Free Trial
$0
Free
100 credits, valid for 90 days, no card.
API included
Comparison
Explorium vs People Data Labs
Explorium sells prepaid credit packs from $29.99 that last 12 months, prices enrichments by bundle, adds Bombora intent and event webhooks, and runs an official MCP server. People Data Labs sells monthly plans from $98 for person data, charges 1 credit per match, lets you search with Elasticsearch or SQL, and keeps webhooks for enterprise. Both have free tiers.
Pick Explorium if
- You want to pay for what you use without a subscription: prepaid packs from $29.99 that last 12 months
- You want intent (Bombora), funding and job-change events in the same API, with webhooks
Pick People Data Labs if
- You want 1 credit per matched record and no charge for misses
- You build complex audience queries in Elasticsearch or SQL
Explorium
Sourcing, Enrichment
People Data Labs
Enrichment, Sourcing
At a glance
Explorium
- From
- $29.99Prepaid packs from for 500 credits
- Free plan
- YesFree trial: 100 credits for 90 days
- Cost per unit
- $0.06to $0.015 a credit
- MCP server
- Official
People Data Labs
- From
- $98/moPerson Pro from, 350 credits
- Free plan
- YesFree plan, 100 credits/mo per dataset
- Cost per unit
- $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 | Explorium | People Data Labs |
|---|---|---|
| B2B data API for agentsA B2B data API for agents: match and fetch businesses and prospects, then enrich them with bundles such as firmographics, technographics, Bombora intent, funding, hierarchy, contacts and AI research. | Developer API for person, company, IP dataA developer data API for person, company, IP and job-posting records, with enrichment, Elasticsearch or SQL search, and flat-file data licensing. | |
| Prepaid packs from $29.99 for 500 creditsPrepaid packages, not subscriptions: Lite $29.99 for 500 credits, Starter $149.99 for 5,000, Growth $749.99 for 30,000, Scale $7,499.99 for 500,000. Verified 2026-10-25. | Person Pro from $98/mo, 350 creditsMonthly or annual plans per dataset. Person Pro from $98 a month for 350 credits, or from $940 a year billed annually. Company Pro $100 a month for 1,000 records, or $960 a year. Verified 2026-10-25. | |
| $0.06 to $0.015 a credit$0.06 a credit on Lite down to $0.015 on Scale. Fetching a business or prospect costs 1 credit per result; enrichments cost 1 to 5 credits per entity by bundle (firmographics 1, technographics 2, email and phone 5). Matching is free. | 1 credit per match, $0.28 a credit1 credit per matched record on enrichment; no charge for a 404. Search charges 1 credit per record returned. At the 350-credit Person Pro step that is $0.28 a credit. | |
| Email 2 credits, email plus phone 5A separate enrichment: email only 2 credits, email plus phone 5 credits, waterfall phone from external providers 15 credits. Prospect fetch returns only a hashed email. | In the person record on ProEmails, phones and addresses come in the person record on Pro. On the Free plan they are hidden and returned as true or false flags. | |
| Valid 12 months, no auto-renewCredits are valid for 12 months and cannot be rolled over once expired. Packages are non-refundable and do not renew automatically; the service stops when credits run out. | Monthly allowance or annual poolMonthly credit allowance per dataset, or an annual pool that saves 20%. Out of credits returns HTTP 402. | |
| Free trial: 100 credits for 90 daysFree trial: 100 credits, valid for 90 days, no card. | Free plan, 100 credits/mo per datasetFree plan: up to 100 credits a month per dataset, with contact data hidden. | |
| Every package, including the free trial | Every plan, including FreeEvery plan, including Free. Preview Search, Preview Enrichment and webhooks are enterprise purchases. | |
| api_key headerAPI key in a header named api_key. The same key works for the MCP server. | X-Api-Key header or api_key parameterAPI key in the X-Api-Key header (or an api_key query parameter). Up to 1 active key on Free, 3 on Pro, 5 on Enterprise. | |
| 200 queries/min per key200 queries a minute per API key on a 60-second sliding window, counted per entity: a 50-row batch uses 50 queries. Enterprise can buy more. | Person enrichment 1,000/min on paidPer key and per endpoint, in one-minute windows. Person enrichment 100 a minute on Free and 1,000 on paid plans; person and company search 10 a minute by default. | |
| 50 IDs sync, 10,000 asyncSync enrichment takes up to 50 IDs per call; async jobs take up to 10,000 records from an uploaded dataset. | Up to 100 records per requestBulk person and bulk company enrichment take up to 100 records per synchronous request. Responses are capped at 1MB. | |
| YesOfficial AgentSource MCP v2 at mcp-v2.explorium.ai/mcp, with your API key. | Partial: docs-search MCP onlyNo official MCP server for its data. Its docs MCP only searches the documentation. | |
| Firmographics, technographics, intent, funding, contactsBusiness and prospect data: firmographics, technographics, financials, funding, Bombora intent, web traffic, hierarchy, workforce trends, events and contacts. | 1.5 billion person profiles, monthly refresh1.5 billion unique person profiles, plus company, IP and job-posting datasets. API data is refreshed monthly. | |
| Event webhooks, 1 credit per eventEvent feeds such as funding, job changes and product launches: enroll businesses or prospects and receive events by webhook. Events cost 1 credit. | Enterprise only; free changelog endpointWebhooks are for enterprise API and data-licence customers only. A free person changelog endpoint shows record changes. | |
| Resell rights only with EnterpriseResell rights come only with Enterprise. | No resale or FCRA usesNo resale or exposing raw data to end users without an enterprise agreement. Its Acceptable Data Use Policy bans FCRA uses such as credit, insurance or employment screening. | |
| SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701SOC 2, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certified, per its privacy policy. | ISO and SOC 2 Type 2ISO and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, per its pricing page. | |
| Agent workflows with data and signalsAgent workflows that need company and prospect data, intent and event signals in one API, paid as you go from prepaid packs. | Developers querying large datasets in codeDevelopers enriching or searching large person and company datasets in code, with complex queries in Elasticsearch or SQL. |
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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).
Explorium
6 plans · API reviewLite
One-off package: $29.99 for 500 credits ($0.06 per credit), valid 12 months, not auto-renewed.
API included
Starter
One-off package: $149.99 for 5,000 credits ($0.03 per credit), valid 12 months.
API included
Growth
One-off package: $749.99 for 30,000 credits ($0.025 per credit), valid 12 months.
API included
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Scale
One-off package: $7,499.99 for 500,000 credits ($0.015 per credit), valid 12 months.
API included
Enterprise
Custom quote
Custom: volume discounts, extra queries per minute, resell rights, CRM integrations.
API included
People Data Labs
5 plans · API reviewFree (Person)
$0
Free
Up to 100 credits a month.
API included
Plan details
Emails, phones and addresses hidden.
Pro (Person)
$98/mo
billed monthly
$78.33/mo
billed annually
From $98 a month billed monthly for 350 credits ($0.28 a credit), or from $940 a year billed annually.
API included
Plan details
Contact data and premium fields included.
Free (Company)
$0
Free
Up to 100 records a month.
API included
Pro (Company)
$100/mo
billed monthly
$80/mo
billed annually
$100 a month billed monthly for 1,000 records, or $960 a year billed annually.
API included
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Enterprise
Custom quote
Custom volume on annual contracts, data licence feeds, webhooks, SSO.
API included
Which one to pick
Choose Explorium if
- You want to pay for what you use without a subscription: prepaid packs from $29.99 that last 12 months.
- You want intent (Bombora), funding and job-change events in the same API, with webhooks.
- You run AI agents and want an official MCP server for the data.
- You enrich large lists in async jobs of up to 10,000 records.
Choose People Data Labs if
- You want 1 credit per matched record and no charge for misses.
- You build complex audience queries in Elasticsearch or SQL.
- You need person-level coverage across 1.5 billion profiles, with contact data on Pro.
- You want a renewing free tier of 100 credits a month per dataset.
- You plan a data-licence deal with flat files later.
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Questions people ask
How much do Explorium and People Data Labs cost?
Explorium sells prepaid packs: $29.99 for 500 credits up to $7,499.99 for 500,000, valid 12 months. People Data Labs Person Pro starts at $98 a month for 350 credits or $940 a year, and Company Pro is $100 a month for 1,000 records. Both have free tiers. Prices verified 2026-10-25.
Do I get emails and phone numbers on the free plans?
On People Data Labs Free, emails, phones and addresses come back as true or false flags; Pro unlocks them. Explorium's free trial credits can be spent on contact enrichment, at 2 credits for an email and 5 for email plus phone.
Do Explorium and People Data Labs have MCP servers?
Explorium does: AgentSource MCP v2 at mcp-v2.explorium.ai/mcp, using your API key. People Data Labs has no official MCP server for its data; its docs MCP only searches the documentation.
Do Explorium credits expire?
Yes. Paid credits are valid for 12 months and cannot be carried over, and free trial credits last 90 days. Packages are non-refundable and do not renew on their own.
Related
Read from explorium.ai/pricing, peopledatalabs.com/pricing/person and each tool's API docs. Verified 25 Oct 2026.
