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Captain Data vs ContactOut

ContactOut wins 8 of 10 decided metrics across 1 shared suites; the loser still leads where its column is highlighted. Same frozen test sets, same run; the better value in each row is highlighted.

Captain Data live

Real-time people and company search / enrichment API over 750M+ profiles, strong on LinkedIn resolution and employee mapping.

★ 4.6 · 80 reviewsA

Access: MCP · API · Dataset

ContactOut

Contact data for recruiting and sales: browser extension, search / enrichment and API, personal and work emails.

★ 4.5 · 128 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	ContactOut · #14 of 29
Match rate	-	69.4%
Valid email rate	-	64.7%
Latency p50	-	1,024ms
Cost / valid email	-	-
Invalid rate	-	11.8%
Catch-all share	-	20.6%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	94.1%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	71.4%
Confidence-score quality	-	+63.5 pts
Geographic coverage	-	9

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	ContactOut · #9 of 24
Match rate	-	85.7%
Valid / reachable rate	-	73.8%
Latency p50	-	490ms
Cost / mobile number	-	-
Right-person rate	-	88.5%
Mobile coverage	-	55.1%
Disconnected rate	-	7.1%
Low-activity share	-	19.0%
Landline / mobile classification	-	-
Country accuracy	-	83.3%
Geographic coverage	-	9

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not measured	ContactOut · #11 of 24
Profile match rate	-	91.8%
Identity accuracy	-	97.8%
Latency p50	-	898ms
Price / matched profile	-	-
Current employer accuracy	-	97.8%
Move detection	-	75.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	86.7%
Seniority label accuracy	-	81.6%
Location accuracy	-	95.6%
Work history completeness	-	8.2
Education completeness	-	100.0%
Skills present	-	91.1%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	80.0%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · #20 of 23	ContactOut · #11 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	69.4%	97.0%
Company name accuracy	100.0%	95.9%
Latency p50	7,017ms	707ms
Price / matched company	$0.064	-
Industry accuracy	72.0%	77.3%
Employee count ±20%	10.0%	26.0%
HQ / location accuracy	72.0%	93.8%
Description present	100.0%	96.9%
Founding year accuracy	32.0%	69.1%
Domains / social profiles	96.0%	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	42.9%	90.0%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	ContactOut · #7 of 10
Coverage	-	85.0%
Detection accuracy	-	35.5%
Latency p50	-	707ms
Cost / lookup	-	-
Live stack recall	-	37.1%
Technologies per domain	-	80
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	70.0%

Questions about Captain Data vs ContactOut

Which is better, Captain Data or ContactOut?

ContactOut wins 8 of the 10 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Captain Data #20 of 23, ContactOut #11 of 23.

How do Captain Data and ContactOut compare in user reviews?

Captain Data holds 4.6 / 5 across 80 reviews on G2 and Capterra; ContactOut holds 4.5 / 5 across 128 reviews on G2 and Capterra. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Captain Data and ContactOut?

Captain Data offers an MCP server, an API and dataset delivery; ContactOut offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server and an API.