Clearbit Alternatives

Canonical

The two Clearbit jobs, plus the one Clearbit never did. Domain in, verified company data out: the details and lookup APIs resolve a domain or company name to a verified profile — the enrichment call Clearbit users are trying to replace. On top of that sits discovery Clearbit never offered: describe the companies you want in plain English, see exactly how the query was interpreted as structured criteria — and adjust it — before running, then get a verified shortlist with per-criterion match status and source-backed evidence. Access is self-serve across the app, REST API, Python SDK, and an open MCP server, so the same calls work for an analyst and for an agent — no HubSpot subscription anywhere in the loop.

Limitations: Not a CRM-native enrichment layer: no form shortening, no IP-to-company visitor identification, and no auto-refresh of records inside HubSpot or Salesforce — you call the API and write the data where you want it. Company-level data only, not person-level contact enrichment.

Best for: Teams replacing Clearbit's enrichment API in a non-HubSpot stack, investors and analysts building market maps, business development and recruiting teams building targeted lists, and AI agents that need company data over MCP or API without a sales cycle.

Example query: “industrial automation companies in the DACH region with 20-200 employees that build machine-vision systems, excluding distributors”

Clearbit (Breeze Intelligence)

If your company runs on HubSpot, the Clearbit dataset is now built into the walls: one-click enrichment of contact and company records with 40+ firmographic, demographic, and technographic attributes from 200M+ profiles, buyer-intent identification of companies visiting your site, and form shortening that hides fields Breeze already knows — all without leaving the Smart CRM or wiring up an API.

Limitations: The standalone product is gone. New customers cannot buy Clearbit outside HubSpot — clearbit.com offers only a login for existing customers. The free tools (free platform, Weekly Visitor Report, Connect, TAM Calculator) were discontinued on April 30, 2025, and the free Logo API was shut down on December 8, 2025, with HubSpot pointing developers to logo.dev. Enrichment requires a paid HubSpot subscription, buyer intent consumes HubSpot Credits, and the data works HubSpot-inward: there is no standalone API or MCP surface for a non-HubSpot stack to call.

Best for: Teams already paying for HubSpot Starter, Professional, or Enterprise who want CRM records enriched and website visitors identified without adding another vendor.

People Data Labs

The closest drop-in for Clearbit's enrichment API shape: pass a domain, email, or name to the enrichment endpoints and get a structured record back, with both company and person coverage. Self-serve signup with published Free and Pro plans, official SDKs, and bulk licensing if you outgrow per-call enrichment. If you are rebuilding a Clearbit-style pipeline under your own roof, this is the raw-material option.

Limitations: A data layer, not an application — no search UI, no visitor identification, no form shortening. Search queries are Elasticsearch DSL or SQL only, there is no official MCP server, and record quality varies across the long tail, as with any aggregated bulk dataset.

Best for: Engineering teams replacing Clearbit enrichment calls inside their own product or pipeline, where person-level records matter as much as company data.

Coresignal

Bulk public-web data with unusually agent-friendly access: company, employee, and job-posting datasets as flat files or APIs, published credit-based pricing, self-serve signup, an official hosted MCP server, and an Agentic Search API that accepts plain-text prompts.

Limitations: Still data infrastructure rather than a finished enrichment product — their own guidance targets data teams building custom pipelines. Base-tier records are raw, multi-source records cost double credits, free trial credits expire in seven days, and collection is limited to publicly visible web sources.

Best for: Data teams that want fresh public-web company and employee records with MCP access and published pricing at a low entry point.

Crustdata

Real-time B2B data with live signals: company and people enrichment, hiring and funding event alerts, job-change tracking, and a Watcher API for push-based monitoring. Self-serve API key signup, credit-based billing, an official MCP server with 23 tools for Claude and Cursor, and flat-file delivery for bulk needs.

Limitations: Structured-only query model — no natural-language search interface. Pricing is not publicly listed, making cost forecasting harder before signup. Coverage is optimized for signal freshness over long-tail breadth.

Best for: AI SDR and sales automation platforms that used Clearbit for enrichment but actually need live signals — hiring, funding, job changes — pushed to them.

Apollo.io

An end-user sales platform rather than an enrichment API: a 270M+ contact database with search UI, email sequences, dialer, and CRM enrichment built in. Free plan with monthly credits for evaluation, self-serve signup, and published per-user pricing.

Limitations: You get an application, not a data primitive — if you were calling Clearbit from your own code, Apollo's API is gated behind the top per-user plan. Enrichment quality is tuned for sales contacts, not long-tail company coverage.

Best for: Sales teams that used Clearbit inside a CRM workflow and would rather adopt one prospecting-plus-outreach platform than re-plumb an enrichment API.

Frequently asked questions

What happened to Clearbit?

HubSpot acquired Clearbit in December 2023 and folded it into Breeze Intelligence, announced at INBOUND 2024. Enrichment, buyer intent, and form shortening now live inside the HubSpot Smart CRM and require a paid HubSpot subscription. The free Clearbit tools were discontinued on April 30, 2025, the free Logo API was shut down on December 8, 2025, and clearbit.com no longer offers a signup path — only a login for existing customers.

Is there a Clearbit alternative with a standalone API?

Yes — that is the main reason people leave. Canonical offers self-serve details and lookup APIs that resolve a domain or company name to verified company data, plus natural-language search, with no CRM dependency. People Data Labs and Coresignal sell self-serve enrichment and data APIs, and Crustdata offers a self-serve API with real-time signals. Breeze Intelligence itself has no standalone API — it works inside HubSpot only.

Is there a free Clearbit alternative?

Clearbit's own free tools are gone — discontinued April 30, 2025. Canonical includes 250 free credits on signup with self-serve API, SDK, and MCP access. People Data Labs has a free plan of 100 records per month, Coresignal offers trial credits valid for seven days, and Apollo.io includes monthly free credits on its free plan.

Can I still use the Clearbit Logo API?

No. HubSpot shut down the free Logo API on December 8, 2025 — requests to logo.clearbit.com no longer return logos — and recommends migrating to logo.dev, a separate domain-based logo service.

Which Clearbit alternatives support MCP?

Canonical, Coresignal, Crustdata, and Apollo.io run official MCP servers — Canonical's is open and self-serve with OAuth, so agents can search, look up, and enrich companies directly. People Data Labs publishes no official MCP server, and Breeze Intelligence has no MCP surface outside HubSpot.

When should I choose Breeze Intelligence over these alternatives?

When your company already runs on HubSpot Starter, Professional, or Enterprise and the job is keeping CRM records fresh: enrichment is bundled into the subscription, buyer intent identifies companies visiting your site, and form shortening works natively in HubSpot forms. If your stack is not HubSpot — or your consumers are scripts and agents — it is not an option.