Clearbit Alternatives for Lead and Company Enrichment
The best Clearbit alternatives for person enrichment, company enrichment and decision-maker discovery, compared by what they cover and where the data lands.
The best Clearbit alternative replaces everything Clearbit did for your team in one place: person enrichment, company enrichment and finding the right people at an account. Clearbit stopped selling new standalone subscriptions after HubSpot acquired it, and it retired its free tools, including Clearbit Connect, so teams that relied on it need a new source for person and company data.
If you're enriching inbound leads at volume, GoodInbound Lead Screen is a drop-in fix that spends enrichment only on the real ones. It screens how every visitor fills in your form and stops automated list bombing, spam, and non-buyers sending unsolicited pitches from cluttering your pipeline, with five layers of protection:
- Rules: domains you always accept or always block.
- Behavior: how the form was filled in: typing, pasting, fill time, automation tells, and a built-in honeypot.
- Network: data centers, VPNs, proxies, Tor, and bursts from one IP or device.
- Identity: whether the email has a working inbox and isn't disposable or gibberish, and whether the phone number is real.
- Message: the whole submission read for intent, so sales pitches, recruiters, and link offers are caught.
Every submission is classified into five types (lead, review, spam, junk, and bot), and only the real leads, based on your filters, are enriched and sent to your CRM. GoodInbound takes care of the entire flow end to end for you.
Use GoodInbound for free for up to 500 screened submissions a month.
Replacing Clearbit Connect? Read Clearbit Email Finder: what happened and what to use now. Replacing an existing integration? Follow the Clearbit enrichment API guide.
Clearbit alternatives at a glance
GoodInbound covers person enrichment, company enrichment and decision-maker discovery through one API and works with the CRM you already use. The other options each replace one slice of what Clearbit did.
| Option | What it covers | What's missing for a Clearbit replacement |
|---|---|---|
| GoodInbound | People, roles, emails, LinkedIn, company size, revenue, recent activity and decision-makers by role, with sources | Nothing: one API, any CRM, plus MCP for AI agents |
| Hunter | Person, company or combined enrichment from an email or domain | Every call uses a credit, whether or not the lead was real |
| Dropcontact | Business emails from a name and company website | LinkedIn and company data sit on a higher plan; CRM enrichment is a separate subscription |
| Clearout | Email and phone validation, reverse lookup, data append | Built around cleaning data you already have |
| PredictLeads | Company signals: hiring, news, financing, technology | No contact records, emails or phone numbers |
| HubSpot enrichment | Contact and company records inside HubSpot | Only works inside HubSpot |
1. GoodInbound: people and companies through one API
GoodInbound is the most complete Clearbit replacement: one Lead Enrichment API researches the person, the company and the decision-makers behind it from an email, a name and company, a company with role filters, or a phone number.
Each result brings together the details your team asks for first:
- The person: name, role, business email and LinkedIn profile.
- The company: website, size, estimated revenue, recent activity and social profiles.
- The people to talk to: founders, heads of engineering or whichever roles you filter for.
- The sources: where each finding came from, so the next rep can open it.
Send the results to the CRM you already use, or save people as GoodInbound contacts. Native integrations bring the research into your sales and inbound tools, and an MCP gives your AI agents the same research.
Results are cached for 30 days, so repeat requests for the same research use no additional enrichment credits. Paired with Lead Screen, enrichment runs only on submissions labeled as real leads, so bots, fake sign-ups and agencies pitching their services never use up your credits.
2. Hunter: enrichment priced per call
Hunter enriches by email or domain in three modes: a person from their email, a company from its domain, or both together. Each API call uses a search credit, so every form fill you enrich costs the same, whether it came from a buyer or a bot.
3. Dropcontact: email finding from a name and website
Dropcontact finds a business email from a first name, last name and company website, by file or API. LinkedIn enrichment, company-name-to-domain matching and company data sit on its Growth plan, and native CRM enrichment is a separate subscription from Email Finder credits.
4. Clearout: validation first
Clearout is an email and phone validation suite with reverse lookup, company-to-domain matching and data append. It's built to clean a list you already have, while Clearbit's enrichment researched the people and companies behind it.
5. PredictLeads: company signals without contacts
PredictLeads tracks company signals such as hiring, news events, financing and technology changes. It states that it doesn't provide individual contact records, email addresses or phone numbers, so it can't replace Clearbit's person enrichment.
6. HubSpot enrichment: only inside HubSpot
HubSpot enriches contact and company records inside its own CRM. Contacts need a business email and companies need a domain, and the data stays in HubSpot, so it doesn't help if your leads live in another CRM, a spreadsheet or your own application.
Why teams pick GoodInbound to replace Clearbit
Teams switch to GoodInbound because one API covers the person, the company and the people to contact, and the results go wherever their leads already live.
- One request, the whole picture. Person and company research arrive together, with sources.
- The people behind the account. Role filters surface founders, engineering leaders or whoever you sell to.
- Your CRM stays your CRM. Contact creation is optional, so research flows into the system you already run.
- Ready for AI agents. The MCP gives agents the same research your reps use.
- Repeat lookups are free for 30 days. Come back to an account without paying for the same research twice.
- Only real leads get enriched. With Lead Screen, spam and sales pitches never reach the enrichment step.
The Clearbit enrichment API tutorial shows how to connect the research to your own application or a Google Sheet.
Frequently asked questions
Is Clearbit still available as a standalone product?
No. Clearbit no longer sells new standalone subscriptions, and its free tools, including Clearbit Connect, were retired on April 30, 2025. Existing customers are still supported.
What is the best Clearbit alternative?
GoodInbound. It researches people and companies from an email, a name and company, a company with role filters or a phone number, returns decision-makers with sources, and works with your existing CRM. With Lead Screen, only real leads are enriched.
Which alternative can enrich both people and companies?
GoodInbound returns person and company research from one request, including the decision-makers at the company and the sources behind each finding.
Is an email finder the same as an enrichment API?
No. An email finder discovers an address from other details, such as a name and company. An enrichment API adds information to an address, domain or existing record. GoodInbound does both.
Can I replace Clearbit without changing my CRM?
Yes. GoodInbound returns research through its API so your integration can write the findings into your existing CRM. You can also save people as GoodInbound contacts when that fits your workflow.
