# Clay MCP alternative > Enrich companies and people, find verified work emails and read LinkedIn from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Waterfall email finding, paid per result, with no Clay plan or table. ## Connect One server URL for every client: `https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`, streamable HTTP, with OAuth or an API key as a bearer token. Every workspace starts with 500 free credits and no card. - [Claude](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/claude): Go to Settings, then Connectors, and add a custom connector. Paste the URL and sign in. - [Claude Code](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/claude-code): Run this, then /mcp to sign in. `claude mcp add --transport http manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` - [ChatGPT](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/chatgpt): Turn on developer mode. Go to Settings, then Apps & Connectors, and choose Create. Paste the URL. - [Codex](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/codex): Run this, then codex mcp login manifold to sign in. `codex mcp add manifold --url https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` - [Cursor](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/cursor): One click, or paste the URL in the MCP section of Cursor Settings. - [Gemini CLI](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/gemini): Run this, then /mcp auth manifold to sign in. `gemini mcp add --transport http manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` - [Grok](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/grok): Go to Settings, then Connectors, and add a connector. Paste the URL and sign in. - [Grok Bot](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/grok-bot): Paste this to the bot. It adds Manifold and asks you to sign in. `Add the Manifold MCP server as a plugin: https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp.` - [OpenCode](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/opencode): Run opencode mcp add, choose Remote and paste the URL. - [Any other client](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients/other): Add it as a remote MCP server in any other client. ## The tools your agent gets - [`leads_search_companies`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_search_companies): Search companies. Companies matching a name, keywords, location or headcount, as stubs. From 10 credits. - [`leads_get_company`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_company): Get a company profile. The full firmographic record of one company, by domain. From 10 credits. - [`leads_search_people`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_search_people): Search people. People matching title, seniority and company filters, as stubs. From 1 credit. - [`leads_get_person`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_person): Get a person profile. The full record of one person: real name, title, seniority, company, location, LinkedIn and employment history. From 10 credits. - [`leads_get_email`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_email): Find a person's work email. Find and verify the work email of one named person. From 6 credits. - [`leads_get_email_status`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_email_status): Verify an email address. Whether an email address the user already has will deliver. From 1 credit. - [`linkedin_get_profile`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_profile): Get a LinkedIn profile. One LinkedIn person: their headline, location, followers and connections. From 1 credit. - [`linkedin_get_company`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/linkedin#linkedin_get_company): Get a company page. One LinkedIn company page: headcount, industry, location and website. From 1 credit. - [`leads_get_domain_emails`](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads#leads_get_domain_emails): Get a domain's email addresses. Email addresses known for a website's domain, with name, role, confidence and where each was seen. From 2 credits. Every parameter and return field: [People and company tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads.md). ## Enrichment in your agent, not a table Clay’s MCP server brings a Clay workspace into Claude or ChatGPT on a paid Clay plan, priced in data credits and actions. Manifold gives your agent the lookups themselves, charged per result, beside every other source. | | Clay’s MCP | One provider’s API | Manifold | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly plan | A paid Clay plan | Per provider | No, pay per call | | Waterfall email finding | Yes | One source | Yes, verified | | Tables, formulas and CRM sync | Yes | No | No, your agent does it | | Social posts and Reddit beside it | Some | No | Yes | | Works in Cursor and Claude Code | Claude and ChatGPT listed | Your own code | Yes, hosted | | Free to try | 14-day trial | Varies | Free credits | ## Things to ask - Enrich this list of 100 domains with headcount, industry and location. - Find the VP of Sales at each of these companies and their work emails. - Check these 40 emails and tell me which will bounce. - Read each founder’s LinkedIn and write one line on what they post about. - Find companies like this one in Germany with 50 to 200 staff. [company.com] - Who wrote about switching CRMs on LinkedIn this week, and what are their emails? ## Pay per call - Search companies: From 10 credits - Get a company profile: From 10 credits - Search people: From 1 credit - The same answer again, from the cache: 25% or less Details: [pricing](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/pricing.md) and [how credits work](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/credits.md). ## Questions about the Clay MCP alternative ### How does the email waterfall work? A work email is looked for in Findymail, then Hunter, then Icypeas, and verified before it is returned. The first verified hit stops the search. [People and company tools in the docs](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/tools/leads.md). ### Do I need a Clay account? No. You spend credits from one Manifold balance. There is no table: your agent does the lookups and gives you the result in the chat, or as a file. ### What does it cost? A found, verified email is 6 credits and a miss is 1 credit. People search is 1 credit a page; a full company or person record costs more. [Plans and pricing](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/pricing.md). ### Which clients does it work with? Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Grok, OpenCode and any other client that connects to a remote MCP server. Sign in with OAuth, or use an API key from the dashboard for scripts. [Setup guides for every client](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs/clients.md). ### Can it push results to our CRM? No. Every tool is read-only. Your agent hands you the enriched list; your CRM’s own import or connector takes it from there. ## On the same server - [Apollo MCP alternative](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/apollo.md): Companies, people and verified work emails. - [LinkedIn MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/linkedin.md): Posts, profiles and company pages. - [X (Twitter) MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/twitter.md): Accounts, recent posts and replies. - [Reddit MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/reddit.md): Threads, comments and subreddits. - [SEO MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/seo.md): Keywords, rankings, backlinks and audits. - [AI visibility MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/ai-visibility.md): What ChatGPT, Gemini and others say and cite. - [YouTube MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/youtube.md): Videos, channels, comments and transcripts. - [Facebook MCP](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp/facebook.md): Pages, posts, groups and comments. - [All MCP servers](https://www.manifoldmcp.com/mcp.md)