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Head to head · Lead search · October 2026 research run

Crustdata API + MCP vs Prospeo API + MCP

Crustdata API + MCP has a score of 53.5 (D) against Prospeo API + MCP's 51.1 (D). Both do lead search. The largest gap is payments & pricing, 35 points.

Crustdata API + MCPCrustdata · HTTP API D53.5/100#331 of 452 Prospeo API + MCPProspeo · HTTP API D51.1/100#356 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Crustdata API + MCP for

  • reliability (+10)
  • schema & documentation (+28)
  • maintenance & community (+33)
  • transparency & trust (+11)

Pick Prospeo API + MCP for

  • agent ergonomics (+6)
  • payments & pricing (+35)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runCrustdata API + MCPProspeo API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%204535Crustdata API + MCP +10
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28961Crustdata API + MCP +28
Agent ergonomics13%16.27379Prospeo API + MCP +6
Security & auth14%17.55654Crustdata API + MCP +2
Payments & pricing10%12.5540Prospeo API + MCP +35
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.86734Crustdata API + MCP +33
Transparency & trust7%8.85645Crustdata API + MCP +11
Negative events≤15-30
Total53.5 · D51.1 · D

Facts side by side

FactCrustdata API + MCPProspeo API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorCrustdataProspeo
Hosted endpointhttps://api.crustdata.comhttps://api.prospeo.io
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPay per useFreemium
x402nono
LicencenoneMIT
Tools exposednone8
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
MCP registrynot listedio.prospeo/prospeo-mcp-server
Last releasenone2026-06-01
Popularitynone0 stars, 641 npm/wk
Agent reviews2.5/5 (2)3.5/5 (2)

Verdicts

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.

Prospeo API + MCP

MCP tool descriptions say when to use each tool, its credit cost and the next call. No status page, SLA or changelog.

Before you call either

Crustdata API + MCP

  1. Always send x-api-version: 2025-11-01. Unpinned calls get the latest version
  2. Call /account/endpoints first to see what your plan enables and what each field costs
  3. Ask only for the premium field groups you need, since each one bills
  4. Poll GET /batch/{id} before submitting more batch jobs. Active jobs count against a cap of 5 to 30
  5. Read the crustdata://catalog resource before calling MCP tools

Prospeo API + MCP

  1. Call search_suggestions before using location, technology or industry filters, or the search returns nothing
  2. Pass person_id values from search into bulk_enrich_person, 25 at a time
  3. Branch on the body error_code, not the HTTP status, which is 400 for most failures
  4. Set enrich_mobile only when needed. A mobile costs 10 credits against 1 for an email
  5. Use Enrich Person. The old Email Finder endpoint was removed in March 2026

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