// comparison
Tomba.io vs Clay
36 features in five categories, scored from each tool's public pages, plus the public 5,000-lead benchmark. Last updated 2026-04-14.
8 of 36 features have no data for one of the two tools: shown as "–" and not counted.
// 01 · by category
Tomba.io vs Clay, category by category
Average score per category, out of 5, over the features each tool has data for.
- Data
- Data: Tomba.io 4.9 out of 5, Clay 2.6 out of 5.
- Verify
- Verify: Tomba.io 5.0 out of 5, Clay 2.0 out of 5.
- Developer
- Developer: Tomba.io 5.0 out of 5, Clay 2.5 out of 5.
- Workflow
- Workflow: Tomba.io 5.0 out of 5, Clay 1.6 out of 5.
- Price
- Price: Tomba.io 5.0 out of 5, Clay 2.0 out of 5.
// verdict
Pick Tomba.io for Data, Verify, Developer, Workflow and Price.
- Data
- Tomba.io2 · 5 · 0
- Verify
- Tomba.io1 · 3 · 0
- Developer
- Tomba.io2 · 2 · 0
- Workflow
- Tomba.io6 · 4 · 0
- Price
- Tomba.io2 · 1 · 0
The figures per row: features Tomba.io wins · ties · features Clay wins.
// 02 · feature by feature
Tomba.io vs Clay, side by side
The higher-scored value on each row is marked with a bar. Benchmark ranks come from our public 5,000-lead test; tools it did not include show 'Not tested', and '–' means no data.
| Feature | Tomba.io | Clay |
|---|---|---|
| // Data | ||
| 5,000-lead benchmark | #1 of 9 (4,015 valid) | Not tested |
| Email finder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Domain search | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phone finder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enrichment | ✓ | Basic |
| Free company enrichment | ✓ | – |
| Company search | ✓ | Limited |
| Similar companies | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Technologies | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Email source data | ✓ | – |
| Data updates | Continuous | – |
| AI crawler | ✓ | – |
| Find from email, domain or LinkedIn | ✓ | – |
| Finder includes phone | ✓ | – |
| // Verify | ||
| Email verifier | ✓ | ✓ |
| No charge for empty searches | ✓ Yes (better) | ✗ No |
| Verification credits | 5,000 | 0 |
| Phone validator | ✓ | ✓ |
| // Developer | ||
| API access | ✓ | ✓ |
| API documentation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official SDKs | ✓ (better) | Limited |
| MCP server | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Webhooks | ✓ | – |
| // Workflow | ||
| Bulk processing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Browser extensions | All browsers (better) | ✗ |
| Spreadsheets | ✓ | Limited |
| LinkedIn finder | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Sales Navigator | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Apollo finder | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Data extraction | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Author finder | ✓ (better) | ✗ |
| Support | 24/7 | |
| Compliance | GDPR | Basic |
| // Price | ||
| Price a month | $89/mo (better) | $185/mo |
| Credits | 5,000 (better) | 2,500 |
| Pricing model | Pay per valid | All credits |
// 03 · pricing
We'll let the pricing do the talking
Tomba.io's self-serve plans, with the same number of searches and verifications a month, next to Clay.
Tomba.io
| Basic | $49/mo | 2,500 searches + 2,500 verifications |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | $89/mo | 5,000 searches + 5,000 verifications |
| Pro | $199/mo | 20,000 searches + 20,000 verifications |
| Pro Plus | $449/mo | 50,000 searches + 50,000 verifications |
Free plan: 25 searches a month. Yearly billing takes 25% off. Searches that find nothing cost nothing.
Clay
- Price a month
- $185/mo
- Credits
- 2,500
- Pricing model
- All credits
- Verification credits
- 0
// 04 · the tomba.io calls
The endpoints behind the comparison
EndpointReturnsCost
GET/domain-searchThe email addresses at a company, with names, roles and the company profileCost:1 search credit per 10 results
GET/email-verifierWhether an address is deliverable: syntax, MX, SMTP, catch-all and greylisting checksCost:1 verification credit
GET/phone-finderA person's phone number from their email, domain or LinkedIn URLCost:5 search credits
Base URL
https://api.tomba.io/v1 · Send X-Tomba-Key and X-Tomba-Secret with every request.Every endpoint in the API reference Tomba.io ranked #1 of 9 in our public 5,000-lead benchmark with 4,015 valid emails (raw exports published). Paid plans add a separate verification allowance, every plan includes the phone finder, and searches that find nothing cost nothing.
No. A Tomba.io request is charged only when it returns a result, so a search that finds nothing costs nothing. Report an address that hard-bounces and, once Tomba confirms it, one search credit returns to your usage window.
Every paid Tomba.io plan includes a verification allowance the same size as its search allowance, at no extra cost: the Growth plan has 5,000 searches and 5,000 verifications a month for $89.
Yes. Every Tomba.io plan includes the phone finder and the phone validator. Find numbers from an email address, a domain or a LinkedIn profile. A phone finder lookup costs 5 search credits, or 1 when you include the domain.
Create a free account, export your leads from your current tool as CSV and upload them as a bulk job. The docs have migration guides that map other providers' API calls and statuses to Tomba's.
Yes. The Free plan gives 25 search credits every 30 days with no credit card, and works in the browser extensions, the Google Sheets add-on and the API. Verification credits come with the paid plans.
Tomba.io ranked #1 of 9 in our public 5,000-lead benchmark and offers a verification allowance on every paid plan, a phone finder, 13 official SDKs and a remote MCP server for AI workflows.
Check Clay's own pricing page for its free tier. Tomba.io's Free plan gives 25 search credits every 30 days with no credit card, in the extensions, the Sheets add-on and the API; verification credits come with the paid plans.