Switch from Clearbit to Cleanlist

Clearbit is now Breeze Intelligence. Get CRM-agnostic enrichment with phone numbers included.

25+ providers in one waterfall98% verified work email, 500-lead benchmarkNo annual contract

TL;DR

Clearbit was acquired by HubSpot and rebranded as Breeze Intelligence. The standalone API is losing investment, pricing is opaque, and the product is becoming HubSpot-only. Cleanlist offers CRM-agnostic waterfall enrichment with 98% email accuracy, phone numbers (which Clearbit never provided), and transparent credit-based pricing at a fraction of what Clearbit/Breeze costs.

Why Teams Leave Clearbit

The frustrations that drive the switch.

HubSpot Lock-In After Acquisition

Since the HubSpot acquisition, Clearbit's product roadmap has prioritized HubSpot-native features. If you use Salesforce, Pipedrive, or any other CRM, your enrichment tool's roadmap may no longer align with your stack.

No Phone Numbers, Ever

Clearbit has never provided direct dial phone numbers or mobile numbers. If your sales team calls prospects, you always needed a second data vendor, adding cost and complexity.

Opaque Post-Acquisition Pricing

Pre-acquisition Clearbit had transparent tiers ($99-999/mo). Now Breeze Intelligence is bundled into HubSpot Enterprise plans with unclear standalone pricing. Getting a quote requires a sales conversation.

API Deprecation Risk

Clearbit's standalone API still works, but HubSpot's public statements prioritize the embedded Breeze experience. Teams building on the Clearbit API face platform risk as features migrate exclusively to HubSpot.

How to Switch

Step-by-step migration from Clearbit to Cleanlist.

Export Your Clearbit-Enriched Data
30 minutes
Download enriched contact and company data from your CRM. Clearbit data lives in your CRM properties, not in a separate Clearbit dashboard.
Sign Up for Cleanlist
5 minutes
Create your account. The first 14 days run on Scale: 250 credits, 3 seats, no card. Test on a sample of your existing contacts to see the accuracy and coverage difference.
Enrich with Waterfall + Phone Numbers
1-2 hours
Upload your contacts to Cleanlist. Get back everything Clearbit provided (company data, job titles, firmographics) plus phone numbers and higher fill rates from 25+ sources.
Replace API Integration
2-4 hours
If you used Clearbit's API, swap the endpoint to Cleanlist's REST API. Similar request/response format. Most API migrations complete in a few hours of developer time.

What You Gain

Read across a row to see what changes on the day the switch lands.

Before and after4 measures

Metric	Clearbit	Cleanlist
Email Accuracy	~82%	98%
Phone Numbers	Not available	85%+ coverage
Data Sources	1 database	25+ providers
CRM Support	HubSpot (native), others declining	Any CRM (CSV + API)

What you are switching to.

One waterfall across every provider we hold a contract with, one shared credit wallet for the whole team, and a miss that costs nothing.

25+data providers in the enrichment waterfall, cascaded cheapest first

98%verified work email on a 500-lead stratified benchmark

85%direct dial on the same 500-lead benchmark

0credits to search, unlimited on every plan including Free

A verified work email costs 1 credit however many providers it took to find. A direct dial costs 10, both together 11, validation 0.5 and AI qualification 5. Cleanlist does not send email: it fills the list and hands it back. Two-way with HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive, one-way out to Outreach, Salesloft and Lemlist.

Pricing Comparison

Real cost scenarios based on typical team sizes and volumes. Every Clearbit figure is that vendor’s own published list price.

Cost by scenario2 scenarios

Scenario	Clearbit	Cleanlist	Savings
Startup, 1K enrichments/month	~$500/mo (estimated)	$79/mo	~$5,050/year
Growth team, 5K enrichments/month	~$1,500/mo (estimated)	$229/mo	~$15,250/year

Cleanlist plans are $79, $229 and $599 a month, 25% off annually, with one credit wallet the whole team draws from and no per-seat fee.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Clearbit shutting down?

Clearbit's standalone product has not been officially shut down, but it was acquired by HubSpot in late 2023 and rebranded as Breeze Intelligence. Development resources are focused on the HubSpot-embedded experience. The standalone API still functions, but new features and improvements are being built for HubSpot users first. Teams not on HubSpot should plan for reduced standalone investment.

Does Cleanlist provide the same company data as Clearbit?

For the firmographic core, yes: company name, industry, employee count, location and domain. Cleanlist sells no technology-stack dataset, so a tech-stack question goes to an AI column that researches the open web rather than to a verified field. Cleanlist also includes verified phone numbers and uses 25+ data sources for higher fill rates on every field it does carry.

How does the API migration work?

Cleanlist's REST API accepts similar inputs (email address, company domain) and returns enriched contact and company data in JSON format. The data structure differs from Clearbit's API, so you will need to update your field mapping. Most developers complete the migration in 2-4 hours. Documentation is available at docs.cleanlist.ai.

Will I lose my enrichment history?

Your Clearbit-enriched data lives in your CRM, not in Clearbit's platform. When you switch to Cleanlist, your existing enriched records stay intact. Cleanlist adds new enrichment on top, filling gaps, updating stale data, and adding phone numbers that Clearbit never provided.

Run it in parallel before you cancel.

Export your Clearbit list, re-enrich it here, and compare the match rates on your own rows. Every new workspace opens on a 14-day Scale trial: 250 credits, 3 seats, no card, and every feature except the public API and MCP.

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When the trial ends the Free plan stays open at 30 credits a month. Search stays free and unlimited on every plan.