Free
$0
Free
100 credits a month (1,200 a year), no card.
API included
Plan details
The app selects up to 25 records at a time. Unused credits roll over.
Comparison
AI Ark vs People Data Labs: which data API fits your build?
Both sell person and company data through an API. People Data Labs is developer-first: Person Pro from $98 a month for 350 credits, SQL or Elasticsearch search, and bulk enrichment of 100 records per call. AI Ark is $49 a month for 5,000 credits, with emails verified at 1 credit each and async exports of up to 10,000 people.
Pick AI Ark if
- You want emails verified at the moment they are returned, including catch-all addresses
- You want more credits for the entry price: 5,000 for $49 a month
Pick People Data Labs if
- You write precise queries in SQL or Elasticsearch over every field
- You enrich in synchronous batches of up to 100 records
AI Ark
Sourcing, Enrichment
People Data Labs
Enrichment, Sourcing
At a glance
AI Ark
- From
- $49/momonthly, $470/yr annual
- Free plan
- Yes$0, 100 credits/mo, no card
- Cost per unit
- 1 credit/email, 5/mobile, 0 if none
- MCP server
- Official
People Data Labs
- From
- US$98/moPerson Pro from, 350 credits
- Free plan
- YesUS$0, 100 records/mo per dataset
- Cost per unit
- US$0.28 a credit1 credit per match
- MCP server
- YesPartial: docs-search MCP only
Where they differ
16 points side by side. Open a value for the full detail.
| What | AI Ark | People Data Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Credit-based B2B data APIA credit-based B2B data API over 400M+ people and 70M+ companies: people and company search (including lookalike), a low-cost preview, single-row email and mobile finders, and async export with verified emails. | Developer API for person, company, IP dataA developer data API with person, company, IP and job posting datasets. It enriches one record or 100 at a time, and searches with SQL or Elasticsearch queries. Enterprise customers can also license the data as files. | |
| $49/mo monthly, $470/yr annualUsage-Based: $49 a month billed monthly for 5,000 credits, or $470 a year billed annually for 60,000 credits ($39.17 a month). Larger packages are priced in its credit calculator. Verified 2026-10-25. | Person Pro from US$98/mo, 350 creditsPer credit pack, bought per dataset. Person Pro starts at US$98 a month for 350 credits, or from US$940 a year. Company Pro is US$100 a month for 1,000 records, or US$960 a year. Verified 2026-10-25. | |
| Credits per account, roll over up to 2xCredits per account, with seats by tier (up to 3 seats up to 30K credits a month). Unused credits roll over up to 2x the monthly allowance. Annual billing saves 20% and grants all credits on day one. Above 30K credits a month its FAQ quotes $2 to $4 per 1,000 credits. | Credits per product, charged on matchCredits are bought per product. Enrichment charges only on a match; a 404 is free. Person Identify charges on both 200 and 404. Search charges for every record returned, so set the size. Autocomplete, cleaners and the sandbox are free. | |
| 1 credit/email, 5/mobile, 0 if none1 credit per valid email (0.5 profile plus 0.5 verified email) on the single-row and trackId finders, and 0 when no valid email is found. Bulk export charges 0.5 per person plus 0.5 per email found. A mobile costs 5 credits, 0 if none. | 1 credit per match, US$0.28 a credit1 credit per matched person, and on Pro the match returns emails and phones in the record. At the 350-credit Person Pro step the app shows US$0.28 a credit. On Free, contact fields come back as true or false. | |
| 0.5 credit/result, 10,000 per searchPeople Preview costs 1 credit per page of up to 100, with last names masked. People Search costs 0.5 credit per result and returns no emails. Company Search costs 0.1 per result. Up to 100 per page and 10,000 records per search through paging. | 1 credit per record returnedSQL or Elasticsearch queries over every schema field, at 1 credit per record returned. Paging with from stops at 10,000 records; a scroll token goes further. | |
| $0, 100 credits/mo, no card$0 with 100 credits a month and no card. The app selects up to 25 records at a time, and unused credits roll over. | US$0, 100 records/mo per datasetUS$0 with up to 100 records a month per dataset. On Free, emails, phone numbers and street addresses come back as true or false, not values. | |
| Every plan, full APIAn API key is available right after signup. Its FAQ says every plan includes the complete API with no features held back; higher tiers add rate limits and seats. | Every plan, including FreeEvery plan, including Free. Active keys: 1 on Free, 3 on Pro, 5 on Enterprise. Preview search, preview enrichment and webhooks are Enterprise purchases. | |
| X-TOKEN headerX-TOKEN header with no Bearer prefix. Keys are created in the API Management dashboard. | X-Api-Key header or api_key parameterAPI key in the X-Api-Key header or an api_key query parameter. SDKs for Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Go and Rust. | |
| 5 requests/sec per key5 requests a second per API key by default, then 429. Async jobs: up to 500 in flight per service, 10 processed at a time. Accounts using 450,000+ credits a month can ask for custom limits. | Person enrichment 1,000/min on paidPer key, per endpoint, in one-minute windows. Person enrichment 100 a minute on Free and 1,000 on paid plans; company enrichment 10 and 1,000; search 10 a minute by default. Every response is capped at 1MB. | |
| 10,000 per async job, webhookExport People with Email takes up to 10,000 people per async job, delivered to a webhook or by polling. Webhooks retry up to 3 times, and a charged job that is not delivered is refunded within up to 10 hours. | 100 per bulk call; webhooks Enterprise onlyBulk enrichment takes 1 to 100 records per call. Change webhooks, pushed when records you filter on change in a release, are for Enterprise and data licence customers. | |
| YesOfficial hosted server at api.ai-ark.com/v1/mcp for API calls and documentation search. It takes the API key in the URL (?token=), so keep the config file private. | Partial: docs-search MCP onlyNo official MCP for the data. A docs-search MCP at docs.peopledatalabs.com/mcp reads the documentation only. | |
| Firmographics, verified emails, mobiles, personality profilesPerson profiles with company data (firmographics, technographics, funding, headcount by department), emails verified by BounceBan including catch-all, mobiles and DISC or OCEAN personality profiles. Its docs give a 30-day refresh cycle. | Emails, phones, work history, company dataPDL's docs give 1.5 billion unique person profiles on one page and nearly three billion on another. Person records carry emails, phones, work history, education and skills; company records add headcount, inferred revenue, funding and technologies. API data refreshes monthly. | |
| Zapier, Make, n8n, ClayClay-compatible v2 endpoints that return HTTP 200 on misses. Its pricing FAQ lists Zapier, Make, n8n and Clay, and CRMs and sequencers by CSV or API; native CRM connectors are on its roadmap. | Clay, Salesforce, Make, ZapierClay (managed or your own key), Salesforce, Make and Zapier, each with its own docs page. | |
| GDPR policy, no SOC 2 namedPublishes a GDPR policy, and its terms include data processing terms for EEA and UK personal data. No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report is named on its pricing, docs or legal pages. | ISO and SOC 2 Type 2ISO and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, per its pricing page. | |
| Internal use only, no resaleExported data is licensed for your internal sales, marketing, recruiting and outreach. No resale or redistribution, and no use to build, train or improve a competing database or tool. Its FAQ says agencies may use it for client work. | No FCRA uses or AI trainingThe acceptable use policy bans FCRA uses such as credit, insurance and employment screening, and training generative AI models. Resale or showing raw data to end users needs an enterprise agreement. | |
| Market sizing and bulk verified-email exportSizing a market for 1 credit per preview page, then exporting up to 10,000 people with verified emails in one job, or enriching row by row and paying only when an email is found. | Developers enriching large lists in codeDevelopers who enrich large lists in code, write precise search queries, or need person, company and IP data under one key. |
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Pricing, plan by plan
US dollars as each vendor's page showed them on 25 Oct 2026. One panel per tool; switch each between monthly and annual billing (an annual price is the monthly rate when you pay for the year up front).
AI Ark
4 plans · API reviewUsage-Based (entry package)
$49/mo
billed monthly
$39.17/mo
billed annually
5,000 credits a month billed monthly, or $470 a year billed annually for 60,000 credits, all granted on day one.
API included
Plan details
Selects 10,000 records at a time. Rollover up to 2x the monthly allowance.
Larger credit packages
Usage-based
Priced in the credit calculator.
API included
Plan details
FAQ tiers: Starter up to 30K credits a month (up to 3 seats), Builder 60K to 300K (up to 5 seats), Scale 450K+ (10 seats); $2 to $4 per 1,000 credits above 30K a month.
Agency & Enterprise
Custom quote
Custom: partner program, enterprise back-office, white-label, multi-user management and a dedicated account manager.
API included
Plan details
Price on request.
People Data Labs
5 plans · API reviewFree (Person)
$0
Free
US$0. Up to 100 records a month. Emails, phones and addresses are returned as true or false.
API included
Pro (Person)
$98/mo
billed monthly
$78.33/mo
billed annually
Starting at US$98 a month billed monthly for 350 credits (US$0.28 a credit in the app), or starting at US$940 a year billed annually (US$78.33 a month).
API included
Plan details
Contact data and premium fields included.
Free (Company)
$0
Free
US$0. Up to 100 records a month.
API included
Pro (Company)
$100/mo
billed monthly
$80/mo
billed annually
US$100 a month billed monthly, starting at 1,000 records a month, or US$960 a year billed annually (US$80 a month).
API included
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Enterprise
Custom quote
Custom volume on annual contracts: data licence files, field bundles, preview APIs, webhooks and SSO.
API included
Plan details
Price on request.
Which one to pick
Choose AI Ark if
- You want emails verified at the moment they are returned, including catch-all addresses.
- You want more credits for the entry price: 5,000 for $49 a month.
- You want an official MCP server for the data.
- You export lists of up to 10,000 people with emails in one async job.
Choose People Data Labs if
- You write precise queries in SQL or Elasticsearch over every field.
- You enrich in synchronous batches of up to 100 records.
- You need person, company, IP and job-posting data under one key.
- You need ISO and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance on paper.
- You plan a data-licence deal with flat files later.
If neither fits: If you already hold a list and only need verified work emails, a pay-per-result email finder may be enough. The guide below compares every way to do it.
How to find a person's work email addressWant us to build it for you?
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Questions people ask
How much do AI Ark and People Data Labs cost?
AI Ark: Free with 100 credits a month; Usage-Based from $49 a month for 5,000 credits, or $470 a year for 60,000. People Data Labs: Free with up to 100 records a month per dataset; Person Pro from $98 a month for 350 credits, or from $940 a year. Prices verified 2026-10-25.
Do I get emails on the free plans?
On People Data Labs Free, emails, phones and addresses come back as true or false; Pro unlocks them. AI Ark's 100 free credits can be spent on its email finders, at 1 credit per valid email found.
Is a lookup that finds nothing charged?
People Data Labs enrichment charges only on a match, so a 404 is free; Person Identify bills 404s too, and search bills every record returned. AI Ark's single and trackId email finders cost 0 when no valid email is found; its bulk export charges 0.5 credit per person either way.
Which allows more requests?
People Data Labs person enrichment allows 1,000 requests a minute on paid plans (100 on Free), with search at 10 a minute by default. AI Ark allows 5 requests a second per key, about 300 a minute, with custom limits from 450,000 credits a month.
Do they have MCP servers?
AI Ark hosts one at api.ai-ark.com/v1/mcp, with the API key in the URL. People Data Labs has no official MCP for its data; its docs MCP only searches the documentation.
Related
Read from ai-ark.com/pricing, peopledatalabs.com/pricing/person and each tool's API docs. Verified 25 Oct 2026.
