# Dropcontact API + MCP vs Explorium AgentSource (slim)

> Dropcontact scores 50.9 (D) to Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D) for lead enrichment. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Dropcontact API + MCP scores 50.9 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do lead enrichment.

- Dropcontact API + MCP: D 50.9, rank #761 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/dropcontact.min.md
- Explorium AgentSource: D 48.1, rank #821 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/explorium-agentsource.min.md
- Dropcontact API + MCP, good for European teams cleaning and completing contact lists where GDPR handling matters more than coverage. Ahead on Reliability, 57 against 42; Security & auth, 59 against 37; Transparency & trust, 71 against 59. Also Free to start without a card.
- Explorium AgentSource, good for Agents that build prospect lists by filter and then enrich them, or that watch companies for events such as funding and role changes. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 76 against 41; Maintenance & community, 28 against 18.

| Category | Dropcontact API + MCP | Explorium AgentSource |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 57 | 42 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 41 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 59 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 18 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 71 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Dropcontact API + MCP | Explorium AgentSource |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Dropcontact | Explorium Ltd. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.dropcontact.com/v1` | `https://api.explorium.ai` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |
| Price for lead enrichment | not published | $0.15 per record |
| Licence | none | Proprietary service under the Explorium Terms of Use. The `mcp-explorium` repository of connection files is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 11 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-08-01 | 2026-06-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2020-06-04 | 2026-06-28 |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |