# Enrich Layer alternatives in 2026: any company field at 5¢ a row Compared on Nov 12, 2026. The page: https://specstream.ai/alternatives/enrich-layer Enrich Layer sells people and company profiles from its database by credit: $588 a year for 35,000 credits up to $22,788 for 2,954,000, on a 12 month commitment. A company profile is 1 credit, plus 1 for one under 29 days old. SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Send your list, name the fields, and Deep Search fills them from each company's own pages at 5¢ a row with up to 5 facts. Source URL and read time on every value. [Get an API key](https://specstream.ai/signup?src=alternatives-enrich-layer&utm_source=alternatives-md&utm_campaign=enrich-layer&returnTo=%2Fworkspace%2Fagents%3Ftab%3Dkeys) New accounts get $10 of credit, no card. ## SpecStream and Enrich Layer side by side | | SpecStream | Enrich Layer | |---|---|---| | What you get | The fields your request names, read from the live web, any fact you can describe in words included. Facts from many sites joined into one row. Source URL and read time on every value | People, company, jobs, school and contact profiles from its database: 70 million companies, 790 million people records worldwide and 60+ data points per record | | Published price | 5¢ a row with up to 5 facts, 15¢ with up to 15, $1 for a deep row. The same rate on every plan. The most a run can cost is quoted before it starts | Starter $588 a year for 35,000 credits, Growth $3,588 for 350,000, Pro $10,788 for 1,258,600, Ultra $22,788 for 2,954,000, Enterprise over $24,000. Pay as you go from $10 for 100 credits | | One company | 5¢ for a row with up to 5 facts, read from the company's pages when you ask | Company Profile is 1 credit a successful request, 1 more by default for a profile no older than 29 days and 9 more for a forced live fetch: 3.4¢ to 16.8¢ at Starter's $0.0168 a credit. Funding, categories, exits, acquisitions and extra details are 1 credit each | | How fresh | Each value is read when you ask, with the URL of its page and the time it was read | From its cache unless you pay for a live fetch. With use_cache=if-present a cached profile is returned regardless of its age. Its database takes 150 million updates a month | | Contacts | A person's email adds 5¢ to the row and a phone 15¢. An email no page printed is labeled likely | Contact API is 1 to 3 credits per found contact | | Commitment | No plan and no contract. $10 of credit, no card: up to 200 rows at 5¢ | Monthly and annual plans are a 12 month commitment, with a fee for the remaining months if you cancel early. Pay as you go credits cost $0.0216 to $0.10 each | | Charged when nothing is found | No. A row SpecStream can't find costs nothing, and duplicates and rows you already own are not charged | Credits are counted per found company, person or contact. On listing endpoints, premium parameters are charged regardless of the items returned | | Lists and volume | A list of up to 20,000 rows on any plan, imported free. A run keeps working until it reaches the count, up to four hours on the largest lists | One profile URL a call, up to 900 requests a minute. A trial account is held to 2 requests a minute until its first top up | | Up to date | A saved request reruns hourly to yearly. A changed or new row costs half its rate, an unchanged row 1¢, and each row is labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching | You call the profile again, at 1 credit plus the freshness option you pick | | Where the data goes | HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion, Slack, Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n and signed webhooks. REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs, and MCP at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp` | A REST API and a CLI for lookups from the terminal | ## Why teams switch from Enrich Layer to SpecStream ### Each field read when you ask, with its page Enrich Layer answers from its cache. Its default returns a company profile up to 29 days old for 2 credits, `use_cache=if-present` returns a cached profile of any age, and a fresh fetch costs 9 credits more. SpecStream reads each company's own pages when you ask, and every value comes back with the URL it was read on and the time it was read. You can check a headcount or a headquarters before it overwrites a CRM field, and a row a page contradicts is not charged. ### Any field you can describe, not only the profile's The Company Profile endpoint takes a company profile URL and returns its own schema, with funding, categories, exits, acquisitions and extra details at 1 credit each. SpecStream starts from a domain or a name and fills those and anything else you write in words, such as "offers same day delivery" or "lists SOC 2 on its site". Facts from many sites are joined into one row. ### A price per delivered row, with no 12 month plan Enrich Layer is cheaper per lookup when its profile holds the fields you need: 1,000 company profiles at 2 credits each fit inside the $588 Starter plan. That plan is paid for the year, and every monthly or annual plan is a 12 month commitment. Pay as you go costs $0.0216 to $0.10 a credit. SpecStream costs $50 for 1,000 companies with 5 facts each, and you buy no plan and no allowance. Importing, mapping and exporting are free, and the most a run can cost is approved before it starts. ### Your list stays up to date in your own tools Import a CSV, Excel file or Google Sheet of up to 20,000 rows. SpecStream fills empty cells only, values you imported stay labeled as yours, and the filled rows go back to the sheet or CRM, matched to the records already there. Save the request and it reruns on your schedule: rechecking 1,000 companies that did not change costs $10. ### Search and page reading on the same key The same key runs the Search API, the most accurate web search API in the world: 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 SimpleQA Verified questions (978 correct), shown on the [benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=enrich-layer) page. Search costs $5 per 1,000 searches of up to 10 results, $1 per 1,000 on the fast tier, and the Extract API $0.80 per 1,000 pages. ## Other Enrich Layer alternatives ### People Data Labs A company and person database with an API. Its company plan is $100 a month from 1,000 records, with a free tier of up to 100 records a month, and on Openbenchmarks it had the highest enrichment success, 89.0%. SpecStream fills the fields you name from the live web at 5¢ a row, with no monthly plan. See [People Data Labs alternatives](https://specstream.ai/alternatives/people-data-labs?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=enrich-layer). ### Coresignal A company and employee database sold by credit: a full company record is 20 credits, on plans from $49 a month for 2,500 credits. That is 125 full records a month. SpecStream has no allowance: a company row is 5¢ when it is delivered. See [Coresignal alternatives](https://specstream.ai/alternatives/coresignal?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=enrich-layer). ### CompanyEnrich A company database at 1 credit a company, from $49 a month for 5,000 credits. On Openbenchmarks' 282 companies it filled 95.5% of fields, and 74.7% of the fields it returned were right. SpecStream returns each value with the page it was read on. See [CompanyEnrich alternatives](https://specstream.ai/alternatives/companyenrich?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=enrich-layer). ### Crustdata A company and people database for agents, with company enrichment from 2 credits, $20 of free credits, and paid plans from four figures a month through sales. SpecStream prices every run on its pricing page and quotes the most a run can cost before it starts. ## How to switch from Enrich Layer Where your code calls `GET /api/v2/company` with a profile URL, send the domains and the fields you need in plain words. This call spends nothing: the `402` reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost. ``` curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"request": "For the companies at stripe.com, gusto.com and figma.com: the headquarters city, employee count, founded year, industry and LinkedIn page", "count": 3}' ``` To test both on the same companies, send the same three companies to Enrich Layer's Company Profile and compare each field with the page SpecStream names for it. For a whole CRM export, import the file in the workspace, pick the fields to add and approve the quote. Your agent can do the same through the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp`, with OAuth or an API key. New accounts get $10 of credit, no card, which is up to 200 rows at 5¢. More on [enriching a list](https://specstream.ai/for/enrichment?utm_source=alternatives&utm_campaign=enrich-layer). ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does Enrich Layer cost? Enrich Layer costs $588 a year for 35,000 credits on Starter, $3,588 for 350,000 on Growth, $10,788 for 1,258,600 on Pro and $22,788 for 2,954,000 on Ultra, read on Nov 12, 2026. Pay as you go starts at $10 for 100 credits. SpecStream costs 5¢ a row with up to 5 facts, with no plan. ### What is the best Enrich Layer alternative? SpecStream, at 5¢ a row with up to 5 facts. It fills any field you name from each company's own pages, read when you ask, with the source URL and read time on every value, and writes the rows back to your sheet or CRM. A saved request keeps them up to date. ### How many credits does an Enrich Layer company profile cost? 1 credit a successful request, plus 1 by default for a profile no older than 29 days and 9 for a forced live fetch. Funding, categories, exits, acquisitions and extra details are 1 credit each. At Starter's $0.0168 a credit, a profile is 3.4¢ to 16.8¢ before add ons. ### Can I cancel an Enrich Layer plan at any time? No. Enrich Layer's monthly and annual plans are a 12 month commitment, and canceling early incurs a fee for the remaining months. SpecStream has no contract: you pay 5¢, 15¢ or $1 for each row delivered. ### How fresh is Enrich Layer data? Enrich Layer's default returns a profile up to 29 days old, and `use_cache=if-present` returns a cached profile of any age. A live fetch costs 9 credits more. SpecStream reads each value when you ask and gives the time it was read. ### Is there a free Enrich Layer alternative? New SpecStream accounts get $10 of credit, no card, which is up to 200 company rows at 5¢. Enrich Layer gives a trial API key held to 2 requests a minute, and People Data Labs a free tier of up to 100 records a month. ### Does SpecStream have an API and an MCP server? Yes. Deep Search returns company rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1, the Search API costs $5 per 1,000 searches and the Extract API $0.80 per 1,000 pages. All three run on one key through the REST API, the Python and TypeScript SDKs and the MCP server at `https://api.specstream.ai/mcp`. ## Sources SpecStream wrote this page. Each rival figure comes from that company's own page, or from the public benchmark the cell names. - [SpecStream pricing](https://specstream.ai/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [SpecStream for agents](https://specstream.ai/agents.md), read Nov 12, 2026 - [SpecStream enrichment](https://specstream.ai/for/enrichment), read Nov 12, 2026 - [SpecStream benchmarks](https://specstream.ai/benchmarks), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Enrich Layer pricing](https://enrichlayer.com/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Enrich Layer home page](https://enrichlayer.com/), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Enrich Layer Company Profile endpoint](https://enrichlayer.com/docs/api/v2/company-api/company-profile), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Enrich Layer cache behavior](https://enrichlayer.com/docs/guides/cache-behavior), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Enrich Layer rate limits](https://enrichlayer.com/docs/guides/rate-limits), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Enrich Layer credits](https://enrichlayer.com/docs/guides/credits), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Openbenchmarks company enrichment board](https://openbenchmarks.com/company-enrichment), read Nov 12, 2026 - [People Data Labs company pricing](https://www.peopledatalabs.com/pricing/company), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Coresignal pricing](https://coresignal.com/pricing/), read Nov 12, 2026 - [CompanyEnrich pricing](https://companyenrich.com/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026 - [Crustdata pricing](https://crustdata.com/pricing), read Nov 12, 2026