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Captain Data vs People Data Labs

People Data Labs wins 8 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

People Data Labs

Dataset-first people, company and job-posting data: search / enrichment APIs, batch CSV enrichment and licensed datasets.

★ 4.3 · 17 reviewsB

Access: API · CSV · Dataset · Batch · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	People Data Labs · #20 of 29
Match rate	-	69.4%
Valid email rate	-	52.9%
Latency p50	-	672ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.654
Invalid rate	-	11.8%
Catch-all share	-	35.3%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	9

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not in suite	People Data Labs · #15 of 24
Match rate	-	59.2%
Valid / reachable rate	-	89.7%
Latency p50	-	672ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.511
Right-person rate	-	82.6%
Mobile coverage	-	46.9%
Disconnected rate	-	0.0%
Low-activity share	-	10.3%
Landline / mobile classification	-	100.0%
Country accuracy	-	79.3%
Geographic coverage	-	7

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · not measured	People Data Labs · #13 of 24
Profile match rate	-	95.9%
Identity accuracy	-	95.7%
Latency p50	-	672ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.240
Current employer accuracy	-	93.6%
Move detection	-	40.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	80.9%
Seniority label accuracy	-	65.8%
Location accuracy	-	93.6%
Work history completeness	-	7.7
Education completeness	-	95.7%
Skills present	-	89.4%
Social / profile URLs	-	95.7%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	66.7%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Captain Data · #20 of 23	People Data Labs · #8 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	69.4%	100.0%
Company name accuracy	100.0%	95.6%
Latency p50	7,017ms	524ms
Price / matched company	$0.064	$0.075
Industry accuracy	72.0%	80.0%
Employee count ±20%	10.0%	16.7%
HQ / location accuracy	72.0%	75.6%
Description present	100.0%	97.8%
Founding year accuracy	32.0%	64.4%
Domains / social profiles	96.0%	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	42.9%	100.0%

Questions about Captain Data vs People Data Labs

Which is better, Captain Data or People Data Labs?

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

Which is cheaper, Captain Data or People Data Labs?

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, People Data Labs $0.075.

How do Captain Data and People Data Labs compare in user reviews?

Captain Data holds 4.6 / 5 across 80 reviews on G2 and Capterra; People Data Labs holds 4.3 / 5 across 17 reviews on G2. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Captain Data and People Data Labs?

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