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The Python and JavaScript SDKs are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "peopledatalabs" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "peopledatalabs" }, { "registry": "go", "name": "github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-go" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from the dashboard after a free signup, sent in the `X-Api-Key` header or as an `api_key` query parameter. Keys have no scopes. A Free account holds 1 active key, Pro 3 and Enterprise 5. Webhooks and data licence deliveries are arranged through sales.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with up to 100 records a month and emails, phone numbers and addresses obfuscated. Pro starts at $98 a month for 350 person records or $100 for 1,000 company records, with 20 per cent off on annual terms. Enterprise is priced by sales. One credit per match or per search record returned, and requests without a match are not charged. The sandbox is free. Higher volume steps and field-bundle prices are shown in the dashboard only (https://www.peopledatalabs.com/pricing, https://docs.peopledatalabs.com/docs/create-an-account, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$98 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing page or the Services Subscription Agreement (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 40, "npmWeekly": 132937, "pypiWeekly": 29514, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.peopledatalabs.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.peopledatalabs.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "lead.search", "lead.enrichment", "data.company", "data.person" ], "tags": [ "lead-search", "enrichment", "hosted", "api-key", "free-tier", "sandbox", "llms-txt", "python", "javascript", "go", "ruby", "rust", "status-page", "soc2", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64.2, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 362, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 35, "reliability": 78, "schema": 70, "security": 43, "transparency": 67 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Monthly dated release notes, a free sandbox with synthetic data, response headers that report credits and rate limits, and a free plan of 100 records a month make the API easy to start with. No OpenAPI file was found, keys carry no scopes and may travel in the URL, and the agreement allows changes without notice.", "bestFor": "Products and pipelines that enrich or search person and company records at volume and can write Elasticsearch or SQL queries.", "strengths": [ "Credits are charged only on a match (a `200`), and each response reports credits spent and remaining in headers", "Seven sandbox endpoints at `sandbox.api.peopledatalabs.com` return synthetic records at no charge on every plan", "Release notes are dated monthly, the latest on 15 September 2026 (dataset v35.2), with schema changes labelled", "`data_include`, `size` and `scroll_token` let a caller limit fields and page through search results", "The published DPA commits to deletion within 90 days of termination and breach notice within 72 hours" ], "weaknesses": [ "No OpenAPI file was found. The machine-readable material is a Postman collection and Elasticsearch mappings", "API keys have no scopes, and the docs show the key passed as `api_key` in the URL query string", "The Services Subscription Agreement says data and services may be modified without prior notice", "Free-plan records have emails, phone numbers and addresses obfuscated, and person search defaults to 10 requests a minute", "No SLA, security.txt, bug bounty or disclosure policy was found in the reviewed pages" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key in the `X-Api-Key` header. The `api_key` query parameter puts the secret in URLs and logs", "Build and test queries against `https://sandbox.api.peopledatalabs.com/v5/...` first. It costs no credits and allows five calls a minute", "Set `size` deliberately on search. Every record returned costs one credit, and responses over 1 MB fail", "Treat `404` on enrichment as no match, not an error, and `402` as credits exhausted. Neither is worth a retry", "On `429`, wait until the `x-ratelimit-reset` time. 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It applies to accounts opened on peopledatalabs.com as well as order forms.", "The legal pages on privacy.peopledatalabs.com are drawn by script. We read their text from the data file the page itself loads, `/static/privacy.peopledatalabs.com/privacyCenterMessages-en.json`. A plain HTML reader sees only the page title.", "The API answers at api.peopledatalabs.com and the sandbox at sandbox.api.peopledatalabs.com.", "www.peopledatalabs.com/.well-known/security.txt and the same path on the docs host return 404.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2017-07-16 for peopledatalabs.com.", "The privacy policy says PDL is registered as a data broker in Texas and has certified to the EU-U.S., UK and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/people-data-labs.json", "live": { "slug": "people-data-labs", "probe": { "target": "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:05.604775061Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 594, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 592, "p95ms24h": 670, "samples24h": 199, "samples30d": 199, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 169, "ok": 169 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.peopledatalabs.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:50:42.234768375Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-python", "version": "v6.4.13", "released": "2026-01-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:12:39.430504791Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "peopledatalabs", "version": "14.6.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:12:38.584315852Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "peopledatalabs", "version": "6.4.13", "released": "2026-01-12", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:12:38.383724428Z" } ], "githubStars": 40, "npmWeekly": 108281, "pypiWeekly": 31343, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://peopledatalabs.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:39:43.754415599Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.peopledatalabs.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:02:34.700546461Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.peopledatalabs.com/links/release-notes", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:38:00.274262431Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6878b79746c4" }, { "url": "https://www.peopledatalabs.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:52:57.948129516Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6dbb06fe8460" }, { "url": "https://privacy.peopledatalabs.com/policies?name=privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:43:59.00075126Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://privacy.peopledatalabs.com/policies?name=services-subscription-agreement", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:01.392386743Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:55:05.604775061Z" } }, "answer": "People Data Labs scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against RocketReach API's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "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`. The last two are terminal" ], "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": 51.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 72, "maintenance": 31, "payments": 10, "reliability": 64, "schema": 72, "security": 34, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 70 }, "connect": { "claudeCode": "claude mcp add rocketreach https://mcp.rocketreach.co/mcp", "config": { "mcpServers": { "rocketreach": { "url": "https://mcp.rocketreach.co/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/lead.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/rocketreach" }, "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "RocketReach, LLC", "domain": "rocketreach.co", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://rocketreach.co/terms", "privacy": "https://rocketreach.co/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.rocketreach.co", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (updated 31 January 2024) name RocketReach, LLC, 144 N 7th St, PO #421, Brooklyn, NY 11211, are governed by Washington law, and say they apply to users of the API and their end users.", "The API answers at api.rocketreach.co and the MCP server at mcp.rocketreach.co, both subdomains of the vendor's domain.", "https://rocketreach.co/.well-known/security.txt gives a contact address and expires on 8 June 2029.", "Paid subscribers also accept a Subscription Agreement at https://rocketreach.co/subscriber_terms, and a DPA at https://rocketreach.co/dpa forms part of the terms.", "No changelog was found on the docs site or the main site. 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": "2026-10-10T02:55:08.295305547Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 1581, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 570, "p95ms24h": 1542, "samples24h": 115, "samples30d": 115, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 30, "ok": 30 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.rocketreach.co", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T02:50:45.712247973Z" }, "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": "2026-10-10T02:55:08.295305547Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "People Data Labs, Inc.", "b": "RocketReach, LLC", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5", "b": "https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under the Services Subscription Agreement. The Python and JavaScript SDKs are MIT", "b": "Proprietary service under RocketReach's Terms of Service. The Python SDK on GitHub is MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "9", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-16", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2024-01-31", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2026-09-30", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "40 stars, 133k npm/wk, 30k PyPI/wk", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "People Data Labs scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against RocketReach API's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, People Data Labs or RocketReach API?" }, { "answer": "People Data Labs needs an API key. RocketReach API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do People Data Labs and RocketReach API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. People Data Labs has a hosted endpoint at https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5 and RocketReach API at https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2.", "question": "Can an agent call People Data Labs and RocketReach API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 78 against 64", "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 72", "Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 34", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 10", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 31", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 58" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Products and pipelines that enrich or search person and company records at volume and can write Elasticsearch or SQL queries.", "slug": "people-data-labs", "watchFor": "No OpenAPI file was found. 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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/people-data-labs-vs-rocketreach", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/people-data-labs-vs-rocketreach.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/people-data-labs-vs-rocketreach.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/people-data-labs-vs-rocketreach.min.md" }, "markdown": "People Data Labs scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against RocketReach API's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do lead search.\n\n- People Data Labs: grade B, 64.2/100, rank #362 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/people-data-labs.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/people-data-labs.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### People Data Labs (B)\n\nGood for: Products and pipelines that enrich or search person and company records at volume and can write Elasticsearch or SQL queries.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 78 against 64\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 72\n- Security \u0026 auth, 43 against 34\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 31\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 67 against 58\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI file was found. The machine-readable material is a Postman collection and Elasticsearch mappings\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\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 | People Data Labs | RocketReach API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 64 | People Data Labs +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 72 | RocketReach API +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 72 | People Data Labs +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 34 | People Data Labs +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 10 | People Data Labs +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 31 | People Data Labs +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 67 | 58 | People Data Labs +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64.2 · B** | **51.2 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | People Data Labs | RocketReach API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | People Data Labs, Inc. | RocketReach, LLC |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5` | `https://api.rocketreach.co/api/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under the Services Subscription Agreement. The Python and JavaScript SDKs are MIT | Proprietary service under RocketReach's Terms of Service. The Python SDK on GitHub is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 9 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-16 | none |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2024-01-31 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-30 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 40 stars, 133k npm/wk, 30k PyPI/wk | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**People Data Labs.** Monthly dated release notes, a free sandbox with synthetic data, response headers that report credits and rate limits, and a free plan of 100 records a month make the API easy to start with. No OpenAPI file was found, keys carry no scopes and may travel in the URL, and the agreement allows changes without notice.\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### People Data Labs\n\n1. Send the key in the `X-Api-Key` header. The `api_key` query parameter puts the secret in URLs and logs\n2. Build and test queries against `https://sandbox.api.peopledatalabs.com/v5/...` first. It costs no credits and allows five calls a minute\n3. Set `size` deliberately on search. Every record returned costs one credit, and responses over 1 MB fail\n4. Treat `404` on enrichment as no match, not an error, and `402` as credits exhausted. Neither is worth a retry\n5. On `429`, wait until the `x-ratelimit-reset` time. Limits are fixed-window per key and per endpoint\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, People Data Labs or RocketReach API?\n\nPeople Data Labs scores 64.2 (B) on agent readiness against RocketReach API's 51.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do People Data Labs and RocketReach API need an API key?\n\nPeople Data Labs needs an API key. RocketReach API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call People Data Labs and RocketReach API without installing anything?\n\nYes. People Data Labs has a hosted endpoint at https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5 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/people-data-labs-vs-rocketreach.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/people-data-labs-vs-rocketreach.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"people-data-labs\", \"b\": \"rocketreach\"}`. 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