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People Data Labs vs Surfe

Surfe wins 8 of 12 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.

People Data Labs

Dataset-first people, company and job-posting data: search / enrichment APIs, batch CSV enrichment and licensed datasets.

★ 4.3 · 17 reviewsB

Access: API · CSV · Dataset · Batch · 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	People Data Labs · #20 of 29	Surfe · #1 of 29
Match rate	69.4%	90.0%
Valid email rate	52.9%	66.7%
Latency p50	672ms	-
Cost / valid email	$0.654	-
Invalid rate	11.8%	1.9%
Catch-all share	35.3%	29.6%
Business email	100.0%	100.0%
Right-person rate	100.0%	98.1%
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	-
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	9	10

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	People Data Labs · #15 of 24	Surfe · not measured
Match rate	59.2%	-
Valid / reachable rate	89.7%	-
Latency p50	672ms	-
Cost / mobile number	$0.511	-
Right-person rate	82.6%	-
Mobile coverage	46.9%	-
Disconnected rate	0.0%	-
Low-activity share	10.3%	-
Landline / mobile classification	100.0%	-
Country accuracy	79.3%	-
Geographic coverage	7	-

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	People Data Labs · #13 of 24	Surfe · not measured
Profile match rate	95.9%	-
Identity accuracy	95.7%	-
Latency p50	672ms	-
Price / matched profile	$0.240	-
Current employer accuracy	93.6%	-
Move detection	40.0%	-
Decoy hit rate	0.0%	-
Job title accuracy	80.9%	-
Seniority label accuracy	65.8%	-
Location accuracy	93.6%	-
Work history completeness	7.7	-
Education completeness	95.7%	-
Skills present	89.4%	-
Social / profile URLs	95.7%	-
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	66.7%	-

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	People Data Labs · #8 of 23	Surfe · #6 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	100.0%	100.0%
Company name accuracy	95.6%	96.0%
Latency p50	524ms	-
Price / matched company	$0.075	-
Industry accuracy	80.0%	47.0%
Employee count ±20%	16.7%	18.9%
HQ / location accuracy	75.6%	66.0%
Description present	97.8%	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	64.4%	17.0%
Domains / social profiles	100.0%	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	100.0%	100.0%

Questions about People Data Labs vs Surfe

Which is better, People Data Labs or Surfe?

Surfe wins 8 of the 12 metrics decided between them, across 2 benchmarks that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: People Data Labs #20 of 29, Surfe #1 of 29; Company Data: People Data Labs #8 of 23, Surfe #6 of 23.

How do People Data Labs and Surfe compare in user reviews?

People Data Labs holds 4.3 / 5 across 17 reviews on G2; 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 People Data Labs and Surfe?

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