Exa vs PhantomBuster vs Apify

All 3 integrate with Claude.

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Side-by-side GTM tool comparison
Attribute	Exa	PhantomBuster	Apify
What it does	Search API for AI agents that returns real-time web results, research and structured content.	Cloud automation and data extraction tool with prebuilt automations for lead sourcing and outreach.	Platform and marketplace of web scraping and automation tools (Actors) with an SDK and MCP server.
Category	Scraping & search APIs	Scraping & search APIs	Scraping & search APIs
Pricing	Usage-based	From $56 per month	Usage-based
Free tier	Yes	Yes	Yes
API or MCP	Yes	Yes	Yes
SYC mentions (archive)	8 (#99)	229 (#25)	215 (#27)
Club trend	Rising	Cooling	Steady
Member upvotes	0	0	0
Members using	0	0	0
Features	Search API for agents Company and people search MCP server Monthly free credits	Prebuilt automations and workflows Data extraction across 15+ platforms MCP server access Free trial plan	Marketplace of scrapers Real-time web data MCP and SDK Free plan with monthly credit
Integrations	Slack, Claude, ChatGPT	Claude, ChatGPT, Chrome extension	Zapier, n8n, Slack, Claude, Google Sheets