A Clearbit alternative that stays a simple API
Clearbit joined HubSpot and no longer sells standalone subscriptions; enrichment now means Breeze Intelligence and HubSpot credits. If what you wanted was a plain Clearbit alternative API, start here.
What happened to Clearbit
The short version: the standalone product you could just buy is gone. Checked July 27, 2026.
HubSpot acquired Clearbit, and clearbit.com now leads with "Clearbit has joined HubSpot"; Clearbit's own help center states it no longer offers new standalone subscriptions. Existing paid customers continue, but new buyers are pointed at Breeze Intelligence inside HubSpot. The credits model moved too: Breeze Intelligence credits became HubSpot Credits in mid-2025, included allowances sit inside HubSpot's Pro and Enterprise tiers, extra credit packages start at $10 per 1,000, and credits reset monthly with no rollover. Enrichment is now a feature of a CRM suite, not an API you buy on its own.
Match the replacement to the job
Clearbit did several jobs. Be clear about which one you are replacing before picking a successor.
If your job was enrichment keyed on a domain or an email, firmographics appended to records you already hold, the natural successor really is Breeze inside HubSpot, or another enrichment vendor. If your job was finding and building fresh company lists with contact points, market by market, that is the job a search-driven data API does better than an enrichment tool ever did: every business in a category and city, with phone, website, address, rating, and coordinates on each record, priced per record with no platform attached.
One request, real company records
The companies as CSV first:
Sample rows as CSV, exactly as exported · phones unmasked in the API response
| name | category | address | phone | website | rating | reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThoughtWorks, Inc. | Software company | 814 Mission St 5th floor, San Francisco, CA 94103 | (415) 273-13•• | http://www.thoughtworks.com/locations/san-francisco | 4.7 | 21 |
| Varsity Technologies | Managed IT Services & IT Consulting | Software company | 1390 Market St Unit 908, San Francisco, CA 94102 | (415) 964-55•• | http://www.varsitytech.com/ | 4.9 | 43 |
| Demandforce | Software company | 222 Kearny St Ste 400, San Francisco, CA 94108 | (800) 246-98•• | https://www.demandforce.com/ | 4.5 | 440 |
| Genius Tech Development | Software company | 1140 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA 94103 | (888) 531-84•• | http://www.geniustechdevelopment.com/ | 4.8 | 88 |
| Proleadsoft | Software company | 4686 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114 | (415) 723-07•• | https://proleadsoft.com/ | 5 | 88 |
| Avenue Code | Software company | 26 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, CA 94108 | (800) 465-89•• | http://www.avenuecode.com/ | 4.7 | 15 |
And one record as JSON:
Breeze route vs plain API route
Both are legitimate successors. They assume very different stacks.
| Breeze Intelligence (HubSpot) | CrustAPI | |
|---|---|---|
| How you buy it | Inside HubSpot tiers + credit packs | Self-serve prepaid credits |
| Core job | Enrich records you already hold | Find and build fresh company lists |
| Keyed on | Domain, email, existing CRM records | Category, name, and market searches |
| Credit terms | Reset monthly, no rollover; packs from $10 / 1,000 | Never expire; $1.96 / 1,000 at entry |
| Requires a platform | Yes, HubSpot | No. One API key |
| Person emails | Part of the enrichment product | No. Business records: phone, website, address |
Breeze credit terms from HubSpot's published pricing and Clearbit's help center, checked July 27, 2026. Anything stale? Email support@crustapi.com and we'll fix it.
1,000 credits on each meter
Different jobs, same question: what does a thousand cost, and when does it vanish?
Different jobs on each side: a Breeze credit enriches a record you hold, a CrustAPI credit fetches a fresh business record. The terms are what differ.
If you live in HubSpot, Breeze is the path of least resistance: native enrichment on your existing records with no integration work. This page is for the other crowd: teams that wanted Clearbit the API, not Clearbit the CRM feature, and need company data without adopting a platform to get it.
One credit per company record
Priced like an API, because it is one.
Place searches bill 1 credit per business returned, and a search that returns nothing costs nothing. Start free with 3,000 credits every month, no card. Paid packs are prepaid and self-serve: 25k for $49 · 100k for $149 · 500k for $549 · 2.5M for $1,999 · up to 250M, ex-tax. That is about $1.96 per 1,000 records at the entry pack, falling to roughly $0.40 per 1,000 at the largest. Credits never expire.
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Common questions
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Keep the API, skip the platform
Pull one market on the free tier and see if plain company records cover the job. No card, no CRM migration.
Get 3,000 free credits