--- title: "Dropcontact API review: pay on success, priced in euros" description: "What the Dropcontact API charges per email found, in euros, how the async enrich endpoint and its limits work, the MCP server, and the no-database model." url: https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis/dropcontact-api-review updated: 2026-11-12 --- # Dropcontact API review Email finding with no contact database behind it, for GDPR-first teams Reviewed by **Frontal** *·*Updated October 2026 ## On this page 1. What a call costs 2. Pricing and plans 3. Rate limits 4. API key and access 5. Request example 6. Docs and reference 7. Video walkthrough 8. Strengths and limits 9. Verdict 10. Before you build 11. Top alternatives [Visit Dropcontact](https://www.dropcontact.com/) **From** €29/mo **Unit cost** €0.01975 an email found, priced in euros (€79 for 4,000) **Billing** Subscription Credit packs Free tier **Best for** Email finding with no contact database behind it, for GDPR-first teams enrich-all.sh 1 credit per verified email ``` POST https://api.dropcontact.com/v1/enrich/all X-Access-Token: $DROPCONTACT_KEY { "data": [{"first_name": "John", "last_name": "Smith", "website": "corporation.com"}], "language": "en" } # up to 250 contacts a request, returns a request_id # no email found: the credit is refunded ``` 200 OK Per email, Starter 4,000 €0.0198 The Dropcontact API finds and verifies a work email from a name and a company, and charges a credit only when a verified email comes back. If none is found, the credit is refunded. Verification is included in that same credit, so there is no second bill for checking what it found. The unusual part is where the emails come from. Dropcontact says it "operates exclusively with algorithms and does not use any contact databases", running its own validation on EU servers, which is what its GDPR positioning rests on. It also fits the API's one hard rule: a contact sent without a company, a website or a company profile is an error, because there is no database to look the person up in. Dropcontact is priced in euros only, from €29 a month for 500 emails, and API and MCP access come with every plan. The API is a single asynchronous endpoint that takes up to 250 contacts per request, at up to 60 requests a second. The rest of the category is in the [Enrichment APIs](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis) listing. Nothing here is paired against Dropcontact yet, so the [compare hub](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/compare) is the place to start. ## Which Dropcontact calls spend a credit Everything goes through one endpoint, /v1/enrich/all: a POST submits a batch and a GET collects it. What a contact costs depends on what you send in it. | What you send | What comes back | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | Name and a company or website | A verified work email, qualified as nominative, catch-all or generic. | 1, only if a verified email is found | | An email address in the email field | A verification of that address. | 1, on every address sent | | A profile URL in linkedin | Enrichment from the profile URL. | 1 if found; Growth plan feature | | "siren": true | SIREN, NAF code, VAT number, address and company leader. | No extra credit stated | | One empty object in data | Your remaining credits. | Free | Each email comes back with a qualification for its local part (nominative, catch\_all, generic, random, invalid) and its domain (pro, perso, invalid), so nominative@pro is the result to send to. The response also names the company, cleans the first name and adds the website. Verification charges on every attempt The pay-on-success rule covers finding. When you pass an address in the email field for checking, Dropcontact charges 1 credit for that verification whatever the answer. Keep addresses Dropcontact found out of the verification path, because it already verified them when it found them. ## Dropcontact API pricing, plan by plan Dropcontact API pricing is a monthly or annual subscription to a quota of emails found, in euros, on two plans that share the same ten-step ladder. ### Free €0 50 credits on signup - Enough to test the endpoint - Not a monthly allowance ### Starter €79 /mo for 4,000 emails - From €29 for 500 to €2,245 for 150,000 - API and MCP access, Google Sheets add-on - Email finding and verification only ### Growth €120 /mo for 4,000 emails - Credits carry over month to month - LinkedIn and company data enrichment - Job cleaning and company change detection ### Enterprise Custom from 200,000 credits a month - Priority enrichment - Real-time enrichment notifications | Emails a month | Starter | Growth | Starter per email | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 500 | €29 | €35 | €0.058 | | 1,500 | €59 | €72 | €0.039 | | 4,000 | €79 | €120 | €0.0198 | | 11,000 | €199 | €303 | €0.0181 | | 22,000 | €399 | €622 | €0.0181 | | 44,000 | €799 | €1,264 | €0.0182 | | 66,000 | €1,169 | €1,891 | €0.0177 | | 100,000 | €1,499 | €2,424 | €0.015 | | 150,000 | €2,245 | €3,652 | €0.015 | The ladder has one sweet spot and one flat stretch. 4,000 emails cost €79, only €20 more than 1,500, so the rate falls by half between those two steps. From 11,000 to 44,000 the rate barely moves, at about €0.018 an email, and it only drops again at 100,000. The 33,000 step, €599 on Starter, sits on the same flat line and is left out of the table. Growth costs 21% more than Starter at the bottom of the ladder and 52% to 63% more from 4,000 up, for carryover, LinkedIn input and company data. The annual toggle is labeled -20%, but the annual prices work out to about 17% off, two months free: Starter at 4,000 is €66 a month billed yearly against €79 monthly. Priced in euros, for every visitor Dropcontact's pricing script shows euros whatever the visitor's country, and its structured data lists every offer in EUR. Every figure in this review is the euro figure as published. Email Finder credits cannot be used to enrich a CRM. The HubSpot, Pipedrive and Salesforce integration is a separate subscription, quoted on a call. Built in Clay ### Building this yourself? *Start in Clay.* Clay runs a waterfall across 150+ data providers from one table, without a separate contract with each. A lookup that finds nothing costs no data credit. **150+** data providers **500** free actions a month **$0** for a miss [Try Clay](https://go.frontal.so/clay) Frontal is a Clay Elite Studio Partner. A Clay waterfall **Clay** ## Sixty a second, 250 contacts a request Dropcontact API rate limits are 60 requests a second, after which the API answers 429 Too Many Requests. Each POST can carry up to 250 contacts of under 15 kB each, and the work runs asynchronously, so throughput is set as much by how quickly results come back as by the request rate. | Limit | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | Request rate | 60 a second | 429 when exceeded | | Contacts per request | 250 | Each under 15 kB | | Result collection | GET by request\_id | Not ready: retry in 30 seconds | | Quota exceeded | 403 | "API call Token exceeded quota" | | Unexpected fields | Ignored, or 400 | 400 on accounts created from June 2026 | ### Asynchronous by design A POST queues the work, a GET or a webhook collects it. - The POST returns a request\_id and your credits left. - A GET too early says "try again in 30 seconds". - Pass custom\_callback\_url and the results are posted to you. - Dropcontact recommends the webhook over polling. ### The forceResults trap Collecting early can cost a refund. - forceResults=true returns whatever is finished so far. - Unfinished contacts come back as you sent them. - Dropcontact may still find an email after that call. - If it does, you may not be re-credited for those contacts. Ask for English Results come back in French unless the request sets "language": "en". The docs state it once, in the request body table, and it is easy to miss when the first test contacts are English names. The limits are generous for a batch API: 60 requests of 250 contacts each is far more than any plan's monthly quota can feed. What decides speed is how long a batch takes to finish, so build on the webhook from the start rather than polling. ## How to create a Dropcontact API key A Dropcontact API key is the access token in your Dropcontact account, and API access is included on every plan. Every request sends it in the X-Access-Token header, and every response reports credits\_left. ### Getting a key Every plan includes API access. - Create an account at app.dropcontact.com. - Copy the access token from the account. - Send X-Access-Token: YOUR\_KEY. - Send JSON only; the API accepts nothing else. ### The same token works for MCP OAuth is the default, the token is the fallback. - The MCP server is at mcp.dropcontact.com/mcp. - Claude and ChatGPT connect through OAuth in the browser. - Cursor and other clients can send the token as a Bearer header. - Dropcontact says remote MCP connections can need a retry. One token covers the REST API and the token route into the MCP server, and both draw on the same balance. Check it before a large batch with the free empty-object POST, which reports credits left without spending any. ## What a Dropcontact API call looks like Submit a batch with a POST, then collect it with a GET on the request\_id, or let a webhook deliver it. Every contact needs a company, a website or a company profile alongside the name. dropcontact.sh async, up to 250 contacts ``` # 1. submit POST https://api.dropcontact.com/v1/enrich/all X-Access-Token: $DROPCONTACT_KEY # { "request_id": "...", "credits_left": 3950 } # 2. collect GET https://api.dropcontact.com/v1/enrich/all/{request_id} # "Request not ready yet, try again in 30 seconds" ``` 429 Over 60 a second Back off and retry ## Where the Dropcontact API documentation lives The Dropcontact API docs are a single reference page at developer.dropcontact.com, with Python and shell examples for every call. It covers authentication, the enrich endpoint, every request and response field, webhooks, the [MCP server](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/mcp-servers), the credit policy, rate limits and error codes. | Surface | Where | What it answers | | --- | --- | --- | | API reference | developer.dropcontact.com | The endpoint, the fields, webhooks, credits and limits. | | MCP server | mcp.dropcontact.com/mcp | Enrich by name, by profile URL, or validate an email. | | Subscription help | support.dropcontact.com | How the quota, refunds and plan changes work. | | n8n node | dropcontact.com/n8n-integration | The same enrichment without code. | | Pricing | dropcontact.com/pricing | Both plans, the ten-step ladder, in euros. | The reference page is the only place that states the 60-a-second limit, the 250-contact batch and the French default. The pricing page is the only one that states the full ladder, so read the two together. The [MCP page](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/mcp-servers) lists Dropcontact's MCP access alongside the others in this directory. ## Dropcontact's MCP server in ChatGPT, in under a minute Dropcontact publishes this on its own channel, so it is Dropcontact's account of Dropcontact, not ours. It is here because a rate card cannot show you the thing moving, and a minute or two of the product is faster than any paragraph on this page at telling you whether the shape of it fits yours. [YouTube · Dropcontact Dropcontact MCP Server in ChatGPT: Find & Verify B2B Emails 0:55 · Published October 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O_cfXsYCIM) A 55-second demo from October 2026, on the channel Dropcontact's pricing page links. Its description lists what it shows: ChatGPT finding a contact's email and LinkedIn profile, checking whether an address is valid, and reading the credit balance, all through the MCP server. It is a demo of the connection, not of match rates, and nothing on this page about price or coverage rests on it. Published 19 October 2026 on [Dropcontact](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYwZgVyd9OMUPKqwHXNvuA), the channel Dropcontact's own pages link to, and read on 23 October 2026. Nothing in it is a source for a price or a limit on this page: every figure in the tables above comes from a Dropcontact page. ## Strengths and limits Dropcontact is the email finder built for a legal review rather than for the biggest database. ### What it does well - A credit only when a verified email is found, refunded otherwise. - No contact database, with processing on EU servers. - Up to 250 contacts per request, with webhooks. - API and MCP access on every plan, from €29. - A free call reports the balance before a batch. - Monthly plans with no commitment. ### Where it falls short - Priced in euros only. - Verification charges a credit on every address sent. - A contact with no company context is an error, not a lookup. - LinkedIn input, company data and carryover are Growth only. - The API returns a company phone, not mobiles. The two columns come from the same decision. Working without a database is what makes the GDPR case and the pay-on-success rule possible, and it is also why Dropcontact needs a company for every contact and has no phone numbers to sell. It suits a list that already has names and companies and needs the emails. ## Who should actually buy this Buy Dropcontact when your legal team is part of the decision. A finder that keeps no contact database and runs on EU servers is a different conversation with a data protection officer from one that resells a profile index. It is a good fit for a list that already has a name and a company or website per row: a CRM export, a webinar list, scraped attendees. It is not a prospecting database, so it cannot build the list for you, and it has no mobiles to add. On price, buy the 4,000 step rather than 1,500, because it costs €20 more for 2,500 more emails, and compare the euro figure against dollar-priced finders at the day's exchange rate rather than number for number. ## Before you build against it Four things to settle first, each one read off Dropcontact's own pages. The ticks are remembered in this browser, so you can come back to a half-finished integration. Provenance ## Where the data comes from, and what you may do with it The question that arrives late and expensively is who is allowed to hold the data. These are the fields it returns, the coverage it claims and the compliance it publishes. | Provider | Fields returned | Coverage | Compliance | Redistribution | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dropcontact](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis/dropcontact-api-review) | Work email, Firmographics, LinkedIn profile | Strongest in EMEA | GDPR | Not stated | Dropcontact states no redistribution position on its pricing or docs pages. Internally that never matters. Put the rows in something your customers can see and it becomes the question your legal team asks first. Two practical notes. A compliance badge describes the vendor rather than your use of it, so a GDPR DPA does not give you a lawful basis for the outreach you send. And the vendor runs its own opt-out, which means a person who asks you to delete their record has to be removed from your copy as well as from theirs. ## If Dropcontact is not the answer Four providers in the [Enrichment APIs](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis) listing that solve the same problem differently. Each one is a trade, and the trade is named. [Findymail $99/mo Find and verify in one step, charged only when a verified email is found, with credits refunded if your bounce rate on its emails goes above 5%.](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis/findymail-api-review) [Prospeo $49/mo Tied with Hunter for the cheapest 2,000-email plan here on monthly billing, $49 a month, with unused credits rolling into the next cycle on monthly billing.](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis/prospeo-api-review) [Hunter $49/mo A free plan of 50 credits a month, a domain search that returns every known address on a domain, and SOC 2 Type II on the record.](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis/hunter-api-review) [FullEnrich $29/mo A waterfall across several providers behind one call, with mobiles at 10 credits and landlines charged nothing.](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/enrichment-apis/fullenrich-api-review) The full set, organized by the reason people leave, is on the [Dropcontact alternatives](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/alternatives/dropcontact-alternatives) page. ## Calling these APIs one by one? *Run them from one Clay table.* Clay runs a waterfall across 150+ data providers from one table, without a separate contract with each. A lookup that finds nothing costs no data credit, and the free plan includes 500 actions a month. [Try Clay](https://go.frontal.so/clay) [See the Dropcontact alternatives](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis/alternatives/dropcontact-alternatives) Frontal is a Clay Elite Studio Partner. What practitioners say ## Nothing worth quoting yet We searched Reddit for threads about the Dropcontact API and have found none worth quoting yet. When one turns up, it goes here, and nothing on this page leans on an unquoted paraphrase. FAQ ## Dropcontact API, answered **Is the Dropcontact API free?** 50 free credits on signup. Paid use starts at €29/mo. **How much does the Dropcontact API cost?** Dropcontact starts at €29/mo. It bills by subscription or by credit pack, with a free tier. Read from Dropcontact's own pricing page on 24 October 2026. **What are the Dropcontact API rate limits?** 60 requests a second, each carrying up to 250 contacts, with results collected asynchronously. **How do I get a Dropcontact API key?** A Dropcontact API key is the access token in your Dropcontact account, and API access is included on every plan. Requests authenticate with access token in the X-Access-Token header. The current steps are in Dropcontact's own documentation, which is authoritative on anything that has changed since 24 October 2026. **Does Dropcontact have an MCP server?** Yes. Hosted at mcp.dropcontact.com/mcp, OAuth or an API token. It is listed with the others on the MCP page. Published by ## [Frontal](https://frontal.so/) Frontal is the go-to-market partner for B2B tech companies past product-market fit. It publishes this directory. Every price, tier requirement and rate limit on this page was read from the vendor's own pricing page, developer documentation or knowledge base on the date below. Nothing on it is restated from a press release or a third-party listing. Where a vendor publishes no public figure, this page says so rather than estimating. [How we checked](https://frontal.so/gtm-apis#method). Reviewed by [Kenny Damian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenny-damian-90aba221a/) Co-founder & Head of GTM, Frontal **Verified** 24 Oct 2026 **Sources** 4 vendor documents Read from - [dropcontact.com/pricing](https://www.dropcontact.com/pricing) - [developer.dropcontact.com](https://developer.dropcontact.com/) - [support.dropcontact.com/article](https://support.dropcontact.com/article/212-how-does-the-subscription-work) - [dropcontact.com/n8n-integration](https://www.dropcontact.com/n8n-integration)