ravnA Dropcontact alternative for agent workflows.
Dropcontact is a good pick for European teams that want GDPR-first enrichment and CRM cleaning, paid only on success. Ravn is the alternative for agent workflows that need email checks, company lookups and website data from one MCP server, CLI or API, starting at $24 a month.
Dropcontact and Ravn at a glance
Only facts from public pricing pages. Where a page did not say, the cell says so.
| Dropcontact | Ravn | |
|---|---|---|
| Price entry point | Starter €79/mo | $24/mo |
| What the entry plan includes | Not stated on pricing page | 10,000 lookups a month across every tool: verification, email finding, website scraping, phone validation, IP to company. Beyond that, $1 per 1,000 ($0.001 each), billed monthly, up to a spending cap you set. People and company lookups run on your own provider key (e.g. People Data Labs); Ravn makes the call and stores nothing. |
| Free tier | 50 credits | 1,000 lookups total, no card |
| Misses charged? | No (pay on success; not-found re-credited) | No. A not_found result is free |
| MCP server | Yes, from Starter | Yes, remote, OAuth sign-in or API key |
| CLI | Not stated on pricing page | Yes, npx ravn |
| REST API | Yes | Yes |
| Unused allowance | Not stated on pricing page | No credits to expire. The plan includes 10,000 lookups a month; beyond that it is $1 per 1,000, billed monthly. |
Source: Dropcontact pricing page, checked 3 Nov 2026. Prices from each company’s public pricing page, checked 3 November 2026. Check their site for current prices. Ravn prices: pricing.
Where Dropcontact is the better choice
Dropcontact is GDPR-first, European enrichment, and it cleans CRM records. Ravn has no native CRM apps, so if the job is keeping a CRM tidy, Dropcontact is built for it.
It charges only on success, re-crediting anything not found, and offers MCP from its Starter plan.
Where Ravn fits better
Ravn is aimed at agents and scripts: one key covers verification, the email finder, website scraping, and company and person lookups on your own provider key. Ravn is $24 a month with 10,000 lookups included, then $1 per 1,000, and misses are free. Ravn sells the software, not the data: it stores no people data and resells no one’s records.
On privacy, anyone can opt out at our opt-out page; we keep a one-way fingerprint so they are never returned again. Rook isn’t a data broker, so there’s nothing to register with California DROP — the opt-out covers it. Our terms forbid FCRA uses and contacting opted-out people.
Switching in 10 minutes
Free accounts get 1,000 lookups with no card, so you can try this before changing anything.
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Connect the MCP server
In Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste
https://api.askravn.com/mcp, sign in with your email code and click Allow. In Claude Code:claude mcp add --transport http ravn https://api.askravn.com/mcp, then/mcp→ Authenticate. See the MCP server guide. - / 02
Sign in from the terminal
Run
npx ravn login, enter the 6-digit code from your email, thennpx ravn toolsto list all 25 tools. The CLI docs cover every flag. - / 03
Map Dropcontact jobs to Ravn tools
Find a work email from name + company →
search_business_email_by_name. Check an existing email →validate_email. Company details →domain_to_companyorscrape_website. - / 04
Test on a small sample
Run
npx ravn enrich leads.csv --tool search_business_email_by_name --map name=Name,company=Website --limit 25 --dry-run, check the plan, then drop--dry-run. Your columns are kept,rw_*columns are added, and progress saves every 25 rows so a stopped run resumes.
Does Ravn clean my CRM like Dropcontact?
Not directly. There are no native CRM apps. You can export records, run npx ravn enrich to add verified emails and company fields, and re-import the file.
How does Ravn handle opt-outs and deletion requests?
Anyone can opt out at /privacy#optout. We store a one-way fingerprint so that person is never returned again. Rook isn’t a data broker, so there’s nothing to register with California DROP.
Is pay-on-success the same as Ravn’s miss policy?
In effect, yes. Dropcontact re-credits not-found results; on Ravn a not_found result is free and the lookup comes straight back, so you only ever pay for answers.
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