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Diffbot vs LeadIQ

Diffbot wins 7 of 10 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.

Diffbot

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

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

LeadIQ

Prospecting platform built around a Chrome extension: verified work emails and mobile numbers, people and company search with technographics, job-change tracking, a GraphQL API and an MCP connector on shared universal credits.

★ 4.2 · 1,269 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Diffbot · not in suite	LeadIQ · #17 of 29
Match rate	-	78.3%
Valid email rate	-	61.7%
Latency p50	-	682ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.074
Invalid rate	-	2.1%
Catch-all share	-	34.0%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	95.7%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	0.0%
Confidence-score quality	-	+63.0 pts
Geographic coverage	-	8

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Diffbot · not in suite	LeadIQ · #7 of 24
Match rate	-	83.7%
Valid / reachable rate	-	82.9%
Latency p50	-	680ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.600
Right-person rate	-	78.3%
Mobile coverage	-	63.3%
Disconnected rate	-	0.0%
Low-activity share	-	17.1%
Landline / mobile classification	-	92.5%
Country accuracy	-	80.5%
Geographic coverage	-	8

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Diffbot · #14 of 24	LeadIQ · not measured
Profile match rate	85.0%	-
Identity accuracy	100.0%	-
Latency p50	7,232ms	-
Price / matched profile	$0.022	-
Current employer accuracy	68.6%	-
Move detection	25.0%	-
Decoy hit rate	20.0%	-
Job title accuracy	49.0%	-
Seniority label accuracy	-	-
Location accuracy	86.3%	-
Work history completeness	6.2	-
Education completeness	90.2%	-
Skills present	72.5%	-
Social / profile URLs	94.1%	-
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	60.0%	-

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Diffbot · #10 of 23	LeadIQ · #17 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	99.0%	95.3%
Company name accuracy	94.9%	98.4%
Latency p50	1,127ms	306ms
Price / matched company	$0.022	$0.136
Industry accuracy	83.8%	75.4%
Employee count ±20%	69.9%	23.4%
HQ / location accuracy	82.8%	77.0%
Description present	100.0%	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	73.7%	62.3%
Domains / social profiles	94.9%	98.4%
Coverage by country / size	95.0%	84.6%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Diffbot · not measured	LeadIQ · #6 of 10
Coverage	-	93.8%
Detection accuracy	-	51.3%
Latency p50	-	306ms
Cost / lookup	-	$0.139
Live stack recall	-	76.5%
Technologies per domain	-	87
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	84.6%

Questions about Diffbot vs LeadIQ

Which is better, Diffbot or LeadIQ?

Diffbot wins 7 of the 10 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Company Data: Diffbot #10 of 23, LeadIQ #17 of 23.

Which is cheaper, Diffbot or LeadIQ?

Measured on the list price of each provider's central self-serve pack, divided by what it actually returned: Company Data, price per matched company: Diffbot $0.022, LeadIQ $0.136.

How do Diffbot and LeadIQ compare in user reviews?

Diffbot holds 4.9 / 5 across 29 reviews on G2; LeadIQ holds 4.2 / 5 across 1,269 reviews on G2, Capterra, Chrome Web Store and Product Hunt. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Diffbot and LeadIQ?

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