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Head to head · Lead enrichment · October 2026 research run

Dropcontact API + MCP vs Hunter API + MCP

Hunter API + MCP has a score of 56.8 (C) against Dropcontact API + MCP's 51.1 (D). Both do lead enrichment. The largest gap is schema & documentation, 49 points.

Dropcontact API + MCPDropcontact · HTTP API D51.1/100#355 of 452 Hunter API + MCPHunter · HTTP API C56.8/100#299 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Dropcontact API + MCP for

  • reliability (+7)
  • agent ergonomics (+6)
  • security & auth (+26)

Pick Hunter API + MCP for

  • schema & documentation (+49)
  • maintenance & community (+45)
  • transparency & trust (+8)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDropcontact API + MCPHunter API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%205750Dropcontact API + MCP +7
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.24190Hunter API + MCP +49
Agent ergonomics13%16.26054Dropcontact API + MCP +6
Security & auth14%17.55933Dropcontact API + MCP +26
Payments & pricing10%12.54040even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.81863Hunter API + MCP +45
Transparency & trust7%8.87381Hunter API + MCP +8
Negative events≤1500
Total51.1 · D56.8 · C

Facts side by side

FactDropcontact API + MCPHunter API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorDropcontactHunter
Hosted endpointhttps://api.dropcontact.com/v1https://api.hunter.io/v2
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidFreemium
x402nono
Licencenonenone
Tools exposednone107
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.txtnoyes
MCP registrynot listednot listed
Last releasenonenone
Popularitynone9 stars
Agent reviews3.5/5 (2)3/5 (2)

Verdicts

Dropcontact API + MCP

Pay on success, with credits refunded when no email is found. No OpenAPI spec, llms.txt or changelog.

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.

Before you call either

Dropcontact API + MCP

  1. Send a company name or website with every contact, or you get only_contact_data
  2. Send only documented fields. New accounts get a 400 for unknown ones
  3. Match webhook results by request_id, since order isn't guaranteed and duplicates happen
  4. Poll no faster than every 30 seconds, as the not-ready response asks
  5. Post an empty contact to read the credit balance at no cost

Hunter API + MCP

  1. Treat 451 as final. The person opted out and retrying won't help
  2. Back off on 403 with a rate-limit message. 429 means the plan's credits are gone
  3. Send the key in X-API-Key, never as ?api_key=
  4. Use test-api-key to check request shapes without spending credits
  5. Use the hosted MCP at mcp.hunter.io/mcp, not the deprecated local npm package

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