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ContactOut vs People Data Labs

ContactOut wins 23 of 35 decided metrics across 4 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.

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

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	ContactOut · #14 of 29	People Data Labs · #20 of 29
Match rate	69.4%	69.4%
Valid email rate	64.7%	52.9%
Latency p50	1,024ms	672ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.654
Invalid rate	11.8%	11.8%
Catch-all share	20.6%	35.3%
Business email	100.0%	100.0%
Right-person rate	94.1%	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	0.0%
Catch-all detection	71.4%	-
Confidence-score quality	+63.5 pts	-
Geographic coverage	9	9

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #9 of 24	People Data Labs · #15 of 24
Match rate	85.7%	59.2%
Valid / reachable rate	73.8%	89.7%
Latency p50	490ms	672ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.511
Right-person rate	88.5%	82.6%
Mobile coverage	55.1%	46.9%
Disconnected rate	7.1%	0.0%
Low-activity share	19.0%	10.3%
Landline / mobile classification	-	100.0%
Country accuracy	83.3%	79.3%
Geographic coverage	9	7

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #11 of 24	People Data Labs · #13 of 24
Profile match rate	91.8%	95.9%
Identity accuracy	97.8%	95.7%
Latency p50	898ms	672ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.240
Current employer accuracy	97.8%	93.6%
Move detection	75.0%	40.0%
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	0.0%
Job title accuracy	86.7%	80.9%
Seniority label accuracy	81.6%	65.8%
Location accuracy	95.6%	93.6%
Work history completeness	8.2	7.7
Education completeness	100.0%	95.7%
Skills present	91.1%	89.4%
Social / profile URLs	100.0%	95.7%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	80.0%	66.7%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #11 of 23	People Data Labs · #8 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	97.0%	100.0%
Company name accuracy	95.9%	95.6%
Latency p50	707ms	524ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.075
Industry accuracy	77.3%	80.0%
Employee count ±20%	26.0%	16.7%
HQ / location accuracy	93.8%	75.6%
Description present	96.9%	97.8%
Founding year accuracy	69.1%	64.4%
Domains / social profiles	100.0%	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	90.0%	100.0%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	ContactOut · #7 of 10	People Data Labs · not measured
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 ContactOut vs People Data Labs

Which is better, ContactOut or People Data Labs?

ContactOut wins 23 of the 35 metrics decided between them, across 4 benchmarks that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: ContactOut #14 of 29, People Data Labs #20 of 29; Phone Data: ContactOut #9 of 24, People Data Labs #15 of 24; People Data: ContactOut #11 of 24, People Data Labs #13 of 24; Company Data: ContactOut #11 of 23, People Data Labs #8 of 23.

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

ContactOut holds 4.5 / 5 across 128 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 ContactOut and People Data Labs?

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