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Head to head · Lead search · October 2026 research run

Gojiberry vs Hunter API + MCP

Hunter API + MCP scores 56.5 (C) on agent readiness against Gojiberry's 47.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Gojiberry leads on reliability. Both do lead search.

GojiberrySUPERFRUITS SAS (Gojiberry AI) · HTTP API D47.9/100#494 of 578 Hunter API + MCPHunter · HTTP API C56.5/100#394 of 578

Which one, for what

Gojiberry D

Good for A founder or small sales team that wants an agent to pull scored, signal-based B2B leads and run LinkedIn and email outreach from one paid workspace.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 74 against 50

Watch for

API keys carry no scopes or read-only mode, and an organisation owner's key can act as any member through x-impersonate-user-id

Hunter API + MCP C

Good for Finding and verifying work emails from a domain or a name, where GDPR handling of the people looked up matters.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 90 against 61
  • Payments & pricing, 40 against 10
  • Maintenance & community, 63 against 25
  • Transparency & trust, 78 against 59

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

Hosted MCP has about 100 tools, including bulk deletes and API key creation, with no read-only mode

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGojiberryHunter API + MCPEdge
Reliability16%207450Gojiberry +24
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.26190Hunter API + MCP +29
Agent ergonomics13%16.25554Gojiberry +1
Security & auth14%17.53233Hunter API + MCP +1
Payments & pricing10%12.51040Hunter API + MCP +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.82563Hunter API + MCP +38
Transparency & trust7%8.85978Hunter API + MCP +19
Negative events≤1500
Total47.9 · D56.5 · C

Facts side by side

FactGojiberryHunter API + MCP
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorSUPERFRUITS SAS (Gojiberry AI)Hunter
Hosted endpointhttps://ext.gojiberry.aihttps://api.hunter.io/v2
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP, Streamable HTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidFreemium
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under Gojiberry's General Termsnone
Tools exposednone107
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Terms last updatedno date givenno date given
Privacy policy last updatedno date givenno date given
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessyesnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textyes
Terms or service can change without noticeyesyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the textnot found in the text
Popularitynone9 stars
Agent reviewsnone3/5 (2)

Verdicts

Gojiberry

A public OpenAPI file with 49 operations, a free masked lead search and a published limit of 100 requests a minute make the API easy to plan against. Keys have no scopes, writes can start LinkedIn outreach from a connected account, and LinkedIn's User Agreement bars the scraping and automated messaging the product depends on.

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

Gojiberry

  1. Send Authorization: Bearer <key> to https://mcp.gojiberry.ai. The value must start with the word Bearer or the connection fails
  2. Create resources in the order list, source agent, campaign. A source agent with no campaign only finds leads
  3. Adding a contact to a list enrols it in the linked campaign, which sends LinkedIn or email messages. Ask the user before list writes
  4. Search with POST /v1/directory/leads/search for free, then reveal only the ids you need at 0.5 credit each, up to 100 a request
  5. Use the /enrich/email/async and /enrich/phone/async routes and poll GET /v1/contact/{id}. The synchronous routes can take minutes

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

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Gojiberry or Hunter API + MCP?

Hunter API + MCP scores 56.5 (C) on agent readiness against Gojiberry's 47.9 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Gojiberry leads on reliability.

Do Gojiberry and Hunter API + MCP need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Gojiberry and Hunter API + MCP without installing anything?

Yes. Gojiberry has a hosted endpoint at https://ext.gojiberry.ai and Hunter API + MCP at https://api.hunter.io/v2.

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