Head-to-head · B2B data

Crustdata vs Forager

Forager wins 3 of 4 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

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

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

Forager

People, organisation and job-post APIs for sourcing and talent intelligence, with contact reveal.

★ 5.0 · 1 reviewsA

Access: API · Dataset · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · not measured	Forager · #28 of 29
Match rate	-	4.1%
Valid email rate	-	50.0%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / valid email	-	$0.190
Invalid rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all share	-	50.0%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	-
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	1

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · not measured	Forager · #19 of 24
Match rate	-	42.9%
Valid / reachable rate	-	90.5%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.316
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Mobile coverage	-	38.8%
Disconnected rate	-	0.0%
Low-activity share	-	9.5%
Landline / mobile classification	-	-
Country accuracy	-	90.5%
Geographic coverage	-	7

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · #9 of 24	Forager · #8 of 24
Profile match rate	95.9%	95.9%
Identity accuracy	97.9%	97.9%
Latency p50	1,046ms	-
Price / matched profile	-	$0.020
Current employer accuracy	91.5%	91.5%
Move detection	85.0%	-
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	-
Job title accuracy	87.2%	85.1%
Seniority label accuracy	80.4%	-
Location accuracy	87.2%	95.7%
Work history completeness	7.5	8.6
Education completeness	100.0%	100.0%
Skills present	0.0%	91.5%
Social / profile URLs	100.0%	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	83.3%	83.3%

Jobs Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · #6 of 6	Forager · not measured
Employer coverage	83.3%	-
Postings recall	47.6%	-
Latency p50	2,858ms	-
Cost / job	-	-
Closed or unknown postings	35.4%	-
Duplicate postings	13.8%	-
Location accuracy	96.6%	-
Posted-date accuracy	66.8%	-
Description present	100.0%	-
Coverage by country	81.3%	-

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Crustdata · not measured	Forager · #5 of 10
Coverage	-	95.0%
Detection accuracy	-	63.5%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / lookup	-	$0.020
Live stack recall	-	44.0%
Technologies per domain	-	64
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	85.0%

Questions about Crustdata vs Forager

Which is better, Crustdata or Forager?

Forager wins 3 of the 4 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: People Data: Crustdata #9 of 24, Forager #8 of 24.

How do Crustdata and Forager compare in user reviews?

Crustdata holds 4.4 / 5 across 15 reviews on Product Hunt; Forager 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 Crustdata and Forager?

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