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Enrichment - Talent API
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San Francisco, United States
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What is CrustData?
CrustData is a real-time company and people data API built around one question: is now the right moment to reach out? Its Watcher API tracks live triggers - hiring surges, executive moves, promotions, funding rounds - and pushes them via webhook the moment they happen, rather than making you poll for changes. It is not a recruiter-facing tool; it is the data-and-signal layer a build team plugs into a sourcing or BD workflow so timing, not just contact data, drives outreach.
What are CrustData's key features?
Watcher API for live triggers: set a watch on target companies or contacts and CrustData pushes a webhook the instant a job change, promotion, funding round, or headcount move happens - no polling.
Real-time refresh over 250+ data points: company and people records update continuously, so a profile your pipeline pulls reflects where someone works today, not a months-old snapshot.
People and company enrichment via API: enrich records across 250+ fields for both candidate sourcing and BD account targeting from the same source.
Native MCP server for Claude: query live people and company data directly inside an MCP client without leaving your research or agent workflow.
Flexible delivery: REST API and CSV feeds fit custom workflows, ATS syncs, and AI agents rather than a point-and-click UI.
How do recruiting teams use CrustData?
- A team wires CrustData's Watcher API into an outreach sequence so a tracked hiring manager's job change routes automatically into a queue while the relationship context is still fresh.
- A build uses headcount-spike and funding triggers to reorder a BD prospect list by actual hiring momentum instead of alphabetical or last-touched order.
- An in-house team sets a watch on a passive-candidate list so a role change fires a signal the moment someone is most likely open to a move.
- An AI sourcing agent calls CrustData over MCP to pull current company and people data mid-task rather than working from a static export.
Who is CrustData best for?
- Technical teams building a sourcing or BD tool that needs real-time hiring, funding, and headcount signals delivered via API or MCP, not a search UI.
- Agencies or in-house teams that want to act on a signal the moment it fires, not work from a monthly snapshot.
- Builds where the timing of outreach matters as much as the contact data - a signal only pays off if it triggers action immediately.
What are CrustData's pros and cons?
Pros
- Real-time refresh captures job changes, promotions, and hiring events as they happen, not on a monthly cycle.
- Official MCP server lets Claude and other MCP clients query live data directly.
- Flexible API and CSV delivery fits custom workflows, ATS syncs, and AI agents.
- Free tier available to test before committing to paid usage.
Cons
- No verified emails or direct phone numbers; you pair it with a separate contact-data provider for outreach.
- Requires developer setup; the API and MCP are built for engineers and agents, not a point-and-click recruiter UI.
- Pricing is not published (starts around $200/month per third-party listings), so budgeting needs a sales conversation.
How does CrustData compare to alternatives?
| Feature | CrustData | Fiber.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Enrichment - Talent API | Enrichment - Talent API |
| AI-first | ||
| API | ||
| MCP | ||
| GDPR | ||
| Best for | Agency, In-House | Agency, In-House |
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