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Head to head · Lead enrichment · October 2026 research run

Dropcontact API + MCP vs Lusha API + MCP

Lusha API + MCP has a score of 62.6 (B) against Dropcontact API + MCP's 51.1 (D). Both do lead enrichment. The largest gap is maintenance & community, 64 points.

Dropcontact API + MCPDropcontact · HTTP API D51.1/100#355 of 452 Lusha API + MCPLusha · HTTP API B62.6/100#215 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick Dropcontact API + MCP for

  • agent ergonomics (+9)

Pick Lusha API + MCP for

  • reliability (+18)
  • schema & documentation (+42)
  • maintenance & community (+64)
  • transparency & trust (+11)

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDropcontact API + MCPLusha API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%205775Lusha API + MCP +18
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.24183Lusha API + MCP +42
Agent ergonomics13%16.26051Dropcontact API + MCP +9
Security & auth14%17.55959even
Payments & pricing10%12.54040even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.81882Lusha API + MCP +64
Transparency & trust7%8.87384Lusha API + MCP +11
Negative events≤150-4
Total51.1 · D62.6 · B

Facts side by side

FactDropcontact API + MCPLusha API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorDropcontactLusha
Hosted endpointhttps://api.dropcontact.com/v1https://api.lusha.com
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidFreemium
x402nono
Licencenonenone
Tools exposednone50
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 listedcom.lusha.mcp/mcp
Last releasenone2026-09-23
Popularitynonenone
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.

Lusha API + MCP

API key on every plan, including Free with 40 credits a month. At least 1 credit per request even when nothing matches.

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

Lusha API + MCP

  1. Batch up to 25 contacts a request. A single bulk request costs 1 credit, not 1 per contact
  2. Ask for phones only when needed. A phone is 5 credits against 1 for an email
  3. Use the Buying Group endpoint. Decision Makers was retired on 2026-09-04
  4. Use /v3/lookalike/contacts for contact lookalikes
  5. Back off exponentially on 429. Free keys stop at 100 requests a day

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