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Captain Data vs LeadIQ

LeadIQ 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

LeadIQ

Prospecting platform built around a Chrome extension: verified work emails and mobile numbers, people and company search with technographics, job-change tracking, a GraphQL API and an MCP connector on shared universal credits.

★ 4.2 · 1,269 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	LeadIQ · #17 of 29
Match rate	-	78.3%
Valid email rate	-	61.7%
Latency p50	-	682ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.074
Invalid rate	-	2.1%
Catch-all share	-	34.0%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	95.7%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	0.0%
Confidence-score quality	-	+63.0 pts
Geographic coverage	-	8

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	LeadIQ · #7 of 24
Match rate	-	83.7%
Valid / reachable rate	-	82.9%
Latency p50	-	680ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.600
Right-person rate	-	78.3%
Mobile coverage	-	63.3%
Disconnected rate	-	0.0%
Low-activity share	-	17.1%
Landline / mobile classification	-	92.5%
Country accuracy	-	80.5%
Geographic coverage	-	8

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · #20 of 23	LeadIQ · #17 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	69.4%	95.3%
Company name accuracy	100.0%	98.4%
Latency p50	7,017ms	306ms
Price / matched company	$0.064	$0.136
Industry accuracy	72.0%	75.4%
Employee count ±20%	10.0%	23.4%
HQ / location accuracy	72.0%	77.0%
Description present	100.0%	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	32.0%	62.3%
Domains / social profiles	96.0%	98.4%
Coverage by country / size	42.9%	84.6%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	LeadIQ · #6 of 10
Coverage	-	93.8%
Detection accuracy	-	51.3%
Latency p50	-	306ms
Cost / lookup	-	$0.139
Live stack recall	-	76.5%
Technologies per domain	-	87
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	84.6%

Questions about Captain Data vs LeadIQ

Which is better, Captain Data or LeadIQ?

LeadIQ wins 8 of the 10 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Captain Data #20 of 23, LeadIQ #17 of 23.

Which is cheaper, Captain Data or LeadIQ?

Measured on the list price of each provider's central self-serve pack, divided by what it actually returned: Company Data, price per matched company: Captain Data $0.064, LeadIQ $0.136.

How do Captain Data and LeadIQ compare in user reviews?

Captain Data holds 4.6 / 5 across 80 reviews on G2 and Capterra; LeadIQ holds 4.2 / 5 across 1,269 reviews on G2, Capterra, Chrome Web Store and Product Hunt. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

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

Captain Data offers an MCP server, an API and dataset delivery; LeadIQ offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server and an API.