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Datamagnet vs ScoutMesh

Same facts, side by side: starting price, free tier, MCP, API and what each one is actually built for.

Starting price

Datamagnet

$39/mo

Developer API that pulls public professional profiles and company pages live at request time, so titles and headcounts are current rather than last quarter's, with email and phone included where they are publicly available. Plans start at $39/mo for 1,000 credits, a basic profile costs 1 credit, and a hosted MCP server lets Claude or ChatGPT call it directly. Best for teams that can wire an API, not recruiters who want a point and click search screen.

Where Datamagnet fits

  • Recruiting tech teams building sourcing or enrichment into their own product or ATS
  • Ops people running Clay or n8n workflows that need current titles, job changes and contact details
  • Recruiters who want to query profiles and ICP searches from inside Claude or ChatGPT
  • Agencies tracking past placements and hiring managers for job moves

ScoutMesh

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MCP gateway that plugs 15 recruiting data sources, including People Data Labs, Lusha, ContactOut, prog.ai, GitHub and Bouncer verification, into the Claude or ChatGPT you already use, so one request searches, enriches and verifies across all of them. The account is free with $5 of credit, then you pay each provider's own unit price with no subscription or markup. Best for recruiters who source through an AI assistant and want several databases without several contracts.

Where ScoutMesh fits

  • Recruiters who source in Claude or ChatGPT and want contact data and verification there
  • Solo and agency recruiters who need several data sources but not several subscriptions
  • Sourcers working technical roles who want GitHub, Hugging Face and prog.ai code signals
  • Agencies checking a client's budget and employer reputation before a search

At a glance

DetailDatamagnetScoutMesh
Starting price$39/moQuote
Free tier–No–No
MCP server✓Yes✓Yes
Public API✓Yes✓Yes
Listed underSourcing, Email finders, Lead generationSourcing, Email finders, Lead generation

Where they pull apart

Datamagnet

Stands out: Data is fetched from the live profile at the moment you ask rather than from a stored snapshot, and the credit price per call is published endpoint by endpoint, down to 1 credit for a basic person or company profile. The MCP server is unusually complete for a data vendor: 17 tools, OAuth sign in so no key is pasted into the AI app, and every tool states its credit cost before it runs.

Watch out: This is an API, not an app: there is no search interface or sourcing workflow, so someone has to build on it or use it through Clay, n8n or an AI assistant. Rate limits are low on self serve plans (10 to 30 requests a minute), and the richer calls such as post engagement, activity and ICP search pages cost 10 credits each, so a search heavy month burns credits ten times faster than plain enrichment. Emails and phone numbers come back only where they are publicly available, and the vendor does not describe a deliverability check.

Not the right fit for

  • Recruiters who want a ready made search screen and sequencing
  • Teams that need a verified, deliverability checked email on every contact
  • High volume bulk jobs on a self serve plan capped at 30 requests a minute

ScoutMesh

Stands out: It resells many recruiting databases at their own list prices rather than as a bundle: People Data Labs at $0.28 a record, Lusha at $0.125 a credit, Hunter at $0.025 an email, Bouncer at $0.008 a check, with GitHub and Hugging Face searches free. The gateway itself stops and asks before any request over about $5, so an assistant cannot quietly run up a bill.

Watch out: It is new and small, with no Capterra or G2 reviews yet, and the proof on its site is a few LinkedIn posts. Every source is a third party, so the privacy and LinkedIn terms questions that come with People Data Labs, ContactOut and Lusha come with ScoutMesh too. The salary and review data is listed as Glassdoor, but no Glassdoor partnership is described. There is no search screen: everything happens through an AI assistant.

Not the right fit for

  • Recruiters who want a point and click search screen and sequencing
  • Teams whose privacy rules bar resold third party contact data
  • Buyers who need an established vendor with reviews and an SLA

Pros and cons

Datamagnet

  • Profiles fetched live at request time, not from a stale database
  • Published per endpoint credit costs, with only successful calls charged
  • Full featured MCP server with OAuth and upfront credit pricing per tool
  • API only, with no search screen or outreach tools
  • Self serve rate limits top out at 30 requests a minute
  • Search, activity and engagement calls cost 10 credits each

ScoutMesh

  • 15 recruiting data sources on one key and one balance
  • Provider list prices with no subscription, seats or markup
  • Built in pause before any request over about $5
  • New vendor with no review site track record
  • All data is resold from third party providers
  • No search interface, only an AI assistant

What each one costs

Datamagnet

$39/mo

Starter is $39/mo for 1,000 credits at up to 10 requests a minute, Pro $99/mo for 10,000 credits at 20 a minute, and Scale $199/mo for 25,000 credits at 30 a minute, with 20% off on yearly billing. Enterprise is quoted with custom credits, rate limits, SLA and invoicing, and a pay-as-you-go option covers pilots. A basic person or company profile costs 1 credit, while activity, post engagement and ICP search pages cost 10, and only successful requests are charged. New accounts get 10 free credits with no card. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 23 Sep 2026

ScoutMesh

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The account is free with $5 of credit and no card. After that there is no subscription, seat fee or markup: you pay each provider's published unit price only when a paid tool runs. Listed rates include People Data Labs $0.28 a record, Lusha $0.125 a credit, prog.ai $0.15 a profile, ContactOut $0.05 a profile or $0.20 a reveal, Hunter $0.025 and Findymail $0.02 an email, EnrichLayer $0.02 a personal email, TheirStack $0.04 a job or $0.12 a company, Akta $0.05 a credit, Bouncer $0.008 a check, Exa $0.007 a search, and Glassdoor data and Parallel $0.005 a call. GitHub and Hugging Face searches are free. Confirm current terms on the vendor site.

Checked 6 Oct 2026

Common questions

Can you try Datamagnet or ScoutMesh for free?
Neither carries a free tier on our listing.
Does Datamagnet or ScoutMesh have an MCP server?
Datamagnet and ScoutMesh ship a first party MCP server, so an AI assistant can work the product directly.

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Editorial listings, never paid rankings. Prices checked 23 Sep 2026. Confirm current terms on the vendor site. Spot an error?