Crustdata review (2026): is it worth paying for?
People and company data API with real-time watchers
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Crustdata report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for real-time people and company data over an API
Crustdata sells people and company data through an API, with real-time watchers and a $20 one-time credit to start. Its own page says plans start at four figures a month, and some endpoints are enterprise only.
Who Crustdata is for
- 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
Who Crustdata is not for
- 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
Why Crustdata gets a 1.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyThe 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.
- CFree plan and trial$20 in free credits for each new account, one time, with no card mentioned.
- CFeaturesSearch, 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.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. It is an API product, so it needs a developer.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API and an MCP server and two listed integrations. No apps.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Crustdata's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Crustdata's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 2 of the 72 other lead and email finders we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 21 of 72) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 73 lead and email finders we grade, cut by the letter each got. Crustdata’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 1 of 72, level with 9
- CFree plan and trialAbove 21 of 72, level with 49
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 72, level with 52
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 72, level with 4
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 72, level with 18
Keep Crustdata, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Crustdata you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 60 of the 72 other lead and email finders grade higher.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- It plugs into other products, MCP and REST API among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Crustdata’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Crustdata?
Crustdata is a B2B data provider that sells access to a database of people, companies and job postings through a REST API and an MCP server. Teams use it to search, enrich and monitor records for sales, recruiting and investing, paying in credits per result.
Worth knowing
- 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
- 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.
Crustdata pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Crustdata is a paid product with a free trial.
- Starts at
- Not published
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- $20 in free credits for every new account, one-time
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Custom | Real-time signals and live search; the page says plans start at four figures a month. Sold through sales. |
Read from crustdata.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Crustdata before you buy.
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- MCP
- REST API
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Common questions
Does Crustdata have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Crustdata is listed for Web.
Does Crustdata have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Crustdata is listed for Web.
Is Crustdata open source?
Crustdata is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Crustdata have an API?
Yes. Crustdata offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.