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Captain Data vs Lusha

Lusha wins 7 of 11 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

Lusha

Sales intelligence with contact and company data, enrichment, signals and recommendations; extension and API v3.

★ 4.2 · 2,066 reviewsB

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

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	Lusha · #18 of 29
Match rate	-	71.7%
Valid email rate	-	62.8%
Latency p50	-	847ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.486
Invalid rate	-	4.7%
Catch-all share	-	30.2%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	97.7%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	6

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	Lusha · #6 of 24
Match rate	-	81.6%
Valid / reachable rate	-	87.5%
Latency p50	-	739ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.974
Right-person rate	-	90.5%
Mobile coverage	-	67.3%
Disconnected rate	-	0.0%
Low-activity share	-	12.5%
Landline / mobile classification	-	100.0%
Country accuracy	-	85.0%
Geographic coverage	-	10

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not measured	Lusha · #23 of 24
Profile match rate	-	89.8%
Identity accuracy	-	97.7%
Latency p50	-	739ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.122
Current employer accuracy	-	93.2%
Move detection	-	-
Decoy hit rate	-	-
Job title accuracy	-	81.8%
Seniority label accuracy	-	73.8%
Location accuracy	-	95.5%
Work history completeness	-	0.8
Education completeness	-	0.0%
Skills present	-	0.0%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	66.7%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · #20 of 23	Lusha · #12 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	69.4%	99.0%
Company name accuracy	100.0%	94.9%
Latency p50	7,017ms	778ms
Price / matched company	$0.064	$0.219
Industry accuracy	72.0%	42.4%
Employee count ±20%	10.0%	27.0%
HQ / location accuracy	72.0%	83.8%
Description present	100.0%	99.0%
Founding year accuracy	32.0%	71.7%
Domains / social profiles	96.0%	98.0%
Coverage by country / size	42.9%	95.0%

Questions about Captain Data vs Lusha

Which is better, Captain Data or Lusha?

Lusha wins 7 of the 11 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Captain Data #20 of 23, Lusha #12 of 23.

Which is cheaper, Captain Data or Lusha?

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, Lusha $0.219.

How do Captain Data and Lusha compare in user reviews?

Captain Data holds 4.6 / 5 across 80 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Lusha holds 4.2 / 5 across 2,066 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 Lusha?

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