Captain Data vs People Data Labs (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Captain Data and People Data Labs share a 1.6 GPA, and only People Data Labs has a free plan.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Captain Data grades higher on features. People Data Labs grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
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
People Data Labs
Person and company data sold through APIs and data feeds
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 People Data Labs if
- Fits if you're a developer building on person and company data
- Works for teams that want to test records on a free tier first
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want an app with screens, as the pages describe APIs and feeds
- Tight if you're staying free: contact data is hidden until Pro
- Pricey if you add premium fields, which cost extra
- Watch out: person and company data have separate price lists, and SSO is an add-on on Enterprise
How we grade them
| 1.6GPACaptain DataWeak | 1.6GPAPeople Data LabsWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | C$98 a month for 350 person credits, or $100 for 1,000 company records. Just under the $99 where the dearest tenth starts. |
| Free plan and trial | C100 free credits with no card, one time. | CA free plan of 100 records a month through the APIs, but emails, phones and addresses are obfuscated. |
| Features | CPeople enrichment, people and company search, company employees and an MCP server. There is no dashboard prospecting app. | DPerson, company and job posting data, plus licensing. It's raw data you build on, so you need a product around it. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. It is an API product and needs a developer. | DAimed at developers: APIs, CSV enrichment and data feeds. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb, with an API and MCP server and two listed integrations. No apps. | CWeb only, with no integrations listed; reach is through its APIs. |
| Best for | LinkedIn-based people data over an API | developers buying person and company data |
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 People Data Labs. How we grade
Price against what you get
Captain Data starts at about $67.02 a month and scores 1.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. People Data Labs starts at $98 a month and scores 1.3.
Captain Data scores higher and starts $30.98 a month lower. Of the other lead and email finders on the chart, 37 score higher than Captain Data for less, and 45 score higher than People Data Labs for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Captain Data also covers workflow automation and AI agents.
- People Data Labs also covers research.
At a glance
| Captain Data | People Data Labs | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | €59.99 per 1,000 credits, billed monthly (from 2,500 credits) | $98 per month for 350 person credits, billing basis not shown |
| Free plan | None | Up to 100 person or company records a month through the APIs. Emails, phone numbers and addresses are obfuscated. |
| Free trial | 100 free credits, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Captain Data | People Data Labs, Inc. |
| Price read from | captaindata.com | peopledatalabs.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 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.
People Data Labs
- The pricing pages describe API use, CSV enrichment and data feeds, not a prospecting app.
- Contact data is hidden on the Free plan and unlocked only from Pro.
- Premium fields cost extra, and SSO or SAML is an add-on on Enterprise.
- Person and company data have separate price lists, and the page says discounts apply as volume grows.
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.
People Data Labs
- Person data
- Person profiles enriched with resume and contact information, available through enrichment and search APIs.
- Company data
- The site describes more than 70 million company records with insights and signals.
- Job posting data
- A beta dataset of job postings, updated daily, meant for tracking hiring intent.
- Data licensing
- Enterprise customers can take on-premise or flat-file bulk deliveries instead of API calls.
- Free testing tier
- Up to 100 records a month at no cost, with email, phone and address fields obfuscated until a paid plan is chosen.
- Security attestations
- The pricing page says the data and platform are ISO and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.
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.
People Data Labs
Free$0
Up to 100 records a month for testing the person or company APIs. Contact data is hidden.
Pro (person data)$98
per month for 350 credits, billing basis not shown
Full person APIs, contact data, premium fields as an add-on, CSV enrichment and email support. Volume discounts as use grows.
Pro (company data)$100
per month for 1,000 records, billing basis not shown
Full company APIs from 1,000 records a month, with premium fields as an add-on and email support.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom volumes, data license feeds, SSO and SAML as an add-on, a designated success team. Annual contracts.
Ways to pay less
Captain Data
No public discounts listed.
People Data Labs
- Annual discount
20% off with an annual commitment
The pricing page says annual commitments save 20% and give access to all of the data upfront.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Captain Data or People Data Labs?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Captain Data is cheaper to start with: about $67.02 a month, against $98 a month for People Data Labs. Captain Data starts at €59.99 per 1,000 credits, billed monthly (from 2,500 credits), and People Data Labs starts at $98 per month for 350 person credits, billing basis not shown.
Which has a free plan, Captain Data or People Data Labs?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only People Data Labs has a free plan. Captain Data does not, though it has 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.