{ "data": { "a": { "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": "2026-10-10T01:37:51.276352651Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 467, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 411, "p95ms24h": 1390, "samples24h": 102, "samples30d": 102, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "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": "2026-10-10T01:37:51.276352651Z" } }, "answer": "RocketReach API scores 51.2 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "rocketreach", "name": "RocketReach API", "vendor": "RocketReach, LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://rocketreach.co", "kind": "http-api", "category": "lead-data", "summary": "RocketReach is a contact and company database with people and company search, contact lookup, bulk lookup and single-address email verification. Agents reach it through a REST API (v2) with an account API key, or a hosted MCP server with OAuth.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rocketreach", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rocketreach.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rocketreach.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rocketreach.json", "repo": "https://github.com/rocketreach/rocketreach_python", "license": "Proprietary service under RocketReach's Terms of Service. The Python SDK on GitHub is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "rocketreach" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs up in a browser and generates a key in account settings. REST calls send it in the `Api-Key` header. One key is active per account, and generating a new one invalidates the old. The `api_key` query parameter is deprecated. The MCP server at https://mcp.rocketreach.co/mcp uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and open dynamic client registration, with one scope, `rocketreach:read`, and the user approves access in a browser. The docs list an account with API access as a prerequisite.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No price was read. The pricing page is drawn by script and showed only its title (checked 2026-10-09). The docs name four API plans, Essentials, Pro, Ultimate and Custom, and tell users without a paid plan to email for an API plan. Universal Credits cost 2 for a professional email, 3 for a personal email, 6 for a phone and 1 a page of person search. Whether a free account or trial includes API calls was not established. Fees are non-refundable under the Subscription Agreement.", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the reference pages or the terms (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 9, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.rocketreach.co/", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.rocketreach.co/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "lead.search", "lead.enrichment", "email.verification", "email.finder", "data.company" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "api-key", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "credits", "lead-search", "enrichment", "email-verification", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 755, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 10, "reliability": 64, "schema": 72, "security": 34, "transparency": 58 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "The hosted MCP server has nine documented tools, OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration and machine-readable error codes, and searches cost no credits. Plan prices were not readable, the docs send API plan requests to email, the terms require a human account holder, and the `account` tool returns the account's API key to the model.", "bestFor": "Teams that already hold a RocketReach plan and want an agent to search people and companies, reveal emails and phones, and verify single addresses over MCP.", "strengths": [ "Hosted MCP server with nine documented tools, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration, one-hour access tokens and rotating refresh tokens", "MCP errors carry a stable `error_code` in `_meta`, with `retry_after_seconds`, `credit_type` or the failing `field`", "Rate limits published per plan and per endpoint by minute, hour, day and month, and 429 responses carry `Retry-After`", "Lookups that find no data are not charged, B and F grade emails are not charged, and repeat lookups of a profile are free while the plan is active", "Status page with separate API and MCP components, and the 27 September 2026 maintenance was announced 12 days ahead" ], "weaknesses": [ "The pricing page is drawn by script and was not read, and the docs tell users without a paid plan to email for an API plan", "The MCP `account` tool returns the account's API key in its response, and the OAuth access token carries the same key inside it", "One API key per account with no scopes. The single MCP scope `rocketreach:read` covers the tools that spend credits and add contacts", "On 20 August 2026 the status page shows ten hours of degraded performance across the site, API and MCP, then a 29-minute outage", "The terms say account holders warrant they are human and forbid automated extraction of lookup data. No deduction is taken, and it matters before any probe is run", "No changelog or deprecation policy was found, and the Python SDK's last code change is dated 26 March 2025" ], "agentNotes": [ "Search first with `person_search` or `company_search`, which cost no credits, then look up only the profile IDs needed", "Treat `status: \"pending\"` as normal. Poll `check_person_status` after at least 3 seconds, and polling is free", "Do not echo the `account` tool's output to users or logs. It includes the account's API key", "Send the key in the `Api-Key` header. The `api_key` query parameter is deprecated", "Bulk lookup takes 1 to 100 queries and needs a webhook. Results arrive at the webhook, signed in `X-RocketReach-Signature`", "Do not loop on `unknown` from `email_verify`, or on `lookup_failed` and `not_found`. 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The registration date of rocketreach.co was not established." ], "score": 70 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rocketreach.json", "live": { "slug": "rocketreach", "probe": { "target": "https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:05.167379068Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 606, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 572, "p95ms24h": 1539, "samples24h": 102, "samples30d": 102, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 17, "ok": 17 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.rocketreach.co", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T01:34:07.966152335Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "rocketreach", "version": "2.1.8", "released": "2025-03-26", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:17:24.557829144Z" } ], "githubStars": 18, "pypiWeekly": 13874, "pages": [ { "url": "https://rocketreach.co/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:37.647800452Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bb39d156c3b5" }, { "url": "https://rocketreach.co/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:39.963033716Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ac842cb8d9d8" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T01:38:05.167379068Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Explorium Ltd.", "b": "RocketReach, LLC", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.explorium.ai", "b": "https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy)", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Explorium Terms of Use. The `mcp-explorium` repository of connection files is MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under RocketReach's Terms of Service. 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Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Explorium AgentSource or RocketReach API?" }, { "answer": "Explorium AgentSource needs an API key. RocketReach API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Explorium AgentSource and RocketReach API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Explorium AgentSource has a hosted endpoint at https://api.explorium.ai and RocketReach API at https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call Explorium AgentSource and RocketReach API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 10" ], "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" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 64 against 42", "Agent ergonomics, 72 against 63" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams that already hold a RocketReach plan and want an agent to search people and companies, reveal emails and phones, and verify single addresses over MCP.", "slug": "rocketreach", "watchFor": "The pricing page is drawn by script and was not read, and the docs tell users without a paid plan to email for an API plan" 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Plan prices were not readable, the docs send API plan requests to email, the terms require a human account holder, and the `account` tool returns the account's API key to the model." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/explorium-agentsource-vs-rocketreach", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/explorium-agentsource-vs-rocketreach.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/explorium-agentsource-vs-rocketreach.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/explorium-agentsource-vs-rocketreach.min.md" }, "markdown": "RocketReach API scores 51.2 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do lead search.\n\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- RocketReach API: grade D, 51.2/100, rank #755 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rocketreach.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/rocketreach.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### 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 10\n\nWatch for: No status page was found, and no SLA is published\n\n### RocketReach API (D)\n\nGood for: Teams that already hold a RocketReach plan and want an agent to search people and companies, reveal emails and phones, and verify single addresses over MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 64 against 42\n- Agent ergonomics, 72 against 63\n\nWatch for: The pricing page is drawn by script and was not read, and the docs tell users without a paid plan to email for an API plan\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Explorium AgentSource | RocketReach API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 42 | 64 | RocketReach API +22 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 72 | Explorium AgentSource +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 72 | RocketReach API +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 37 | 34 | Explorium AgentSource +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 10 | Explorium AgentSource +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 28 | 31 | RocketReach API +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 58 | Explorium AgentSource +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **48.1 · D** | **51.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Explorium AgentSource | RocketReach API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Explorium Ltd. | RocketReach, LLC |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.explorium.ai` | `https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Explorium Terms of Use. The `mcp-explorium` repository of connection files is MIT | Proprietary service under RocketReach's Terms of Service. The Python SDK on GitHub is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 11 | 9 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-02 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-14 | 2024-01-31 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-28 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |\n\n## Verdicts\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**RocketReach API.** The hosted MCP server has nine documented tools, OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration and machine-readable error codes, and searches cost no credits. Plan prices were not readable, the docs send API plan requests to email, the terms require a human account holder, and the `account` tool returns the account's API key to the model.\n\n## Before you call either\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### RocketReach API\n\n1. Search first with `person_search` or `company_search`, which cost no credits, then look up only the profile IDs needed\n2. Treat `status: \"pending\"` as normal. Poll `check_person_status` after at least 3 seconds, and polling is free\n3. Do not echo the `account` tool's output to users or logs. It includes the account's API key\n4. Send the key in the `Api-Key` header. The `api_key` query parameter is deprecated\n5. Bulk lookup takes 1 to 100 queries and needs a webhook. Results arrive at the webhook, signed in `X-RocketReach-Signature`\n6. Do not loop on `unknown` from `email_verify`, or on `lookup_failed` and `not_found`. The last two are terminal\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Explorium AgentSource or RocketReach API?\n\nRocketReach API scores 51.2 (D) on agent readiness against Explorium AgentSource's 48.1 (D), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Explorium AgentSource leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Explorium AgentSource and RocketReach API need an API key?\n\nExplorium AgentSource needs an API key. RocketReach API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Explorium AgentSource and RocketReach API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Explorium AgentSource has a hosted endpoint at https://api.explorium.ai and RocketReach API at https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/explorium-agentsource-vs-rocketreach.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/explorium-agentsource-vs-rocketreach.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"explorium-agentsource\", \"b\": \"rocketreach\"}`. 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