Head-to-head · B2B data

Forager vs Icypeas

Icypeas wins 8 of 14 decided metrics across 2 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.

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

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	Forager · #28 of 29	Icypeas · #7 of 29
Match rate	4.1%	68.3%
Valid email rate	50.0%	68.3%
Latency p50	-	6,284ms
Cost / valid email	$0.190	$0.013
Invalid rate	0.0%	0.0%
Catch-all share	50.0%	31.7%
Business email	100.0%	100.0%
Right-person rate	100.0%	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	10.0%
Catch-all detection	-	46.2%
Confidence-score quality	-	+53.8 pts
Geographic coverage	1	10

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Forager · #19 of 24	Icypeas · not in suite
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	Forager · #8 of 24	Icypeas · #12 of 24
Profile match rate	95.9%	83.7%
Identity accuracy	97.9%	100.0%
Latency p50	-	1,511ms
Price / matched profile	$0.020	$0.013
Current employer accuracy	91.5%	90.2%
Move detection	-	75.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	85.1%	87.8%
Seniority label accuracy	-	-
Location accuracy	95.7%	78.0%
Work history completeness	8.6	7.5
Education completeness	100.0%	100.0%
Skills present	91.5%	24.4%
Social / profile URLs	100.0%	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	83.3%	58.3%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Forager · not measured	Icypeas · #16 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	97.0%
Company name accuracy	-	94.8%
Latency p50	-	1,893ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.013
Industry accuracy	-	77.3%
Employee count ±20%	-	21.9%
HQ / location accuracy	-	81.4%
Description present	-	96.9%
Founding year accuracy	-	59.8%
Domains / social profiles	-	97.9%
Coverage by country / size	-	94.3%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Forager · #5 of 10	Icypeas · not in suite
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 Forager vs Icypeas

Which is better, Forager or Icypeas?

Icypeas wins 8 of the 14 metrics decided between them, across 2 benchmarks that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: Forager #28 of 29, Icypeas #7 of 29; People Data: Forager #8 of 24, Icypeas #12 of 24.

Which is cheaper, Forager or Icypeas?

Measured on the list price of each provider's central self-serve pack, divided by what it actually returned: Email Data, cost per valid email: Forager $0.190, Icypeas $0.013; People Data, price per matched profile: Forager $0.020, Icypeas $0.013.

How do Forager and Icypeas compare in user reviews?

Forager holds 5.0 / 5 across 1 reviews on G2; 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 Forager and Icypeas?

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