People Data Labs vs CompanyEnrich
Compare People Data Labs and CompanyEnrich across endpoints, pricing, coverage, and support. While People Data Labs is known for bulk data slices and stronger corporate-relation coverage, CompanyEnrich stands out with modern AI primitives (Semantic Search, Lookalikes, MCP), a unified credit pool across every endpoint, and deeper field-level enrichment.
Side-by-side comparison
Every endpoint, pricing line, and workflow detail in one table.
 | People Data Labs | |
|---|---|---|
| Core endpoints | ||
| Company Enrichment API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Company Search API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Person Enrichment API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Person Search API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Modern primitives | ||
Semantic Search API Plain-English company queries | ✓ | — |
Company Lookalikes API Find companies similar to a domain | ✓ | — |
Headcount API Historical employee counts | ✓ | — |
MCP Server Native AI agent integration | ✓ | — |
| Bulk data | ||
Bulk Datasets / Slices Offline data dumps for ML or data lakes | — | ✓ |
| Pricing & terms | ||
| Pricing model | Unified credits system | Separate subscription per endpoint |
| Company enrichment starting price | Starts from $0.01 / credit | Starts from $0.10 / credit |
| Search exclusion list size | Up to 50,000 IDs | 1,000 IDs |
| Where each is stronger | ||
| ICP taxonomy (NAICS, technologies, categories, keywords) | Full set | Partial |
| Crunchbase URL coverage | Limited | Stronger |
| Corporate relations (parent / subsidiary) | Limited | Stronger |
| Domain enrichment find rate (benchmark) | 67.6% | 60.2% |
| Avg fields returned per profile (benchmark) | 17.9 / 27 | 13.7 / 27 |
| Tech support | Exceptional | Ticket queue |
Pricing, plan, and G2 rating references reflect public information available in May 2026.
Four things People Data Labs can't match
Each backed by a verified G2 review.
Endpoints PDL doesn't have
Semantic Search lets you query in plain English — "B2B Fintech SaaS in the US" — instead of building filter combinations. Lookalikes return similar companies from a single domain. MCP plugs straight into AI agents.
"Tried many other tools that gave bad data. CompanyEnrich is different — semantic search and lookalike search work better than everything else tried. Used lookalike search to get ~300 companies, reached out to ~600 people, booked 3 meetings."
Segmentation that actually fires
Description, keywords, NAICS, technologies, and categories — not just firmographics. Segment by what a company actually does, not just industry codes.
"Top feature is B2B/B2C/SaaS categorization, something that can't be done with any database solution since companies can be in very different industries. Lookalike search is also powerful."
Pricing that scales with you
$49 gets you 5,000 company enrichments vs PDL's $100 for 1,000. One unified credit pool covers every endpoint — no separate plan for search, person, or headcount.
On PDL "Sales model is a little funky. You can purchase API credits or 'slices' of the data. Both options force painful trade-offs. A custom way to access all PDL data would have been ideal."
No enterprise queue
You won't get stuck in a slow ticket queue or a rigid enterprise playbook. When something needs attention, our team works with you directly, helps debug the issue, and keeps the integration moving.
On PDL "Switched to a paid plan at $100/month. After a few days, staying well below API limits, my account was disabled. No warning or explanation given. Support was unresponsive after multiple contact attempts, even after waiting more than one week."
What real users say
Verbatim G2 reviews. CompanyEnrich reviewers named — People Data Labs reviewers anonymized.
4.85 / 5 on G2"Semantic search saves a boatload of time. No need to find the right filter combinations. Just type 'B2B Fintech SaaS in the US' and get the desired results."
"Domain lookalike feature is the number one most beneficial thing. Company data is generally much more accurate than most data providers. Setup is extremely easy and takes seconds."
"Was able to find companies no other data provider was able to find. Super easy to use. Data is top-notch. 10/10."
"Lookalike / semantic search algorithm is very precise. Pricing is very fair."
"Switched to a paid plan at $100/month. After a few days, staying well below API limits, my account was disabled. No warning or explanation given. Support was unresponsive after multiple contact attempts, even after waiting more than one week."
"Some data quality issues. Data trusts LinkedIn too much, with random LinkedIn profiles claiming to be a company's CEO when public sources don't match. No GUI for querying data, only a GUI for building the query string."
"Sales model is a little funky. You can purchase API credits or 'slices' of the data. Both options force painful trade-offs. A custom way to access all PDL data would have been ideal."
"There are a large number of duplicates in the dataset. Only API access, no web app exploration or sandbox."
Reviews sourced from G2.com, anonymized. Read more on G2.
When PDL is still the right call
We're not the right fit for every workflow. Here's where People Data Labs has the edge today.
Bulk dataset exports
PDL offers offline data slices for ML training pipelines, data lakes, or custom downstream systems. We don't ship bulk dataset dumps — we're an API-first product.
Crunchbase URL coverage
In our public benchmark, PDL leads on Crunchbase URL fill rate. If your workflow specifically needs a Crunchbase link on every record, PDL is the safer pick.
Corporate relations
Parent / subsidiary / affiliate links are stronger on PDL. If you build org-tree dashboards or M&A intelligence, PDL has more depth here.
For everything else — the API workflows most B2B teams actually run day-to-day — CompanyEnrich is faster, more affordable, and built for how teams build today.
Don't take our word for it
We ran a public, reproducible benchmark you can inspect and test yourself.
CompanyEnrich vs PDL on 349 real domains
We tested 6 enrichment providers — including PDL — on the same 349 DNS-resolved Majestic Million domains. CompanyEnrich led coverage and field depth.
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