{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "crustdata", "name": "Crustdata API + MCP", "vendor": "Crustdata", "vendorUrl": "https://crustdata.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "lead-data", "summary": "Company, person, job, web and social post search and enrichment, with live web lookups, batch jobs and watchers that push changes to a webhook.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crustdata", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crustdata.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crustdata.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/crustdata.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.crustdata.com", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`authorization: Bearer` API key plus a pinned `x-api-version: 2025-11-01` header (without it you get the latest version, which may break). Hosted MCP at install.crustdata.com uses OAuth, or the API key as a bearer token for headless clients.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Credit-based. Person and company search 0.03 credits a result plus 0.1 to 2.5 for premium filter or response fields, person enrich 1 to 7, company enrich 2 to 4, contact enrich (emails and phones) 1 to 5.5 per matched person on enterprise plans, identify and autocomplete free. Watchers run 0.5 to 150 credits per delivered record depending on refresh SLA. Purchased credits last 12 months. The pricing page lists no dollar figures and mentions a free trial and monthly or annual plans (https://crustdata.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 mention in the API docs, MCP docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.crustdata.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.crustdata.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.crustdata.com/openapi-specs/2025-11-01/person.yaml", "capabilities": [ "lead.search", "lead.enrichment", "data.company", "data.person" ], "tags": [ "lead-search", "enrichment", "hosted", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "closed-source" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 708, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 67, "payments": 5, "reliability": 45, "schema": 89, "security": 56, "transparency": 55 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "In September 2026 the changelog flags `config.refresh_frequency_days` as refused on indexed discovery watches, a breaking change shipped inside the pinned version 2025-11-01 with no advance notice found (https://docs.crustdata.com/openapi-specs/2025-11-01/changelog.md)" ], "verdict": "Per-field credit prices, readable per account from `/account/endpoints`, and `X-Credits-Used` on every response. No status page and no SLA.", "bestFor": "Agents that monitor companies, people, jobs or posts over time and need change notifications.", "strengths": [ "Per-field credit prices, readable per account from `/account/endpoints`, and `X-Credits-Used` on every response", "Per-key endpoint restrictions and monthly credit caps", "Eight OpenAPI files, llms.txt and a detailed dated changelog", "Rate-limit headers, typed 429 errors and back-off guidance", "Opt-out portal for data subjects with removal in 30 days" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page and no SLA", "No public dollar price per credit, and the free trial is on request", "Breaking changes shipped inside the pinned version 2025-11-01", "Default limits of 15 to 30 requests a minute", "Terms cover website use only, and terms and privacy policy name different companies" ], "agentNotes": [ "Always send `x-api-version: 2025-11-01`. Unpinned calls get the latest version", "Call `/account/endpoints` first to see what your plan enables and what each field costs", "Ask only for the premium field groups you need, since each one bills", "Poll `GET /batch/{id}` before submitting more batch jobs. Active jobs count against a cap of 5 to 30", "Read the `crustdata://catalog` resource before calling MCP tools" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 73, "maintenance": 67, "payments": 5, "reliability": 45, "schema": 89, "security": 56, "transparency": 36 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.crustdata.com/company/identify -H \"authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"content-type: application/json\" -H \"x-api-version: 2025-11-01\" -d '{\"domains\":[\"retool.com\"]}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http crustdata https://install.crustdata.com/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/crustdata" }, "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Crustdata Inc.", "domain": "crustdata.com", "domainRegistered": "2019-03-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://crustdata.com/terms", "privacy": "https://crustdata.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.crustdata.com/openapi-specs/2025-11-01/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms page is a generic website-use notice naming CrustData Inc. (California). We found no published API terms of service", "The privacy policy, last updated 19 May 2025, names Crustdata Technologies Inc.", "status.crustdata.com doesn't resolve" ], "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crustdata.json", "live": { "slug": "crustdata", "probe": { "target": "https://api.crustdata.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T05:38:48.296955047Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 301, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 300, "p95ms24h": 376, "samples24h": 248, "samples30d": 2494, "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": 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": 58, "ok": 58 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://crustdata.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:19.380802971Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.crustdata.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:47.185253756Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "crustdata.com", "registered": "2019-03-18", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/crustdata.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:08:45.082534374Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.crustdata.com/openapi-specs/2025-11-01/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:08.088470236Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:08.088470236Z", "fingerprint": "167cac75964e" }, { "url": "https://crustdata.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:34:28.606738737Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:41.993139596Z", "fingerprint": "16409134751a" }, { "url": "https://crustdata.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:34:30.672173037Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:44.239771626Z", "fingerprint": "a4d0779e39cf" }, { "url": "https://crustdata.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:34:32.690782253Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-07T18:03:46.248879235Z", "fingerprint": "3cce651de60c" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T05:38:48.296955047Z" } }, "answer": "Crustdata API + MCP scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "explorium-agentsource", "name": "Explorium AgentSource", "vendor": "Explorium Ltd.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.explorium.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "lead-data", "summary": "Explorium's AgentSource is a B2B data service for matching, searching and enriching companies and prospects, with event signals and AI research tasks. Agents reach it through a REST API (v2) and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/explorium-agentsource", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/explorium-agentsource.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/explorium-agentsource.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/explorium-agentsource.json", "repo": "https://github.com/explorium-ai/mcp-explorium", "license": "Proprietary service under the Explorium Terms of Use. The `mcp-explorium` repository of connection files is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "sse" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.explorium.ai", "packages": [], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the admin console at admin.explorium.ai, sent in the `api_key` header. The docs say each company gets one key shared by all its users, with no scopes. The MCP v2 guide sends the same key as `Authorization: Bearer`. The older v1 MCP server at `mcp.explorium.ai` uses OAuth. The vendor's `auth.md` says registration needs a person and there is no client-registration endpoint.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "One-off credit packs, no subscription. The pricing page lists Lite $29.99 for 500 credits, Starter $149.99 for 5,000, Growth $749.99 for 30,000 and Scale $7,499.99 for 500,000, valid 12 months and non-refundable. A free trial gives 100 credits for 90 days, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. The site's `pricing.md` (dated 26 August 2026) lists Starter at $99.99 for 2,500 and Growth at 25,000 credits instead. Fetch costs 1 credit a result (2 with the Bombora intent filter), enrichments 1 to 5, and contact enrichment 2 for email or 5 with phone.", "priceSummary": "$0.06 / credit", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the OpenAPI file, the pricing files or the terms of use (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 11, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.explorium.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.explorium.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://developers.explorium.ai/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "lead.search", "lead.enrichment", "email.finder", "data.company", "data.person" ], "tags": [ "lead-search", "enrichment", "hosted", "mcp", "openapi", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "credits", "free-trial", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 48.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 821, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 40, "reliability": 42, "schema": 76, "security": 37, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "On 9 October 2026 the site's machine-readable `pricing.md` (dated 26 August 2026) lists Starter at $99.99 for 2,500 credits and Growth at 25,000 credits, while the pricing page it names as canonical lists $149.99 for 5,000 and 30,000. The site's `auth.md` and server card also send agents to the MCP server the docs call deprecated. A misleading published claim, 2 points (https://www.explorium.ai/pricing.md, https://www.explorium.ai/pricing/)" ], "verdict": "AgentSource v2 has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, Markdown docs, a 200 queries a minute limit with `Retry-After`, public credit prices and a 100-credit trial. No status page or published SLA was found, each company shares one API key with no scopes, and the vendor's two published price tables disagree.", "bestFor": "Agents that build prospect lists by filter and then enrich them, or that watch companies for events such as funding and role changes.", "strengths": [ "Public OpenAPI 3.1 file covering 74 v2 operations, plus llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every docs page", "Rate limit of 200 queries a minute per key, with `X-RateLimit-*` headers and `Retry-After` on 429", "Credit packs priced in public from $0.015 to $0.06 a credit, and a 100-credit free trial valid 90 days", "Statistics endpoints are free, and the `credit-usage: true` header returns the credits each call spent", "v1 retirement timeline published, with end of support about six months and retirement about twelve months after 2 September 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page was found, and no SLA is published", "One API key per company, shared by all users, with no scopes or read-only mode", "The site's `pricing.md` and its pricing page give different prices for the Starter and Growth packs", "The terms of use bar benchmarking and automated data collection, and allow service changes without notice", "No dated changelog and no official REST SDK found in the docs index" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `api_key` header to `https://api.explorium.ai` and use `/v2` paths. v1 is deprecated", "Point MCP clients at `https://mcp-v2.explorium.ai/mcp`. The site's agent files still name the v1 server at `mcp.explorium.ai`", "Count each entity in a batch as one query against the 200 a minute limit, so 50 IDs in one call spend 50", "Call the statistics endpoint first to size an audience for free. Fetch costs 1 credit a result, or 2 with the Bombora intent filter", "Call `/v2/autocomplete` before filtering on category, tech stack or job title, and never mix two category types in one request" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 48.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 28, "payments": 40, "reliability": 42, "schema": 76, "security": 37, "transparency": 49 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --request POST --url https://api.explorium.ai/v1/prospects --header 'accept: application/json' --header 'api_key: YOUR_API_KEY' --header 'content-type: application/json' --data '{\"mode\": \"full\", \"page\": 1}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/explorium-agentsource" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Lite credit pack", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.06, "note": "$29.99 for 500 credits, valid 12 months" }, { "item": "Starter credit pack", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.03, "note": "$149.99 for 5,000 credits on the pricing page. The site's pricing.md says $99.99 for 2,500" }, { "item": "Growth credit pack", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.025, "note": "$749.99 for 30,000 credits on the pricing page. The site's pricing.md says 25,000" }, { "item": "Scale credit pack", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.015, "note": "$7,499.99 for 500,000 credits" }, { "item": "Fetched business or prospect", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.03, "note": "1 credit a result at the Starter rate, 2 credits with the Bombora intent filter" }, { "item": "Contact enrichment, email and phone", "unit": "record", "usd": 0.15, "note": "5 credits at the Starter rate. Email only is 2 credits" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Explorium Ltd.", "domain": "explorium.ai", "domainRegistered": "2018-08-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.explorium.ai/explorium-website-terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://www.explorium.ai/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://developers.explorium.ai/v2/whats-new", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The page at /explorium-website-terms-of-use/ is titled Explorium Terms of Use (updated 14 June 2026). It is a contract between Explorium Ltd. and its affiliates and the customer, and covers the Platform, the API and Platform Data, so it governs the product and not only the website.", "The privacy policy (updated 28 June 2026) names Explorium Ltd., 3 Daniel Frisch St., Tel-Aviv, Israel, and covers the Platform and its end users. The terms give a contact address for Explorium Inc., 400 Concar Drive, San Mateo, California.", "www.explorium.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns the site's page-not-found page.", "No status page is linked from the docs or the site files read. status.explorium.ai did not answer our request.", "The changelog link is the v2 change list. No dated changelog was found in the docs index.", "RDAP for explorium.ai gives a registration date of 2018-08-16.", "The API answers at api.explorium.ai and the MCP server at mcp-v2.explorium.ai." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/explorium-agentsource.json", "live": { "slug": "explorium-agentsource", "probe": { "target": "https://api.explorium.ai", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T05:38:50.444197375Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 398, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 404, "p95ms24h": 1365, "samples24h": 143, "samples30d": 143, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 58, "ok": 58 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "explorium-ai/mcp-explorium", "version": "1.0.0", "released": "2025-09-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:52:27.476335726Z" } ], "githubStars": 21, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developers.explorium.ai/v2/whats-new", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:35:39.888809319Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "cbf94b2cb520" }, { "url": "https://www.explorium.ai/privacy-policy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:50:02.46808686Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "a2cefae01442" }, { "url": "https://www.explorium.ai/explorium-website-terms-of-use/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:49:59.834810876Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0267ad357a07" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T05:38:50.444197375Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Crustdata", "b": "Explorium Ltd.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.crustdata.com", "b": "https://api.explorium.ai", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under the Explorium Terms of Use. The `mcp-explorium` repository of connection files is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "11", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2026-09-02", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-06-14", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-05-19", "b": "2026-06-28", "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": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "2.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Crustdata API + MCP scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Crustdata API + MCP or Explorium AgentSource?" }, { "answer": "Crustdata API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Explorium AgentSource needs an API key.", "question": "Do Crustdata API + MCP and Explorium AgentSource need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Crustdata API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.crustdata.com and Explorium AgentSource at https://api.explorium.ai.", "question": "Can an agent call Crustdata API + MCP and Explorium AgentSource without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 76", "Agent ergonomics, 73 against 63", "Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 37", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 67 against 28" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that monitor companies, people, jobs or posts over time and need change notifications.", "slug": "crustdata", "watchFor": "No status page and no SLA" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 5" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that build prospect lists by filter and then enrich them, or that watch companies for events such as funding and role changes.", "slug": "explorium-agentsource", "watchFor": "No status page was found, and no SLA is published" } ], "job": { "capability": "lead.search", "name": "Lead 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No status page or published SLA was found, each company shares one API key with no scopes, and the vendor's two published price tables disagree." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crustdata-vs-explorium-agentsource", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crustdata-vs-explorium-agentsource.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crustdata-vs-explorium-agentsource.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crustdata-vs-explorium-agentsource.min.md" }, "markdown": "Crustdata API + MCP scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do lead search.\n\n- Crustdata API + MCP: grade D, 53.4/100, rank #708 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crustdata.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/crustdata.json\n- Explorium AgentSource: grade D, 48.1/100, rank #821 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/explorium-agentsource.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/explorium-agentsource.json\n- Best lead, contact and company data APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/lead-data/index.md\n- All 120 leads comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lead-data/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Crustdata API + MCP (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that monitor companies, people, jobs or posts over time and need change notifications.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 89 against 76\n- Agent ergonomics, 73 against 63\n- Security \u0026 auth, 56 against 37\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 67 against 28\n\nWatch for: No status page and no SLA\n\n### Explorium AgentSource (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that build prospect lists by filter and then enrich them, or that watch companies for events such as funding and role changes.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 5\n\nWatch for: No status page was found, and no SLA is published\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Crustdata API + MCP | Explorium AgentSource | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 45 | 42 | Crustdata API + MCP +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 89 | 76 | Crustdata API + MCP +13 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 73 | 63 | Crustdata API + MCP +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 56 | 37 | Crustdata API + MCP +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 5 | 40 | Explorium AgentSource +35 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 28 | Crustdata API + MCP +39 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 55 | 59 | Explorium AgentSource +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.4 · D** | **48.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Crustdata API + MCP | Explorium AgentSource |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Crustdata | Explorium Ltd. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.crustdata.com` | `https://api.explorium.ai` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Explorium Terms of Use. The `mcp-explorium` repository of connection files is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 11 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-02 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-06-14 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-05-19 | 2026-06-28 |\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 | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Crustdata API + MCP.** Per-field credit prices, readable per account from `/account/endpoints`, and `X-Credits-Used` on every response. No status page and no SLA.\n\n**Explorium AgentSource.** AgentSource v2 has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, Markdown docs, a 200 queries a minute limit with `Retry-After`, public credit prices and a 100-credit trial. No status page or published SLA was found, each company shares one API key with no scopes, and the vendor's two published price tables disagree.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Crustdata API + MCP\n\n1. Always send `x-api-version: 2025-11-01`. Unpinned calls get the latest version\n2. Call `/account/endpoints` first to see what your plan enables and what each field costs\n3. Ask only for the premium field groups you need, since each one bills\n4. Poll `GET /batch/{id}` before submitting more batch jobs. Active jobs count against a cap of 5 to 30\n5. Read the `crustdata://catalog` resource before calling MCP tools\n\n### Explorium AgentSource\n\n1. Send the key in the `api_key` header to `https://api.explorium.ai` and use `/v2` paths. v1 is deprecated\n2. Point MCP clients at `https://mcp-v2.explorium.ai/mcp`. The site's agent files still name the v1 server at `mcp.explorium.ai`\n3. Count each entity in a batch as one query against the 200 a minute limit, so 50 IDs in one call spend 50\n4. Call the statistics endpoint first to size an audience for free. Fetch costs 1 credit a result, or 2 with the Bombora intent filter\n5. Call `/v2/autocomplete` before filtering on category, tech stack or job title, and never mix two category types in one request\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Crustdata API + MCP or Explorium AgentSource?\n\nCrustdata API + MCP scores 53.4 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Crustdata API + MCP and Explorium AgentSource need an API key?\n\nCrustdata API + MCP takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Explorium AgentSource needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Crustdata API + MCP and Explorium AgentSource without installing anything?\n\nYes. Crustdata API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.crustdata.com and Explorium AgentSource at https://api.explorium.ai.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crustdata-vs-explorium-agentsource.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crustdata-vs-explorium-agentsource.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"crustdata\", \"b\": \"explorium-agentsource\"}`. 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