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Crustdata vs Diffbot

Crustdata wins 11 of 13 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.

Crustdata live
11
Unified B2B data API for company, people, jobs, web and social data, with email and phone enrichment as paid add-ons; built for agents, official CLI.
★ 4.4 · 15 reviewsB (strong, 4.2 to 4.5)
Access: MCP · CLI · API · Dataset · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations
Diffbot
2
Web-scale Knowledge Graph built by crawling the public web: Enhance matches people and organizations, DQL searches entities including job posts, with an optional re-crawl of sources.
★ 4.9 · 29 reviewsA (excellent, 4.6 or above)
Access: MCP · CLI · API · Dataset · CSV · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations
People Datacore + suite-specific metrics
updated 2026-09-25
Metric Crustdata · #9 of 24 Diffbot · #14 of 24
Profile match rate95.9%85.0%
Identity accuracy97.9%100.0%
Latency p501,046ms7,232ms
Price / matched profile-$0.022
Current employer accuracy91.5%68.6%
Move detection85.0%25.0%
Decoy hit rate0.0%20.0%
Job title accuracy87.2%49.0%
Seniority label accuracy80.4%-
Location accuracy87.2%86.3%
Work history completeness7.56.2
Education completeness100.0%90.2%
Skills present0.0%72.5%
Social / profile URLs100.0%94.1%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority83.3%60.0%
Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics
updated 2026-09-25
Metric Crustdata · not measured Diffbot · #10 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate-99.0%
Company name accuracy-94.9%
Latency p50-1,127ms
Price / matched company-$0.022
Industry accuracy-83.8%
Employee count ±20%-69.9%
HQ / location accuracy-82.8%
Description present-100.0%
Founding year accuracy-73.7%
Domains / social profiles-94.9%
Coverage by country / size-95.0%
Jobs Datacore + suite-specific metrics
updated 2026-09-25
Metric Crustdata · #6 of 6 Diffbot · not measured
Employer coverage83.3%-
Postings recall47.6%-
Latency p502,858ms-
Cost / job--
Closed or unknown postings35.4%-
Duplicate postings13.8%-
Location accuracy96.6%-
Posted-date accuracy66.8%-
Description present100.0%-
Coverage by country81.3%-

Questions about Crustdata vs Diffbot

Which is better, Crustdata or Diffbot?

Crustdata wins 11 of the 13 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: People Data: Crustdata #9 of 24, Diffbot #14 of 24.

How do Crustdata and Diffbot compare in user reviews?

Crustdata holds 4.4 / 5 across 15 reviews on Product Hunt; Diffbot holds 4.9 / 5 across 29 reviews on G2. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Crustdata and Diffbot?

Crustdata offers an MCP server, a command-line tool, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations; Diffbot offers an MCP server, a command-line tool, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server, a command-line tool, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations.

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