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Crunchbase vs Icypeas

Crunchbase wins 6 of 9 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.

Crunchbase

Private-company database of firmographics, funding rounds, investors, key people and predictions, licensed through API v4, MCP and bulk exports.

★ 4.4 · 413 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · Dataset · CSV · Integrations

Icypeas

Contact data and enrichment API: email discovery, verification, reverse lookup, find-people and bulk.

★ 5.0 · 1 reviewsA

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

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crunchbase · not in suite	Icypeas · #7 of 29
Match rate	-	68.3%
Valid email rate	-	68.3%
Latency p50	-	6,284ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.013
Invalid rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all share	-	31.7%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	10.0%
Catch-all detection	-	46.2%
Confidence-score quality	-	+53.8 pts
Geographic coverage	-	10

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crunchbase · not measured	Icypeas · #12 of 24
Profile match rate	-	83.7%
Identity accuracy	-	100.0%
Latency p50	-	1,511ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.013
Current employer accuracy	-	90.2%
Move detection	-	75.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	87.8%
Seniority label accuracy	-	-
Location accuracy	-	78.0%
Work history completeness	-	7.5
Education completeness	-	100.0%
Skills present	-	24.4%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	58.3%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crunchbase · #4 of 23	Icypeas · #16 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	100.0%	97.0%
Company name accuracy	96.0%	94.8%
Latency p50	-	1,893ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.013
Industry accuracy	61.0%	77.3%
Employee count ±20%	0.0%	21.9%
HQ / location accuracy	82.0%	81.4%
Description present	100.0%	96.9%
Founding year accuracy	75.0%	59.8%
Domains / social profiles	0.0%	97.9%
Coverage by country / size	100.0%	94.3%

Questions about Crunchbase vs Icypeas

Which is better, Crunchbase or Icypeas?

Crunchbase wins 6 of the 9 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Crunchbase #4 of 23, Icypeas #16 of 23.

How do Crunchbase and Icypeas compare in user reviews?

Crunchbase holds 4.4 / 5 across 413 reviews on G2 and Product Hunt; Icypeas holds 5.0 / 5 across 1 reviews on G2. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Crunchbase and Icypeas?

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