Data coverage
| Feature | Crustdata | PDL |
|---|---|---|
| People profiles | 1B+ | 1.5B+ |
| Company profiles | 60M+ | 71M+ |
| Real-time search APIs | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Post data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Post reactor data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Website traffic | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Technographic data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Job posting data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Product review data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Employee review data | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| News data | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Historical data | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
Freshness
| Feature | Crustdata | PDL |
|---|---|---|
| Update frequency | Real-time (all profiles) | Monthly |
| Real-time monitoring webhooks | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Custom event tracking | ✅ Yes | Unspecified |
User support
| Feature | Crustdata | PDL |
|---|---|---|
| Method | Email or dedicated Slack channels with dedicated engineers for each account | Unspecified |
Crustdata is trusted by teams building AI agents, GTM, recruiting and deal sourcing platforms that rely on accuracy and signal tracking. While PDL is a strong choice for large-scale static enrichment, Crustdata is built for real-time data needs with support for job change detection, social post data, and webhook-triggered workflows that help your product respond to change as it happens.
Real-time monitoring to know what's happening to profile that are important
Crustdata offers webhooks that track people, companies and events that notify your product when a tracked profile changes. Whether it’s a job change, a skill update, or a new post, you just plug in a webhook and get alerted instantly.
| Feature | Crustdata | PDL |
|---|---|---|
| Update frequency | Real-time (all profiles) | Partial real-time (some profiles) |
| Real-time monitoring webhooks | ✅ Yes | Unspecified |
| Custom event tracking | ✅ Yes | Unspecified |
| Feature | Crustdata | PDL |
|---|---|---|
| Firmographic data | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Employee data | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Technographic data | ✅ Yes | Unspecified |
| Job posting data | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Post data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Website traffic data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Product review data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Employee review data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| News | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
Multisource company data
Crustdata pulls from 16+ sources to provide a broader understanding of each company including web traffic trends, news mentions, employee reviews, social posts, product mentions, and more. This gives you context that goes beyond basic firmographics.
Build auto updating lists with realtime data and unlimited coverage
Use Crustdata’s real-time search to create lists that update automatically as new matches are surfaced. Whether you’re targeting companies hiring in a specific region or tracking executives posting about a certain topic, your list will always be updated and never miss a person or company who fits your criteria.
Complete in-depth profiles with 350+ datapoints
All our company and people profiles are enriched with more than 350+ datapoints including granular data such as start and end date of jobs, education and job descriptions of a person’s work history
Social media monitoring
Crustdata has a post API that lets you find all the posts made by a founder or a company on their social media. We also offer webhooks that let you track keywords across social media posts or get notified the instant a founder or company has posted.
| Feature | Crustdata | PDL |
|---|---|---|
| Post data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Post reactor data | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
