Captain Data vs Crustdata (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Captain Data and Crustdata share a 1.6 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on which features you need.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Captain Data
People and company data API built on LinkedIn profiles
Free trial · from €59.99/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Captain Data if
- Fits if you are a developer who needs LinkedIn-based people data in your own tool
- Works for teams that prefer volume pricing to per-seat plans
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want an app to prospect in, as there is no dashboard
- Pricey if you start small, as the base rate is €59.99 per 1,000 credits
- Watch out: unused credits do not roll over month to month on monthly billing
- Watch out: the page was read with the euro setting, and its dollar figures were not confirmed
Pick Crustdata if
- Fits if you are building a product or agent that needs live company and people data
- Works for developers who want pay-per-call credits
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you are a small team, as the page says paid plans begin at four figures a month
- Not for you if you want a prospecting screen, as it is an API and data product
- Watch out: contact enrich and live search are listed as enterprise only
- Skip it if you want unused credits to last, as bought credits stay valid for 12 months
How we grade them
| 1.6GPACaptain DataWeak | 1.6GPACrustdataWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D€59.99 per 1,000 credits from a 2,500-credit start is about €150 a month, and the volume slider shows €600 for 20,000. That is the dearer end for what is a data API. | DThe page says enterprise plans start at four figures a month, far above the $167 where the category's dearest tenth begins. Self-serve credit pack prices in dollars are not shown. |
| Free plan and trial | C100 free credits with no card, one time. | C$20 in free credits for each new account, one time, with no card mentioned. |
| Features | CPeople enrichment, people and company search, company employees and an MCP server. There is no dashboard prospecting app. | CSearch, enrichment, watchers and real-time endpoints, with an MCP server. Contact enrich and live search are enterprise only, and there is no list-building screen. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It is an API product and needs a developer. | DNo store rating on record. It is an API product, so it needs a developer. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb, with an API and MCP server and two listed integrations. No apps. | CWeb, with an API and an MCP server and two listed integrations. No apps. |
| Best for | LinkedIn-based people data over an API | real-time people and company data over an API |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Captain Data and Crustdata. How we grade
Where they differ
- Captain Data also covers workflow automation.
In commonWebPublic APIAI agents
At a glance
| Captain Data | Crustdata | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | €59.99 per 1,000 credits, billed monthly (from 2,500 credits) | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 100 free credits, no credit card required | $20 in free credits for every new account, one-time |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Captain Data | Crustdata Inc. |
| Price read from | captaindata.com | crustdata.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Captain Data
- The page was read with the euro setting showing; a US dollar setting exists but its figures were not confirmed.
- Unused credits do not roll over month to month on monthly billing.
- Pricing scales with volume only, and there is no per-seat plan or dashboard prospecting app.
Crustdata
- Self-serve credit pack prices in dollars are not shown on the pricing page; only credit costs per call are.
- Credits bought stay valid for 12 months, and several endpoints (contact enrich, live search) are listed as enterprise only.
- It is an API and data product, not a prospecting app with a list-building interface.
Key features
Captain Data
- People enrichment
- Return a full profile from a LinkedIn profile URL for 1 credit per record.
- Find people and companies
- Resolve a person from a name and optional company, or a company from a name or domain, at 2 credits per record.
- Search endpoints
- People and company search cost 1 credit per request plus 1 credit per result, with one page counted as one request.
- Company employees
- Retrieve the employees of a given company through a dedicated endpoint, billed per request and per result.
- MCP server
- A Model Context Protocol server exposes the same data to Claude, Cursor and other agents.
Crustdata
- People and company search
- Search about 1B people and 60M+ companies with 350+ filters; billed from 0.03 credits per result, and empty searches are free.
- Enrichment
- A base person profile costs 1 credit; work email, personal email and phone are add-ons that raise the cost to as much as 9 credits.
- Watchers
- Alerts when a person or company changes or a new match appears, billed from 0.5 credits per new result.
- Real-time endpoints
- Live people search (2 credits per profile) and live enrich (7 credits) query the web instead of the index; both are listed as enterprise.
- MCP server
- The same data can be connected to an AI agent through an MCP server as well as through the REST API.
Plans
Captain Data
Silver (20,000 credits)€600
per month for 20,000 credits, billed monthly
Shown on the volume slider at €29.99 per 1,000 credits, 50% under the €59.99 base rate.
Crustdata
EnterpriseCustom
Real-time signals and live search; the page says plans start at four figures a month. Sold through sales.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Captain Data or Crustdata?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Captain Data starts at €59.99 per 1,000 credits, billed monthly (from 2,500 credits), and Crustdata publishes no starting price.
Which has a free plan, Captain Data or Crustdata?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Captain Data nor Crustdata has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.