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Crunchbase vs Surfe

Crunchbase wins 3 of 5 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

Surfe

Sales intelligence platform cascading emails and mobiles across 15+ providers, with people and company search, CRM sync, REST API and a native MCP server.

★ 4.4 · 69 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crunchbase · not in suite	Surfe · #1 of 29
Match rate	-	90.0%
Valid email rate	-	66.7%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / valid email	-	-
Invalid rate	-	1.9%
Catch-all share	-	29.6%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	98.1%
Decoy hit rate	-	-
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	10

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crunchbase · #4 of 23	Surfe · #6 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	100.0%	100.0%
Company name accuracy	96.0%	96.0%
Latency p50	-	-
Price / matched company	-	-
Industry accuracy	61.0%	47.0%
Employee count ±20%	0.0%	18.9%
HQ / location accuracy	82.0%	66.0%
Description present	100.0%	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	75.0%	17.0%
Domains / social profiles	0.0%	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	100.0%	100.0%

Questions about Crunchbase vs Surfe

Which is better, Crunchbase or Surfe?

Crunchbase wins 3 of the 5 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Crunchbase #4 of 23, Surfe #6 of 23.

How do Crunchbase and Surfe compare in user reviews?

Crunchbase holds 4.4 / 5 across 413 reviews on G2 and Product Hunt; Surfe holds 4.4 / 5 across 69 reviews on Chrome Web Store, Product Hunt and Trustpilot. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Crunchbase and Surfe?

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