Agent Jesse vs Clearbit: which should you use in 2026?

Clearbit now lives inside HubSpot as Data Enrichment, and it no longer offers new standalone subscriptions. Pick HubSpot's enrichment if your CRM is HubSpot. Pick Jesse if you need to find new companies with a buying signal, or you run on another CRM. Jesse starts free, then $9 a month.

If you are comparing Clearbit alternatives more broadly, see our guide to Clearbit alternatives. This page compares the two head to head.

What happened to Clearbit?

HubSpot bought Clearbit, completed the deal on 4 December 2023, and has since folded Clearbit's data into HubSpot itself. Clearbit's homepage now reads "Clearbit has joined HubSpot!" and shows no price or buy button.

• September 2024: HubSpot launched Breeze Intelligence, its enrichment and buyer-intent product, rebuilt from Clearbit's functionality.
• 30 April 2025: Clearbit retired its free tools: the free Clearbit Platform, Weekly Visitor Report, TAM Calculator, the Clearbit Connect browser extension, and the free Slack integration.
• 8 December 2025: Clearbit shut down the public Logo API for all users, paid or free.
• May 2026: a HubSpot employee confirmed Breeze Intelligence is now called Data Enrichment and is included with paid HubSpot plans.

Existing paid Clearbit customers were told in October 2025 that support continues "business as usual." HubSpot has published no end date for the paid Clearbit APIs.

Jesse vs Clearbit: which should you pick?

Pick Jesse if your problem is which companies to contact.

You want companies that just did something: raised a round, opened a location, started hiring. You describe that buyer in one sentence and get a list with the evidence attached. Your CRM can be anything, or nothing.

Pick HubSpot Data Enrichment if your problem is filling in records you already have.

Your CRM is HubSpot. Contacts arrive through forms and imports, and you want job title, seniority and company size filled in automatically, plus the companies visiting your site.

Clearbit answers "what do I know about this record?" Jesse answers "which companies should I be calling right now, and why?"

How do Jesse and Clearbit compare?

What this table shows: inside HubSpot, Clearbit's data now enriches records at no extra credit cost. Outside HubSpot, or for contact emails, phones and an API, Jesse covers jobs HubSpot's enrichment doesn't.

Disclosure: Jesse is made by Floworks. It is checked here against the same points as Clearbit.

Why choose Jesse over Clearbit?

How is Jesse's live search different from Clearbit enrichment?

Clearbit enrichment starts from a record you already have. A form fill or an import arrives, and HubSpot adds job title, seniority, industry and size. That improves records. HubSpot can also add companies from market segments (beta), but without contact emails.

Jesse starts from a description of the buyer. "Logistics companies in Ohio that opened a new warehouse this year." Jesse searches the live internet, returns the companies with the source attached, then enriches contacts on request with emails and phone numbers.

Does Jesse replace the Clearbit API?

Partly. Jesse's API, MCP server and n8n access start on the $29 Business plan, so a workflow or AI agent can search and enrich programmatically. HubSpot staff said in March 2025 that HubSpot has no API to replace Clearbit's Company and Logo APIs; the equivalent features work inside the CRM only. Jesse's API returns search results and contacts; it is not a drop-in replacement for Clearbit's endpoints.

What do Clearbit reviews say?

Clearbit holds 4.4 out of 5 from 632 reviews on G2, as of 11 October 2026. Reviewers praise ease of use and implementation; Clearbit scores 9.1 for ease of use. The lowest sub-score is product direction, at 7.7. The most common complaint is inaccurate or outdated data, especially for small companies; price and limited credits come up less often.

See Jesse find live buying signals in action

A walkthrough of how Agent Jesse turns a plain-English buyer description into a list of companies with dated reasons to reach out now.

How much does Clearbit cost now?

What this table shows: for a team already paying for HubSpot, Clearbit's enrichment now costs nothing extra. For a team not on HubSpot, clearbit no longer offers new standalone subscriptions, and Jesse's paid plans start at $9 a month.

Sources: Jesse pricing · HubSpot Knowledge Base, data enrichment and buyer intent articles · HubSpot Product and Services Catalog. Checked 11 October 2026.

Where Clearbit (HubSpot) is the better choice

• Your CRM is HubSpot. Data Enrichment fills contact and company fields automatically and keeps them updated monthly. It uses no credits on a paid plan. Jesse does not enrich CRM records in place.
• You want to see which companies visit your site. HubSpot Buyer Intent matches visitor IPs to companies, a similar job to Clearbit Reveal. Jesse does not identify website visitors.
• Adding companies from a target segment inside HubSpot. HubSpot can create company records from market segments (beta, 10 credits each), though without contact emails.
• Shorter forms. HubSpot form shortening hides fields that enrichment can fill, so visitors type less. It uses no credits and needs HubSpot's updated form editor.
• One vendor, one bill. If HubSpot already runs marketing and sales, adding enrichment adds no new contract, login or integration to maintain.

Where Jesse is the better choice

• You don't use HubSpot. Clearbit no longer offers new standalone subscriptions. Jesse exports to any CRM by CSV, or connects through API, MCP or n8n from $29.
• You need emails and phone numbers. HubSpot staff say HubSpot does not provide contact emails or direct phones. Jesse enriches emails for 5 credits and phones for 30, from Pro.
• You need new accounts, not better records. Enrichment improves contacts you already have. Jesse finds companies that just raised, hired or expanded, with the dated source on every row.
• You lost Clearbit Connect or the free tools. Jesse's free plan gives 1,000 search credits with no card. Jesse has no Gmail or Chrome extension, so it does not replace Connect inside your inbox.
• You need programmatic access. Jesse's API, MCP server and n8n access start at $29 a month. HubSpot staff say no HubSpot API replaces Clearbit's Company and Logo APIs.

Who is Jesse best for, and who is Clearbit best for?

Choose Jesse if… you sell on timing signals, you want to describe your buyer in a sentence, or you need emails, phones and an API without moving to HubSpot.

Choose Clearbit (HubSpot Data Enrichment) if… your CRM is HubSpot and you want records, forms and website visitors enriched automatically inside it.

Choose ZoomInfo if… you are an enterprise team that wants org charts, direct dials and intent data, bought through a sales-led quote. See Jesse vs ZoomInfo.

Choose Apollo.io if… you want contact data and sequences on one published per-seat plan, with dialing on higher tiers. See Jesse vs Apollo.io.

How to replace Clearbit

Most teams searching for Clearbit today lost a free tool or an API they relied on. Here is the order that keeps what works.

1. List what you used Clearbit for. Enrichment, Reveal, Connect, the Logo API and the Salesforce integration each have a different replacement.
2. If you run HubSpot, switch on Data Enrichment. It is included with paid Starter plans and above. Buyer Intent covers a similar job to Reveal.
3. Find new accounts and contacts in Jesse. Write your ICP as a sentence and add the event that comes before a purchase. The free plan gives 1,000 credits, about 100 searches.
4. Rebuild API workflows. If your product called Clearbit's API, test Jesse's API on the $29 Business plan before your legacy contract ends.
5. Check your renewal. HubSpot subscriptions auto-renew and prepaid fees are not refunded. Turn off auto-renew in Account & Billing before the term ends if you are leaving.

Stop enriching the same records. Start finding new buyers.

Free plan. No credit card. No annual contract required. Every lead ships with the "why now."