MCP docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 107,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 9,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2",
      "llmsTxt": "https://hunter.io/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://hunter.io/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "email.finder",
        "email.verification",
        "lead.search",
        "lead.enrichment",
        "data.company",
        "data.person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "lead-search",
        "enrichment",
        "email-verification",
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "webhooks",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 56.8,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 299,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 6,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 54,
          "maintenance": 63,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 50,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 81
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Returns 451 for people who asked not to be processed. Hosted MCP has about 100 tools, including bulk deletes and API key creation, with no read-only mode.",
        "strengths": [
          "Returns 451 for people who asked not to be processed",
          "Privacy policy names its sources, cites a legitimate interest assessment and DPIA, and hosts in Belgium",
          "Free plan with API and MCP access, no card",
          "Charges only when an email is found or a verification completes, and repeats in a billing period are free",
          "OpenAPI JSON, llms.txt, llms-full.txt and a test key with dummy responses"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Hosted MCP has about 100 tools, including bulk deletes and API key creation, with no read-only mode",
          "API key accepted in the `api_key` query string",
          "Rate limits answer 403 and quota exhaustion answers 429",
          "No security page, security.txt, bug bounty or certification found",
          "Status page renders client-side and its history couldn't be read"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Treat 451 as final. The person opted out and retrying won't help",
          "Back off on 403 with a rate-limit message. 429 means the plan's credits are gone",
          "Send the key in `X-API-Key`, never as `?api_key=`",
          "Use `test-api-key` to check request shapes without spending credits",
          "Use the hosted MCP at mcp.hunter.io/mcp, not the deprecated local npm package"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 56.8
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 54,
          "maintenance": 63,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 50,
          "schema": 90,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 71
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl \"https://api.hunter.io/v2/domain-search?domain=stripe.com\u0026limit=5\" -H \"X-API-Key: $HUNTER_API_KEY\"",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http hunter https://mcp.hunter.io/mcp"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/email.finder",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/hunter"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Starter plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 49,
          "note": "2,000 credits. $34 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Growth plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 149,
          "note": "10,000 credits. $104 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Scale plan",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 299,
          "note": "25,000 credits. $209 a month billed yearly"
        },
        {
          "item": "Email found or verified",
          "unit": "credit",
          "usd": 0.0245,
          "note": "Starter monthly, $49 for 2,000 credits. One email found is 1 credit, one verification 0.5"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Hunter Web Services, Inc.",
        "domain": "hunter.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2012-08-24",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://hunter.io/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://hunter.io/privacy-policy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.hunter.io",
        "changelog": "https://hunter.io/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "hunter.io served the pricing page in euros from our location. USD figures match the same numbers and third-party reports"
        ],
        "score": 90
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hunter.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "hunter",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.hunter.io/v2",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:48.783316667Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 86,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 91,
          "p95ms24h": 135,
          "samples24h": 272,
          "samples30d": 1097,
          "days": [
            {
              "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": 267,
              "ok": 267
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.hunter.io",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:08.189558355Z"
        },
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://hunter.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:47.758081123Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://hunter.io/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:17:54.111075632Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "hunter.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:34.738925095Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://hunter.io/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:04.379576217Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "8a3a4a3fcf33"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://hunter.io/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:06.525611085Z",
            "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:21:27.141507551Z",
            "fingerprint": "3d95f7cd7fad"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://hunter.io/privacy-policy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:08.468923808Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "ef0f54eb03ef"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://hunter.io/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:45:10.456132191Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "400b04730d0b"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T23:32:48.783316667Z"
      }
    },
    "summary": "Coresignal API + MCP has a score of 63.1 (B) against Hunter API + MCP's 56.8 (C). Both do lead search. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 25 points."
  },
  "kind": "anchor.page",
  "links": {
    "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json",
    "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-hunter",
    "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-hunter.json",
    "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-hunter.md",
    "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-hunter.min.md"
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  "markdown": "Coresignal API + MCP has a score of 63.1 (B) against Hunter API + MCP's 56.8 (C). Both do lead search. The largest gap is security \u0026 auth, 25 points.\n\n- Coresignal API + MCP: grade B, 63.1/100, rank #208 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coresignal.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/coresignal.json\n- Hunter API + MCP: grade C, 56.8/100, rank #299 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hunter.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hunter.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Coresignal API + MCP for reliability (+5), agent ergonomics (+19), security \u0026 auth (+25), maintenance \u0026 community (+19).\n\nPick Hunter API + MCP for payments \u0026 pricing (+20), transparency \u0026 trust (+8).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Coresignal API + MCP | Hunter API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 50 | Coresignal API + MCP +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 90 | Hunter API + MCP +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 54 | Coresignal API + MCP +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 33 | Coresignal API + MCP +25 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Hunter API + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 63 | Coresignal API + MCP +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 81 | Hunter API + MCP +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.1 · B** | **56.8 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Coresignal API + MCP | Hunter API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Coresignal | Hunter |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi` | `https://api.hunter.io/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | 5 | 107 |\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 | `com.coresignal/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-08-07 | none |\n| Popularity | 2 stars | 9 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Coresignal API + MCP.** Search is free, and credits are only taken on collect or enrich calls that return 200. Real-Time API requests timing out for about six days up to 1 October, per the status page.\n\n**Hunter API + MCP.** Returns 451 for people who asked not to be processed. Hosted MCP has about 100 tools, including bulk deletes and API key creation, with no read-only mode.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Coresignal API + MCP\n\n1. Search for IDs first (free), then collect only the records you need\n2. Use base records at 10 credits when you don't need the 20-credit multi-source fields\n3. Use MCP v2 at /mcp/v2. The older /mcp endpoint will be deprecated\n4. Treat a 402 as out of credits, not a transient error\n5. Expect no work emails for EEA and UK people from the MCP email tool\n\n### Hunter API + MCP\n\n1. Treat 451 as final. The person opted out and retrying won't help\n2. Back off on 403 with a rate-limit message. 429 means the plan's credits are gone\n3. Send the key in `X-API-Key`, never as `?api_key=`\n4. Use `test-api-key` to check request shapes without spending credits\n5. Use the hosted MCP at mcp.hunter.io/mcp, not the deprecated local npm package\n\n## Other comparisons with Coresignal API + MCP or Hunter API + MCP\n\n- [Apollo API + MCP vs Coresignal API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apollo-vs-coresignal.md)\n- [Apollo API + MCP vs Hunter API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/apollo-vs-hunter.md)\n- [Coresignal API + MCP vs Crustdata API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-crustdata.md)\n- [Coresignal API + MCP vs Enrich Layer API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-enrich-layer.md)\n- [Coresignal API + MCP vs FullEnrich API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-fullenrich.md)\n- [Coresignal API + MCP vs LeadMagic API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-leadmagic.md)\n- [Coresignal API + MCP vs Lusha API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-lusha.md)\n- [Coresignal API + MCP vs Prospeo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-prospeo.md)\n- [Crustdata API + MCP vs Hunter API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crustdata-vs-hunter.md)\n- [Enrich Layer API + MCP vs Hunter API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/enrich-layer-vs-hunter.md)\n- [FullEnrich API + MCP vs Hunter API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fullenrich-vs-hunter.md)\n- [Coresignal API + MCP vs Dropcontact API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coresignal-vs-dropcontact.md)\n- [Dropcontact API + MCP vs Hunter API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/dropcontact-vs-hunter.md)\n- [Hunter API + MCP vs LeadMagic API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hunter-vs-leadmagic.md)\n- [Hunter API + MCP vs Lusha API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hunter-vs-lusha.md)\n- [Hunter API + MCP vs Prospeo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hunter-vs-prospeo.md)\n",
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